Mr. Martin Zhu, a current PhD student in the School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on understanding the fundamentals of heat transfer, energy conversion, and engineered materials. He strives to integrate theory and experiments to create innovative solutions for enhancing phase-changing, air cooling, dehumidifying, thermal management, thermal rectification, micro-droplet manipulation, and energy-efficient building technologies.

Incubated by HK Tech 300 programme, he and his team formed the startup, i2Cool, to commercialize their cooling technologies developed in the laboratory for building energy saving. Empowered by the self-developed and ever-improving product, as well as fueled by the highly adaptive and long-term strategies, i2Cool successfully attracted interest from various sectors of society, creating a significant social impact by contributing to the goal of carbon neutrality.