Dr. Zhengxuan Liu was appointed to the position of Marie Sklodowska Curie Research Fellow at Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at TU Delft, on October 1 st, 2022. He is also the Lecture (for Course AC 3) and Assistant Lecture (for Courses ABE 009 and ABE 013) at TU Delft. His research interests mainly focus on Zero Carbon Building and Community, Sustainable Urban Energy Transition, Smart Building and Intelligent Community, Diversified Renewable Energy Integration and Management, Digital Technology Application and AI, Health & Comfort for Indoor Environment, Thermal Management of Hydrogen Fuel Cells, and Socio-technical Systems.

Dr. Liu started his Postdoctoral research works at TU Delft on June 18th, 2021. He was a joint PhD candidate between Hunan University and University of Lyon-ENTPE, and obtained his PhD degree in June, 2019. Dr. Liu was the Assistant Dean of Institute for Sustainable Urbanization & Construction Innovation in Hunan University before coming to Delft.

Dr. Liu is currently the Executive-Chair of China Chapter (with over 800 members) of Marie Curie Alumni Association (with 21,864 members from 153 countries) that is an official international organization established and supported by the European Commission. 

Dr. Liu has authored over 80 research outputs by March 2024, including over 45 SCI papers (31 of them as the first or corresponding author, one ESI Highly Cited Paper), one Elsevier book and 8 invited book chapters, and 35 patents. 

Dr.Liu has successfully led 4 research projects as PI (Principal Investigator), and conducted 6 research projects as Sub-topic leader, Project Secretary or Assistant Coordinator. In 2022, Dr. Liu was won with the "Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships" (Approved funding of € 203,464.32 with a selected rate of about 13%), and honored as "Vebleo Fellow" which recognizes researchers or scientists who have prominence and leadership in the field of science, engineering, and technology.

Dr. Liu has conducted a number of courses with a total of over 120 hours of class time. He has attended and made presentations over 10 public seminars. In addition, he has been co-supervising 3 PhD and 15 Master students in their research.

Dr. Liu is the Associate Editors of two well-known SCI journals, i.e., Humanities & Social Sciences Communications (Nature subjournal, JCR Q1, IF=3.5), and Journal of Housing and the Built Environment (JCR Q3, IF=1.9). He is also the Editorial Board Member of 8 international journals (e.g., Buildings, Sustainable Horizons, etc.), and the Lead Guest Editor of over 6 Special Issues for Frontiers in Energy Research, Sustainability, and Processes, etc.

Dr.Liu was a reviewer of more than 20 SCI international journals with over 260 peer review experiences, e.g., The Innovation, Applied Energy, Energy Conversion and Management, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Building and Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production, Energy and Buildings, etc.

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