As a researcher, teacher, supervisor, grants manager, impact maker, and team player, I a scientist, as well as a rebel rabbit against climate change. :P I work at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and I am super interested in exploring cutting-edge topics in interdisciplinary dimensions. My research keywords include energy systems, technology innovation, just transition, green hydrogen, hard-to-abate sectors, quantitative and modeling methods, sectoral energy transitions (focus on the power sector, industry, transport, and residential sectors), and global climate governmance. My recent years’ work pays particular attention to renewable energy and its energy-environmental-social impacts. The transition solutions for Europe's ambitious 2050 targets with conceptual innovations from interdisciplinary dimensions is my next move.
I have 40+ peer-reviewed articles, with 30+ publications in peer-reviewed journals related to sustainable transition, renewable energy systems, and environmental economics in recent years such as Nature Energy; Nature Communications; iScience (Cell Press), etc., with ESI top1% high cited papers and studies cited by IPCC AR6 WGIII report. Studies are applied in grants funded by European Commission Horizon, national and international foundations. I have 7+ years of experience in teaching English courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels such as environmental and energy economics courses, renewable energy systems, and other climate-related courses. My supervised graduate students and junior researchers exhibit significant diversity from disciplines and countries/regions. As a female in science/economics, I commit to contributing to the diversity and equity of society and volunteered as tutor for young female career development.
With projects funded by European Commission Horizontal 2020, international Foundations, national natural science foundations, and university fundings such as Harvard Global Institute, I developed global networks with 20+ institutes located in Europe, the United States of America, Canada, Asia and African countries. Outside of academia, I used to work as an energy modeling expert in the energy policy project at the world bank Group Washington DC. I work closely with academia, policymakers, NGOs, and industries, to explore integrated sustainable transition solutions from multiple disciplinary fields.
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