Manwai Yuen is an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics and Information Technology at the Education University of Hong Kong. He received a B.Sc. in computing math (2003) and an M.Phil. in math (2006) from the City University of Hong Kong. He also received his M.Sc. in math (2004) and PGDE in math education (2007) from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 2012, Manwai Yuen completed his Ph.D. in applied math at the Hong Kong Polytechnics University. Manwai Yuen has many years of teaching experience. He taught at the Caritas Institute of Further and Adult Education in Kowloon, the Hang Seng School of Commerce, the City University of Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.  His research interests include applied analysis of nonlinear partial differential equations, especially involving blowup phenomena and similar solutions.