Prof. Dr. Jianlin Liu is currently working as a full-time Professor in the Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering (BEEE) of Donghua University (DHU) in Shanghai. He also acts as the associate head of the BEEE and the director of the Institute of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning in DHU. He has obtained his BEng, MEng and Ph.D degrees from Hunan University, DHU, and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), respectively. Prior to these positions, he was the Postdoctoral Research Associate in the University of Sydney (2017-2019) and the Research Fellow in PolyU (2016-2017), respectively. 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 (IBPSA-Chia), respectively. He acts as the Associate Editor for the journal Architectural Intelligence, Subject Editor for the journal Building Simulation, Editorial Board Member for the journal Building and Environment as well as a reviewer for more than 20 different international academic journals.