Longbin TaoProfessor Longbin Tao is currently working in the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde since 2017, Longbin Tao received his PhD from the University of Western Australia in 2002 for research on offsore hydrodynamics. In 2008, he was appointed Lloyd's Register Chair Professor of Offshore Engineering at Newcastle University (UK) and had held the position for nine years. Before moving to the UK, he lectured at Griffith University in Australia from 2001 to 2008. Longbin's primary research interests are in offshore engineering and offshore renewable energy systems. In addition to academic research, he was employed as an engineer at Maritime Safety in China and naval architect at a shipbuilding company in Australia from 1988 to 1997. Throughout his academic and professional career, Longbin has led and participated many external-funded research and knowledge transfer projects, and published over 150 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and conferences Read More Read Less