Dachuan Shi became a Ph.D. student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hong Kong since July 2020. His research interests include (1) urban blue and green space optimization, (2) human-environment adaptive thermal stress modelling, and (3) urban building energy simulation, etc. Before this role, he received his Master's degree in Building and Civil Engineering in 2019, from Chongqing University, focusing on the effect of cool roof and green roof on the building energy efficiency and urban thermal environment, including monitoring, modelling, and simulation. Additionally, he obtained his bachelor's degree in Building Environment and Facility Engineering in 2016, from Jiangsu University of Science and technology. In the past years, he has published 26 SCI articles, got 4 patents, and 3 national-level prizes, and he gained the China National Postgraduate Scholarship twice.

Qilong became a member of Healthy Cities Lab as a Ph.D. student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) since Sept. 2021. He obtained his B.S. in Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China. His key research interest is in urban fluid mechanics via both experiments and CFD simulations. His past research efforts are mainly on the investigation of multi-scale microclimate on human thermal comfort and health in both indoor and outdoor environments, including (1) COVID-19 pandemics and human health: Protective facemask-induced facial thermal stress and breathing burden during exercise in gyms, and (2) Urban blue space and human health: City cooling via urban lake breeze circulation and optimized lakefront urban design.

Deng Zhang became a Ph.D. student in Healthy Cities Lab at the School of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering, Wuhan University since September 2024. His current research interests include fine-resolution modelling of urban microclimate and carbon emission by integrating machine learning and physical urban climate models. Prior to this role, he obtained his bachelor's degree in Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering at Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University (GPA ranking: 2/57). During his undergraduate years, he has been awarded seven scholarships, including the China National Scholarship (once) and National Motivational Scholarship (twice).

Qingfeng became a Healthy Cities Lab member as a Ph.D. student in the School of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering at Wuhan University since Sept. 2024. His current research interests focus on urban sprawl patterns, urban livability assessment and urban carbon monitoring. He obtained his bachelor's degree (Overall assessment ranking: 1/41) in Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering at Northwest A&F University (NWAFU), China. And his bachelor's thesis was selected as one of the top 100 papers of the university. Prior to joining the Healthy Cities Lab, he worked on projects related to eco-hydrology, extreme droughts, big data platforms, visual aids and IoT builds.

Jinhao joined the Healthy Cities Lab in October 2024. He is currently a senior undergraduate student in Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering at Wuhan University (WHU) and has been granted the direct admission to the “Water-Carbon Cycles and Carbon Neutrality” Pilot PhD Program at WHU in 2025 without entrance examination due to good academic performances. His current research interests focus on single-layer urban canopy model, urban carbon monitoring and urban water-heat-carbon coupling.

Zhangchi Zhou is currently a senior undergraduate student in Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering and affiliated with“Water-Carbon Cycles and Carbon Neutrality” Pilot Program at Wuhan University. He has been granted the qualification of being recommended for direct admission to an academic master's degree with high GPA (Top 4 in the class). His current research interests include the simulation of spatiotemporal distribution of carbon emissions, urban flux towers, and carbon flux monitoring. During his undergraduate studies, he has been awarded the title of 'Outstanding Student' at Wuhan University for three consecutive years.