Member of the Architectural Society of China; secretary and board member of the Architectural Review Academic Committee of the ASC; and the board member of the Architectural Culture Academic Committee of the ASC.

He is researcher of the Urban and Architecture Theory & Criticism - UATC lab of the Shanghai Summit Project and researcher in Institution of Architecture and Urban Space – IAUS of Tongji University. In academic experience, he is member of the reviewer of the Journal of Urban Planning and Development (ASCE), Journal of Architecture (RIBA) and guest editor of the Journal of Time + Architecture. His studies are mainly on Urban and Architecture Criticism, Computational Design Research, Urban Computing, History and Theory of Shanghai`s Architecture and Urban Regeneration.