Jie (Jay) Zhao, Ph.D. Dr. Jie Zhao is the Head of Delos Labs and an Executive Vice President at Delos. Delos is a wellness real estate and technology company headquartered in New York City, the creator of the WELL Building Standard. Jie leads the effort to develop innovative science-based solutions for improving human health and well-being in spaces where we live, work, sleep and play. We are positively impacting lives in 150,000+ buildings every day. Dr. Zhao has more than 10 years of scientific research and product innovation experience in the field of Human-building Interactions (HBI). Through an evidence-based and data-driven approach, his work focuses on two aspects of HBI. One is to discover the impact of different indoor environmental elements on human health and well-being, such as lighting, air quality, biophilia, acoustics, and thermal comfort. Two is to develop innovative and tangible products and services that improve human health and well-being based on scientific foundation. Prior to Delos, He worked at Lutron, and received his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University, and master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Tongji University.