Welcome! I am a PhD candidate working with Prof. Elie Bou-Zeid at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University. My research aims to contribute solutions to mitigate urban heat extremes and enhance scientific understanding of human thermal stress.
Welcome to click on my CV and the following research projects to know more about my work. The DOI links below will redirect you to the publications and please feel free to email me (xjhuang@princeton.edu) if you want to read the full-text PDF copies.
Huang X., Bou-Zeid E.*, Pigliautile I., Pisello A.L., Mandal J., (2024) Optimizing retro-reflective surfaces to untrap radiation and cool cities, Nature Cities, DOI:10.1038/s44284-024-00047-3
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Huang X., Bou-Zeid E.*, Vanos K.J., Middel A., Ramamurthy P., (2025) Urban heat mitigation through misting, and its role in broader blue infrastructure portfolios, Landscape and Urban Planning, DOI:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2024.105290
Huang X., Chang J.M.H., Shi D., Chan P.W., Song J., WRF-HEATS coupling: Incorporating human behaviors and city topography into urban heat stress evaluation, Building and Environment, DOI:10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.112191.
Huang X., Song J.*, Wang C., Chan PW. (2022) Realistic representation of pedestrian-level thermal stress in cities via a new urban climate-human coupling system, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2022.112919.
Huang X., Song J.* (2023) Urban moisture and dry islands: spatiotemporal variation patterns and mechanisms of urban air humidity changes across the globe, Environmental Research Letters, DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/acf7d7
Huang X., Song J.*, Wang C., Chui TFM., Chan PW., (2021) The synergistic effect of urban heat and moisture islands in a compact high-rise city, Building and Environment, DOI:10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108274.
Cureau R.J.*, Pigliautile I., Kousis I., Huang X., Bou-Zeid E., Pisello A.L., (2025) On the performance of human thermal stress models in the outdoors against observations, Energy and Buildings, DOI:10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.115837.
Shi D., Song J.*, Huang X., Chan P.W., (2025) Modelling and optimization of urban green-blue infrastructure design for city cooling, Building and Environment, DOI:10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.113096.
Yang Y., Cao C., Bogoev I., Deetman C., Dietz G., Hang J., Howard L., Huang X., Kendall N., Lai J., Lam H., Tam K., Yoo C., Zhang K., & Lee X.* (2024). Regulation of humid heat by urban green space across a climate wetness gradient. Nature Cities, DOI:10.1038/s44284-024-00157-y.
Chiatti C., Fabiani C., Huang X., Bou-Zeid E., & Pisello A. L.* (2024). Exploring the potential of phosphorescence for mitigating urban overheating: First time representation in an Urban Canopy Model. Applied Energy, DOI:10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.122984.
Du R., Song J.*, Huang X., Wang Q., Zhang C., Brousse O., Chan PW., (2022) High-resolution regional modeling of urban moisture island: mechanism and implications on thermal comfort, Building and Environment, DOI:10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108542.
Hu H., Huang X., Zhao Y., Qian H., Liu C.* (2022) A new PM2.5-based PM-up method to measure non-mechanical ventilation rate in buildings, Journal of Building Engineering, DOI: 10.1016/j.jobe.2022.104351.
Song J.*, Huang X., Shi D., Lin W.E., Fan S., Linden P.F., (2021) Natural ventilation in London: towards energy-efficient and healthy buildings, Building and Environment, DOI:10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107722.
Liu C.*†, Huang X.† (co-first author), Li J., (2020) Outdoor benzene highly impacts indoor concentrations globally, Science of the Total Environment, DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137640.