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    • ZHANG Chao
    ZHANG Chao

    PhD, Professor of Department of Public Administration

    Room 1219, Building A, Tongji Mansion, 1500 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092

    021-65981707

    chao_zhang@tongji.edu.cn

    Chao Zhang is a full professor (in sustainability science and public policy) in School of Economics and Management and an adjunct chair professor in UN Environment-Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development, both in Tongji University. He earned PhD from School of Environment, Tsinghua University, and did postdoctoral research in Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. His research applies interdisciplinary theories and methodologies of system analysis and policy modeling to analyze a wide spectrum of environment, energy and water resources problems. He is currently conducting intensive studies on the following topics:

    • Integrated assessment of energy-water nexus and its sustainable management
    • Resource efficiency policies and social metabolism analysis
    • Environmental footprint accounting (water/carbon/pollution emissions) of socio-economic system

    His works have been published in prestigious academic journals in the fields of environment and energy including Nature Energy, Environmental Science & Technology, Applied Energy, Journal of Cleaner Production, Ecological Economics, etc..

    EDUCATION EXPERIENCE TEACHING AND RESEARCH SERVICE AWARDS/RECOGNITION
    • 2007/08 – 2012/07 in Engineering (in environmental management and policy), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, China
    • 2003/08 – 2007/07 Bachelor in Engineering, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, China
    • 2019/01 – Now, Professor, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, China
    • 2018/12 – Now, Adjunct Professor, Covestro-Tongji Chair for Sustainable Development, UN Environment-Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development, Tongji University, China
    • 2017/01 – 2018/12, Associate Professor (in sustainability science and public policy), School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, China
    • 2013/09 – 2016/12, Assistant Professor, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, China
    • 2012/09 - 2013/08, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Fellow of Sustainability Science Program (SSP) and Energy Technology Innovation Program (ETIP), Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA

    Teaching

    • Natural resources and environmental management (undergraduate course)
    • Environmental economics (graduate course)
    • Hot issues of environmental policy (MPA course)
    • Principles of Public Administration (undergraduate course, group teaching)

    Sponsored Research Projects

    1. 2016/01-2018/12, PI, National Science Foundation, Study on water resources impact of power industry and its mitigation pathway under climate policies (71503182).
    2. 2017/01-2018/12, PI, Interdisciplinary Research Program of Tongji University, Study on life cycle resource efficiency and‘decoupling’in China.
    3. 2014/09-2016/08, PI, Social Science Youth Foundation of Tongji University, Study on market-based mechanisms for water resources management in energy sector.
    4. 2012/01-2014/12, core member, National Science Foundation, Study on the application of bottom-up technology model in environmental technology management (71103110).
    5. 2010/06-2011/06, core member, National Key Technologies Research and Development Program of China, Study on the decision support system for promoting energy conservation and pollution mitigation technologies (2009BAC65B14).

     

    Publications

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    Peer-reviewed journal articles (* corresponding author)

    1. Zhang, C.*, Zhong, L., Wang, J., Decoupling between water use and thermoelectric power generation growth in China. Nature Energy, 2018, 3: 792-799.
    2. Zhang, C.*, Chen, W-Q., Ruth, M., Measuring material efficiency: A review of the historical evolution of indicators, methodologies and findings. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2018, 132: 79-92.
    3. Zhang, C., Chen, W-Q., Liu, G., Zhu, D-J. Economic growth and the evolution of material cycles: an analytical framework integrating material flow and stock indicators. Ecological Economics. 2017, 140: 265-274.
    4. Zhang, C.*, Zhong, L., Liang, S., Sanders, K. T., Wang, J., Xu, M. Virtual scarce water embodied in inter-provincial electricity transmission in China. Applied Energy. 2017, 187: 438-448.
    5. Zhang, C.*, Zhong, L., Fu, X., Zhao, Z. Managing scarce water resources in China’s coal power industry. Environmental Management. 2016, 57: 1188-1203.
    6. Zhang, C.*, Zhong, L., Fu, X., Wang, J., Wu, Z. Revealing water stress by the thermal power industry in China based on a high spatial resolution water withdrawal and consumption inventory. Environmental Science & Technology. 2016, 50: 1642-1652.
    7. Zhang, C.*, Anadon, L.D., Mo, H., Zhao, Z., Zhu, L. The water-carbon trade-off in China’s coal power industry. Environmental Science & Technology. 2014, 48: 11082-11089.
    8. Zhang, C.*, Anadon, L.D., A multi-regional input-output analysis of domestic virtual water trade and provincial water footprint in China. Ecological Economics. 2014, 100: 159-172.
    9. Zhang, C.*, Anadon, L.D., Life cycle water use of energy production and its environmental impacts in China. Environmental Science & Technology. 2013, 47: 14459-14467.
    10. Zhang, C.*, Beck, M.B., Chen, J., Gauging the impact of global trade on China’s local environmental burden. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2013, 54: 270-281.
    11. Zhang, C., Chen, J., Wen, Z., Alternative policy assessment for water pollution control in China’s pulp and paper industry. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2012, 66: 15-26.
    12. Zhang, C., Chen, J., Wen, Z., Assessment of policy alternatives and key technologies for energy conservation and pollution reduction in China's synthetic ammonia industry. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2012, 25:96-105.
    13. Zhang, C., Wen, Z., Chen, J. An integrated model for technology forecasting to reduce pollutant emission in China’s pulp industry. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2009, 54:62-72.
    14. Wang, H., Wang, W., Liang, S., Zhang, C., Qu, S., et al. Determinants of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Interconnected Grids in China. Environmental Science & Technology. 2019, 53(3): 1432-1440.
    15. Han, J., Du, T., Zhang, C., Qian, X., Correlation analysis of CO2 emissions, material stocks and economic growth nexus: Evidence from Chinese provinces. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2018, 180: 395-406.
    16. Liang, S., Wang, Y., Zhang, C., Xu, M., Yang, Z., Liu, W., Liu, H., Chiu, A.S.F. Final production-based emissions of regions in China. Economic Systems Research, 2018, 30: 18-36.
    17. Huang, R., Hubacek, K., Feng, K., Li, X., Zhang, C., Re-examining embodied SO2 and CO2 emissions in China. Sustainability, 2018, 10, 1505.
    18. Liu, Z., Feng, K., Liang, S., Anadon L.D., Zhang, C., Guan D. Four system boundaries for carbon accounts. Ecological Modelling, 2015, 318:118-125.
    19. Liang, S., Zhang, C., Wang, Y., Xu, M., Liu, W., Virtual atmospheric mercury emission network in China. Environmental Science & Technology.2014, 48: 2807-2815.
    20. Li, G., Wen, Z., Du, B., Zhang, C., Chen, J., An analysis of industrial water conservation potential and selection of key technologies based on the IWCPA model. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2008, 52(10): 1141-1152.
    21. Zhang, C.*, Wang, T., Chen, W-Q., Liu, G., Du, H., Simulation of China’s long-term steel demand and evaluation of the trend of overcapacity of steel industry. China Population, Resources and Environment, 2018, 28(10): 169-176. [in Chinese]
    22. Chen, Y., Zhang, C.*, The role of penalty cost in explaining stock market’s responses to environmental pollution events. China Population, Resources and Environment, 2017, S1: 61-66. [in Chinese]
    23. Zhang, C., Wen, Z., Technology forecast for COD emission reduction in Chinese paper industry. Journal of Tsinghua University (Science and Technology), 2008(12): 2083-2087. [in Chinese]

     

    Book chapters

    1. Zhu, D., Chen, H., Zhang, C., Xu, J., Huang, Y., Low carbon and resilient cities. In United Nation, et al. (eds.) Shanghai Manual: A guide for sustainable urban development in the 21st Beijing: The Commercial Press.
    2. Zhang, C., Natural capital and ecosystem services. In Zhu, D., et al. (eds.), Sustainable Development and Management. Shanghai: Tongji University Press, 2015. [in Chinese]
    3. Zhang, C., Measuring sustainable development. In Zhu, D., et al. (eds.), Sustainable Development and Management. Shanghai: Tongji University Press, 2015. [in Chinese]
    4. Editorial board member, A Green Book of Sustainable Development of Chinese Cities. Shanghai: Tongji University Press, 2015. [in Chinese]

     

    Selected Conference Presentations

    1. Thirty-year progresses in the indicators, methodologies and findings for measuring material efficiency. The 2nd Conference of Society for Urban Ecology-China Chapter. December 8, 2018, Shanghai, China.
    2. The evolution of water stress caused by China’s thermal power industry and its driving forces. The 369th Young Scientist Forum of Chinese Association for Science & Technology. November 8, 2018, Beijing, China.
    3. Governing the food-energy-water nexus to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). Senior Level Inception and Implementation Meeting for ASEAN Institute for Green Economy, February 6-8, 2018, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.
    4. Dematerialization analysis based on material flow and stock indicators. The 87th Interdisciplinary Forum of Chinese Academy of Science: Urban expansion, resources metabolism and environmental emissions. December 2-4, 2016, Xiamen, China.
    5. Decoupling analysis from material flow and stock perspectives. Urban transitions global summit 2016, September 5-9, 2016, Shanghai, China.
    6. A detailed spatial analysis of the water stress of thermoelectric power generation in China. 2nd Water-Energy in China Workshop, October 14-15, 2015, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, China.
    7. Revealing the energy-water nexus in China’s thermal power industry. Chinese Environmental Scholars Forum 2015, May 30-31, 2015, Yale University, New Haven, USA.
    8. The Energy-Water Nexus in China. International Cooperation for sustainable Energy Strategies: Energy Access & the Nexus with water and food, December 4-5, 2013, Milan, Italy.
    9. Scenario analysis on future structural changes in China’s paper industry: Policy implications for resources conservation and water pollution reduction. 6th International Conference on Industrial Ecology (ISIE), June 7-10, 2011, Berkeley, CA, USA.

    Academic services

    • 2019/01– now, committee member, Education Committee in Chinese Society of Ecology.
    • 2019/01– now, committee member, Chinese Society for Industrial Ecology.
    • 2018/05 – now, academic editor, China Population, Resources and Environment.
    • 2018/04 – now, committee member, Academic Committee of Resource Flow and Management in Chinese Society of Natural Resources.
    • 2018/02 – now, deputy secretary general, Academic Committee of Industrial Ecology in Chinese Society of Ecology.
    • 2016/06 - now, editorial board member, Sustainable Production and Consumption (ISSN: 2352-5509, CiteScore: 2.73)
    • 2017/01 - now, committee member，Joint Tongji-Stony Brook Sustainable Energy and Policy Institute
    • 2015/05 - now, assistant director, Tongji University Sustainable Development and New-type Urbanization Think Tank

    Invited referee

    ——Journal manuscripts

    • Environmental Science & Technology
    • Applied Energy
    • Journal of Cleaner Production
    • Ecological Economics
    • Energy Policy
    • Journal of Industrial Ecology
    • Science of the Total Environment
    • Resource, Conservation and Recycling
    • Sustainability
    • Ecosystem Health and Sustainability
    • Energy Reports
    • Transportation Research Part E
    • Economic System Research
    • Water Resources Management
    • Water Resources and Economics
    • Applied Water Science
    • Society & Natural Resources
    • Emerging Markets Finance

    ——Reports

    • 2015, invited external reviewer for China Water Program of World Resources Institute
    • 2014, invited external reviewer for China Water-Energy-Food Roadmap of Wilson Center

     Conference organizer

    • Co-organizer, parallel session “Industrial ecology and green economy” in 12th International Congress of Ecology, August 20-25, 2017, Beijing, China.
    • Co-organizer, parallel session “Applying industrial ecology to make cities more sustainable” in Urban transitions global summit 2016, September 5-9, 2016, Shanghai, China.
    • 2018/12, Best Paper Award 2018, Chinese Society for Industrial Ecology
    • 2017/06，Emerald Citations of Excellence 2017 (awarded by Emerald Group Publishing)
    • 2016/01，Award Fund for Outstanding Young Teachers of Tongji University (awarded by Tongji University)
    • 2015/06，Award Fund for Outstanding Research by Young Scholars in Shanghai (awarded by Shanghai Education Commission)
    • 2015-2016, Supervisor of “Tongji University Excellent Graduation Thesis” in 2015 and 2016 (awarded by Tongji University)
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