博士、教授、博士生导师。2006年获日本九州大学工学博士学位，先后在北海道大学、东北大学（日本）从事博士后研究工作。长期从事传热学、非平衡热力学的教学和科研工作，担任本科生《传热学》和研究生《非平衡热力学》的教学工作。主持国家自然科学基金项目3项和其它省部级项目5项，参加了科技部“973”计划项目、国家自然科学基金重点项目等项目的研究。发表SCI/EI论文40多篇，申请和授权发明专利3项，参加编写《传热分析与计算》教材1部。担任国家自然科学基金项目函评专家。
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1. 气液相变及其强化
2. 热对流及不稳定现象
3. 电磁悬浮及液滴稳定性
4. 非平衡热力学稳定性理论及应用
1. 国家自然科学基金项目：平面上液滴蒸发诱发耦合Marangoni对流失稳机制及耗散结构特征
2. 国家自然科学基金项目：叠加静磁场作用下电磁悬浮熔融液滴对流不稳定特征及其失稳机理
3. 国家自然科学基金项目：环形液层旋转-热毛细对流失稳机理及耗散结构特征
4. 教育部留学回国人员启动基金项目: 旋转系统热毛细对流、失稳机理及热流体波的特征的研究
5. 重庆市自然科学基金项目：静磁场对电磁悬浮熔融液滴对流和振荡过程影响的研究
6. 重庆市自然科学基金项目：旋转液池内热毛细对流的稳定性
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