Dr. Lai currently works at Department of Architecture in Shanghai Jiao Tong University as an Associate Professor and Associate Head. He earned his Ph.D. degree from Purdue at 20l7, and is the recipient of "Chen Guang Scholar" from shanghai Municipal Education Commission in 2018 and "Sailing Program" from Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality in 2019. Dr. Lai's major research focus is the design of comfortable, healthy, and energy-efficient built environment. He also conducted researches on virus transmission and efficient ventilation in industrial building. He is a special issue editor for Building and Environment, and has served in the youth editorial board for Building Simulation. He is a reviewer for more than 30 journals. His study concerning SARS-CoV-2 transmission in enclosed space was covered in Wiley Research Headline and was reported by media such as Science Daily, Dailymail, EureAlert, News wise, Archyde etc.