Dr Jian Zuo

The University of Adelaide

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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 sustainable built environment via both technical (e.g. smart technologies and prefabrication) and managerial (e.g. policy intervention and behavioural change) means. In particular, he has undertaken extensive research in circular economy in built environment such as construction and demolition waste recycling and management. As the lead researcher, he has involved in a series of competitive grants in Australia such as Discovery Projects and Linkage Projects funded by the Australian Research Council as well as many other national key projects. 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 23,000, and the H-index is 85. Professor Zuo serves as editor in a number of top journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Ecological Indicators and Journal of Green Building.