BIOGRAPHY
Research Focus:
low-carbon economy, environmental & energy management, low-carbon energy geography
Education:
2018 - 2022: Peking University, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, PhD in Science.
2021 - 2022: Harvard University, Harvard John A.Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Joint Doctoral Program.
2015 - 2016: Peking University, School of Economics, Joint Master's Program (ME).
2014 - 2016: China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), School of Earth Sciences and Surveying Engineering, Master's in Engineering (ME).
Professional Experience:
Wang Zheng, Ph.D., is a graduate of Peking University and a Visiting Scholar at Harvard China Project. He is currently an Associate Researcher (Young Talent) at the Bay Area International Business School, Beijing Normal University (Bay Area), and also holds a position as a Visiting Researcher at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). He has published numerous academic papers in internationally renowned journals such as Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, and Ecological Indicators. In addition, he serves as an anonymous reviewer for journals such as Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, PNAS, and Nature Energy.
Wang Zheng's main research fields include the low-carbon economy, environmental and energy technology management and policy, decarbonization of the power sector, socio-economic impacts of energy transition, and the application of low-carbon energy geography.
RESEARCH
Partial Publication：
1) “Potential contributions of wind and solar power to China's carbon neutrality”（with LB Liu, Y Wang）, Resources, Conservation & Recycling , 2022, 10: 6155.
2) “Optimizing wind/solar combinations at finer scales to mitigate renewable energy variability in China”（with LB Liu, Y Wang）, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews , 2020, 132:110-151.
3) “Trade-off analyses of multiple mountain ecosystem services along elevation, vegetation cover and precipitation gradients: A case study in the Taihang Mountains “（with LB Liu, Y Wang）, Ecological Indicators , 2019,103: 94-104.
4) “Elevation-dependent decline in vegetation greening rate driven by increasing dryness based on three satellite NDVI datasets on the Tibetan Plateau”（with LB Liu, Y Wang）, Ecological Indicators , 2019,107: 147-160.
5) “Reconstructing deforestation patterns in China from 2000 to 2019”（with YJ Zhang, Z Liang）, Ecological Modelling , 2022, 465: 109874.
6) “Analysis of Spatial Heterogeneity and the Scale of the Impact of Changes in PM2.5 Concentrations in Major Chinese Cities between 2005 and 2015”（with FL Wei, Z Liang）, Energies , 2021, 14: 3232.
7) “Spatial Heterogeneity and Complexity of the Impact of Extreme Climate on Vegetation in China”（with S Li, FL Wei）, Sustainability , 2021, 13(10):5748.
8) “The golden ten years: underground coal mining and its impacts on land use and the environment – A case study on the Jining city region”（with X Wu, SC Li）, International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering , 2017, 8(1):19.
9) “Dynamic occupation-replenish balance theory of coal village relocation based on PSO algorithm”（with YQ Yang, SC Li）, Environment and Chemical Engineering , 2015, 10: 357-362.
Projects participated in or chaired：
1) Research on the wind power potential and economic benefits at different altitudes in China under the context of carbon neutrality. National Natural Science Youth Foundation | 2024.01-2026.01 | Chaired.
2) Research on energy storage application scenarios and the development strategy of a national energy group. National Energy Group | 2020.07-2023.01 | Contributions: Construction of optimal energy storage scenario models, development of energy storage optimization plans.
3) Assessment of the ecological and environmental effects of wind power in China. China Wind Energy Association | 2020.01-2022.03 | Contributions: Simulation of the local ecological effects of wind power, optimization of wind power layout, and research and formulation of plans for wind power fields in Inner Mongolia.
4) Development of a global forest disturbance dataset and evaluation of its effects on global changes over the past century. Key Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology | 2020.12-2023.06 | Contributions: Construction of a global forest logging database using machine learning methods such as random forest.
5) Study on climate change, its impacts, and adaptation in regions with scarce climatic data on the Tibetan Plateau. Second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research | 2018.10-2021.12 | Contributions: Calculation of ecosystem services on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, research on the development potential of wind and solar energy in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
6) Investigation and comprehensive zoning of major natural resources and environmental issues. China Geological Survey | 2019.03-2020.07 | Contributions: Overall task coordination, innovation in major zoning of China's natural resources using neural network algorithms, and formulation of general plans.
7) Spatial and temporal patterns and trade-off analysis of the land ecosystem services in the Taihang Mountains. National Key Basic Research Program (973 Program) | 2019.05-2020.01 | Contributions: Calculation of ecosystem services in the Taihang Mountains and identification of gradient patterns.
8) Pathological analysis and risk assessment of urbanization and ecological environment interaction in mega urban agglomerations. Major Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China | 2018.09-2019.07 | Contributions: Simulation of urban sprawl and construction of indicators for different stages of urbanization.
9) Research on evaluation methods for water conservation and biodiversity ecosystem services. Beijing Normal University, China Environmental Monitoring Station | 2015.10-2017.01 | Contributions: Calculation of ecosystem functions and values.
10) Compilation of the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" for Jixian County (integration of three territorial plans). Peking University School of Economics, Tianjin Development and Reform Commission | 2015.04-2016.04 | Contributions: GIS technology support, remote sensing interpretation, optimization of spatial and temporal land use layout in Jixian County.
11) Compilation of land consolidation planning for Xiaoyi City. Peking University School of Economics, Shanxi Provincial Department of Land and Resources | 2015.03-2015.07 | Contributions: GIS technology support, construction of land consolidation database, data review and submission.
12) Research on the technical support system for optimizing and utilizing land in the Chaohu Basin. Ministry of Land and Resources Industry Project | 2014.11-2015.08 | Contributions: Development of evaluation indicators and formulation of schemes for land reclamation in the Chaohu Basin.
13) Strategic environmental analysis and evaluation of a soil remediation company. National Emerging Industry Development Research Symposium Project | 2014.10-2014.12 | Contributions: Simulation of scenarios for heavy metal soil remediation.
14) Research on the optimization mechanism of mining and reclamation configuration in high water level coal mining areas based on watershed control. National Natural Science Foundation | 2014.09-2015.03 | Contributions: Field investigation of the Yellow River diversion and land reclamation plan for coal mines.
15) Technology for simultaneous mining and reclamation in subsidence areas. Shandong Provincial Key Research and Development Program | 2014.09-2015.12 | Contributions: Simulation of multiple scenarios for simultaneous mining and reclamation.
16) Remote sensing monitoring of the heat island effect in Xi'an City. National Science Foundation of China for Young Scientists | 2012.05-2012.07 | Contributions: Remote sensing interpretation of the heat island effect and analysis of ecological processes.
Partial Invited Meetings：
1) October 2021: Beijing International Wind Energy Conference, Beijing, China | Presentation Topic: Assessment of the Ecological Impact of Wind Power in China | Keynote Presentation
2) September 2021: Wind Energy Industry Leaders Summit, Beijing, China | Presentation Topic: China's High Proportion of Wind and Solar Power Systems and Carbon Neutrality | Keynote Presentation
3) December 2019: AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco, CA, USA | Presentation Topic: Evaluation of Wind and Solar Power Potential, Pricing, and Profits in China | Keynote Presentation
4) April 2019: General Assembly 2019 of the EGU, Vienna, Austria | Presentation Topic: Trade-off Analysis of Multiple Ecosystem Services in Mountainous Regions: A Case Study in the Taihang Mountains | Keynote Presentation
5) November 2015: 8th Energy Environment Summit Forum, Beijing, China | Conference Organizer
6) October 2014: Beijing International Symposium on Land Reclamation and Ecological Restoration, Beijing, China | Presentation Topic: Application of the Invest Model in Land Reclamation Processes | Keynote Presentation
TEACHING
Human Resource Management, Principles of Management, Resource Environment Management
