Dr Li Sun
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Li Sun
Lecturer
Overview
I have been serving as a Lecturer in Civil Engineering at School of Engineering of Cardiff University, since 06/2023. Before joining Cardiff, I have been working as a (Senior) Research Fellow at the Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering of University College London, UK, and as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Data Science Institute, at Columbia University, USA. I earned my PhD in Resilience Engineering at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, in July 2017.
My research focuses on bottom-up approaches to digital twinning of interwoven urban infrastructure systems. I aim to enable the multi-time scale, artificial intelligence-informed resilience and sustainability planning of those dynamic systems subjected to climate hazards.
Publication
2025
- Sun, L. et al. 2025. Lookahead strategies for planning of post-disaster emergency restoration of road networks. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 126 105648. (10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105648)
- Zhang, Y. et al., 2025. Control strategy of semi-active nonlinear negative stiffness devices using optimal expansion ratio for base-isolated structures. Journal of Building Engineering 103 112179. (10.1016/j.jobe.2025.112179)
2024
- Sun, L. et al. 2024. Convergence of AI and urban emergency responses: Emerging pathway toward resilient and equitable communities. Applied Sciences 14 (7) 7949. (10.3390/app14177949)
2023
- Sun, L. and Li, H. 2023. Editorial: Digital twin of interwoven urban systems: A new approach to future resilient and sustainable cities. Applied Sciences 13 (17) 9696. (10.3390/app13179696)
Articles
- Sun, L. and Li, H. 2023. Editorial: Digital twin of interwoven urban systems: A new approach to future resilient and sustainable cities. Applied Sciences 13 (17) 9696. (10.3390/app13179696)
- Sun, L. et al. 2024. Convergence of AI and urban emergency responses: Emerging pathway toward resilient and equitable communities. Applied Sciences 14 (7) 7949. (10.3390/app14177949)
- Sun, L. et al. 2025. Lookahead strategies for planning of post-disaster emergency restoration of road networks. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 126 105648. (10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105648)
- Zhang, Y. et al., 2025. Control strategy of semi-active nonlinear negative stiffness devices using optimal expansion ratio for base-isolated structures. Journal of Building Engineering 103 112179. (10.1016/j.jobe.2025.112179)
Research
My research is now focusing upon (but not limited to) the following issues:
· Resilience-oriented emergency responses of urban systems under catastrophes;
· Risk- and resilience-informed decision support systems for emergency management;
· Data-driven approaches to the enhancement of climate readiness of future cities.
Biography
Professional memberships
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Advance HE.
Academic positions
· 2023.06-, Lecturer, School of Engineering, Cardiff University
· 2022.10-2023.05, Senior Research Fellow, CEGE, University College London
· 2019.11-2022.09, Research Fellow, CEGE, University College London
· 2019.04-2019.10, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Energy and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich
· 2018.03-2019.03, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Data Science Institute, Columbia University