Prof Jian Zuo
About
Dr Jian Zuo is a Professor in Sustainable Construction at the School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, The University of Adelaide. His main research interests are related to health and sustainable built environment via both technical (e.g. smart technologies) and managerial (e.g. policy intervention and behavioural change) means. In particular, he has undertaken extensive research on health and safety issues in the construction industry at both micro and macro levels. These include general dust, silica dust and Particulate Matter emissions derived from construction activities; and air pollution issues derived from manufacturing of construction materials. As the lead researcher, he has been part of team to deliver significant outcomes in a series of competitive grants in Australia such as Industrial Transformation Training Centre, Discovery Projects and Linkage Projects funded by the Australian Research Council as well as many other national key projects (e.g. Natural Hazards Research Australia, NCCARF Climate Change Adaptation Research Grants, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute).
He has long been engaged in the study of ecological towns, green buildings and sustainable development of the construction industry. He has published more than 100 papers in top journals, including more than 80 journal papers indexed by SCI and SSCI, Google Scholar indexed more than 31,000, and the H-index is 95. Twelve papers are listed as hot papers/highly cited papers by Incites Essential Science Indicators (ESI).