Jian KANG

(Prof.) Bartlett Faculty of Built Environment, University College London

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Jian Kang has been a full professor since 2003. He is President of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV), and he also chairs the European Acoustics Association Technical Committee for Noise, and the EU COST Action on Soundscape of European Cities and Landscapes. He obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge and has worked in architectural and environmental acoustics for 40 years, with 80+ research projects, 800+ publications, 90+ engineering/consultancy projects, and 20+ patents. He is recipient of the ERC Advanced Grant Award, working internationally on developing Soundscape Indices. He is Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering, and a Member of Academia Europaea.