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Principle Investigator
Dr.Yuekuan ZHOU
 Assistant Professor
Sustainable Energy and Environment Thrust,
Function Hub, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

 Prof. Zhou obtained his PhD  degree in 2021 from Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK PolyU), a Master's degree from Hunan University in 2017, and a Bachelor's from PLA University of Science and Technology in 2014. Prof. Zhou conducted his PhD attachment program in 2019 at Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, under the supervision of Prof. Jan L.M. Hensen. He joined in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2021. He was awarded the Best Paper Award in CUE2020: Applied Energy Symposium: Low carbon cities and urban energy systems, organized by Applied Energy journal. He has 3 highly cited papers (ESI 1%). He won the award of Outstanding PhD candidate at the international conference on Energy and Built Environment' in 2021. He was awarded as the world's top 2% scientists (top 1%, Stanford University, USA, 2022) and the Vebleo fellow.  Since 2014, he has been engaged in research in the field of low-carbon buildings and sustainability, and has undertaken five scientific research projects directly related to low-carbon buildings and fuel cells as the person in charge. He has published more than 70 papers in international top journals such as Energy & Environmental Science, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Applied Energy, and Energy Conversion and Management, with more than 2000 citations. H-index 30. Dr. Zhou has been invited to serve as a guest for several SCI journals.  Prof. Zhou was also invited to contribute chapters in 7 books (publishers: Elsevier, Springer, and so on). He is an editorial board member of several international journals, like Energy Nexus (Elsevier), Journal of Architectural Environment & Structural Engineering Research, and Journal of Modern Green Energy.

Group Members
SONG Aoye
PhD student (2022.Feb-)
M.S, Peking University
B.S, Peking University		 ZHENG Xinyao
PhD student (2022.Sep-)
M.E, Xi'an Jiaotong University
B.Eng., Xi'an Jiaotong University

DAN Zhaohui
PhD student (2023.Feb-)
M.E, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
B.Eng., Wuhan Institute of Technology

 YU Xiaojun
PhD student (2023.Feb-)
M.E, The University of Manchester
B.Eng., Army Engineering University of PLA

HAN Jianchen
PhD student (2023.Sep-) 
M.E, Sun Yat-sen University
B.Eng., Sun Yat-sen University
 GAO Bin
PhD student (2023.Sep-)
M.E, Hunan University
B.Eng., Hunan University of Science and Technology

PING Dazhou
PhD student (2023.Sep-)
M.E, The University of Manchester
B.Eng., Central South University		 ZHENG Yuyu
PhD student (2024.Sep-)
M.Fin. The Chinese University of Hong Kong，Shenzhen
M.U.P. Tsinghua University
B.Eng. Tsinghua University

ZHANG Xiaohan
PhD student (2024.Sep-)
M.E, Beijing Institute of Technology
B.Eng., Beijing Jiaotong University		 ZHOU Lu
PhD student (2024.Sep-)
Mphil. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
B.Eng., Civil Aviation University of China

ZHENG Songchuan
PhD student (2024.Sep-)
M.E, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
B.Eng., Southwest University 		LIU Zhenqgi
RA (2024.Sep-)
B.Eng.,Hunan University

WU Junyuan
Mphil student (2023.Sep-)
M.S, University of Edinburgh
B.Eng, South China University of Technology 		XIAO Yu
Mphil student (2024.Sep-)
B.Eng., Harbin Institute of Technology

WANG Tingting
Mphil student (2024.Sep-)
B.Eng., East China University of Science and Technology		 LI Yujia
Mphil student (2024.Sep-)
B.Arch., Beijing University of Technology

SHEN Caiyi
Mphil student (2024.Sep-)
B.Eng., Central South University		 DENG Min
Mphil student (2024.Sep-)
B.Econ.，South China Agriculture University

Alumni
ZHOU Lu
Mphil graduate (2022-2024)
Mphil., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
B.Eng., Civil Aviation University of China		 FANG Wenjing
Mphil graduate (2022-2024)
Mphil., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
B.Arch., South China University of Technology

LIU Kaiwen
Mphil graduate (2022-2024)
Mphil., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
B.Eng., New York Institute of Technology		 LEI Jiachen
Mphil graduate (2022-2024)
Mphil., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
B.Eng., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

LIU Xingrui
Mphil graduate (2022-2024)
Mphil., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
M.E, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
B.Eng., University of Jinan		 YAU Chin Fung
Mphil graduate (2022-2024)
Mphil., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
B.S, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Group Activity

For more details, please contact Dr. Yuekuan ZHOU via yuekuanzhou@ust.hk