Major research interests:

• Human Comfort
• Human Behaviour in Buildings
• Artificial Intelligence in Building Performance Prediction
• Digital twin of the Built Environments
• Sustainable Energy Technologies
• Energy Storage in Phase Change Materials 

PGR Supervision: 

PhD:

• Mr Chaoju Wang (PhD, Principal Supervisor), "A framework underlying the digitalisation of occupant behaviour in buildings", (Started from Feb 2021)
• Mr Tianning Shao (PhD, Principal Supervisor), "Self-supervised learning for real-time personal thermal comfort monitoring in non-experimental settings", (Started from Feb 2025)
• Mr Chaohui Zheng (PhD, Principal Supervisor), "Analysis of carbon reduction strategies from the perspective of individual behaviour changes", (Started from Feb 2025)
• Ms Yuyan Zhou (PhD, Principal Supervisor), "Occupant-Oriented Digital Twin: Real-time occupant behaviour simulation system based on agent-based modellings", (Started from Sep 2025)
• Ms Keqin Su (PhD, Principal Supervisor), "Quantitative modelling of collective thermal comfort and occupant interaction in shared spaces", (Started from Sep 2025)
• Ms Lu Yu (PhD, Co-Supervisor), "The Role of Audiovisual Interactions in Memory Tasks: A VR-Based Study on Coupled Sound and Light Effects in Office Environments", (Started from Feb 2025)
• Ms Ge Ge (PhD, Co-supervisor), "Optimized design for elderly users in urban parks under outdoor thermal comfort modelling in hot summer and cold winter area", (Started from Feb 2025)
• Ms Shiming Chen (PhD, Co-supervisor), "Menstrual Cycle and Female Thermal Comfort: A Hormone-Adjusted Prediction Model (h-PMV)", (Started from Feb 2025)
• Mr Hao Zhang (PhD, Co-supervisor), "Carbon neutrality targeted city renewal strategy: Investigation, prototyping and optimization of existing office buildings in hot summer and cold winter region", (Started from Feb 2022)
• Ms Min Yang (PhD, Co-supervisor), “Optimisation of Summer Microclimate in 15-Minute Cities in Hot-Summer and Cold-Winter Regions of China: A Case Study of the Yangtze River Delta”(Started from Feb 2022)

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• Dr Ruiming Zhang (PhD, Principal Supervisor), "An investigation of individual energy-related behaviours and urban residential energy modelling based on time use surveys”, (Completed in Jul 2025)
• Dr Yicheng Zheng(PhD, Co-supervisor), "Urban health research based on the theory and practice of green space exposure and GIS methodology in compact cities", (Completed in Nov 2025)
• Dr Siyu Ma (PhD, Co-supervisor), "Prediction and design optimisation of indoor thermal environment and energy consumption in dental treatment space based on artificial neural network and genetic algorithm", (Completed in Jul 2025)
• Dr Zu Wang (PhD, Co-supervisor), “Dynamic optimization control for ventilation and air conditioning system for minimizing energy consumption”, (Completed in Jul 2023)

MRes:

• Mengtian Yin (MRes, Principal Supervisor), “Elevation recognition in architecture drawings for 3d converting to BIM models”, (Completed in Mar 2019)
• Xiangzhi Zhang (MRes, Principal Supervisor), “The application of entransy theory in heat transfer optimization of heat exchanger networks and multi-stage latent heat storage systems”, (Completed in Mar 2018)
• Chenyi Li (MRes, Co-supervisor), “Innovation Design Development of the Acupuncture Department in Hospitals in Ningbo”, (Completed in Nov 2019)
• Wenzhao Liu (MRes, Co-supervisor), “Post-Occupancy Evaluation to Improve the Clinical Laboratory in Tertiary Hospitals in Shaoxing”, (Completed in Nov 2019)