MOVE Lab / DASE / HKU

Team

People building better transport systems together.

Principal Investigator

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Dr. Fangni Zhang

Education

B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Beihang University
Ph.D in Civil Engineering (Transportation), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Working experience

2026 - present: Associate Professor, Department of Data and Systems Engineering, University of Hong Kong
2020 - 2026: Assistant Professor, Department of Data and Systems Engineering (Previously named “Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering”), University of Hong Kong
2018 - 2020: Lecturer, School of Aviation, University of New South Wales, Australia
2017 - 2018: Lecturer, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
2016 - 2017: Research Associate, Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
2015 - 2015: Visiting Researcher, Urban Transport Systems Laboratory, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
2011 - 2016: Research Assistant, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Laboratory, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Current Members

Postdoctoral Scholars

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Shuang Jin

B.S. (Nankai University, 2015-2019)

Ph.D. (Nanjing University, 2019-2025).

PhD Students

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Dongze Li

B.S. (Beihang)

M.Phil (UIUC)

Ph.D. (HKU, 2022-current).

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Qingyang Li

B.S. (Southeast)

Ph.D. (HKU, 2023-current).

Recipient of Y S and Christabel Lung Postgraduate Scholarship

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Yizhi Zhen

B.S. (Central South)

M.Sc (HKU)

Ph.D. (HKU, 2024-current).

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Zhiyang Chen

B.S. (Shanghai Jiao Tong)

M.Phil (Shanghai Jiao Tong)

Ph.D. (HKU, 2024-current).

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Junji Ye

B.S. (Xidian)

M.Sc (HKU)

Ph.D. (HKU, 2024-current).

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Siyu Shao

B.S. (Shanghai Jiao Tong)

Ph.D. (HKU, 2024-current).

Recipient of HKU Presidential PhD scholarship

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Zhe Wang

B.S. (UCL)

M.Sc (LSE)

Ph.D. (HKU, 2025-current).

Recipient of HKU Presidential PhD scholarship

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Xiang Li

B.S. (HKU)

Ph.D. (HKU, 2025-current).

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Ximeng Liang

B.S. (Beijing Institute of Technology)

M.Sc (HKU)

Ph.D. (HKU, 2025-current).

Former Members

Graduated PhD Students

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Zhuoye Zhang

B.S. (Tongji)

M.Phil (Shanghai Jiao Tong)

Ph.D. (HKU, 2020-2024).

Recipient of Chu Tsun Hong Scholarship for Outstanding Research Achievement.

Thesis: Modeling and managing the shared and automated mobility services.

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Jie Lin

B.S. (Shanghai Jiao Tong)

M.Phil (Shanghai Jiao Tong)

Ph.D. (HKU, 2020-2024).

Thesis: Optimization of operational and planning problems for shared transportation services.

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Zhenwei Gong

B.S. (Nanjing Normal)

M.Sc (HKU)

Ph.D. (HKU, 2021-2025).

Recipient of Chu Tsun Hong Scholarship for Outstanding Research Achievement.

Thesis: Economics, analytics, and optimization of air transportation systems.

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Wenbo Sun

B.S. (Beihang)

M.Phil (Beihang)

Ph.D. (HKU, 2021-2025).

Recipient of Chu Tsun Hong Scholarship for Outstanding Research Achievement.

Thesis: Truck-and-drone system for multi-type services after disasters.

Visiting Students

Yue CaoVisiting PhD student from Beijing Jiaotong University, 2026

Siping LiVisiting PhD student from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2024

Lab Alumni

Mingyou MaPhD @ UNSW, as co-supervisor, 2019-2023

Runqing ZhaoM.Phil. @ UNSW, as co-supervisor, 2019-2021