Chi Zhang
Chi Zhang, Professor of the School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology. She is the associate editor ofApplied Energy(IF 11.4), the vice-director of Lancet Countdown Asia Center, and the editorial board member ofEnvironmental Research Letters(IF 6.9). She focuses on cutting-edge problems to promote sustainable development with an interdisciplinary study on climate change, energy transition and emission reduction, management science, and public health. Her research areas include climate mitigation’s impacts on environment and health, energy economics and climate policy, environmental economics and management, sustainable development and global governance with digital economy. She has published more than 30 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, including the first/corresponding author papers in theLancet Public Health, Applied Energy, Energy Conversion and Managementetc. She serves as one of the leading authors of the annual China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change. She has published a number of science book chapters, reports and policy briefs. As the first author and group leader, she published the firstNational Association Standardfor public safe outdoor physical activities in China, "Guidelines for outdoor extreme sports and adventure activities in high-temperature weather". She has performed high-level research projects for the National key research and development program and NSFC in China, Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency in Sweden. Prof. Zhang has 10 years of experience in organizing international academic conferences and chaired several conferences. She was the assistant editor of theHandbook of Clean Energy Systems(6 Volumes; Wiley).
CURRENT POSITION
2020-present |
Professor, School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) |
| 2021-present | Assistant Dean, School of Global Governance, Beijing Institute of Technology |
POSTDOC APPOINTMENTS
2019-2020 |
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Malardalen University, Stockholm, Sweden |
DOCTORAL DEGREE
2012-2018 |
Doctoral Education inRenewable Energy Economics and Management, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden |
EDUCATIONS AND DEGREES
2012 |
M.A., Climate Economics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden |
2010 |
B.S., Economics and Finance, Peking University, P. R. China. |
2008 |
Exchange, Political Economics, Yale University, USA |
PROFESSIONAL COMMISSION
Associate Editor: Applied Energy (IF11.4) |
| Vice Director: Lancet Countdown Asia Centre |
Editorial Board: Environmental Research Letters (IF 6.9) |
| Assistant Dean: School of Global Competency, Beijing Institute of Technology |
Assistant Editor: Handbook of Clean Energy Systems, 6 Volume Set |
Session Chair: International Conference on Applied Energy 2019-2022 |
Referee: Energy Conversion& Management, Applied Energy, Energy Economics Journal of Cleaner Production, Ecological Economics… |
Completed courses: Global Competency, Digital Economics |
RECENT PUBLICATION LISTS (+Co-First Author*Corresponding Author)
1: W.J Cai+,C. Zhang+, S.H Zhang+., . . . P. Gong* et al., The 2022 China Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Leveraging Climate Actions for Healthy Ageing.The Lancet Public Health, 2022, Volume 7, Issue 12, e1073 - e1090
2:C. Zhang, P. Gong*. Healthy China: from words to actions.The Lancet Public Health, Volume 4, 2019, Page 438-439, ISSN 2468-2267
3: W.J Cai+,C. Zhang+, S.H Zhang+., . . . P. Gong* et al., The 2021 China Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Seizing the Window of Opportunity. The Lancet Public Health, Volume 6, Issue 12, E932-E947, 2021, ISSN 2468-2667
4: W.J Cai+,C. Zhang+, H.P Suen+., . . . P. Gong* et al., The 2020 China Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change,The Lancet Public Health, 2020, ISSN 2468-2667 (ESI highly cited paper)
5:C. Zhang, W.J. Cai, Z. Liu, YM. Wei, D.B. Guan, Z. Li, J.Y. Yan, P. Gong*. Five Tips for China to Realize its Co-Targets of Climate Mitigation and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Geography and Sustainability.2020. 245-249
6: W.J Cai+,C. Zhang+, S.H Zhang+., . . . P. Gong* et al., Seizing the Window of Opportunity to Mitigate the Impact of Climate Change on the Health of People in China,Chinese Science Bulletin. 2023. Accepted
7: W.J Cai+,C. Zhang+, H.P Suen+., . . . P. Gong* et al., Location-Specific Health Impacts of Climate Change Require Location-Specific Responses,Chinese Science Bulletin. 2021. 66, 3925
8: L.J. Ding*; Y.J. Liang; E.CK Tan; Y. Hu;C. Zhang, Y.X Liu, F.Z Xue*, R. Wang*. Smoking, heavy drinking, physical inactivity, and obesity among middle-aged and older adults in China: Cross-sectional findings from the baseline survey of CHARLS 2011–2012,BMC Public Health20, 1062 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08625-5
9: C.Q Yu*, X. Huang, H. Chen, H.C. Godfray, J.S. Wright, J. Hall, G. Huang, S.C. Ni, S. Qiao, Y. Xiao, J. Zhang, X. Ju, P. Ciais, Ni. Stenseth, D. Hessen, Z. Sun, L. Yu, W.J. Cai, X.M. Huang, H.H. Fu, Z. Feng,C. Zhang, H.B. Liu, J.Taylor. Managing Nitrogen to Restore Water Quality in China,Nature, volume 567, Pages516–520 (2019)
10:C. Zhang*, P.E. Campana, C.X. Liu, K.Wang, J.Y. Yan*, Crowdfunding Preferences for a Sustainable Milk Product with Integrated Photovoltaic Water Pumping System in China,Applied Energy, Volume 255, 2019, 113694, ISSN 0306-2619
11: C. Zhang, M. Wu, J.Y. Chen, K.Y. Chen1,C. Zhang, C. Xie, B. Huang, Z.C He. Weather Visibility Prediction Based on Multimodal Fusion.IEEE AccessPP (99):1-1 June 2019 DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2920865.
12:C. Zhang*, P.E. Campana, J. Yang, C.Q. Yu, J.Y. Yan*. Economic Assessment of Photovoltaic Water Pumping Integration with Dairy Milk Production,Energy Conversion and Management,Vol 177, 2018, Pages 750-764, ISSN 0196-8904.
13:C. Zhang*, P.E. Campana, J. Yang, J.Y. Yan*, Economic performance of photovoltaic water pumping systems with business model innovation in China,Energy Conversion and Management,Volume 133, 2017, Pages 498-510, ISSN 0196-8904,
14:C. Zhang*, J.Y. Yan*, CDM’s influence on technology transfers: A study of the implemented clean development mechanism projects in China,Applied Energy, Volume 158, 2015, Pages 355-365, ISSN 0306-2619
15: F.H. Yao, Y.P. Zeng, R. Zhang*,C. Zhang*. Estimating Heat-related physical activity loss in China in the Context of Climate Change：1986-2021.Energy Proceedings. 2022, accepted
16: B. Li, Y.X. Zhang,C. Zhang*. Evaluating the stranded assets of coal power units in China under the constraint of carbon emission.Energy Proceedings. 2022, accepted
17: Y.C. Zhao, Z.Q. Liu, Y.P. Zeng,C. Zhang*. Assessing the Impact of the Aging on Carbon Emissions in China.Energy Proceedings. 2022, accepted
18: Y. Xian, K. Wang*, X. Shi,C. Zhang,Y.M. Wei, Z. Huang. Carbon emissions intensity reduction target for China’s power industry: An efficiency and productivity perspective.Journal of Cleaner Production. Volume 197, Part 1, 2018, Pages 1022-1034, ISSN 0959-6526
19:K. Wang*, K. Yang, Y.M. Wei,C. Zhang. Shadow prices of direct and overall carbon emissions in China’s construction industry: a parametric directional distance function-based sensitive estimation.Structural Change and Economic Dynamics,2018
20: K. Wang*, J. Wang, Y. M. Wei,C. Zhang. A novel dataset of emission abatement sector extended input-output table for environmental policy analysis,Applied Energy, 2018, 231: 1259-1267
21: X. Liu, L. Yu*, Y.L Si,C. Zhang, C.Q Yu, P. Gong. Identifying patterns and hotspots in global land cover transitions using the ESA CCI Land Cover dataset.Remote Sensing Letters,9(10), 972-981. 2018
22: Y. Ding*, C.Z. Shao, J.Y. Yan,C. Zhang, Y.H Song, C.X Guo. Economical Flexibility Options for Integrating Fluctuating Wind Energy in Power Systems: The Case of China,Applied Energy, 228, 2018 426-436
23:C. Zhang*, P.E. Campana, C.X. Liu, Y. Zhang, J.Y. Zhang, J.Y. Yan. Purchase Intention for Crowd-funded Milk Products with Integrated Photovoltaic Water Pumping Systems in China.Energy Procedia, 2019,pp.503-508
24:C. Zhang, Chapter Author Climate Change and Public Health,Climate Change Report 2021: Climate Change Green Paper气候变化与公共健康，应对气候变化报告（2021）气候变化绿皮书I S B N： 978-7-5201-9307-8
25: W.R. Xu*, C.L. Li, M.H. Lee,C. Zhang. Multi-task Learning for Abstractive Text Summarization with Key Information Guide Network.EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing. 2020,pp.1-11
25: W.R. Xu*, C.L. Li, M.H. Lee,C. Zhang. Multi-task Learning for Abstractive Text Summarization with Key Information Guide Network.EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing. 2020,pp.1-11
26: G. Gao, K. Wang*,C. Zhang, Y.M. Wei. Synergistic Effects of Environmental Regulations on Carbon Productivity Growth in China's Major Industrial Sectors. Natural Hazards, 2019, PP.55-72
SELECTED ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS AND OTHER MERITS
Research Projects |
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2022-2024 |
Study on Climate Change Mitigation with Environmental Treatment and Population Health Co-benefits under China’s Urbanization Process (Grant No. 72104029) (Principal investigator) |
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2020-present |
Fellowship Overseas High-level Talent Youth Program in China (Principal investigator) |
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2022-2026 |
Research on the Cooperative Development of Resource-Environment-Economics Mechanism and the Pathway to Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality in China (Grant No. 72141302) (Key Member) |
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2016-2021 |
Energy and Water Nexus and Key Technologies of Efficient Green Utilization (No.2016YFE0102400) (Key Member) |
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2015-2018 |
Research on Key Technologies of CCHP Microgrid System in Urban Park Based on Renewable Energy of China (No. 2015AA050403) |
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2013-2015 |
Technology Transfer and Commercialization of PV Water Pumping in Cooperation between Sweden and China funded by Swedish Agency (Key Member) |
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2012-2014 |
Demonstration and Scale-Up of Photo-voltaic Solar Water Pumping for the Conservation of Grassland and Farmland in China. funded by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Key Member) |
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Conference Presentations |
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2022 |
Applied Energy Symposium: Low Carbon Cities &Urban Energy System | |
2022 |
Applied Energy Symposium: MIT A+B |
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2021 |
International Conference of Applied Energy |
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2020 |
International Conference of Applied Energy |
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2018 |
Renewable Energy Integration Conference |
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2016 |
International Conference of Applied Energy |
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2016 |
Renewable Energy Integration Conference |
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2014 |
International Conference of Applied Energy |
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2013 |
International Conference of Applied Energy |
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2013 |
Technology and Commerce Section, Embassy of Sweden in China |
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| Academic Awards | ||
2019 |
Overseas High-level Talent Youth Program Recipient | |
| 2015 | Global SWFF Award Finalist Award (supported by U.S., Sweden and Netherlands Government) (Group Project) | |
| 2014 | Global Human Settlements Award (supported by UNEP) (Group Project) | |
2022,2021,2016,2014,2013 |
Recommend conference paper of ICAE |
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2015,2014 |
Best Ph.D. Research Pitch in KTH |
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Chi Zhang
School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology
Add: Room 305, Main Building, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
Tel： + 86-10-6891 2070 Email:zhangchi@bit.edu.cn
