2025.2-present  Tongji University, Professor

2021.10-2025.01  East China University of Science and Technology, Professor, Deputy Dean of School of Business

2017.08-2021.09 Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Professor

2012.09-2013.09 University of Oxford, Visiting Scholar

2009.07-2017.07 Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Lecturer and Associate Professor

I have published more than 200 papers in academic journals, such as Nature Geoscience, Nature Climate Change, Nature Sustainability, World Development, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Environmental & Resource Economics, Energy Journal, Global Environmental Change, Environmental Science & Technology, Ecological Economics, Economic Research Journal (in Chinese), Management World (in Chinese), and Journal of Management Sciences in China (in Chinese), more than 30 of which are selected in ESI Hot/Highly-cited Papers in the Web of Science, and my latest H-index is 61 (Scopus). I have presided over 1 Major Project of the National Social Science Foundation of China, 5 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and more than 10 provincial- and ministry-level research programs.

Presided Research Projects

1     The Young Scientists Fund Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China: "Research on the Transmission Mechanism of Resource Curse Effect and Avoidance Policies at the Regional Level in China: from an Endogenous Growth Perspective" (71003068), concluded (with Excellent performance evaluation)

2     The General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China: "The Correlation Mechanism Between Energy Dependence and the Efficiency of Regional Economic Development in China and Its Empirical Study" (71373153), concluded (with Extra Superior performance evaluation)

3     The General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China: "The 'Environmental Curse' Effect on the Supply-side of Resources: Influence Mechanisms of Resource Industry Dependence on Regional Environmental Performance in China" (71773075), concluded (with Extra Superior performance evaluation)

4     The Excellent Young Scientists Fund Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: "Externality Governance in Energy Development and Consumption" (71922015), concluded

5     The Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: "Study on Carbon Neutral Technology Innovation and Carbon Reduction Incentive Mechanisms in the Key Industries" (72243004), ongoing

6     The Major Program of National Social Science Foundation of China: "Research on Promoting Green Development of Synergy between Energy Supply Side and Consumption Side to Promote Harmonious Coexistence between Human and Nature" (21ZDA084), concluded

7     The Major Program of National Social Science Foundation of China: the PI of sub-program 3 "Research on the Feasible Path to Achieve the Integration of Environmental Protection and High-quality Economic Development" of the program "Research on the Mechanism, Path, and Policy System of Integrating Environmental Protection and High-quality Economic Development" (18ZDA051), concluded

8     The Major Program of National Social Science Foundation of China: the PI of sub-program 4 "Income Distribution Effects of Artificial Intelligence Technology and Labor Supply Structure" of the program "Research on Artificial Intelligence Technology and More Sufficient and High-quality Employment" (20ZDA069), concluded

9     The Major Program of National Social Science Foundation of China: the PI of sub-program 1 "Research on the Characteristics and the Influencing Factors of the Evolution of Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensity in China" of the program "Research on Measures to Achieve China's Action Targets for Greenhouse Gas Emission Control by 2020" (10AZD015), concluded

10     The Major Program of National Social Science Foundation of China: the PI of sub-program 5 "Research on Innovation Factor Flow Aggregation and Spatial Structure Optimization in Northeast Old Industrial Base under Supply-Side Structural Reform"(17AZD009), concluded

11   The Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of the Ministry of Education: "Research on the Impact of Resource Industry Dependence on Regional Environmental Total Factor Productivity Growth in China" (NCET-13-0890), concluded

12   The Ministry and Provincial Joint Research Program of the Ministry of Finance: "Research on Fiscal Policies Related to International Energy Structure Transformation" (2019110387), concluded

13   Science and Technology Innovation Major Project of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission: "Research on the Theoretical Modeling, Empirical Measurement, and Influencing Factors of Energy Rebound Effect: Taking Yangtze River Delta Region as an Example" (11ZS70), concluded

14   The Major Program of Shanghai Soft Science Research: "Research on Empirical Measurement, Influencing Factors, and Optimization Path of Shanghai Industrial Energy Consumption Carbon Emission and Its Efficiency" (12692104100), concluded (with Good evaluation)

15   The Major Program of Shanghai Soft Science Research: "Impact of Carbon Tax Policy on Energy Conservation, Emission Reduction, and Macroeconomics in China - Theoretical Model and Scenario Simulation" (14692103900), concluded (with Excellent evaluation). The research report received the 6th National Award for Outstanding Fiscal Theory Research Achievement and was included in The Essay Collection of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

16   Shanghai 2018 Major Program of "Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan" Soft Science Program: "Energy Price Induced Innovation and Carbon Emission Performance Improvement: Theory and Chinese Experience" (18692105600), concluded (with Good evaluation, the relative achievement is included in Shanghai Science and Technology Yearbook, 2020)

17   Shanghai 2020 Major Program of "Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan" Soft Science Program: "Research on the Innovation of Collaborative Environmental Governance Model in the Yangtze River Delta Integrated Development Demonstration Zone: Based on the Perspective of Multi-region and Multi-entity" (20692103100), concluded

18   Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Planning Program: "Research on Energy Rebound Effect Based on Endogenous Growth Perspective: Theoretical Model and Chinese Experience" (2010BJB011), concluded (with Good evaluation)

19   Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Planning Program: "Research on the Evolutionary Path of Chinese Economic System under the Influence of Carbon Tax Policy" (2014BJB001), concluded (with Good evaluation)

20   Zhejiang Province Statistics Major Research Project: "Research on the Industrial Total Factor Energy Efficiency Growth Measurement and Influencing Factors in the Yangtze River Delta City Cluster" (201416), concluded (the first price)

21   Zhejiang Province Statistics Major Research Project: "Empirical Measurement and Spatial Econometric Analysis of Carbon Emission Performance in China" (201527), concluded (the second price)

22   The "Shuguang Program" of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission: "Assessment of China's Green Economy Development Performance under Carbon Emission Constraints: Empirical Measurements, Influencing Factors, and Improvement Paths" (14SG32), concluded

23   The "Chenguang Program" of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission: "A Theoretical Model of Energy Rebound Effect and An Empirical Study Based on Shanghai" (10CG36), concluded

• Conference and correspondence reviewer of the National Natural Science Foundation of China
• Affiliated editor and editorial board member of World Development
• Associate editor and editorial board member of Journal of Environmental Economics (In Chinese)
• Subject editor and editorial board member of Asian Economics Letters
• Academic editor of China Population, Resources and Environment, Resources
• Guest editor of Resources, Conservation and Recycling
• Vice chairman of the professional committee of resource economy research of the Chinese Society of Natural Resources
• Deputy secretary general and managing director of energy economics and management research branch of China “Double Law” Research Society
• Managing director of the energy resources system engineering branch of the Chinese System Engineering Society
• Member of the committee on resource and environmental economics of the Annual China Economic Conference
• Member of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE)
• “Wenlan Scholar” chair professor of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
• Correspondence reviewer for Hong Kong Research Grants Council Program
• Reviewer of excellent master and doctoral dissertation in economics in Jiangsu province
• Evaluation expert of Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award Subject Group in Fujian province, China
• Evaluation expert of Chinese Academy of Social Science Evaluation
• Expert in the classification and evaluation of high-quality scientific and technological journals in the field of environmental sciences of the Chinese Society of Environmental Sciences
• Peer-reviewer for more than 100 academic journals: Nature Energy(SCI), Nature Communications(SCI), One Earth(SCI), JEBO(SSCI), Economic Geography(SSCI), Research Policy(SSCI), Environmental & Resource Economics(SSCI), World Development(SSCI), Energy Journal(SSCI), Global Environmental Change(SSCI), Technovation(SSCI), Ecological Economics(SSCI), Energy Economics(SSCI), Environment and Development Economics(SSCI), Regional Studies(SSCI), Journal of Environmental Management(SCI), Business Strategy and the Environment(SSCI), Journal of Transport Geography(SSCI), Journal of Regional Science(SSCI), Sustainable Development(SSCI), Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews(SCI), Applied Energy(SCI), Economic Systems(SSCI), China Economic Review(SSCI), Transportation Research Part A(SSCI), Transport Policy(SSCI), International Journal of Hospitality Management(SSCI), Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research(SSCI), Technological and Economic Development of Economy(SSCI), Technological Forecasting & Social Change(SSCI), Environmental Impact Assessment Review(SSCI), Cities(SSCI), Climate and Development(SSCI), Regional Environmental Change(SSCI), Resources Policy(SSCI), Economic Modelling(SSCI), Land Use Policy(SSCI), Structural Change and Economic Dynamics(SSCI), Applied Geography(SSCI), Ecological Indicators(SCI), Renewable Energy(SCI), Research in Transportation Economics(SSCI), Resources, Conservation and Recycling(SCI), Environmental Geochemistry and Health(SCI), Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change(SCI), Energy Policy(SSCI), Journal of Cleaner Production(SCI), Tourism Management(SSCI), Current Psychology(SSCI), Science of the Total Environment(SCI), Growth and Change(SSCI), Journal of the Operational Research Society(SCI/SSCI), Annals of Operations Research(SCI), International Journal of Energy Research(SCI), Energy Conversion and Management(SCI), Natural Hazards(SCI), Energy for Sustainable Development(SCI), Energy Efficiency(SCI/SSCI), Applied Economics(SSCI), Socio-Economic Planning Sciences(SSCI), Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy(SCI), Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy(SCI), Spatial Economic Analysis(SSCI), Sustainable Cities and Society(SCI), Energy Reports(SCI), Science and Public Policy(SSCI), Natural Resource Modeling(SCI), Journal of Environmental Planning and Management(SSCI), Review of Development Economics(SSCI), International Journal of Green Energy(SCI), Carbon Management(SCI/SSCI), Energy & Environment(SSCI), Science China-Earth Sciences(SCI), Economic Research Journal(CSSCI), Journal of Management World(CSSCI), China Economic Quarterly(CSSCI), Journal of Management Sciences in China(CSSCI), Science China Earth Sciences(CSCD), China Industrial Economics(CSSCI), The Journal of World Economy(CSSCI), Journal of Financial Research(CSSCI), Chinese Journal of Management Science(CSSCI), System Engineering Theory and Practice(CSSCI), Business Review, Finance & Trade Economics(CSSCI), Economic Perspectives(CSSCI), China Journal of Economics(CSSCI), Journal of Finance and Economics(CSSCI), Resources Science(CSSCI), Finance and Trade Research(CSSCI), South China Journal of Economics(CSSCI), China Population, Resources and Environment(CSSCI), Jinan Journal(CSSCI), Collected Essays on Finance and Economics(CSSCI), and so on.

1     Clarivate Analytics Global "Highly Cited Scientist"

2     Elsevier "Highly Cited Scholars in China"

3     World's Top 2% Scientists (Issued by a team of Stanford University）

4     Top 100000 Global Scientists (Issued by the Global Scholars Database)

5     National Outstanding Young Scientists Fund Project Recipient

6     The 4th batch of national "Ten Thousand People Plan" young top-notch talents

7     New Century Excellent Talent of the Ministry of Education in 2013

8     “Shanghai Newcomers in Social Sciences” in 2019

9     Shanghai “Shu Guang Scholar” in 2014

10   Shanghai “Chen Guang Scholar” in 2010

11   East China University of Science and Technology 7th “Young Talent President Award”

12   “Ying Xian Scholar" of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

13   East China University of Science and Technology Press and Publicity Advanced Individual "Hua Sheng Award" in 2021

14   The 8th Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scientific Research of Higher Education Institutions (Humanities and Social Sciences) for Young Achievements (First establishment)

15   The second prize of 9th Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scientific Research of Higher Education Institutions (Humanities and Social Sciences)

16   The 4th Zhang Peigang Award for Young Scholars in Development Economics (The first recipient in the field of energy and environmental economics)

17   The 4th Liu Shibai Prize in Economics (First winning paper in Energy and Environmental Economics)

18   The Third Prize of the 6th National Outstanding Financial Theory Research Achievement Award

19   Doctoral Innovation Program in Contemporary Economics (Originally called the China Prize for Outstanding PhD Thesis in Economics) Supervisor

20   The 5th National College Students Competition on Energy Economics (Only Special Prize Adviser)

21   The 6th National College Students Competition on Energy Economics (Only Special Prize Adviser)

22   The 7th National College Students Competition on Energy Economics (Special Prize Adviser)

23   The 13th Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Harbin Institute of Technology (Management Only)

24   The Second Prize of thesis category of the 11th Shanghai Excellent Achievement Award of Philosophy and Social Science

25   The Second Prize of the 11th Shanghai Excellent Achievement Award of Philosophy and Social Science in Paper Category

26   The First Prize of the 14th Shanghai Excellent Achievement Award of Philosophy and Social Science in Paper Category

27   The Second Prize of the 14th Shanghai Excellent Achievement Award of Philosophy and Social Science in Paper Category

28   The Second Prize of the 10th Shanghai Excellent Achievement Award of Deng Xiaoping Theory Research and Propaganda in Paper Category

29   The Third Prize of Shanghai "13th Five-Year Plan" Preliminary Research Open Call Project Achievement Award

30   Third Prize of Excellent Achievement Award of Humanities and Social Sciences Research of Henan Provincial Education Department in 2017

31   The First Prize of research results of key statistical research topics in Zhejiang Province in 2015

32   The Second Prize of research results of key statistical research topics in Zhejiang Province in 2016

33   The Third Prize of Excellent Youth Paper of China Regional Science Association Annual Meeting in 2012

34   The First Prize of Excellent Youth Paper of China Regional Science Association Annual Meeting in 2013

35   The First Prize of Excellent Youth Paper of China Regional Science Association Annual Meeting in 2014

36   The Excellent Paper Award of Annual Academic Conference of the Environmental Economics Branch of the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences in 2017 (5 in total)

37   The New Talent Award of the 5th Shanghai Young Economic Scholars Forum Excellent Paper in 2010

38   The Second Price of the 6th Shanghai Young Economic Scholars Forum Excellent Paper in 2011

39   The Second Price Award of the 7th Shanghai Young Economic Scholars Forum Excellent Paper in 2012

40   The First Price of the 8th Shanghai Young Economic Scholars Forum Excellent Paper in 2013

41   The New Talent Award of the Ninth Shanghai Young Economic Scholars Forum Excellent Paper in 2014

42   The New Talent Award of the 15th Shanghai Young Economic Scholars Forum Excellent Paper in 2020

43   The Excellent Paper Award of the 8th Annual Academic Conference of Shanghai Social Science Community in 2010

44   The Excellent Paper Award of the 9th Annual Academic Conference of Shanghai Social Science Community in 2011

45   The Excellent Paper Award of the 10th Annual Academic Conference of Shanghai Social Science Community in 2012

46   The Second Prize of Excellent Achievement Award of Zhejiang Economic Society in 2017

47   The Excellent Paper Award of the Second China Energy Environment and Climate Change Economists Forum

48   The Excellent Paper Award of the Second Symposium on the Economics of Climate Change

49   The Excellent Reviewer Award of Chinese Journal of Environmental Management in 2019-2020

50   The Excellent Reviewer Award of Journal of Environmental Economics in 2016-2017