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Jun 2026
- I led an eScience Institute Postdoctoral Lunch Seminar at the University of Washington, titled “Google Earth Engine for Reproducible Earth Data Science: From Hourly Climate Grids to Population Exposure.”
May 2026
- Our paper, “Heat Metrics and Thresholds Reshape Population Exposure and Inequality Signals,” was accepted by Environmental Research Letters and featured as a CSDE Research Highlight.
Apr 2026
- Our paper, “Comparing Designs for Photovoltaic-Green Roofs: A Year-Long Field Study in a Subtropical Climate,” was accepted by Renewable Energy.
Dec 2025
- Our paper, “Mitigating Urban Climate-Energy Feedback with Citywide Building-Integrated Photovoltaics Implementation,” was accepted by Nexus.
Sep 2025
- I joined the University of Washington as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Urban Design and Planning.
- I was selected as a UW eScience Data Science Postdoctoral Fellow.
Aug 2025
- I was invited to give a talk at the Building and Vehicle Air Environment Seminar of Young Scholars.
Jun 2025
- Our rooftop PV study was featured by pv magazine, highlighting the urban microclimate and heat-resilience implications of large-scale rooftop photovoltaic deployment.
May 2025
- Our paper, “The Resilience Paradox of Rooftop PV: Building Cooling Penalties and Heat Risks,” was accepted by Building and Environment.
Apr 2025
- Our paper, “Impacts of Photovoltaics and Integrated Green Roofs on Urban Climate: Experimental Insights for Urban Land Surface Modelling,” was accepted by Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.
Dec 2024
- I presented an eLightning talk at the 2024 AGU Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.
Oct 2024
- I presented a poster at the 10th National Urban Meteorological Academic Forum, Chinese Meteorological Society, Hangzhou, China.
Aug 2024
- I gave an oral presentation at the 2nd International Bay Area Urban Agglomeration Green Development Conference (IBACEC) and the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Urban Agglomeration Green Development Committee, Chinese Society for Urban Studies, Macau.
Jun 2024
- I gave an oral presentation and served as a session chair at the Asian University Alliance (AUA) Seminar on Smart and Low-Carbon Cities, Hong Kong.
Jan 2024
- Our paper, “Modelling the Impact of Building Energy Consumption on Urban Thermal Environment: The Bias of the Inventory Approach,” was accepted by Building and Environment.
Dec 2023
- Our paper, “Quantifying the Benefits of BIPV Windows in Urban Environments under Climate Change: A Comparison of Three Chinese Cities,” was accepted by Renewable Energy.
Nov 2023
- I received my Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Aug 2023
- I gave an oral presentation at the 11th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC) in Sydney.
May 2023
- I presented my research at the 9th National Urban Meteorological Forum in Xiong’an, China, and received the Best Paper Award.
Dec 2022
- I presented a poster at the 2022 AGU Fall Meeting in Chicago, United States.
Aug 2022
- I presented a poster at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS).
May 2022
- I was awarded the RedBird Academic Excellence Award by the HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School.
Nov 2021
- Our paper, “Modelling the effect of BIPV window in the built environment: Uncertainty and sensitivity,” was accepted by Building and Environment.
Oct 2021
- I gave an oral presentation at the 8th National Urban Meteorological Academic Forum, Chinese Meteorological Society.
Jun 2021
- Our paper, “Impact of BIPV windows on building energy consumption in street canyons: Model development and validation,” was accepted by Energy and Buildings.