● Finite element methods (in particular, adaptive discontinuous Galerkin methods for flow and reactive transport problems in porous media) and numerical analysis (a priori and a posteriori error estimation) 

● Computational transport phenomena and numerical oil reservoir simulations

● Computational thermodynamics of reservoir fluids

• S. Sun and J. Liu, "A locally conservative finite element method based on enrichment of the continuous Galerkin method", SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 31(4), 2528-2548, 2009. 
• V. J. Ervin, E. W. Jenkins, and S. Sun, "Coupled generalized non-linear stokes flow with flow through a porous medium," SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, 47(2), 929-952, 2009 
• V. Girault, S. Sun, M. F. Wheeler and I. Yotov, "Coupling discontinuous Galerkin and mixed finite element discretizations using mortar finite elements", SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, 46(2), 949-979, 2008. 
• S. Sun and M. F. Wheeler, "Symmetric and nonsymmetric discontinuous Galerkin methods for reactive transport in porous media", SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, 43(1), 195-219, 2005. 
• C. Dawson, S. Sun and M. F. Wheeler, "Compatible algorithms for coupled flow and transport", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering", 193, 2565-2580, 2004.

• Ph.D., Computational and Applied Mathematics, The University of Texas at Austin, USA, 2003
• M.Sc., Computational and Applied Mathematics, The University of Texas at Austin, USA, 2002
• D.Eng., Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, China, 1997
• M.Eng., Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, China, 1994
• B.Eng., Industrial Chemistry, Tianjin University, China, 1991

• Associate Professor of Applied Math & Computational Science (AMCS) (Oct 1, 2012 – Present) 
• Associate Professor of Earth Science and Engineering (ErSE) (Oct 1, 2012 – Present) 
• Adjunct Associate Professor, Clemson University, USA (July 2011 – Present)  
• Adjunct Professor (兼职教授博士生导师), Xi'an Jiaotong University, China  (March 2010 – Present)  
• Adjunct Professor (兼职研究生导师), China University of Petroleum at Beijing (June 2012 – Present) 

• Member, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers
• Member, American Mathematical Society
• Member, Sigma Xi
• Member, Tau Beta Pi

• Oden Faculty Research Fellow, Institute for Computational and Engineering Sciences (ICES), University of Texas at Austin, United States, July–August 2008, and July–August 2009
• NSF fellowship for the NSF Summer Institute on Nano Mechanics and Materials, United States, 2005
• Best paper award, International Conference on Computing, Communication and Control Technologies, 2005
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, The University of Texas at Austin, United States, 2003–2005
• University of

Earth Science and Engineering Program

Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences Program

Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering Program

Physical Science and Engineering Division