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Dr. Zhiwei Lian is a full Professor/Distinguished/Tenured professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and the director of the Center for Indoor Environment and Energy. He has been engaged in research on human interaction with indoor and outdoor environments. He was the supervisor of more than 70 master students, 30 Ph.D students. He has led over 20 national-level projects, including 13 programs of Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, two of which were key projects) and multiple projects of the "11th Five-Year Plan" to the "14th Five-Year Plan" National Key R&D Program of China. He has won six provincial-level awards, obtained over 50 invention patents, and published over 200 SCI papers. He has been included in the list of China's highly cited scholars for eleven consecutive years till 2025. He is a specially-appointed professor(Distinguished Professor) in Henan Province, a visiting professor of the Pearl River Scholar(Chair Professor) in Guangdong Province, and a member of the academic committees of several national and provincial key laboratories. And he has served as section chairmen and scientific committee members, and was invited to give keynote speeches at many international conferences. Besides, he has also served as experts from many academic institutions and industry alliances, such as an expert from the China Sleep Industry Think Tank, etc.