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| Academic position | Post Doc |
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| Research fields | Architecture, Building and Construction History, Construction Research, Sustainable Building Technology |
| Keywords | Dynamic control strategies, Sleep quality, Physiological model, Personal comfort systems, Energy efficiency |
| Honours and awards | 2024: National Scholarship for Doctoral Students, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China 2023: National Scholarship for Doctoral Students, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China 2021: National Scholarship for Doctoral Students, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China |
Current contact address
| Country | Singapore |
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| City | Singapur |
| Institution | National University of Singapore (NUS) |
| Institute | Department of The Built Environment |
Host during sponsorship
| Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Auer | Fakultät für Architektur, Lehrstuhl für Gebäudetechnologie und klimagerechtes Bauen, Technische Universität München, München |
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Programme(s)
| 2026 | Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs |
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Publications (partial selection)
| 2025 | Xinbo Xu and Hui Zhang and Stefano Schiavon and Zhiwei Lian and Thomas Parkinson and June C. Lo: The effects of personal comfort systems on sleep: A systematic review. In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 213, 2025, 115474 |
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| 2024 | Xinbo Xu and Zhiwei Lian: Optimizing bedroom thermal environment: A review of human body temperature, sleeping thermal comfort and sleep quality. In: Energy and Built Environment, 5, 2024, 829-839 |
| 2024 | Xinbo Xu and Zhiwei Lian: Which physiological measurements can characterize core and surface body temperature? A case study in stable thermal environment. In: Building and Environment, 247, 2024, 111019 |
| 2023 | Xinbo Xu and Shuo Li and Yuxin Yang and Zhiwei Lian: Effects of thermal environment on body temperature rhythm and thermal sensation before and after getting into bed: A laboratory study in Shanghai, China. In: Energy and Buildings, 301, 2023, 113748 |
| 2022 | Xinbo Xu and Zhiwei Lian: A heat transfer model for sleep quality evaluation. In: Building and Environment, 222, 2022, 109369 |