2026/03 – Present    Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University 
2021/05 - 2025/12    Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2019/06 – 2021/04    Research Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore
2015/03 – 2015/11    Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
 

2021/05 – 2015/12 Service contracts with Hong Kong Geotechnical Engineering Office

•  Technical report on numerical modelling of ground vibration due to blasting works
•  Technical report on reliability analyses of Hong Kong slopes 
•  Technical report on characterization of geotechnical model uncertainty
   

Journal papers
1.    Lo, M.K., Leung Y.F. (2026). Probabilistic characterisation of critical state model parameters for saprolitic soil in Hong Kong. Géotechnique, Accepted for publication. 
2.    Pang, H., Lo, M.K., Leung, Y.F., & Wu, S. (2026). Reconstruction of landslide events in urban settings using LLM-based Agentic AI with multimodal data, Soils and Foundations, Accepted for publication.
3.    Zhou, C., Leung Y.F., Baolin, & Lo, M.K. (2026). Evidence-based Geotechnical Control for Blasting-Induced Vibrations on Geotechnical Features – field observations, laboratory testing and numerical simulations, Under Review.
4.    Lo, M.K., Leung, Y.F., Chan, C.L., & Sze, E.H. (2025). Reappraisal of slope reliability through hybridisation of regional and site-specific soil shear strength information, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 62, 1-24.
5.    Lo, M. K., Leung, Y. F., & Wang, M. X. (2025). Data-enhanced design charts for efficient reliability-based design of geotechnical systems. Structural Safety, 112, 102527. 
6.    Wang, M.., Leung, Y.F., & Lo, M.K. (2024). Incorporating region-variability of model bias into liquefaction-triggering procedures for sandy and gravelly soils through BUS-powered hierarchical Bayesian updating, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 62, 1-24.
7.    Lo, M.K., Loh, R.D., Chian, S.C., & Ku, T. (2022). Probabilistic prediction of consolidation settlement and pore water pressure using variational autoencoder neural network, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 149(1), 04022119.
8.    Lo, M.K., Wei, X., Chian, S.C., & Ku, T. (2021). Bayesian network prediction of stiffness and shear strength of sand, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 147(5), 04021020.
9.    Lo, M.K., Leung, Y. F., & Ku, T. (2021). Variability response function approach for foundation reliability, Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, 64, 103129.
10.    Mori, H., Chen, X., Leung, Y. F., Shimokawa, D., & Lo, M. K. (2020). Landslide hazard assessment by smoothed particle hydrodynamics with spatially variable soil properties and statistical rainfall distribution, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 57(12), 1953-1969.
11.    Lo, M.K., & Leung, Y.F. (2019). Bayesian updating of subsurface spatial variability for improved prediction of braced excavation response, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 56(8), 1169-1183.
12.    Leung, Y.F., & Lo, M.K. (2018). Probabilistic assessment of pile group response considering superstructure stiffness and three-dimensional soil spatial variability, Computers and Geotechnics, 103, 193-200.
13.    Lo, M.K., & Leung, Y.F. (2018). Reliability assessment of slopes considering sampling influence and spatial variability by Sobol' sensitivity index, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 144(4), 04018010.
14.    Lo, M.K., & Leung, Y.F. (2017). Probabilistic analyses of slopes and footings with spatially variable soils considering cross-correlation and conditioned random field, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 143(9), 04017044.
15.    Liu, W.F., Leung, Y.F., & Lo, M.K. (2017). Integrated framework for characterization of spatial variability of geological profiles, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 54(1), 47-58.

Conference papers 
1.    Lo, M.K., Leung, Y. F., Chan, C.L. & Sze, E.H.Y. (2022). Reliability of a Soil-Nailed Slope Considering Regional Shear Strength Information. Proc. of the 8th International Symposium on Geotechnical Safety and Risk (ISGSR).
2.    Chan, C., Wong, L., Leung, W., Chung, P., Lo, M. K., & Leung, Y. (2022). Development of Regional Soil Shear Strength Database and Its Application in Probabilistic Analysis of Slope Stability. Proc. of the 8th International Symposium on Geotechnical Safety and Risk (ISGSR).
3.    Ku, T., Lo, M.K., Chian, S.C. (2022). 3D soil stratigraphy considering cone penetration test data and Singapore geological characteristics. 4th International Conference on Information Technology in Geo-Engineering.
4.    Lo, M. K., Wei, X., Chian, S.C. & Ku, T. (2020). Bayesian network characterization of shear wave velocity for sands, Proc. of The Seventh Asian-Pacific Symposium on Structural Reliability and Its Applications (APSSRA 2020).
5.    Lo, M. K. & Leung, Y.F. (2019). Adaptive updating of soil properties through monitoring data for improved prediction of excavation response, Proc. of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) Geotechnical Division 39th Annual Seminar 2019.