PhD Students

Mr.Yuqi Songmage

Postgraduate Student

Email: Yuqi.song@monash.edu
Phone: +61 420 833109
Office: Room 126, Building 69, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

Experimental study and discrete element numerical simulation of sand production

Ms. Janethri Parana Liyanage

Postgraduate Student

Email: janethri.paranaliyanage@monash.edu
Phone: +61 420 208906
Office: Room 213, Building 70, Clayton campus

Research Interest:

Hydration and uniform energy distribution of SREMA in effective mining purposes

Mr. Bo Zhang

Postgraduate Student

Email: bo.zhang2@monash.edu
Phone: +86 133 72675940
Office:

Research Interest:

Foam flow in pores and fractures, Foam based hydrofracking, Material point method, Finite element method

Ms. Guorui Yang

Postgraduate Student

Email: Guorui.Yang@monash.eduu
Phone: +61 402 286857
Office: Room 201, Building 70, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

Introducing green cement for subsurface applications under high-temperature high-pressure conditions.

Mr. Treshan Nimasha Perera

Postgraduate Student

Email: Treshan.Perera@monash.edu
Phone: +61 455 320272
Office: Room 117, Building 36, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

Investigation of new rock breaking technology for future mining

Ms. R.D.G. Fiona Harshini

Postgraduate Student

Email: Fiona.Roydesmondgodfrey@monash.edu
Phone: +61 401 906780
Office: Room 117, Building 36, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

Understanding of fracture stimulation for geothermal energy recoveries, Renewable energy

Mr. Chatura Dodangoda

Postgraduate Student

Email: Chatura.Dodangodage@monash.edu
Phone: +61 455 909512
Office: Room 127, Building 37, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

Hydrogen storage in geological formations

Mr. Gajanan Karunakaran

Postgraduate Student

Email: Gajanan.Karunakaran@monash.edu
Phone: +61 456830728
Office: Room 127, Building 37, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

Efficient technique for CH4-CO2 exchange in natural gas hydrates

Ms. Gayani Piyumika Perera

Postgraduate Student

Email: Gayani.MirisArachchige@monash.edu
Phone: +61 459088674
Office: Room 113, Building 36, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

Development of a sustainable waste- based cement for ultra high strength applications

Ms. Isuri Aloka Rathnayaka

Postgraduate Student

Email: isuri.rathnayakage@monash.edu
Phone: + 61 456 265 199
Office: Room 113, Building 36, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS)

Mr. Tharindu Theekshana Kannangara

Postgraduate Student

Email: Tharindu.Kannangara@monash.edu
Phone: +61 455634109
Office: Room 114, Building 36, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

Slow Release Energy Material Agent (SREMA) for sustainable mineral recoveries

Ms. F.S.A. Ansar

Postgraduate Student

Email: fathima.alahudeenansar@monash.edu
Phone:
Office: Room 114, Building 36, Clayton Campu

Research Interest:

CO2 utilization and mineralization in mine tailing to produce value-added products

Ms. Yutong Gui

Postgraduate Student

Email: Yutong.Gui@monash.edu
Phone: +86 13348696121
Office: Room 101, Building 36, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

Development of High Energy SREMA (Slow releasing Energy material agent) for future energy transition minerals extraction

Mr. Guoyan Li

Postgraduate Student

Email: Guoyan.Li@monash.edu
Phone: +61 0466988212
Office: Room 1.07, Building 36, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

Geochemical and geomechanical studies in carbon sequestration

Mr. Chamith Beddage

Postgraduate Student

Email: chamith.beddage@monash.edu
Phone: +61 448266874
Office: Room 107, Building 36, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

AI-Powered Breakthroughs: Energy through Advanced Rock Fracturing for Geothermal Heat Recovery

Ms. Salmi Sikurajapathi

Postgraduate Student

Email: salmi.sikurajapathi@monash.edu
Phone:  +61 417486168
Office: Room 107, Building 36, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

CO2 as a Resource: Innovations in Storage and Utilization

Visiting PhD Students

Mr. Yi Li

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: yi.li@monash.edu
Phone: +61 451016855
Office: Room 111A, Building 31, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

Geosequestration of carbon dioxide in deep saline aquifers, core flooding experiments

Mr. Zongqing Zhou

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: Zongqing.Zhou@monash.edu
Phone:  +61 3 990 50538
Office: Room 106, Building 36, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

Mechanical mechanism, numerical simulation and risk assessment of water inrush in rock tunnels

Mr. Peng Liu

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: peng.f.liu@monash.edu
Phone:  +61 450233012
Office: Room 106, Building 36, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

Hydraulic fracture propagation pattern in heterogeneous formation, preferential flow in porous media

Mr. Qiao Lyu

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: lvqiao@whu.edu.cn
Phone:  +86 15172476669
Office:  Room 106, Building 36, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

Jet flow, rock mechanics, shale gas exploitation

Mr. Pingsheng Wang

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: Pingsheng.wang@monash.edu
Phone:  +61 452591109
Office: Room 111, Building 31, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

Strata-structure interaction, Frozen ground mechanics

Mr. Nan Jiang

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: nan.jiang@monash.edu
Phone:  +61 426280622
Office: Room 111, Building 31, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

Rock fracture, Rock mechanics

Mr. Milind Patil

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: milind.patil@monash.edu
Phone:  +61 414295892
Office: Room 111a, Building 31, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

Tunneling and underground structures in soft soil, Numerical modeling, Earthquake geotechnical engineering, Computational geomechanics

Mr. Jianjian Zhao

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: Jianjian.Zhao@monash.edu
Phone:  +61 415061786
Office: Room 106, Building 60, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

Engineering rock mechanics, fracture propagation of rock under dynamic load.

Mr. Yi Xue

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: yi.xue@monash.edu
Phone:  +61 410892965
Office: Room 106, Building 60, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

Engineering rock mechanics, Coupled analysis of flow, stress and damage in rock failure.

Mr. Zhentao Li

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: Zhentao.Li@monash.edu
Phone:  +61 426290909
Office: Room 106, Building 60, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

Pore-fracture system characterization; gas adsorption-diffusion in coals; gas flow.

Mr. Beining Zhang

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: zhangbeining0075@link.tyut.edu.cn
Phone:  +86 15135157205
Office: Room 106, Building 36, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

CO2 sequestration in coal beds, enhanced coalbed methane recovery. 

Mr. Jiang Xu

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: Jiang.Xu@monash.edu
Phone:  +61 4 3124 4986
Office: Room 106, Building 36, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

CO2 anchorage foundation, seepage of deep excavation, monitoring of deep excavation.

Mr. Chengkai Fan

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: chengkaivan@163.com
Phone:  +61 422 274 832
Office: Room 106, Building 36, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

CO2 geological storage, fiber optic monitoring technology applied to fluid percolation and rock deformation

Mr. Zhenlong Song

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: Zhenlong.Song@monash.edu
Phone:  +61 0481 736 023
Office: Room 106, building 36, Clayton Campu

Research Interest:

CO2 Rock mechanics, Rock seepage

Mr. Miao Chen

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: cm0557@163.com
Phone:  86-18852146979
Office: State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics & Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology

Research Interest:

CO2 Deep underground engineering and reinforcement technique, Experiment and DEM simulation of fracture evolution of rock containing flaws

Mr. Xin Li

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: Xin.Li1@monash.edu
Phone:  +61 4 698 55628
Office: Room 106, Building 60, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

CO2 Geological model of reservoir development and dynamic variation law of geofluid system.

Mr. Zhenyu Han

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: Zhenyu.han@csu.edu.cn / Zhenyu.Han@monash.edu
Phone:  +61 4 687 02607
Office:

Research Interest:

Rock dynamics; DIC application in rock mechanics; Hydraulic fracturing.

Mr. Zhuo Zheng

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: 413708318@qq.com; 201620377@mail.sdu.edu.cn; Zhuo.Zheng@monash.edu
Phone:  +61 424690330
Office:

Research Interest:

Grouting theory; Flowing regularity of particle suspensions; Hydraulic fracturing

Ms. Duan Yongting

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: 1335053667@qq.com
Phone:  86-18852146979
Office:

Research Interest:

Rock failure mechanism; meso-damage evolution; CT images characterize

Mr. Yi Ding

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: dingswpu@foxmail.com
Phone:  +8613408084373
Office: Southwest Petroleum Universityy

Research Interest:

Wellbore stability; Rock mechanics; Hydraulic fracturing

Mr. Jizhao Xu

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: jizhao_xu@cumt.edu.cn; jizhao_xu@126.com; jizhao.xu@monash.edu
Phone:  +61 421099949; +86 15996935210
Office: School of Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology

Research Interest:

CO2 enhanced CBM recovery; crack characterization; fluid flow in porous media

Mr. Pengfei Yin

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: Pengfei.Yin@monash.edu
Phone:  61-0481187328, 86-15262012936
Office: 422, State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics & Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology

Research Interest:

Deep underground engineering, rock mechanics

Mr. Yang Hao

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: Yang.Hao@monash.edu
Phone:  +61431063493/ +8618636136908
Office:

Research Interest:

Rock mechanics, mining engineering, roadway supporting, geothermal energy

Mr. Zhennan Zhu

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: ZhuZN@cug.edu.cn
Phone:  +8615927476381
Office:

Research Interest:

Rock mechanics, Exploitation of deep geothermal energy

Ms. Beixiu Huang

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: huangbeixiu@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
Phone:  +61 474138764
Office:

Research Interest:

Multiscale layering structures, Rock mechanics, Reservoir heterogeneity and anisotropy.

Mr. Zhanming Shi

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: Zhanming.Shi@monash.edu
Phone:  +61 432961241
Office:

Research Interest:

Fracture damage behavior of hot dry rocks; Fatigue properties of rocks; Discrete element numerical simulation.

Mr. Yongjun Chen

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: Yongjunchen@monash.edu
Phone:  +61 4784393789
Office:

Research Interest:

Deep and high temperature rock mechanics.

Ms. Lingling He

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: helingling001@163.com
Phone:  
Office:

Research Interest:

Evaluation of underground space, Engineering geology.

Mr. Guojun Zhao

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: Guojun.Zhao@monash.edu
Phone:  +61 0466790967
Office:

Research Interest:

Multi-phase flow in porous media; Hydrate seal; Marine hydrate exploitation; CO2 geological storage

Ms. Xiaoli Su

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: lilysu@csu.edu.cn
Phone:  0466124582
Office:

Research Interest:

Geotechnical Engineering, ​microwave-assisted rock breaking and multi-field coupling simulation.

Ms. Mi Wang

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: wang_mi@csu.edu.cn
Phone:  0466108245
Office:

Research Interest:

Dynamic mechanical behavior and failure mechanism of rocks.

Ms. Yameng He

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: heyamengstdu@163.com
Phone:  0414666102
Office:

Research Interest:

Mechanisms damage of wellbore cement in CO2 geological storage, permeability and resistivity properties of rocks and rock-like materials under coupled multiphysics fields.

Mr. Junjie Zhao

Visiting Postgraduate Student

Email: Junjie.Zhao@monash.edu
Phone:  +61 478245361
Office: Room 111A, Building 31, Clayton Campus

Research Interest:

Mechanism of rock damage and crack propagation; Finite element numerical simulation; Artificial intelligence technology.