Yiru Zheng received his Ph.D. from City University of Macau in 2026. His research focuses on digital conservation of architectural heritage and non‑destructive testing technologies, with particular emphasis on Chinese diaspora architectural heritage and Macau’s vernacular religious architecture. He is proficient in operating terrestrial laser scanners (e.g., Leica, Faro) and processing point cloud data, and is also skilled in using material characterisation instruments such as SEM‑EDS, XRF, and XRD for deterioration diagnosis and material provenance studies. Dr. Zheng has served as Principal Investigator for projects funded by the Xiamen Municipal Natural Science Foundation and the Fujian Provincial Education Research Project for Young and Middle‑aged Teachers. He has published 10 academic papers, including 4 SCI/EI/CSCD‑indexed articles as first author in journals such as npj Heritage Science. He is a Youth Editorial Board Member of Elsevier’s Global Heritage journal and a member of the China‑Portugal Joint Laboratory of Cultural Heritage Conservation Science under the Belt and Road Initiative, established by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China. He is dedicated to interdisciplinary and cross‑cultural practices in architectural heritage conservation.