Rongbin is a research fellow in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University where he also finished his PhD training during 2018.9-2021.12. His research focuses on evaluating the health and epigenetic impacts of climate change-related environmental factors (e.g., extreme temperature, wildfires, air pollution, greenspace). Since 2018, he has contributed to over 98 peer-reviewed publications (>2800 citations), including 23 papers as the first or co-first author published in Nature, NEJM, Lancet Planetary Health, JAMA Pediatrics, PloS Medicine, Environmental Health Perspective, Environment International, International Journal of Epidemiology. His work has reached global media coverage (e.g., New York Times, CNN) and demonstrated social and policy impacts (referenced by WHO, the Parliament of Australia, etc). His research has been recognized by many competitive awards, including the prestigious Premier’s Excellence Award and Public Health Researcher Award from the Victorian government in 2024, Toxics 2021 Best PhD thesis Award, PhD Excellence Award from Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia, PhD Top-up funding from NHMRC CRE, Monash  Postgraduate Publications Award, ISEE Best Environmental Epidemiology Paper (BEEP) Award - Honorable Mentions,  Since 2021, he has secured about $550k competitive fundings in total from MRFF, NHMRC CRE, VICHealth, and Monash University as a chief investigator, including $310k funding as the project leader. 

Environmental Epidemiology; Epigenetic Epidemiology; Climate Change, Air pollution and Health; Built Environment and Health; Exposure assessment using Machine Leaning and Spatial and GIS techniques; Child and Adolescent Health; Biostatistics

Served as a peer reviewer for Nature; Lancet Planetary Health; PLOS Medicine; BMC Medicine; Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific; Environment International; Environmental Science & Technology; Journal of Hazardous Materials;  Science of Total Environment; Environmental Research; The Innovation; Chemosphere; Sustainable Cities and Society; International Journal of Biometeorology; Urban Climate. 

Member of the International Epidemiological Association, Australasian Epidemiological Association, The Australasian Epigenetics Alliance and International Society of Environmental Epidemiology.

Affiliate of the Centre for Air pollution, energy and health Research (CAR), an NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence

Affiliate of the NHMRC Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) National Research Network