Zihan Zhou

Zihan Zhou is an MRes + PhD student at the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment: Unlocking Net Zero (FIBE3 CDT). His research interests include low-carbon construction materials, sustainable cementitious composites, and waste management. His doctoral research focuses on investigating the feasibility of developing future circularity-driven and low-carbon blended cement with a reduced clinker content for infrastructure applications. He is supervised by Prof. Abir Al-Tabbaa and Dr. Sripriya Rengaraju.

Zihan finished his MEng in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering at Tongji University and BEng in Civil Engineering at Zhejiang University. His final year project was titled 'Influence of recycled concrete powder (RCP) and CO2 curing on the properties of thermal insulation materials'. He aims to deepen his understanding of sustainability improvement in blended cement during his time at the University of Cambridge. Outside of his academic work, Zihan is a Hughes Hall rower and a member of the Cambridge University Canoe Club.