Derrick received his Bachelor of Engineering degree with First Class Honors in Electronic Engineering from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2006. In Jul. 2008, he got his Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) degree from the same university under the supervision of Prof. Vincent K. N. Lau. He finished his Ph.D. in the ECE department of The University of British Columbia (UBC) under the guidance of Prof. Robert Schober in Nov. 2012. He was a Senior Research Fellow of Institute for Digital Communications (IDC) at Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. Starting from Jan. 2022, he works as a Scientia Assoicate Professor at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He is a Fellow of the IEEE (Class 2021). He served as an ARC DECRA Research Fellow from 2017-2019. He has been listed as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics since 2018.

I am currently recruiting Ph.D. students to join my research group. Interested applicants with strong background in mathematics and communications engineering are invited to email me their CVs and academic transcripts.

Also, I have several exciting projects for Master and Bachelor students in the area of wireless communications. If you are interested, you may contact me provided you meet the following criteria:
Master’s students: In your Bachelor’s, you finished in the top 5 % of your class. If you have publications, this will strengthen your case.

Bachelor students: You were in the top 5 % of your class and you are enthusiastic about knowledge.