I am a dedicated Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Science at The University of Manchester , with a strong interest in data science and urban studies. My expertise lies in urban climate modeling, sustainable urban environments, and informed urban planning. My Ph.D. work centers on using data-driven approaches to address urban climate challenges, including capturing the dynamic interactions between urban and the atmosphere, and advancing models of urban surface features.

🔥 News

• 2025.05: Oral presentation accepted for the 12th International Conference on Urban Climate (Session S1: Digital Twins, AI/ML, and Open Data Science for Urban Climate); presentation forthcoming.
• 2025.03:  🎉🎉 Awarded the Doctoral Training and Development Support Fund by The University of Manchester!
• 2025.01 Appointed as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for The Natural Scientists Toolkit course (2024–2025) at The University of Manchester.
• 2024.11:  🎉🎉 My academic homepage is online!

🗂 Projects

Generative Adaptation of Urban Climate

Urban Climate Adaptor

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Automated LCZ Mapping Framework

AutoML-optimized LCZ Mapping Framework & Urban Climate Modeling

Jiyang Xia, Yuan Sun, Fenghua Ling, Xinyue Ye, David Topping, Zhonghua Zheng

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Physics-guided Deep Learning Tailored for Urban Climate

Urban Climate Emulator

Jiyang Xia, Fenghua Ling, Junjie Yu, Zhenhui Li, Lei Bai, David Topping, Zhonghua Zheng

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📝 Publications

• Jiyang Xia, Yue Zhang*. Where Are Potential Areas for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)—Exploring the Demands for Built Environment for TOD Planning. Sustainability. 2022, 14, 8364.
• Jiyang Xia, Yue Zhang*. Research on Spatial Spillover Effect of Highly Educated Migrants in Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomerations Based on Urban Innovation. Areal Research and Development. 2022, 1, 162-168.

🎖 Honors and Awards

• 2025.05 Doctoral Training and Development Support Fund by The University of Manchester
• 2023.03 Excellent Postgraduate Students’ Award of Zhejiang Province (Top 1%)
• 2022.11 Sophia Yang Scholarship of ZJU, 2021-2022 Academic Year (Top 1%)
• 2022.10 Outstanding Postgraduate Award and “Triple-A” Student (academic records, morality, health) Award of ZJU
• 2020.09 Postgraduate Academic Scholarship of ZJU.
• 2018.09 National “Outstanding Work” Award at National Urban Transportation Innovation Practice Competition.

📖 Educations

• 2024.01 - now, The University of Manchester, UK. PhD. Candidate in Environmental Science
• 2020.09 - 2023.06, Zhejiang University, China. M.Sc. in Urban Planning (GPA: 3.88/4.0, Ranking: 1/31)
• 2015.09 - 2020.06, Southwest Jiaotong University, China. B.Eng. in Urban and Rural Planning

💬 Invited Talks

• 2024.08, NERC’s Digital Gathering 2024, Manchester, UK
• 2022.07, 16th International Association for China Planning (IACP) Annual Conference, Session 7.3: Transit-oriented Development (TOD), Wuhan, China, June 23-27, 2022

💻 Internships

• 2024.03 - now, AI for Earth in Shanghai AI lab, Shanghai, China.
• 2020.06 - 2020.08, Assistant city planner, China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd