Principal Investigator
Prof. Shi Chen
Prof. Chen earned her Ph.D. at Tsinghua University and completed postdoctoral training at Tsinghua, Carnegie Science, and Stanford University, with further research experience at Harvard University and IIASA, as well as industry experience at LONGi (China) and StarTimes (Kenya). She has secured competitive research fundings from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), China’s National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents, and Princeton University. Her first-author
publications appear in journals such as PNAS, Joule, One Earth, Communications Earth & Environment, and Environmental Research Letters, with her work being widely cited and highlighted by international peers. Prof. Chen is the recipient of several honors, including MIT Technology Review’s “35 Innovators Under 35 China” and the Environmental Defense Fund’s Climate Corps Innovation Award.
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Research affiliations:
HKUST IAS Atmospheric Research Center
HKUST Otto Poon Center for Climate Resilience and Sustainability
Meet the group members
Jinquan Ye, PhD student
Master in Environmental Policy, Duke University (2025)
Bachelor in Management Science, Nanchang University (2022)
Email: jyebd@connect.ust.hk
Han Lv, Research assistant
MPhill in Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2026)
MSc in Environmental Science and Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2024)
Bachelor in Management, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies(2023)
Anna Rudenko, PhD student
Master in Ecology & Environmental Management, Lomonosov Moscow State University (2021)
Bachelor in Ecology & Environmental Management, Lomonosov Moscow State University (2019)
Email: arudenko@connect.ust.hk
Yang Zhan, MPhil student
Master in Renewable Energy with AI and Data Science, Imperial College London (2025)
Bachelor in Environmental Science, University of Nottingham (2021)
Email: yzhanam@connect.ust.hk
Zhengqi Liu, MPhil student co-advised with Prof. Kok Sin Woon
MPhil in Carbon Neutrality and Climate Change, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) (2027, expected)
Bachelor in Finance, Hunan University (2024)
Email: zliu059@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
Alumni
