ResearchGate：https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Guohao-Fang
Google Scholar：https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&user=AZ5hG74AAAAJ
EDUCATION：
2021，University College London (UCL)，Civil Engineering，Ph.D.
2016，Shenzhen University，Civil Engineering，M.Sc.
2013，South China Agricultural University，Civil Engineering，B.Sc.
WORKING EXPERIENCE：
2024.09-present，The Institute for Carbon Neutrality，SZU Executive Dean
2023.01-present，Shenzhen University，Professor
2021.04-2022.12，Shenzhen University，Assistant professor
2017.09-2020.03，University College London (UCL)，Research Assistant
RESEARCH INTERESTS：
1.Fundamental theory and key technologies of novel sustainable building materials related to the research of geopolymer materials,alkali-activated materials, utilization of solid waste and carbon absorption technology.
2.Fundamental theory and key technologies of smart building materials related to the research of microcapsules based self-healing technology,intelligent system for the protection of coastal infrastructure, ions exchange technology of layered double hydroxides (LDH).
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS：
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, "Design Methods and Performance Research of Self-healing Concrete with Solid Waste-based Aggregates", January 2025 to December 2028, 480,000 yuan, Principal Investigator, Ongoing.
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Outstanding Young Scientists Fund Project (Overseas), "Geopolymer-based Self-healing Artificial Aggregate Concrete", January 2023 to December 2025, 3 million yuan, Principal Investigator, Ongoing.
3. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Youth Science Foundation Project, 52108232, "Mechanism and Regulation Method of Interfacial Transition Zone Formation in Alkali-Activated Concrete with Recycled Aggregates", January 2022 to December 2024, 300,000 yuan, Principal Investigator, Ongoing.
4. National Key R&D Program of China (14th Five-Year Plan), 2022YFB2602601, "Research on High-Throughput Digital Characterization Methods for Transportation Infrastructure Materials", December 2022 to November 2025, 16 million yuan, Sub-project Leader, Ongoing.
5. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Special Project, 52150009, "Dual-effect Corrosion Protection System for Coastal Concrete Infrastructure", January 2022 to December 2022, 800,000 yuan, Core Team Member, First Funding Period Expired.
6. Shenzhen Municipal High-Level Overseas Talents, Peacock Startup Fund, January 2023 to December 2025, 3 million yuan, Principal Investigator, Ongoing.
AWARDS：
2024 Recipient of the 2nd "SZU Young Pioneer Medal"
2024 "Top Ten Young Teachers of Shenzhen University" Award
2023 Annual China Building Materials Federation - China Silicate Society Science and Technology Award for Building Materials, Second Prize
2022 "Outstanding Class Teacher" Award of Shenzhen University
2016-2020 Dean’s Prize-Tuition Scholarship awarded by University College London (UCL)
2016-2020 CSC Scholarship awarded byChina Scholarship Council
2016Outstanding Graduate Students in Guangdong Province
2016 Outstanding graduates from Shenzhen University
ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS：
Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Construction Materials and Technology, Associate Dean;Journal reviewer of《Construction and Building Materials》,《Materials and Design》；
Member of International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures (RILEM);Member of Springer Nature Sustainability Communication;
Member of American Concrete Institute.
CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS：
1.“Shrinkage characteristics of alkali-activated fly ash-slag pastes with impact of internal curing”,RILEMWEEK 2018,26-29 August 2018, TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands
2.“Autogenous shrinkage of alkali-activated fly ash/slag paste”, 37thCement and Concrete Science Conference, 11-12 September 2017, University College London, London, UK
PUBLICATIONS：
1.E.D. Shumuye, C. Liu,G. Fang*,S. Mehrpay, Utilization of photocatalytic degradation and efficiency of engineered geopolymer composite tile doped with nano-particles under ultraviolet light,Cement and Concrete Composites, 153 (2024) 105729.(JCR-Q1; IF=10.800)
2.E.D. Shumuye, S. Mehrpay,G. Fang*,W. Li, Z. Wang, B.U. Uge, C. Liu, Influence of novel hybrid nanoparticles as a function of admixture on responses of engineered geopolymer composites: A review,Journal of Building Engineering, 86 (2024) 108782.(JCR-Q1; IF=6.700)
3.W. Tu,G. Fang*,B. Dong, Y. Hu, M. Zhang*, Behaviour of alkali-activated fly ash-slag paste at elevated temperatures: An experimental study,Cement and Concrete Composites, 147 (2024) 105438.(JCR-Q1; IF=10.800)
4.W. Tu,G. Fang*,B. Dong, M. Zhang*, Multiscale study of microstructural evolution in alkali-activated fly ash-slag paste at elevated temperatures,Cement and Concrete Composites, 143 (2023) 105258.(JCR-Q1; IF=10.800)
5.W. Tu,G. Fang*,B. Dong, M. Zhang*, Micromechanical analysis of alkali-activated fly ash-slag paste subjected to elevated temperatures,Cement and Concrete Composites, 153 (2024) 105735.(JCR-Q1; IF=10.800)
6.Y. Wang, J. Chen, H. Ren, Y. Zhang, S. Hong, B. Dong,G. Fang*,Design and characterization of solid waste based self-healing artificial aggregate,Case Studies in Construction Materials, 21 (2024) e03470.(JCR-Q1; IF=6.500)
7.F. Xing, X. He, C. Zhu, Y. Zhang, Y. Wang, B. Dong,G. Fang*,Design and characterization of carbonate-stone-powder-based foam concrete,Construction and Building Materials, 418 (2024) 135315.(JCR-Q1; IF=7.400)
8.G. Fang,J. Chen, B. Dong, B. Liu, Microstructure and micromechanical properties of interfacial transition zone in green recycled aggregate concrete,Journal of Building Engineering, 66 (2023) 105860 (JCR-Q1; IF=6.700)
9.Y. Wang, J. Liu, B. Dong, J. Ren,G. Fang*, Stabilization/solidification of sand-washing slurry used for porous cold-bonded ceramsite,Cement and Concrete Composites,134(2022)104771(JCR-Q1; IF=10.800)
10.G.Fang, Q. Wang, M. Zhang,In-situ X-ray tomographic imaging of microstructure evolution of fly ash and slag particles in alkali-activated fly ash-slag paste,Composites Part B, 224 (2021) 10922. (JCR-Q1; IF=12.700)
11.G. Fang, Q. Wang, M. Zhang, Micromechanical analysis of interfacial transition zone in alkali-activated fly ash-slag concrete,Cement and Concrete Composites, (2021)103990.(JCR-Q1; IF=10.800)
12.G. Fang, M. Zhang, The evolution of interfacial transition zone in alkali-activated fly ash-slag concrete,Cement and Concrete Research,129 (2020) 105963.(JCR-Q1; IF=10.900)
13.G. Fang, M. Zhang, Multiscale micromechanical analysis of alkali-activated fly ash-slag paste,Cement and Concrete Research, 135 (2020) 106141.(JCR-Q1; IF=10.900)
14.G. Fang, W. Ding, Y. Liu, J. Zhang, F. Xing, B. Dong, Identification of corrosion products and 3D distribution in reinforced concrete using X-ray micro computed tomography,Construction and Building Materials, 207 (2019) 304-315.(JCR-Q1; IF=7.400)
15.G. Fang, Y. Liu, S. Qin, W. Ding, J. Zhang, S. Hong, F. Xing, B. Dong, Visualized tracing of crack self-healing features in cement/microcapsule system with X-ray microcomputed tomography,Construction and Building Materials, 179 (2018) 336-347.(JCR-Q1; IF=7.400)
16.G. Fang, W.K. Ho, W. Tu, M. Zhang, Workability and mechanical properties of alkali-activated fly ash-slag concrete cured at ambient temperature,Construction and Building Materials, 172 (2018) 476-487.(JCR-Q1; IF=7.400)
17.G. Fang, H. Bahrami, M. Zhang, Mechanisms of autogenous shrinkage of alkali-activated fly ash-slag pastes cured at ambient temperature within 24 h,Construction and Building Materials, 171 (2018) 377-387.(JCR-Q1; IF=7.400)
18.B. Dong,G. Fang, Y. Liu, P. Dong, J. Zhang, F. Xing, S. Hong, Monitoring reinforcement corrosion and corrosion-induced cracking by X-ray microcomputed tomography method,Cement and Concrete Research, 100 (2017) 311-321.(JCR-Q1; IF=10.900)
19.B. Dong,G. Fang, Y. Wang, Y. Liu, S. Hong, J. Zhang, S. Lin, F. Xing, Performance recovery concerning the permeability of concrete by means of a microcapsule based self-healing system,Cement and Concrete Composites, 78 (2017) 84-96.(JCR-Q1; IF=10.800)
20.B. Dong,G. Fang, W. Ding, Y. Liu, J. Zhang, N. Han, F. Xing, Self-healing features in cementitious material with urea–formaldehyde/epoxy microcapsules,Construction and Building Materials, 106 (2016) 608-617.(JCR-Q1; IF=7.400)
21.Y. Wang,G. Fang, W. Ding, N. Han, F. Xing, B. Dong, Self-immunity microcapsules for corrosion protection of steel bar in reinforced concrete,Scientific Report,20155:18484.(JCR-Q2; IF=3.800)
22.W. Tu, Y. Zhu,G. Fang, X. Wang, M. Zhang, Internal curing of alkali-activated fly ash-slag pastes using superabsorbent polymer,Cement and Concrete Research, 116 (2019) 179-190.(JCR-Q1; IF=10.900)
23.B. Dong, Y. Wang,G. Fang, N. Han, F. Xing, Y. Lu, Smart release behavior of a chemical self-healing microcapsule in the stimulated concrete pore solution,Cement and Concrete Composites, 56 (2015) 46-50.(JCR-Q1; IF=10.800)
24.B. Dong, W. Ding, S. Qin, N. Han,G. Fang, Y. Liu, F. Xing, S. Hong, Chemical self-healing system with novel microcapsules for corrosion inhibition of rebar in concrete,Cement and Concrete Composites, 85 (2018) 83-91.(JCR-Q1; IF=10.800)
25.Y. Liu, Y. Wang,G. Fang, Y. Alrefaei, B. Dong, F. Xing, A preliminary study on capsule-based self-healing grouting materials for grouted splice sleeve connection,Construction and Building Materials, 170 (2018) 418–423.(JCR-Q1; IF=7.400)
26.B. Dong, W. Ding, S. Qin,G. Fang, Y. Liu, P. Dong, S. Han, F. Xing, S. Hong, 3D visualized tracing of rebar corrosion-inhibiting features in concrete with a novel chemical self-healing system，Construction and Building Materials, 168 (2018) 11–20.(JCR-Q1; IF=7.400)
27.W. Li, W. Ji,G. Fang, Y. Liu, F. Xing, Y. Liu, B. Dong, Electrochemical impedance interpretation for the fracture toughness of carbon nanotube/cement composites,Construction and Building Materials, 114 (2016) 499–505.(JCR-Q1; IF=7.400)
28.Y. Wang, W. Ding,G. Fang, Y. Liu, F. Xing, B. Dong, Feasibility study on corrosion protection of steel bar in a self-immunity system based on increasing OH-content,Construction and Building Materials, 125 (2016) 742-748.(JCR-Q1; IF=7.400)
29.B. Dong, J. Zhang, Y. Wang,G. Fang, Y. Liu, F. Xing, Evolution trace for early hydration of cement paste using electrical resistivity method,Construction and Building Materials, 119 (2016) 16-20.(JCR-Q1; IF=7.400)
30.B. Dong, J. Zhang, Y. Wang,G. Fang, Z. Ding, F. Xing, Tracing hydration feature aluminophosphate cementitious materials by means of electrochemical impedance method,Construction and Building Materials, 113 (2016) 997-1006.(JCR-Q1; IF=7.400)
