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Biography
Dr. Zhong is the director and founder of the Built Environment Technology Lab (BETLab). Her extensive research and industrial experience in the field of healthy indoor environments is complemented by a deep understanding of heat and mass transfer in buildings, physico-chemical and biological purification technologies, catalysis, nanotechnology, and renewable technology. As a dynamic researcher, she is highly proficient in utilizing experimental, computational, and field approaches in her work. Her specialties include building material characterization, air cleaning and odor control, indoor air science, resilience and indoor environmental quality. She also excels in the design of advanced HVAC systems and green buildings, smart sensors and controls, as well as health exposure assessments.
Credentials
- Research Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, US
- PostDoc, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
- Ph.D., Concordia University (Distinction), Montreal, Canada
- M.Sc., Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- B.Sc., Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Professional Memberships
- Member, Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)
- Member, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
- Member, Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME)
- Member, International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ)
- Member, American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE)
- Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
Editors
- Sustainable Cities and Society, Early Career Editorial Board (2023-2025)
- Journal of Building Physics, Guest Editor, Special Issue "eSim 2024" (2023-2024)
- Atmosphere, Topical Advisory Panel Member, Guest Editor , Special Issue "Advanced Technologies in Air Science: Monitoring, Analyzing, Modeling, and Implementation" (2021)
.Invited reviewer
(Web of Science Researcher profile)- Indoor Air
- Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
- Building and Environment
- Journal of Hazardous Materials
- Sustainable Cities and Society
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry
- Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
- Chemosphere
- Applied Sciences
- Chemical Engineering Journal
- Buildings
- Chemical Engineering Science
- Indoor and Built Environment
- Science and Technology for the Built Environment
- Energies
- Environmental Health Insights
- Environmental Technology Reviews
- Science of the Total Environment
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- American Journal of Industrial Medicine
- Environmental Technology & Innovation
- Advances in Building Energy Research
Honors & Awards
- "People's Choice" award in the poster session of 2017 ERC regional research symposium, 2017
- NIOSH Pilot Project Research Training (PPRT) award, 2016-2017
- IRSST Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2015-2017
- FRQNT Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined), 2015-2017
- Concordia University Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Prize, 2014
- Concordia University Conference and Exposition Award, 2012, 2014
- NSERC CREATE Postdoctoral Scholarship, 2013-2015
- ASHRAE Graduate Grant-In-Aid Honorarium, 2013
- Concordia Doctoral Student Graduation Bonus, 2013
- NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship (PGS), 2011-2013
- ASHRAE Graduate Grant-In-Aid Scholarship, 2012-2013
- Concordia University Graduate Fellowship, 2012-2013
- Concordia Merit Scholarship, 2011-2012