Prof. Duan Penghao obtained dual bachelor’s degrees from Tongji University and Polytechnic University of Milan. He completed his master’s degree at ETH Zürich, during which he conducted his thesis at the MIT Gas Turbine Laboratory as a ZKS-funded Visiting Scholar. After completing his master’s studies, he gained industry experience at ACAE (AECC Commercial Aircraft Engines), China’s first commercial aeroengine company. He then earned his doctoral degree from the University of Oxford, where he subsequently worked as a postdoc. Prior to joining the University of Hong Kong, he began his faculty career as an Assistant Professor at City University of Hong Kong.

He has received the ASME IGTI Turbo Expo Early Career Engineer Travel Award and the ASME IGTI Student Advisory Committee Travel Award. He has served as a session chair at leading international conferences, including ASME Turbo Expo, GPPS, and CITC, and has also served as a Guest Editor for the journal Machines. As a supervisor, his students have received the American Physical Society Distinguished Student Program Award, the NSFC Youth Science Foundation, and the NSFC PhD Student Scheme.