Dr Huanhuan Li

Dr Li is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) Recognised Teacher.

Current modules

• Ship Manoeuvring and Control
• Basic Naval Architecture

Previous teaching experience

• Research Methods and Research Skills
• Autonomous Systems and Machine Learning
• Maritime Economics and Management
• Fundamentals of Transport Systems
• Transport Systems Control

She supervises and co-supervises PhD students, MSc dissertations, and undergraduate research projects.

Academic Career

• 2025–Present | Lecturer (Assistant Professor), University of Southampton, UK
• 2024–2025 | Senior Research Fellow, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
• 2021–2024 | Research Fellow, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
• 2020–2021 | Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Professional Recognition

• 2025 | Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Advance HE
• 2025 | SEDA Recognised Teacher, Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA)
• 2025 | Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP), with Distinction, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
• 2022 | Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), Advance HE

Leadership Development

• 2025 | Aurora Leadership Development Programme, Advance HE
• 2024 | Nia Leadership Development Programme, Liverpool John Moores University (delivered by The King's Fund)

Academic Leadership

• 2025–Present | Undergraduate Programme Leader (Year 1), Maritime Engineering Group, University of Southampton

Selected Research Funding

• 2026 | Principal Investigator – Risk-Informed Planning of Hydrogen Green Shipping Corridors. EPSRC Place-Based Impact Acceleration Account (PBIAA) – MaLaMi Programme, Liverpool John Moores University.

Professional Experience

Throughout her academic career, Dr Li has developed extensive experience in interdisciplinary research, international collaboration, research management, stakeholder engagement, and the preparation of competitive funding proposals. She has worked closely with universities, industry, and government organisations across the UK, Europe, and Asia, supporting collaborative research in maritime engineering, transportation systems, digitalisation, and sustainable technologies.

International Collaboration

Dr Li has played an active role in several international collaborative research initiatives, including projects funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under Horizon Europe and the Royal Society International Exchanges scheme. She has contributed to project coordination, international collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and interdisciplinary research, working closely with academic institutions, industrial partners, and government organisations across the UK, Europe, and Asia.

Academic Service

      Editorial Board Membership

Journal of Naval Architecture and Marine Technology (JNAMT)

      Guest Editorship

• Ocean Engineering – Polar Ship Design, Performance and Safety in Ice (2026–2027)
• Ocean Engineering – A. YUCEL ODABASI Colloquium Series: 5th International Meeting – Advances in Marine Robotics and Autonomous Systems (2026)
• Frontiers in Marine Science – Predictive Maintenance for Sustainable Maritime Transportation and Offshore Wind Energy (2025–2026)
• Journal of Marine Science and Engineering – Advanced Studies in Marine Data Analysis (2025–2026)
• Applied Sciences – Industrial System Reliability Modeling and Optimization (2025–2026)

      Peer Review

Actively serves as a reviewer for more than 80 international journals, with over 300 completed peer reviews across the fields of maritime engineering, transportation, artificial intelligence, safety, and reliability.

Awards and Recognition

• 2026 | Dean’s Award for Early Career Academics, University of Southampton.
• 2026 | Author of seven Web of Science Highly Cited Papers (Top 1% by citations worldwide).
• 2025 | Recognised among the Stanford–Elsevier World’s Top 2% Scientists (Single-Year Ranking).
• 2025 | Best Paper Award, The 8th International Conference on Transportation Information and Safety (ICTIS 2025), for “Impact of Cascading Failures on Shipping Network Resilience.”
• 2025 | Best Paper Award, The 8th International Conference on Transportation Information and Safety (ICTIS 2025), for “GPT4STP: A Novel Ship Trajectory Prediction Method Based on Pre-trained Large Language Model.”
• 2024 | Vice-Chancellor’s Rising Star Award in Research, Liverpool John Moores University.

Research Supervision

Dr Li welcomes enquiries from prospective PhD and MPhil students whose research interests align with her expertise in maritime engineering, autonomous and intelligent shipping, maritime safety and security, artificial intelligence, transportation systems, and sustainable maritime transport.

• At Liverpool John Moores University, co-supervised 2 PhD students and 1 MSc dissertation to successful completion. Provided research mentoring to 6 international visiting researchers, supporting collaborative research and academic publications.
• Currently co-supervising 2 PhD candidates and co-mentoring 1 postdoctoral researcher.
• Provided substantial research mentoring to 2 additional PhD researchers, contributing to their research and peer-reviewed publications as a co-corresponding author.