Research Profile

He presided over 6 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 1 project and 2 sub-projects of the National Key R&D Program, 6 provincial and ministerial-level as well as international cooperation projects, and completed more than 50 enterprise-commissioned projects. He served as chief editor for more than 20 national, industrial, local and association standards, and contributed chapters on simulation technologies to internationally authoritative design handbooks. He published more than 150 academic papers, including over 100 in internationally authoritative journals such as Building and Environment, Building Simulation, Energy and Buildings, Journal of Building Engineering, Separation and Purification Technology, Sustainable Cities and Society, and Energy and Built Environment. He filed or been granted more than 80 invention patents, with 16 transferred and commercialized.

His research group has carried out extensive and in-depth scientific research cooperation with leading industrial enterprises including Haier Group, Midea Group, China National Chemical Engineering, Daikin Air Conditioning, China State Shipbuilding Corporation, China Railway Group, and China State Construction Group. His relevant research achievements have been widely recognized at home and abroad. They have been selected as one of the world’s "Top Ten Best Cases" in an internationally authoritative design handbook, listed as advanced technical equipment for engineering protection by the National Health Commission, and included in the Green Technology Catalogue of the Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission. He first proposed the theory and technical system of the "Organic Carbon Pump".

Research Fields

• Built Environment and Energy; HVAC

Current Courses

• Heating Engineering, Undergraduate Course

• Air Conditioning, Undergraduate Course

• Curriculum Design of Built Environment and Energy Application

• CFD Simulation Technology for Built Environment, Undergraduate Course

• Theory of Air Pollutant Purification, Graduate Course

• Indoor Air Quality and Pollutant Control, Graduate Course

Publications in International Books, Journals, and Conferences

• Shichen Li, Jun Gao*. Effectiveness of horizontal air curtains in reducing buoyancy-driven heat flux: Insights from small-scale saltwater experiments. Building and Environment. 2025, 272, 112682.

• Xiaobin Wei, Yukun Xu, Ziyan Wang, Yiqun Hu, Guozhen Niu, Hetang Wang, Jun Gao*. Air movement acceptability of a wearable ventilation for reducing pollutant exposure. Building and Environment. 2025, 270, 112518.

• Changsheng Cao, Huanjie Huo, Yumei Hou, Yunfei Xia, Chunguang Li, Jun Gao*. Using the principle of dynamic temporal separation to determine the range hood direct capture efficiency. Building Simulation. 2024, 17(12), 2297-2309.

• Yunfei Xia, Yanlei Yu, Jun Liu, Yukun Xu, Changsheng Cao, Chengquan Zhang, Jun Gao*. Reconfiguring closed-loop desorption for industrial solvent recycling by retaining post-condensation volatile organic compounds. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2024, 476, 143794.

• Hongfa Sun, Liang Huang, Jun Gao*. CFD-DEM coupled study of erosion resistance characteristics of ribbed walls. Powder Technology. 2024, 448, 120316.

• Jun Gao, Manjiang Yu, Yukun Xu, Lianjie He, Lingjie Zeng, Guangyu Cao, Xiaobin Wei*. Use of wearable ventilation for reducing the infection risk of healthcare workers in isolation wards: A numerical study. Building and Environment. 2024, 265, 112019.

• Jiajun Li, Shichen Li, Yingqi Zeng, Xiang Zhou, Lingjie Zeng, Meng Liu, Changsheng Cao, Yunfei Xia, Jun Gao*. Cooking-related thermal comfort and carbon emissions assessment: Comparison between electric and gas cooking in air-conditioned kitchens. Building and Environment. 2024, 265, 111992.

• Yukun Xu, Xiawei Luo, Yunfei Xia, Guangyu Cao, Xiaobin Wei, Xu Zhang, Jun Gao*. Dynamic coordinated air supply for moving individuals in industrial settings: Effectiveness evaluation and demonstration. Building and Environment. 2024, 263, 111873.

• Qianwei Liang, Yanlei Yu, Changsheng Cao, Yumei Hou, Jiaying Zhou, Jun Gao*, Bin Li, Jiahua Wang. Constant static pressure strategy for residential kitchen exhaust system: Deducing control parameters from required exhaust rate and non-distributed data transmission. Building and Environment. 2024, 259, 111642.

• Chengquan Zhang, Fan Yang, Huan Liu, Yunfei Xia, Lianjie He, Yanlei Yu, Lingjie Zeng, Changsheng Cao*, Jun Gao*. Energy savings of commercial kitchen ventilation and air conditioning systems based on cooking oil control and thermal comfort. Energy and Buildings. 2024, 315, 114317.

• Chengquan Zhang, Fan Yang, Yunfei Xia, Lianjie He, Yanlei Yu, Lingjie Zeng, Changsheng Cao*, Jun Gao*. Make-up air optimization and demand exhaust rate of commercial kitchens under multiple cookers operation. Journal of Building Engineering. 2024, 89, 109274.

• Yukun Xu, Xiaobin Wei, Lianjie He, Yunfei Xia, Yanlei Yu, Lingjie Zeng, Guangyu Cao, Jun Gao*. Impact of human walking on the pollutant removal effectiveness of direction air supply considering environmental disturbances: Dynamic simulation study. Building and Environment. 2024, 256, 111473.

• Lianjie He, Yuhang Wu, Jun Gao*, Chengquan Zhang, Yukun Xu, Xiaobin Wei. Flow resistance and particle separation efficiency of a rectangular-spoke rotating disk: Influence of spoke configuration and number. Separation and Purification Technology. 2024, 335, 126169.

• Yanlei Yu, Changsheng Cao, Xiaobin Wei, Yunfei Xia, Lingjie Zeng, Lipeng Lv, Jun Gao*. Study on flow characteristics of exhaust shaft with parallel fans in high-rise residential buildings. Energy & Buildings. 2024, 304, 113844.

• Yanlei Yu, Yunfei Xia, Yukun Xu, Jun Gao*. Aerodynamic sealing using a segmented recirculating horizontal air curtain for buoyancy-driven flows in doorways. Building and Environment. 2024, 247, 111028.

• Yuhang Wu, Jiaying Zhou, Xiang Zhou, Jun Gao*, Changsheng Cao, Yingqi Zeng, Li Jiajun. Personalized kitchen air supply for reducing individual thermal discomfort and cooking pollution intake. Building and Environment. 2023, 245, 110921.

• Xiaobin Wei, Yukun Xu, Mingyao Ma, Changsheng Cao, Guozhen Niu, Guangyu Cao, Jun Gao*. Effect of ambient interferences on the effectiveness of a wearable ventilation for reducing pollutant exposure. Journal of Building Engineering. 2023, 781, 107632.

• Yukun Xu, Xiaobin Wei, Yunfei Xia, Yanlei Yu, Lingjie Zeng, Guangyu Cao, Jun Gao*. Prompt design of direction air supply using CFD-based proper orthogonal decomposition method considering locally dense sample distribution. Building and Environment. 2023, 244, 110812.

• Jun Gao, Weichen Guo, Mingyao Ma, Yumei Hou, Ruiyan Zhang, Lingjie Zeng*, Chengquan Zhang, Yukun Xu, Xiaobin Wei, Changsheng Cao. Study on Temperature Distribution along the Ultra-Long Underwater Tunnel: Based on the Long-Term Measured Results of the Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel. Buildings. 2023, 13(7), 1804.

• Lingjie Zeng, Yuqing Chen, Mingyao Ma, Bowen Du, Jun Gao*, Changsheng Cao, Guoqing Li, Jingguang Zhang. Prediction of mould growth rate within building envelopes: development and validation of an improved model. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology. 2023, 44(1), 63-79.

• Xiaobin Wei, Yukun Xu, Yanlei Yu, Mingyao Ma, Guozhen Niu, Guangyu Cao, Lan Wang, Jun Gao*. Effectiveness of head-mounted air supply in reducing pollutant exposure: A static case. Building and Environment. 2023, 234, 110219.

• Yukun Xu, Xiaobin Wei, Yanlei Yu, Yunfei Xia, Lingjie Zeng, Guangyu Cao, Jun Gao*. Inverse design of dynamic protective air supply based on proper orthogonal decomposition. Sustainable Cities and Society. 2023, 95, 104591.

• Chengquan Zhang, Yunfei Xia, Yanlei Yu, Lingjie Zeng, Lianjie He, Yukun Xu, Jun Gao*. Void fraction for random loose packing of multi-size mixed cylindrical particles. Powder Technology. 2023, 424, 118527.

• Yumei Hou, Yukun Xu, Zhi Liu, Ziyin Lin, Wuhao Xie, Changsheng Cao, Zhiwei Zheng, Jun Gao*. Indoor air quality and energy-saving potential improvement of a range-hood-integrated air cleaner. Science and Technology for the Built Environment. 2023, 29, 795-808.

• Fan Yang, Jun Gao*, Changsheng Cao, Lingjie Zeng, Lan Wang, Zhi Liu, Zhiwei Zheng. Novel kitchen ventilation system with the cabinet-bottom air supply. Journal of Building Engineering. 2022, 60, 105137.

• Changsheng Cao, Wuhao Xie, Yunfei Xia, Jun Gao*. Direct capture efficiency of range hoods in the confined kitchen space. Building Simulation. 2022, 15, 1799-1813.

• Chengquan Zhang, Yunfei Xia, Jun Gao*, Yukun Xu, Wuhao Xie, Yanlei Yu, Lingjie Zeng, Yulei Gao. A novel model of pressure drop for airflow penetrating randomly packed cylindrical particles. Powder Technology. 2022, 408, 117727.

• Yukun Xu, Changsheng Cao, Mingyao Ma, Zheng Jiao, Lingli Cheng, Wuhao Xie, Jun Gao*, Lingjie Zeng. Direction air supply design and optimization in industrial settings to reduce gaseous contaminant exposure. Building and Environment. 2022, 216, 109003.

• Lipeng Lv, Yuhang Wu, Changsheng Cao, Lingjie Zeng, Jun Gao*, Wuhao Xie, Jing Zhang. Impact of different human walking patterns on flow and contaminant dispersion in residential kitchens: Dynamic simulation study. Building Simulation. 2022, 15(6), 1051-1066.

• Yunfei Xia, Chengquan Zhang, Xiaobin Wei, Jun Gao*, Yanlei Yu, Wuhao Xie. Enhancement effect on adsorbent utilization rate based on Twin–Bed tandem adsorption. Separation and Purification Technology. 2022, 280, 119914.

• Lingjie Zeng, Tong Leqi, Jun Gao*, Bowen Du, Chengquan Zhang, Lipeng Lv, Changsheng Cao, Ding Xihui. Pressure and flowrate distribution in central exhaust shaft with multiple randomly operating range hoods. Building Simulation. 2022, 15, 149-165.

• Chengquan Zhang, Jun Gao*, Yukun Xu, Yunfei Xia, Xiaobin Wei, Su Xing, Lingjie Zeng. Void fraction for random loose packing of the cylindrical particles considering filling rate, material and shape. Particuology. 2022, 63, 35-46.

• Wuhao Xie, Jun Gao*, Lipeng Lv, Changsheng Cao, Yumei Hou, Xiaobin Wei, Lingjie Zeng. Exhaust rate for range hood at cooking temperature near the smoke point of edible oil in residential kitchen. Journal of Building Engineering. 2022, 45, 103545.

• Xiaobin Wei, Yi Dan, Wuhao Xie, Jun Gao*, Lipeng Lv. Protection against inhalation of gaseous contaminants in industrial environments by a personalized air curtain. Building and Environment. 2021, 206, 108343.

• Lipeng Lv, Lingjie Zeng, Yuhang Wu, Jun Gao*, Wuhao Xie, Changsheng Cao, Jing Zhang. The application of an air curtain range hood in reducing human exposure to cooking pollutants. Building and Environment. 2021, 205, 108204.

• Yuhang Wu, Lianjie He, Lipeng Lv, Jun Gao*, Changsheng Cao, Wuhao Xie, Lingjie Zeng, Meng Yongzhe, Gai Qigao. Parametric analysis of a rotating disk for cooking oil fume particle removal. Building and Environment. 2021, 204, 108121.

• Lingjie Zeng, Yirui Wang, Jun Gao*, Bowen Du, Tong Leqi, Guodong Liu, Changsheng Cao, Chengquan Zhang, Yukun Xu. Experimental studies on the flow characteristics of a centralized exhaust system with multiple distribution of open terminals. Journal of Building Engineering. 2021, 42, 102801.

• Wuhao Xie, Jun Gao*, Lipeng Lv, Yumei Hou, Changsheng Cao, Lingjie Zeng, Yunfei Xia. Parametrized design for the integration of range hood and air cleaner in the kitchen. Journal of Building Engineering. 2021, 43, 102878.

• Lianjie He, Jun Gao*, Jie Chen, Lingjie Zeng, Chengquan Zhang, Mingyang Zhang, Yanmei Xu, Hongguang Guo. Experimental studies of natural make-up air distribution in residential kitchen. Journal of Building Engineering. 2021, 44, 102911.

• Chengquan Zhang, Jun Gao*, Yukun Xu, Yunfei Xia, Xiaobin Wei, Su Xing, Lingjie Zeng. Random loose packing of cylindrical particles considering filling rate. Powder Technology. 2021, 386, 98-107.

• Lipeng Lv, Jun Gao*, Lingjie Zeng, Changsheng Cao, Jing Zhang, Lianjie He. Performance assessment of air curtain range hood using contaminant removal efficiency: An experimental and numerical study. Building and Environment. 2021, 188, 107456.

• Lipeng Lv, Lingjie Zeng, Yuhang Wu, Jun Gao*, Wuhao Xie, Changsheng Cao, Yuqing Chen, Jing Zhang. Effects of human walking on the capture efficiency of range hood in residential kitchen. Building and Environment. 2021, 196, 107821.

• Lingjie Zeng, Tong Leqi, Jun Gao*, Bowen Du, Changsheng Cao, Lipeng Lv, Chengquan Zhang. A novel constant-air-volume range hood for high-rise residential buildings with central shaft. Energy and Buildings. 2021, 245, 111086.

• Jing Zhang, Jian Wang, Jun Gao*, Changsheng Cao, Lipeng Lv, Mengxiao Xie, Lingjie Zeng. Experimental and numerical study of the effect of perimeter jet enhancement on the capture velocity of a rectangular exhaust hood. Journal of Building Engineering. 2021, 33, 101652.

• Jing Zhang, Jun Gao*, Jian Wang*, Changsheng Cao, Mengxiao Xie, Lingjie Zeng. The performance of different ventilation methods in residential kitchens with different spatial organizations: A literature review. Building and Environment. 2021, 201, 107990.

• Zhijian Liu*, Qingxu Zhou, Hang Yin, Wei Xu, Xinyan Yang, Jun Gao*. Indoor environmental quality and energy consumption real-time assessment: A field measurement of a nearly zero-energy building in cold region of China. Energy and Buildings. 2021, 246, 111093.

• Lingjie Zeng, Guodong Liu, Jun Gao*, Bowen Du, Lipeng Lv, Changsheng Cao, Wei Ye, Tong Leqi, Yirui Wang. A circulating ventilation system to concentrate pollutants and reduce exhaust volumes: case studies with experiments and numerical simulation for the rubber refining process. Journal of Building Engineering. 2021, 35, 01984.

• Lingjie Zeng, Yirui Wang, Jun Gao*, Bowen Du, Changsheng Cao, Tong Leqi, Guodong Liu. A variable air volume control strategy for a centralized exhaust system with multiple on-off switched terminals and flow-guide devices. Journal of Building Engineering. 2021, 38, 102185.

• Lingjie Zeng, Jun Gao*, Lipeng Lv, Bowen Du, Yalei Zhang, Ruiyan Zhang, Wei Ye, Xu Zhang. Localization and characterization of intermittent pollutant source in buildings with ventilation systems: Development and validation of an inverse model. Building Simulation. 2021, 14, 841-855.

Grants and Awards

He has received numerous awards, including the First Prize of Hebei Provincial Technological Invention Award (2024), the Second Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences (2024), the Second Prize of Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award (2022), the Second Prize of Shandong Science and Technology Progress Award (2022), the First Prize of Hebei Science and Technology Progress Award (2021), the Second Prize of Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award (2020), and the First Prize of Creative Achievement Award of the China Creativity Society (2020); personally, he was awarded the “Elite of the Era” Award in China’s Rubber Machinery Industry (2020), the Individual Award for Industry-University-Research Cooperation Innovation of China (2019), the Young Scientist Award of the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences (2018), the Shanghai Rising Star of Science and Technology (2011), and the Tongji University Climbing Program for High-Level Talents (2010), and one of his projects was selected as one of the “Top 10 Scientific and Technological Achievements with the Most Transformation Potential” at Tongji University in 2025.

In recent years, he has supervised undergraduate students to win more than 30 awards, including one Second Prize in the National University Student Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction Competition, one First Prize in the Shanghai University Student Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction Competition, and one First Prize in the “Zhongchuang Cup” National Innovation Engineering Competition; for postgraduate education, he has established a training system featuring “foundation-building through norms, horizon-expanding, and personalized empowerment”, financially supporting each PhD student to attend international academic conferences overseas, supporting students to be seconded to Yangpu District for Party-building practice in line with their individual characteristics, recommending students to join the Tongji University “Young Reserve Talents” Program, collaborating with students to obtain approval for the “Tongji University Industrialization Innovation Verification Project” as the first author, and supervising students to win the “Nomination Award for Outstanding PhD Students at the 3rd International Academic Conference on Energy and Built Environment for Chinese Scholars” (only 3 recipients worldwide per session) and the “Special PhD Program of the Young Talent Support Project of the China Association for Science and Technology. He has also supervised postgraduate students to receive nearly 10 awards for outstanding doctoral and master’s theses at Tongji University, as well as more than 30 scholarships including 5 National Scholarships, and among his graduated PhD students, 4 have been awarded projects from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2 have received support from the “Shanghai Super Postdoctoral” Program, and 1 has won the “Outstanding Young Scholar Award at the 4th International Academic Conference on Energy and Built Environment for Chinese Scholars” (only 3 recipients worldwide per session).