Kai Gao

Kai Gao is a Vice Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Level A) at the School of PCPM, RMIT University. His research focuses on urban climate mitigation, climate change adaptation, and thermal comfort in built environments. Key areas include radiative cooling technologies, green infrastructure, HVAC systems optimization, and the impact of urban planning on heatwaves.

Dr. Gao’s work addresses interdisciplinary challenges such as balancing energy efficiency with thermal comfort in high-rise housing, evaluating the efficacy of tree-planting initiatives, and leveraging machine learning for anomaly detection in climate data. His research often combines experimental and numerical methods, with applications in tropical and arid urban settings like Hong Kong and desert cities.

No scientific awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the provided texts. His Google Scholar profile indicates active publication in urban climate science and related engineering fields.