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)