Ryan received his Ph.D. in the field of structures and materials from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) in 2020. Prior to joining Dongguan University of Technology (DGUT) as an assistant professor in 2021, he worked as a postdoctoral associate at CityU. He is currently a Associate Professor at DGUT. His research focuses on the multiscale modeling of organic-inorganic system, moisture-induced debonding, durability of concrete-epoxy system and fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in structural rehabilitation. To date, Denvid has attracted over RMB 1 million fund in total for research and development. He is currently the editorial board member of several international journals. He has published more than 30 referred journal and conference articles.