Work Experience

Institute for Environment and Sustainability, National University of Singapore (2024-Now)

Postdoc Fellow  

• Lead and manage multiple research projects on climate mitigation and the green transition in Southeast Asia, ensuring high-quality publications and strategic impact.

• Coordinate research efforts across teams, recruit new staff, and foster effective collaboration to achieve project goals.

• Provide research training and mentorship to research assistants and associates, specializing in systematic literature reviews, case study, econometrics, survey design, and sampling methodologies to enhance project success.

• Prepare detailed reports for funders, draft compelling grant proposals, and ensure alignment with funding objectives.

• Conduct outreach to key stakeholders, including Southeast Asian and Chinese universities, think tanks, policymakers, and corporate leaders, to build partnerships and promote climate action.

• Offer research support and facilitate executive education and policy dialogues with diverse stakeholders, addressing pressing climate change challenges and fostering collaborative solutions.

• Convene, organize and host workshops, policy dialogues, and executive education programs.

Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (2019-2023)

Research Assistant 

• Co-lead the project that studies on electrical vehicles and solar PV industry development and policies in ASEAN countries, including conducting survey and systematic literature review at the Institute for Environment & Sustainability (IES), LKYSPP. 

• Conduct research and mentor senior government directors from ASEAN countries (Brunei, Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Laos) to produce their respective Policy Action Plan as part of Temasek Foundation Environmental Policy Leaders Programme Deliverables.

• Conduct national baseline studies on climate policies of Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei and case studies on German feed-in tariff and California electric and develop policy databases for the Global Mitigation Atlas project at the Institute for Environment & Sustainability (IES), LKYSPP with Climate Analytics.

• Collaborate with Assistant Professor Tan Soo Jie Sheng of LKYSPP in gathering information from news, official documents, and other sources on low-carbon pilots in Chinese cities. 

• Collaborate with Assistant Professor Mariana Kaneti of LKYSPP in research project titled “Power, legitimacy, agency: the Belt Road Initiative and visions for the interconnected world.” 

• Collaborate with Assistant Professor Li Hui of LKYSPP in various research projects on public finance and public management, in charge of data collection and management, and literature review writing.

World Bank (2021)

Policy Analyst 

• Analyze the water use trend in China and write policy research reports to provide facts, analyses, and policy recommendations to clients.

• Collaborate with the project PI, Assistant Professor Sonia Akter of LKYSPP, in the project titled “The Valuation of Water in China” by the client demand from the World Bank.  

• Conduct a systematic literature review on the key trends, drivers, and challenges facing China's water use.

• Conduct econometric analyses of China’s water decoupling trend by sector and region and write and publish a journal article titled “Water Decoupling Trends and Drivers in China 2000−2020.” 

Duke Kunshan University (2017-2018)

Research Assistant

• Lead a sub-project on the Paris Agreement and Climate Change under the National Natural Science Foundation of China’s emergency management program under supervision of Professor Zhang Junjie.

• Design and conduct research and write interim reports and policy memos for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Development and Reform Commission.

• Coordinate team members and take role of intermediary with external project participants.

• Research on Jing-Jin-Ji Air Pollution Control with Professor Kathinka Furst.

Fudan University (2016-2017)

Research Assistant 

• Conduct research at the Center for China’s Relations with Neighboring Countries.

• Compile and proofread book: Fudan Survey of China’s Neighbouring Countries.

• Collect data, create presentation slides, and analyze literature.

Administrative Assistant 

• Facilitate international students in applying for admission, registering for classes, and traveling from school, and guide Chinese students to complete exchange procedures.

• Organize extracurricular activities and moderate between students and staff in International Office.

Journal Editor 

• Lead editing work for academic journal New Political Science and Proceedings of International Graduate Workshop on "China and the EU in a Multipolar World."