Center for Sustainable Transportation

Postdoctoral Scholar,University of California Pavement Research Center, Davis & Berkeley, May 2014

Ph.D.,Civil and Environmental Engineering,University of California, Davis, Dec. 2012

M.S.,Environmental and Resource Economics,University of California, Davis, Sept. 2011

M.S.,Highway and Railway Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, Jan. 2007

B.S.,Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, Jun. 2005

Professor,Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 3/2015-Present (with support from "China 1000s Plan")

Research Scientist,University of California, Davis & Berkeley, 6/2014-Present

Postdoctoral Researcher,University of California, Davis & Berkeley, 12/2012-5/2014

Doctoral Researcher,University of California, Davis, 09/2008-12/2012

Teaching Assistant,University of California, Davis, 09/2011-01/2012

Research Assistant,Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 09/2005-08/2008

• Member of the Technical Committeeon Environmental Analysis in Transportation ADC10, National Academy of Sciences Transportation Research Board (TRB)

• Member of the Technical Committeeon Engineered Healing of Asphalt Concrete, Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures (RILEM)

• Member of the Technical Committeeof the Transportation & Development Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

• Member of the Technical Committeeon Sustainability of Concrete(ACI 130), American Concrete Institute (ACI)

• Member of the Technical Committeeon Pervious Concrete(ACI 522), American Concrete Institute (ACI)

• Member of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT)

• Member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

• Member of the International Association of Life Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE)

• Member of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE)

• Registered Professional Engineer (PE) in Civil in the State of California (CA #C82164)

• Completed the Fundamental Engineering (FE) Examination (CA #144881)

• Scientific and Organizing Committees,ASCE 2015 Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference on “Innovative and Cost-Effective Pavements for a Sustainable Future”. Miami, Florida, June 7-10, 2015.

• Organizing and Technical Committee,2nd International Symposium on Pavement Life Cycle Assessment. Davis, California. October 14-16, 2014.

• Program Technical Committee,3rd ScienceOne International Conference on Environmental Sciences (ICES 2014). Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Jan. 21-23, 2014.

• Session Moderator, “Institutions, Organizations, and Markets”,University of California Transportation Center Annual Student Conference. University of California, Davis, Apr. 20, 2012.

Research Proposal ofEvaluation of Geothermal Pavements and Other Energy Harvesting Systems in Roadways, submitted for funding from the Munib and Angela Masri Institute of Energy and Natural Resources, American University of Beirut, Mar. 2013.

• Outstanding Reviewer for ASCE’sJournal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 2013

• Outstanding Reviewer for Elsevier’sConstruction and Building Materials, Since 2014

• Outstanding Reviewer for Elsevier’sSustainable Cities and Society, Since 2014

• Outstanding Reviewer for Elsevier’sUrban Climate, Since 2014

• Outstanding Reviewer for Elsevier’sJournal of Environmental Management, Since 2013

• Recognized Reviewer for Elsevier’sApplied Thermal Engineering, Since 2015

• Guest Editor for Special Issue on “Sustainable Transportation Technology and Policy” inInternationalJournal of Transportation Science and Technology

• Editorial Board Member forInternational Journal of Heliyon(Elsevier)

• Editorial Board Member forJournal of Nanotechnology in Built Environments

• Editorial Board Member forInternational Journal of Transportation Science and Technology

• Editorial Board Member for theJournal of Environment and Natural Resources Research

• Editorial Board Member for theJournal of Geological Resource and Engineering

• Environmental Science & Technology(ACS,IF: 5.5,1 paper)

• Environmental Research Letters (IOP Science, IF: 4.1, 2 papers)(Ranked 12th [top 3.5%] out of 347)

• Construction and Building Materials (Elsevier,IF: 2.8, 12 papers)(Ranked 3rd [top 3.6%] out of 84)

• Journal of Environmental Management (Elsevier,IF: 3.9, 12 papers)(Ranked 4th [top 3.8%] out of 103)

• Urban Climate (Elsevier,IF: 0.4, 8 papers)

• Sustainable Cities and Society(Elsevier,IF: 0.7, 4 papers)

• Applied Thermal Engineering (Elsevier,IF: 2.9, 1 paper)

• Water(MDPI,IF: 1.5,3 papers)

• Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT) (4 papers)(Ranked 11th [top 5.8%] out of 189)

• Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (ASCE, IF: 0.6, 22 papers)(Ranked 7th [top 8%] out of 84)

• Journal of Transportation Engineering (ASCE,IF: 0.9, 4 papers)(Ranked 30th [top 19%] out of 155)

• Transportation Research Record (TRB/TRR,IF: 0.6, 18 papers)(Ranked 19th [top 12%] out of 155)

• International Journal of Pavement Engineering (Taylor & Francis,IF: 0.5, 4 papers)(Ranked 58th [top 15%] out of 388)

• Road Materials and Pavement Design (Taylor & Francis,IF: 0.4, 3 papers)(Ranked 33th [top 21%] out of 155)

• Journal of Testing and Evaluation (ASTM,IF: 0.3, 2 papers)

• Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering (CSCE,IF: 0.3, 2 papers)(Ranked 35th [top 22%] out of 155)

• Iranian Journal of Science & Technology (Transaction A,IF: 0.6, 1 paper)

• Journal of Petroleum & Environmental Biotechnology(OMICS,IF: 2.9,1 paper)

• Marine Georesources & Geotechnology (Taylor & Francis,IF: 0.4, 1 paper)

• International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology(9 papers)

• Journal of Earth Science & Climatic Change(2 papers)

• International Journal Acta Mechanica(1 paper)

• International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology(6 papers)

• Environment and Natural Resources Research (CCSE, 3 papers)

• Environmental Sciences Group (5 papers)

• International Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology (2 papers)

• International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering (1 paper)

• Journal of Geological Resource and Engineering (1 paper)

• Journal of Applied Mathematics (1 paper)

• International Society for Asphalt Pavements (ISAP) (1 paper)

• International Conference of Chinese Transportation Professionals (6 papers)

• COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals (6 papers)

• 2014 International Symposium on Pavement Life Cycle Assessment(4 papers)

• ASCE 2015 Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference(4 papers)

• 2015 International Symposium on Frontiers of Road and Airport Engineering(2 papers)

• Academic Federation Research Travel Grant, University of California, Davis, Jan. 2015.

• 2013 Outstanding Reviewer. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Mar. 2014.

• Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship ($35,000), funded by U.S. Department of Transportation, Sept. 2011.

• First Prize in the 3rd National Graduate Contest in Mathematical Modeling. China Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development Center (CDGDC), Nov. 2006.

• National Certification in Computer Skills (Database Technology)-Level Three, China Ministry of Education, 2004.

• Alien of Extraordinary Ability (EB-1A), United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), May 2014.

• “Permeable pavements could cool cities and help prevent flooding”.Environmental Research Web, April 23, 2013. (link)

• “Permeable Asphalt and ‘Heat Islands’”, Special Transportation Research Board 2013 Report.Better Road, April 2013. (web link;full issue, pg. 28-29)

• “Permeable Pavers: Antidote to Urban Heat Effect?”Landscape Online Weekly, May 8, 2013. (link)

• “Permeable pavers help solve residential urban heat island effect”.Pathway Cafe, May 30, 2013. (link)

• “UC Davis report on chip seal and bike ride quality”.Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, Jan 13, 2014. (link)

• “Cyclists offer few details on pavement test ride”.The Cambrian, July 16, 2013. (link)

• “Local cyclists to test out new surface options for Highway 1”.The Cambrian, July 11, 2013. (link)

• “Caltrans hires company to test pavement on Hwy. 1”.The Tribune News, May 8, 2013. (link)