Meet our Academic Leads 专业负责人

Our team of world-leading experts and programme leaders will guide and support students at the Leicester International Institute, Dalian University of Technology across three degree programmes. Our leads will allow you to learn from and engage with pioneering researchers at the forefront of their fields and who are actively shaping debate and influencing change.

我们的师资队伍由世界知名专家学者和专业负责人组成，将共同为大连理工大学莱斯特国际学院所有三个专业的学生提供指导和帮助。我们的课程负责人不仅有着深厚的学术造诣，也对行业变革有着深远地影响。学生将有机会师从各领域首屈一指的前沿研究者。

Dr Kal Karim, Chemistry Programme Lead

Kal Karim 博士，化学专业负责人

Dr Kal Karim is an Associate Professor of Organic and Computational Chemistry in the School of Chemistry at the University of Leicester and is part of the Chemical Biology Group.

卡尔·克里姆 博士是莱斯特大学化学学院有机化学与计算化学副教授，也是化学生物科研团队成员。

Associate Professor Karim obtained his BSc (Hon) (1990) and PhD (1995) from University of Essex (Colchester, UK) and joined the School of Chemistry in 2013 after working at Cranfield University where he was an academic for 15 years. Associate Professor Karim is internationally recognised for his work on the computational design of synthetic receptors and has authored over 60 publications in the design of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) in the areas of sensors and diagnostics in clinical, environmental and food application areas. His current research interests are on predictive design of nanoparticles for diagnostics and therapeutic applications.

克里姆埃莉诺·林格姆博士，莱斯特大学数学专业讲师，她的研究背景是复杂分析，特别是极值分布和函数理论。她曾受邀担任国际数学学科评审员(DELTA奖2018)，并在两所大学担任校外考官。她曾担任《伦敦数学学会通讯》的主编 (2019-2021)。自2021年以来，她一直担任爱尔兰数学学会公报的评论编辑，并为该学会的成员。副教授分别于 1990年与1995年在英国艾斯克斯大学获得学士与博士学位。在英国克兰菲尔德大学做了15年的研究学者之后于2013年加入莱斯特大学化学学院。克里姆副教授因其在合成受体的计算设计方面的工作而获得国际认可，并在临床、环境和食品应用领域的传感器和诊断领域的分子印迹聚合物(MIPs)设计方面发表了60多篇论文。他目前的研究兴趣是诊断和治疗应用的纳米颗粒的预测设计。

Dr Bo Tian, Mechanical Engineering Programme Lead

机械工程专业负责人

Dr Bo Tian obtained his PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge in 2017. Following his graduation, he served as a postdoctoral researcher at the Hopkinson Laboratory within the same university from 2016 to 2019. As a respected academic, Dr Tian holds memberships in several professional organizations, including the International Aerosol Society, the Optical Society of America, the Combustion Society, and the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineering. His research has pinpointed critical factors influencing the formation of soot in biodiesel and bio-aviation fuels. Furthermore, Dr Tian has contributed the development of novel, real-time, laser-based techniques for detecting soot in flames. These include the continuous wave laser cavity extinction method (CW-LCE) and the two-dimensional, two-colour, time-resolved laser-induced incandescence technique (2D2C-TiRe-LII). By 2023, Dr Tian has worked on seven major scientific research initiatives and authored over 30 articles in prestigious SCI-indexed journals, such as Combustion and Flame, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Fuel, and others, making significant contributions to the field of combustion energy.

田波博士于2017年在剑桥大学获得工程博士学位， 于2012和2009年在上海交通大学分别获得硕士和学士学位。田波博士在 2016-2019年期间在剑桥大学霍普金斯实验室担任博士后研究员。田波博士是国际气溶胶学会、美国光学学会（OSA）、燃烧学会（IC）和中国机械工程学会（CMES）的学术会员。他的研究成功地确定了决定生物柴油和生物航空燃料烟灰倾向的关键因素并创新地开发了多种高灵敏度、基于实时激光的火焰烟尘检测技术，例如连续波激光腔消光（CW-LCE）和二维双色时间分辨激光诱导白炽法（2D2C-TiRe-LII）。截至2023年，田波博士承担科研项目7项，在燃烧能源领域权威期刊Combustion and Flame, Proceedings of Combustion Institute, Fuel等SCI期刊发表论文30余篇。

Dr Eleanor Lingham, Mathematics Programme Lead

数学专业负责人

Dr Eleanor Lingham is a Lecturer in Mathematics at Leicester. Her research background is in complex analysis, specifically value distribution and function theory. She has been an invited international Disciplinary Reviewer for mathematics (DELTA Awards 2018), and External Examiner at two universities. She was Editor-in-Chief of the London Mathematical Society Newsletter (2019-2021). She has been Reviews Editor of the Bulletin of the Irish Mathematical Society since 2021, and is a Member of that Society.

埃莉诺·林格姆博士，莱斯特大学数学专业讲师，她的研究背景是复杂分析，特别是极值分布和函数理论。她曾受邀担任国际数学学科评审员(DELTA奖2018)，并在两所大学担任校外考官。她曾担任《伦敦数学学会通讯》的主编 (2019-2021)。自2021年以来，她一直担任爱尔兰数学学会公报的评论编辑，并为该学会的成员。

Dr Lingham joined the University of Leicester in 2023, having previously worked at Sheffield Hallam University (2015-2023), De Montfort University (2011-2015) and Loughborough University (2005-2011). She was awarded a BA (Mathematics and Philosophy) in 1999 and an MA (Mathematics) in 2000, both from University College Cork, Ireland. She completed a PhD (Mathematics) at the University of Nottingham in 2005 under the supervision of Professor JK Langley.

埃莉诺·林格姆博士于2023年加入莱斯特大学，此前曾先后任教于谢菲尔德哈勒姆大学（2015-2023），德蒙福特大学（2011-2015）以及拉夫堡大学（2005-2011）。 她分别于1999年和2000年在爱尔兰科克大学学院获得数学与哲学学士学位和数学硕士学位，并于2005年在诺丁汉大学获得博士学位，师从JK Langley教授。

Dr Lingham has authored several academic papers in complex analysis and in mathematics education, and has co-authored a book with the late Professor Walter K Hayman entitled Research Problems in Function Theory. 

林格姆博士在复杂分析和数学教育方面发表了多篇学术论文，并与已故的沃尔特K海曼教授合著了《函数理论中的研究问题》一书。

Dr Richard Blackburn, Pharmaceutical Chemistry Programme Lead

药物化学专业负责人

Richard Blackburn is Associate Professor of Chemistry and is chair of the Research in Chemical Education group within the School of Chemistry at the University of Leicester.

Associate Professor Blackburn obtained his integrated undergraduate masters degree (2011) and his PhD (2015) from the University of Bath (Bath, UK). During his time at Bath Richard gained experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry and worked on several medicinal chemistry research projects, including his PhD developing novel synthetic methodology for the synthesis of antibiotic natural products. Since his PhD, he has been a teaching focussed academic interested in developing novel methodologies for teaching chemistry, reducing cognitive load for students in practical modules and enhancing student employability.

理查德·布莱克本（Richard Blackburn）现任莱斯特大学化学学院副教授，并担任化学教育研究小组主席。

布莱克本副教授于2011年在英国巴斯大学获得本硕连读学位，并于2015年在该校获得博士学位。在巴斯大学期间，他曾在制药行业积累实践经验，并参与了多个药物化学研究项目，其博士课题聚焦于开发新型合成方法学用于抗生素类天然产物的合成。获得博士学位后，他始终致力于化学教育创新，主要研究方向包括：开发新型化学教学方法、降低实验课程中学生的认知负荷，以及提升学生就业竞争力。

Dr Sarah Lee, Environmental Science Programme Lead

环境科学专业负责人

Dr Sarah Lee is an Associate Professor in Geology in the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment. Dr Lee gained her BSc (Hons) degree in Geology from Cardiff University in 1992, followed by an MSc in Physical Oceanography at Bangor University before returning to Cardiff University where she was awarded her PhD in 1999. Her research background is in present day estuarine sedimentology and geochemistry, in particular looking at historical pollution trends and rates of sediment accumulation. Dr Lee joined the University of Leicester in 2006 and has widened her research interests to include contributions to Cretaceous micropalaeontology and reconstructing British ice flows during the Pleistocene. She is a teaching-focused academic, convening modules across all years, including fieldwork modules, final year dissertations and Masters research projects. As Welfare and AccessAbility Tutor, she is committed to the wellbeing of the students.

Sarah Lee博士现任地理、地质与环境学院地质学副教授。她于1992年获卡迪夫大学地质学荣誉学士学位，随后在班戈大学攻读物理海洋学硕士学位，之后返回卡迪夫大学并于1999年获得博士学位。其研究背景聚焦于现代河口沉积学与地球化学领域，特别关注历史污染变迁及沉积物堆积速率问题。李博士于2006年加入莱斯特大学后，将研究范围扩展至白垩纪微体古生物学及更新世时期英国冰流重建等领域。作为教学主导型学者，她负责统筹各学年模块教学，包括野外实践课程、毕业论文指导及硕士研究项目。同时担任福利与无障碍辅导员的她，始终致力于保障学生的身心健康与发展