He graduated from School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University in 2012. He worked in the School of Architecture, Southeast University from 2012 to 2024, as an assistant professor (2012), associate professor (2015), and full professor (2019). He had studied and worked in ETH Zurich, Switzerland as a visiting scholar.
The courses he taught included Building Physics, Building Technology, Field Practice, etc. He won the second prize of the Micro-course Competition in Jiangsu Province, the first prize of the Micro-course Competition in Southeast University, and the third prize of the first Teaching Innovation Competition in Southeast University.
His research areas include building envelope thermal performance, historical building protection and performance improvement, urban heat island effect and mitigation, building optimization design, and rural residential building energy usage and saving. He got fund supports from the Natural Science Foundation of China, the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, the Ministry of Education, and Southeast University. He has published more than 100 papers, and the citations were more than 3,000. He published one English book, and got 12 patents. He was the World's Top 2% Scientists, the Huaying Scholar, and won the Heatcraft Awards of Professor Anshi Xia Scholarship.
He is one of the directors in the Building Physics Branch of the Architectural Society of China, the Executive Editor of Frontiers of Architectural Research, the Associate Editor of the Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry and the Journal of Building Design and Environment, the Editorial Board Member of Buildings, the Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Sustainable Energy, etc.