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Dr Siqi Huo

Dr Siqi Huo
Name Siqi Huo
Position Lecturer (Engineering Materials)
Section School of Engineering
Office B342
Location Springfield Campus
Email
Qualifications BSc WHUT , PhD WHUT
Homepage https://research.usq.edu.au/researcher/88837/dr-siqi-huo
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Dr. Siqi Huo is a Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow at the University of Southern Queensland. Dr. Huo has a wealth of valuable expertise in Polymer Composites, Thermosetting Resins, and Fire Retardants. He obtained his PhD degree from the Wuhan University of Technology in 2018, worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the Zhejiang University in 2020-2022, and joined the University of Southern Queensland as a Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow in 2023. He has published 110+ peer-reviewed journal articles in international top journals, including Progress in Polymer Science, Chemical Engineering Journal, and Composites Part B (Citations: 6,600+, H-index: 47), with 2 book chapters. As chief investigator (CI) or sole-CI, until now he has succeeded in winning competitive research grants from Australia and China, including ARC DECRA, ARC DP, National Natural Science Foundation of China grant, and three China Postdoctoral Science Foundation grants. He is serving as an Early Career Board Member of 'Applied Materials Today', an Early Career Editorial Board Member of 'Journal of Materials Science & Technology', a Section Editorial Board Member of ‘Polymers’, an Editorial Board Member of ‘Fire’, a Topic Editor of 'Frontiers in Materials' and 'Frontiers in Chemistry', and a Topical Advisory Panel of ‘Crystals’.


  • Composite And Hybrid Materials ( 401602 )
  • Materials Engineering ( 401600 )
  • Functional Materials ( 401605 )
  • Polymers And Plastics ( 401609 )

Polymers and Polymers Composites
Thermosetting Resins
Recyclable Polymers
Fire Retardants


Early Career Editorial Board Member of Journal of Materials Science & Technology;
Early Career Board Member of Applied Materials Today;
Section Editorial Board Member of Polymers;
Editorial Board Member of Fire;
Topic Editor of Frontiers in Materials and Frontiers in Chemistry;
Topical Advisory Panel of Crystals;
Assessor of ARC, National Science Centre (Poland), and Research Foundation – Flanders (Belgium) projects;
Reviewer of Advanced Materials, Chemical Engeering Journal, Composites Part B: Engineering, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Macromolecules, Composites Communications, Materials Today Chemistry, and Polymer Degradation and Stability.


  • Centre for Future Materials (CFM)

EBE5003 - Research Training
MEC2202 - Manufacturing Processes


  • Composite And Hybrid Materials ( 401602 )
  • Materials Engineering ( 401600 )
  • Functional Materials ( 401605 )
  • Polymers And Plastics ( 401609 )