Dr. Yao Qiang is an associate professor and master’s supervisor at the Pan Tianshou School of Architecture, Design and Art, Ningbo University. He obtained his joint doctoral degree from Chongqing University and the Pennsylvania State University and completed his postdoctoral research at Tongji University. He currently serves as Director of the Engineering Technology Research Center for Urban Climate Resilience and High‑Quality Low‑Carbon Development at Ningbo University, as well as a member of the Architectural Society of China and China Urban Planning Association. He has long been engaged in interdisciplinary research covering architecture, urban and rural planning, complex system theory and memetics. His recent research interests include theories and methods of resilient cities, evaluation approaches and implementation strategies addressing climate change and dual carbon goals, features and characteristics of rural settlements, theories and methods of architectural memetics, and transit‑oriented development (TOD) and underground space. At present, he presides over two provincial and ministerial research projects in China. He has also participated in five national research projects and six provincial and ministerial research projects, and has published 42 academic papers in total.