THE MCET TEAMS

GAO Ji is a director for EDF China’s Energy and Nature team, China Energy Modeling Forum (CEMF), and the Oil and Gas program. His research interests include integrated models of development and scenario analysis using the Global Change Assessment Model (GCAM) and the Integrated Policy Model for China (IPAC). He has keen interests in integrated assessment models, establishing linkages and analyzing interactions among energy, agriculture, land use, water, and economic models.

Contact: jgao@edf.org   

In her roles as a project manager, team builder, professional consultant for natural resource conservation and planning, and sustainable development project at globally recognized multinational consulting firms, QIU Ying has offered cutting-edge sustainability solutions to public and private sectors. Collaborating with global consulting firms and environmental groups, she has played a pivotal role in policy research and advocacy for environmental governance and the low-carbon transition over the past ten years. At EDF, she oversees initiatives like the China Energy Modeling Forum, the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus project in the Yellow River basin, and the Nature-based Climate Solution project.

Contact: yqiu@edf.org 

Gang He is an energy scholar, researcher, and teacher. He is an Assistant Professor in the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, Baruch College, City University of New York. He studies and teaches energy systems, energy and climate policy, and clean energy transition. His work advances data-driven, evidence-based energy and climate policy research and offers policy insights into energy decisions and climate actions to achieve carbon neutrality.

His leading and collaborative work has appeared in high-impact interdisciplinary and field journals such as Nature (Clean Energy Global Supply Chains), Nature Communications (Low-cost Renewable Implications, Battery Deployment Strategies), Nature Energy (Climate Impacts on Energy Systems), Nature Water (Electricity-Water-Carbon Nexus), One Earth (Just Coal Transition), Environmental Science & Technology (Power Systems Decarbonization Modeling), and Energy Policy (Offsetters’ Paradox and Carbon Markets).

His work has been supported by federal (NSF, SSA, LBNL), state (NYDEC), NGO (EDF), foundation (ClimateWorks, Sequoia Climate, Growald Climate Fund), and industrial sources. His research has been reported by Nature, Scientific American, Carbon Brief, National Geographic, E&E News, among others.

His work has informed policy processes. He testified for the New York State Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act and has advised the New York State Climate Action Council’s Scoping Plan. He has also been involved in the U.S.-China collaboration on energy and climate change.

He has been selected as Youth Delegate to UNFCCC CoP11 (2005), Asia 21 Young Leaders (2007), Aspen Environment Forum Scholars (2011), Young Scholar of Institute for New Economic Thinking (2013), ITIF Energy Innovation Policy and Management Scholar (2019), and recognized as World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2024 on the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List 2024.

He has worked for the Department of Technology and Society at Stony Brook University, and the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development at Stanford University. He received his Ph.D. in Energy and Resources from University of California, Berkeley. He also holds an M.A. in Climate and Society from Columbia University, and a B.S. and M.S. in Geography from Peking University.

Contact: gang.he@baruch.cuny.edu 

Dr. Zhu specializes in the field of energy economics, focusing on the evaluation methods and decision optimization of energy technologies. He has published over a hundred academic journal articles in peer-reviewed journals. He has participated in the development of a Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Technology Roadmap organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology, as well as national studies on energy investment and financing strategies organized by the National Energy Administration. The "Carbon Trading Market Simulation System" he developed has been implemented in Chongqing's pilot carbon emissions trading scheme and has earned the Chongqing Science and Technology Progress Second Prize. He served as an Executive Director for the Asia-Pacific region at the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) and was the lead author of a chapter in the Fourth National Climate Assessment.

Contact: leizhu@buaa.edu.cn    

XUE Keyang supports EDF’s work with the China Energy Modeling Forum, primarily focusing on power sector decarbonization in China through model-based analysis. Prior to joining EDF, she interned with domestic environmental government agencies and NGOs, where she collected and analyzed data on the environment and emissions for Chinese provinces and cities.

Contact: kxue@edf.org