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General Information

Full Name Kerui Li
Languages English (Full professional proficiency), Putonghua (Native language), Cantonese (Native language)

Education

  • 2017 - 2021
    Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
  • 2013 - 2016
    Master of Engineering in Information and Communications Engineering
    School of Information Science and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
  • 2009 - 2013
    Bachelor of Engineering in Integrated Circuit Design and System Integration
    School of Electronics and Information Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China

Research Experience

  • 2024
    Research Assistant Professor
    Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
  • 2023
    Research Assistant Professor
    Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR
  • 2022 - 2023
    Research Fellow
    School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
    • Optimization and modelling of wireless power resonator.
      • Develop the full-wave electromagnetic model of wireless power resonator.
      • Develop the machine learning-based non-gradient optimization.
    • Optimal wireless charging strategy development.
      • Develop the electrochemical-thermal model of Li-ion batteries.
      • Develop transmitter-side wireless charging topologies.
      • Develop and optimize wireless charging strategies based on electrochemical-thermal model.
    • 3D wireless power transfer system.
      • Develop a 3D winding structure for 3D wireless power transfer chamber.
      • Magnetic field analysis of the 3D winding structure.
      • Prototype a 3D wireless power transfer chamber.
  • 2017 - 2021
    PhD Student
    Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
    • Development of advanced wireless power conversion technologies.
      • Stability analysis of wireless power transfer system.
      • Develop advanced topologies, modulation, and control schemes to improve the efficiency and enhance the stability.
      • Publish 7 papers in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 1 paper in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, and 2 papers in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics on Power Electronics.
  • 2016 - 2017
    Visiting Student
    Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
    • Topology development of PV inverter with leakage current suppression.
      • Develop the quantitative model for the leakage current.
      • Develop a symmetric topology for step-up PV inverter for leakage current suppression.
      • Present 1 paper in the top-tier conferences of IEEE Power Electronic Society.
  • 2014
    Visiting Student
    Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
    • Modelling and control development of high step-up DC-DC converters.
      • Develop the steady-state and small-signal model of high step-up DC-DC converters.
      • Develop model-based feedback controllers for high step-up DC-DC converters.
      • Present 1 paper in the international conferences of IEEE Circuits and Systems Society.
  • 2013 - 2016
    Master Student
    School of Information Science and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
    • Development of high conversion ratio DC-DC converters for renewables.
      • Review existing high conversion ratio DC-DC converters.
      • Develop a geometry structure and rules to summarize existing high conversion ratio DC-DC converters.
      • Develop new high conversion ratio DC-DC converters based on the geometry structure and rules.
      • Publish 1 paper in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics and present 4 papers in IEEE conferences.

Honors and Awards

  • 2023
    • First Place IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Prize Paper Award (Awarded by IEEE Power Electronics Society)
  • 2022
    • High-quality Paper Award in 12th IET International Conferences on Advances in Power Systems Control, Operation and Management (APSCOM) (Awarded by IET The Institution of Engineering and Technology)
    • TPEL Ph.D. Thesis Talk Award (Awarded by IEEE Power Electronics Society)
  • 2020
    • Power Engineering Prize (Awarded by The University of Hong Kong)
  • 2019
    • HK Electric Electrical Energy Postgraduate Scholarship (Awarded by The University of Hong Kong)
  • 2018
    • Certificate of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (Awarded by The University of Hong Kong)
  • 2017 - 2021
    • Postgraduate Scholarship (Awarded by The University of Hong Kong)
  • 2015
    • China National Scholarship (Awarded by Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China)
    • Third Prize in China Graduate Electronics Design Contest (Awarded by Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China)
  • 2013 - 2016
    • Postgraduate Fellowship (Awarded by Sun Yat-sen University)
  • 2010 - 2012
    • Undergraduate Scholarship (Awarded by South China University of Technology)

Academic Activities

  • Reviewer
    • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (since 2016)
    • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (since 2016)
    • IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics (since 2019)
    • IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics (since 2022)
    • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (since 2022)
    • Energy (since 2023)
  • Professional Service
    • Special session organizer and session chair at the 12th IET International Conference on Advances in Power System Control, Operation and Management (APSCOM 2022)
  • Invited Seminars
    • Tutorial at the 2nd IEEE International Power Electronics and Application Symposium (PEAS 2023)
    • Tutorial at 2023 IEEE 14th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG 2023)
    • Tutorial at 2022 9th International Conference on Power Electronics Systems and Applications (PESA 2022)
    • Departmental Seminar at ShanghaiTech University (July 2022)
    • Young Researchers Forum at Southern University of Science and Technology (Jan. 2022)
    • Departmental Seminars at The University of Hong Kong (Jul. 2023, Dec. 2020)
  • Oral presentation
    • 2020 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, USA
    • 2019 IEEE 4th International Future Energy Electronics Conference, Singapore
    • 2019 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, Anaheim, USA
    • 2014 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan
  • Poster presentation
    • 2020 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, USA
    • 2019 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, Anaheim, USA
    • 2015 17th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, Geneva, Switzerland

Research Interests

  • wireless power transfer, power electronics, renewable energy

Reference

  • Prof. Ron Hui
    • Chair Professor, FREng, IEEE Fellow
    • Email - ron.hui@ntu.edu.sg
    • Institution - School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University & Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London
  • Prof. Siew Chong Tan
    • Professor, IEEE Fellow
    • Email - sctan@eee.hku.hk
    • Institution - Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
  • Prof. Adrian Ioinovici
    • Professor, IEEE Fellow
    • Email - adrian@hit.ac.il
    • Institution - Faculty of Electric and Electronics Engineering, Holon Institute of Technology
  • Prof. Frede Blaabjerg
    • Professor, IEEE Fellow
    • Email - fbl@energy.aau.dk
    • Institution - The Faculty of Engineering and Science, Aalborg University