Haoran Zhao

Senior scientific engineer associate @ Berkeley Lab

About

Postdoctoral Researcher in Residential Building System group under Building Technology and Urban Systems Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Highly proficient in research, analysis and writing in indoor air quality and energy in the built environment. Track record of leading research focus on the field and laboratory investigation on the source, fate, transport and dynamics of indoor air pollutants and their association with building characters including ventilation, energy retrofit and HVAC systems. Current research involves a combination approach of laboratory, field and statistics analysis on evaluating mechanical ventilation effects on indoor air quality in latest built/retrofitted and energy efficient residential buildings. Strong research professional with a PhD in Environmental Engineering and a demonstrated history of working in the research labs.

Country

United States

City

Berkeley

Industry

Research

Skill

Research, Indoor Air Quality, Building Science, Data Analysis, Laboratory Skills, Green Building, Environmental Engineering, Grant Writing, Research Design, Academic Writing, Sustainability, HVAC, Stata, Pandas (Software), Python (Programming Language), Teamwork, Public Speaking, Professional training, English, Chinese

Experience

Senior scientific engineer associate

Berkeley Lab

2024-3 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

Postdoctoral Researcher

Berkeley Lab

2019-7 - 2024-2 · 4 yrs 8 mos

Berkeley, CA

Postdoctoral researcher at Residential Building System Group and Indoor Environment Group in Building Tech and Urban System Division under Energy Technology Area at LBNL. Indoor air quality in new and renovated homes with mechanical ventilation and natural gas cooking in California (Funding agencies: California Energy Commission, U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) Leading the field measurements of air quality, mechanical ventilation and occupants’ activities in new or renovated low-income apartments at 4 cities in California

Graduate Research Assistant

Illinois Institute of Technology

2014-5 - 2019-5 · 5 yrs 1 mo

Developing and refining methods to measure the penetration of novel ambient pollutants into residential buildings (Funding agencies: U.S. EPA and American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) Designing a combination measuring system and refining methods to measure the transport of outdoor pollutants into indoor environments Field measurements of outdoor pollutant penetration in a diverse sample of residential buildings before and after weatherization retrofits are applied (Funding agency: U.S. EPA). Leading the field measurement of outdoor pollutants infiltration into retrofitted residential buildings in Chicago