Prof. dr. Jianlin Liu is currently working as a full-time Professor in the Department of Civil and Energy Engineering (CEE) of Donghua University (DHU) in Shanghai. He also acts as the associate head of the CEE and the director of the Institute of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning in DHU. His main areas of research expertise are urban microclimate, industrial building ventilation and air cleaning and human thermal comfort. He is a member of the board of the Building Ventilation Association of China and the board of the Building Performance Simulation Association of China, respectively. He acts as an Editorial Advisory Board Member for the journal Building and Environment and a Youth Editor for the journal Building Simulation as well as a reviewer for more than 20 different ISI journals.