About me / Places I've livedStarting in January 2021, I hold a tenure-track assistant professor position at Energy and Materials in Infrastructure and Buildings (EMIB), University of Antwerp, Belgium. Prior to joining the University of Antwerp, I was a postdoctoral fellow at the Energy and Resource Systems Analysis Laboratory, Northwestern University, United States, and the Center for Life Cycle Engineering, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. I received my Ph.D. from the Institute of Geographic Sciences & Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2017.
My research revolves around the sustainability of material and energy systems (e.g., built environments, material production systems, and renewable energy systems) through a lens of socioeconomic metabolism. I am particularly interested in the role of material stocks in shaping resource use patterns at different scales and the efficacy of circular economy strategies in decarbonizing material and energy systems. I am a mathematical model enthusiast with years of training in industrial ecology tools (e.g., MFA, LCA, and IAM) and beyond.
