Experience

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  Sun yat-sen university

  Nov 2004 - Jul 2006

  Research assistant

  • Conducted Field work and lab work for the 863 State High-Tech Development Plan Marine Biotechnology Project;• Prepared technical reports and drafted maps with ArcGIS and AutoCAD for the Ecological Investigation of Yang Tai Mountain Forest Park;• Editing books China National Report for Wetlands, Wetlands in Guangdong and Macao and Symposium for Meihe Highway.

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  Guangdong technical college of water conservancy and electric power

  Sept 2005 - Feb 2006

  Lecturer

  I taught an undergraduate course Water Environmental Chemistry.

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  Unep

  Sept 2006 - Mar 2007

  Unep/gef scs project consultant

  I worked for the United Nations Environment Programme/Global Environment Fund (UNEP/GEF) South China Sea (SCS) project, titled "Reversing Environmental Degradation in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand", which was funded by the GEF and managed by the UNEP. • Collaborated with agencies in seven countries for meeting their report requirements;• Identified financial report problems and suggested solutions to senior officers;• Facilitated communications and arrangements between UNEP and partners in China;• Made recommendations to the Regional Strategic Action Programme;• Translated the Project Proposal and other related documents;• Gave a presentation on the quantitative study of eco-environmental water requirements for coastal wetlands in the East Asian Seas Congress, Hainan, China. Show less

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  Sun yat-sen university

  Sept 2007 - Feb 2009

  Unep/gef demonstration site project coordinator

  I worked for the UNEP/GEF and the Chinese government co-funded project, titled "UNEP/GEF Participatory Planning and Implementation in the Management of Shantou Intertidal Wetland". As a project coordinator, I worked closely with university researchers and local government and wrote Project Management Plan, Wetland Eco-tourism Plan, school training programs and various articles for the project website.• Communicated project progress between the UNEP, university, and government;• Produced a Project Management Plan and Wetland Eco-tourism Plan;• Managed the creation of the project website and publicized news articles;• Organized and delivered training programs for local government officials and schools;• Followed up the implementation of project activities;• Assisted in field survey and other research requirements. Show less

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  The university of queensland

  Mar 2011 - Oct 2015

  Phd researcher | environmental engineer | ecohydrologist

  • Experimental design, field work and lab work- Invented a new engineering design, resulting in data collection of more than 6 million data points for analysis, greatly improved results in terms of accuracy and precision; - Installed groundwater monitoring wells and sensors, soil sensors, sap flow sensors, etc.;- Conducted glasshouse experiment and lab experiment.• Data modeling, data process, analysis and visualization- Incorporated Rip-ET with MODFLOW using Fortran and ArcGIS;- Performed routine database management, data analysis and visualization using MATLAB (regression, time-series analysis, Monte Carlo, parameters optimization, prediction model, etc.);- Built a 3D wetland plant model using C++ and L-system programming languages.• Communication and organizational skill:- Communicated my results at conferences in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, and Adelaide;- Managed multiple tasks and successfully met deadlines. Show less

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  Uq

  Jul 2011 - Nov 2014

  Academic tutor

  1. Engineering Investigation & Statistical Analysis, School of Chemical Engineering (3 semesters) • Improved students' statistical analysis/math/software (Excel toolkit, Matlab) skills, code debugging, and report writing skills through one-on-one or group counseling; • Instructed and supervised group laboratory experiments and field visits to wastewater treatment plant.2. Catchment Hydrology, School of Civil Engineering (1 semester) • Guided group projects involving hydrological data analysis, unit hydrographs, water budget, report writing, etc.3. Catchment Hydraulics: Open Channel Flow & Design, School of Civil Engineering (2 semesters) • Demonstrated and supervised group laboratory experiments, including (1) broad-crested weir and critical flow, (2) hydraulic jumps, (3) rapidly and gradually varied flow in open channels, and (4) culvert hydraulics; • Instructed and assisted with mathematical problems related to fluid mechanics, continuity, momentum and energy principles. Show less

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  Translation express 快译

  Oct 2011 - now

  Freelance translator

  • Offered English-Chinese translation services for a variety of subjects, primarily legal documents; • Provided onsite interpreting for training programs (10/2012 – 11/2014) covering topics in agriculture, education, public health, public services, sustainable development, ecosystems, law, mining, etc.

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  Xyz translation and interpreting services

  Jan 2018 - now

  Owner and principal translator

  • Provided high-quality and affordable translation, trans-creation and subtitling/captioning services, specializing in social, legal, financial, and technical fields;• Provided online and in-person interpreting services, including OPI, VRI, consecutive and simultaneous interpreting, to immigration law firms, non-profit organizations, Department of Education and public hospitals, Qualcomm summits (via PoliLingua), and court interpreting (via Conduit Transcriptions);• Content contributor for WeChat public accounts, Chinese American Chats and Justice Patch, since September 2020;• Clients including APIA-Vote Michigan, PoliLingua Limited, Chinese for Affirmative Actions, Burg Translations, Golden State Opportunity, Linguistica International, etc. Show less

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  Lac group

  Mar 2018 - Dec 2019

  Legal researcher

  • Updated country regulation worksheets and looked for new laws and regulations published by official issuing bodies;• Identified new and reviewed existing legislation citations and status, matched them with CUBE IDs and pinpointed the clauses and articles containing financial service-related requirements;• Completed other Ad-hot research as assigned by the Research Lead.

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  Cube

  Dec 2019 - now

  Regulatory expert

  • Updated RegBooks’ citations and requirements, reviewed existing RegBooks in CUBE, and looked for new and relevant laws and regulations published by the official issuing bodies in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan;• Reviewed and edited the AI translation for Chinese language (CN, HK, TW) laws and regulations;• Identified AI translation gaps in the Chinese language laws and regulations to improve the translation quality;• Identified and reported quality issues such as wrong citation with RegBooks, and published RegBooks for approval;• Conducted QA checks for the CUBE RegOncology topic testing projects for jurisdictions including the US, China, Taiwan and India;• Researched regulatory issuing bodies to create source URL location maps for publication of relevant laws and regulations. Show less