I am a tenured Associate Professor of Applied Economics at the Division of Social Sciences, Co-Director for the Environmental Research Center at Duke Kunshan University, and Director of Graduate Studies for the  International Master of Environmental Policy (iMEP) Program at Duke Kunshan University. I also hold a secondary faculty appointment with the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University.

Prior to the current position, I was a Chu-Tian Junior Scholar from the Department of Education in Hubei Province, Associate Professor at the School of Economics and Management at Wuhan University, China, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, and Visiting Assistant Professor in the CARD at Iowa State University, the United States. I obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from the Department of Economics at Iowa State University in May 2012, an M.S. in Economics from Wuhan University, and a B.S. in Economics and Mathematics from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.

I am broadly interested in Energy Economics, Environmental Economics, Economics of Innovation, and International Trade. My recent research leverages causal inference methods, data science algorithms (e.g., LLMs and NLP), and GIS tools to explore the following major themes:

•  The drivers and obstacles to global climate innovation,

•  China's great leap forward in science and technology;

•  The economic and environmental impacts of China’s climate policy

•  The identification and quantification of the financial consequences of climate risks in China.

I currently also serve as an Associate Editor for Environment and Development Economics and Editorial Council for JAERE and JEEM.