Research Associates

• Sep. 2024 – Now Dr Wenjie Liu, KCL
•   Topic: Goal-oriented Semantic Communications.
• Mar. 2024 – Now Dr Na Yan, KCL
•   Topic: Federated Learning for Wireless Networks.
• Sep 2023 – Now Dr Nan Li, KCL
•   Topic: Goal-oriented Semantic Communications.
• May 2023 – Now Dr Sige Liu, KCL
•   Topic: Edge Intelligence.
• Sep. 2022 – Now  Dr Dadi Bi, KCL
•   Topic:  Molecular Communications.
• Sep. 2022 – Oct. 2023  Dr Yuanqing Yang, KCL
•   Topic:  Cellular-connected UAV systems for Marine Applications
• April 2021 – Aug. 2023  Dr Vivien Walter, KCL
•   Topic: Microfluidic Molecular Communications.
• Aug. 2022- Jun. 2023  Dr Xiaonan Liu, QMUL (co-supervised with Prof. Nallanathan A.)
•   Topic:  Distributed Machine Learning for Wireless Networks.
• Jun. 2021- Feb. 2022 Dr Yan Liu, QMUL (co-supervised with Prof. Nallanathan A.)
•   Topic: Machine Learning for Wireless Networks
• Current Affiliation: Assistant Professor at Tongji University, China
• Aug. 2020- Aug. 2021 Dr Xiaolan Liu, KCL (co-supervised with Prof. Toktam Mahmoodi)
•   Topic: Federated Learning for Wireless Networks
• Current Affiliation: Lecturer at Loughborough University, UK

PhD Candidates and Graduates

• Mar. 2024- Now Mr Ali Abdali, KCL
•   Topic: Molecular Communications
• Mar. 2024- Now Mr Yujie Xu, KCL
•   Topic:  AI for Wireless Networks
• Sep. 2023- Now Mr Shutong Chen, KCL
•   Topic:  AI for Wireless Networks
• Oct. 2022- Now Mr Xinlu Zhang, KCL
•   Topic:  AI for Wireless Networks
• Oct. 2022- Now Mr Wenchao Wu, KCL
•   Topic:  AI for Wireless Networks
• Oct. 2022- Now Mr Zhe (Tylor) Wang, KCL
•   Topic:  AI for Wireless Networks
• Oct. 2022- Now Mr Zijian Zheng, QMUL
•   Topic:  AI for Wireless Networks
• Oct. 2021- Now Mr Yang Su, KCL
•   Topic:  AI for Wireless Networks
• Sep. 2021- Now  Miss. Rinrada Jadsadaphongphaibool, KCL
•   Topic: Molecular Communications
• Jan. 2019- Jun. 2023 Miss. Liyana Burhanuddin, KCL
•   Topic: AI for Wireless Networks
• Current Affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia
• Sep. 2019-Nov. 2022 Mr Hui Zhou, KCL
•   Topic: AI for Industrial IoT
• Current Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Coventry University, UK
• Sep. 2019- May 2022 Mr Xiaonan Liu, KCL
•   Topic: AI for Wireless Networks
• Current Affiliation: Assistant Professor, University of Aberdeen, UK
• Previous Affiliation: Research Associate, QMUL, UK
• Jan. 2019-Jun. 2022 Mr. Fenghe Hu, KCL. (co-supervised with Prof. Hamid Aghvami)
•   Topic: AI for Wireless Networks
• Current Affiliation: R&D Researcher
• Sep. 2018-July 2022 Mr Dadi Bi, KCL.
•   Topic: Microfluidic Molecular Communication
• Current Affiliation: Research Associate, KCL, UK
• Nov. 2017- May 2021 Dr Yan Liu, QMUL.
•     Topic: RACH Analysis and Optimization in Massive IoT Networks (co-supervised with Dr. Maged Elkashlan)
• Current Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Tongji University, China
• Previous Affiliation: Research Associate, QMUL, UK
• Oct. 2016- Mar. 2020 Dr Nan Jiang, KCL.
•   Topic: RACH Analysis and Optimization in Massive IoT Networks (co-supervised with Prof. Nallanathan A.)
• Current Affiliation: R&D Researcher, Samsung
• Previous Affiliations:  Associate Professor, BUPT; Research Engineer, Toshiba R&D Center, Bristol, UK
• May. 2015-Oct. 2017 Dr Sunila Akbar, KCL.
•   Topic: Heterogeneous Cellular Networks with Energy and Spectral Efficient Techniques (co-supervised with Prof. Nallanathan A.)
• Current Affiliation: Postdoc, University of Toronto
• May. 2015-Jul. 2016  Dr Ali Al Talabani, KCL.
•   Topic: Enhancing Physical Layer Security in Cognitive Radio Networks  (co-supervised with Prof. Nallanathan A.)
• May. 2015- Jul. 2016  Dr Mhd Omar Al-kadri, KCL.
•   Topic: On Full-Duplex Wireless Networks: PHY, MAC, and Network Layers  (co-supervised with Prof. Nallanathan A.)
• Current Affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Birmingham City University

Visiting Students:

• Mar. 2021- Feb. 2022 Mr Xiaokang Zhou, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin
•    Topic: Federated Learning for wireless networks
• Feb. 2017- Jan. 2018 Mr Xuanxuan Tang, PLA University of Science and Technology, China
•    Topic: Markov-based Energy Harvesting
• Nov. 2017-Mar. 2018 Mr Muhammad Nadeem Sial, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
•    Topic: V2X Communication
• Sep. 2016-  Mar. 2017 Mr. Dian Fan, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
•    Topic: Massive MIMO

Visiting Scholars:

• Feb. 2022 – Feb. 2023 Dr Lei Mu, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, China
• Nov. 2015-Sep. 2016 Dr Jie Jia, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
•    Topic: High Availability Optimization (co-supervised with Prof. A. Hamid Aghvami)
• Nov. 2015-Sep. 2016 Dr Jian Chen, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
•    Topic: D2D communication (co-supervised with Prof. Mischa Dohler)