Dequn Teng DT

Curriculum Vitae

Dequn Teng

PhD Candidate in Engineering · Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge · Cambridge Trust International Scholar · FRSA

dt517@cam.ac.uk LinkedIn ORCID
Education
University of CambridgeOct 2021 — Present
MPhil + PhD in Engineering (1+3 track) · Institute for Manufacturing
  • Cambridge Trust International Scholar.
  • Dissertation — Human–Algorithm Interaction for Analytical Creativity: Evidence from Algorithmic Trading. Supervised by Prof. Tim Minshall & Prof. Veronica Martinez; advised by Prof. Yeun Joon Kim.
University of LiverpoolSep 2017 — Jul 2021
BEng, Computer Science & Electrical Engineering · First-Class Honours
  • Overall GPA 3.9 (top 1%).
  • 2+2 track — first two years in Suzhou, China; final two years in Liverpool.
Stanford UniversityJun — Aug 2019
Summer Programme · Artificial Intelligence & Algorithms
  • AI Principles & Techniques (CS221) and Algorithms (CS161) — overall 86%.
Research & Industry Experience
Research Assistant — Judge Business SchoolJun 2024 — Jul 2025
Strategy & International Business Subject Group · Cambridge
  • Assistant to Prof. Christopher Marquis on regenerative innovation and scientific communication.
  • Synthesising, analysing and presenting findings from cutting-edge research.
SyncSupply — Venture CreationAug 2022 — Aug 2023
Accelerate Cambridge · JBS Entrepreneurship Centre
  • Built supplier-risk profiling around procurement requirements.
  • Pitch & Judge joint winner (second place), Nov 2023 — “SyncSupply: Plan before crisis arrives.”
Digital Transformation Research Intern — Deutsche BankJun — Sep 2021
Deutsche Bank · Shanghai
  • Synthesised the roadmap framework for digital transformation in banking.
  • Supported the Deutsche Bank fintech lab start-up with Lingang Group.
Business Intelligence Software Engineer — UnileverOct 2020 — Jun 2021
Unilever Personal Care · Port Sunlight, Liverpool
  • Visualised deodorant-composition metrics in the Unilever Chemistry Database with Power BI.
  • Extracted and merged three data formats (Excel, SAP, LIMS) of hair-stability data into a common LIMS format.
Scholarships, Honours & Competitions
  • 2017–25Cambridge Trust International Scholarship — full PhD scholarship
  • 2025L'Oréal Brandstorm — Top 1, University of Cambridge
  • 2025Hack_the_Law Hackathon — winner of the Simmons & Simmons award
  • 2024Cambridge Judge Business School — joint first place, Pitch & Judge
  • 2024Citadel Global PhD Hackathon — Global Top 20, Top 1 at the University of Cambridge
  • 2022IfM Shoestring Hackathon — Best Performing Team & Machine Monitoring Challenge Winner (Top 1)
Grants & Funding
  • 2026UKRI Metascience Sandpit — scientometrics for research assessment · Co-Applicant, £500,000
  • 2026Royal Academy of Engineering Frontiers Seed Funding · Lead Applicant, £20,000 (FS-2627-26-148)
  • 2026RAEng Frontiers' Programme — fully funded research trip to Japan
Intellectual Property
A SPA Apparatus for Efficient SprayingAwarded
Invention Patent · CN112022679A
References
Professor Tim Minshallthwm100@cam.ac.uk
Dr John C. Taylor Professor of Innovation & Head of the Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge
Professor Veronica Martinez (FHEA)vm338@cam.ac.uk
Professor of Digital Operations & Services, Sussex Business School
Professor Christopher Marquisc.marquis@jbs.cam.ac.uk
Sinyi Professor of Chinese Management, Cambridge Judge Business School · Fellow & Director of Studies, Jesus College

Full referee contact details available on request.