Jian Zhong

Dr Jian Zhong BEng, PhD, FHEA

Senior Lecturer in Urban Environment

Jian Zhong is a Senior Lecturer in Urban Environment at the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Greenwich. He is a lead researcher (as part of the Computational Science and Engineering Group) in the Digital Cities theme of the University of Greenwich’s “Multi-scale, Multi-disciplinary, Modelling for Impact” programme (M34Impact) which is funded by the Expanding Excellence in England (E3) fund of Research England (2024). Before he joined the University from January 2025, he has worked as Postdoctoral Research Fellow since January 2016 (with the promotion to Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow in June 2023) at the University of Birmingham. He completed his PhD (in Geography & Environmental Sciences) entitled “Modelling Air Pollution within a Street Canyon” at the University of Birmingham in 2015.

He has co-delivered a number of national and international research projects funded by Royal Society, NERC, EPSRC, Research England, Wellcome Trust, BEIS/Met Office, WMCA, The National Trust, European Commission and ERC. His expertise includes air quality modelling, regional and urban climate modelling, coupling atmospheric dynamics with chemistry and air pollution, large-eddy simulation of turbulence, Computational Fluid Dynamics for atmospheric boundary layer processes, geographical data mapping. His research aims to improve the understanding of urban environmental processes and mechanisms by developing and applying a range of state-of-the-art meteorological and air quality models. He has also conducted intensive impact-focused activities by applying environmental research sciences into real-world impacts.

Qualifications

  • BEng in Safety Engineering, Central South University, P.R. China, 2006-2010
  • PhD in Geography & Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK, 2011-2015
  • Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, UK, 2022
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education and Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, UK, 2025