Crafting Human-centered Energy Solutions
Front row (left to right): Keyan Guo, Wei Peng, Carla Campos, Huilin Luo
Back row: Xinyuan Huang, Haozhe Yang, Jinyu Shiwang, Hanwoong Kim, Evan Erickson
Not in the photo: Chandler Jones, Yueqi Jiang, Gill-Ran Jeong
Current Members
Wei Peng
Wei Peng is an assistant professor at Princeton University, with a joint appointment between the School of Public and International Affairs and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. She is also the associate director for the Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy in the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Wei's research aims to inform energy policy in both emerging markets and advanced economies to align their decarbonization efforts with local environmental and socioeconomic concerns, such as air pollution, public health, water conservation, and economic development.
Xinyuan Huang
Xinyuan Huang is a PhD student in Environmental Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. Xinyuan’s research focuses on evaluating air pollution, climate impacts, and environmental policies with uncertainties using integrated assessment models. Xinyuan has a broad interest in statistics, economics, and natural sciences. Prior to joining Penn State, Xinyuan worked as a data scientist at S.F. Express, the largest logistics company in China. Xinyuan likes classical music, road trips, and some card games.
Carla Campos
Carla Campos is a first-year PhD student in the Environmental Engineering program at the Pennsylvania State University. Prior to this, Carla pursued a Master’s in International Affairs with a concentration in Data Analytics and Energy Policy at the Pennsylvania State University and a BS in Agricultural Engineering at National Agrarian University. She has a Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics from Eberly College of Science. Her research interests focused on evaluating the health effects of air pollution, decarbonization, climate change, and energy policy. Carla is interested in applying statistical, optimization, and computational methods to assess impacts related to climate change. In her free time, she loves singing, traveling, and watching movies.
Huilin Luo
Huilin Luo is a PhD student in Environmental Engineering starting in 2022. She has her bachelor's and master's degrees from the School of Environment of Tsinghua University, with a concentration of global environmental issues. She also minored psychology during undergraduate. Her research interest lies in how to integrate social concerns (particularly the political and behavioral irrationalities) in climate policy analysis using integrated models. She enjoys playing basketball, travelling, and staying with her cats when she is not trapped in research.
Jinyu Shiwang
Jinyu Shiwang is a first-year PhD student of the Environmental Engineering program at the Penn State University. Prior to this, Jinyu pursued a BS in Environmental Science from Nanjing University, and a MS in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London. His research interests focused on evaluating health effects of air pollution, climate change and decarbonization. During his spare time, Jinyu likes playing card games, cooking, and travelling.
Evan Erickson
Evan is an incoming Ph.D. student in the Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy program. He previously completed his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a second major in environmental studies, where he engaged in research through the university’s Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at the intersection of modeling and emerging technologies for waste valorization in complex chemical processes and supply chains. He later had the opportunity to complete a policy-focused research internship in Washington, DC through the Washington Internships for Students of Engineering (WISE) program.
He is driven toward science policy questions surrounding the roles of emerging technologies in broader societal challenges, and is interested in how researchers can use large scale, integrated modeling frameworks to study the economic, environmental, and social implications of the technology’s adoption and its place within existing policy environments. Outside of his primary research interests, Evan is a cellist and also enjoys movies and exploring new places.
Gill-Ran Jeong
Gill-Ran Jeongis a postdoc in the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences at Penn State University. She joined Prof. Peng’s group for the Baltimore-Social Environment Collaborative (BSEC), a joint project with Prof. Davis’s group at Penn State from December 2023. She finished her Ph.D. at Georgia Institute of Technology, and her research goals are to understand the physiochemical characteristics of atmospheric constituents, model their properties, and assess their impacts on the global/regional environment
Yueqi Jiang
Yueqi Jiang is a postdoc in the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science at Penn State. She joined Prof. Peng’s group for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Health and Air Quality applied sciences program, a joint project with Prof. Davis’s group at Penn State. She has her bachelor’s and doctor’s degrees from Tsinghua University. Her research interests focus on air quality modeling and impact of climate change on air pollution.
Anna Lee
Anna Lee joined the group as an undergraduate research assistant and is now the new lab manager. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in Earth Science & Policy. She is interested in learning how to use integrated assessment models for policy-relevant work and how to incorporate equity concerns into our decarbonization strategies. In her free time, Anna enjoys exploring different hiking places, cooking, and gardening.
Haozhe Yang
Haozhe graduated from Peking University with a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science and a double degree in Economics in 2016. In 2019, Haozhe obtained his Master’s degree in Environmental Science at Peking University. In 2024, Haozhe acquired his PhD degree in Environmental Science and Management from Bren School, UCSB. Haozhe’ research delves into the sociopolitical challenges of climate change mitigation, and endeavors to address the most pressing problems in energy and climate.
Hanwoong Kim
Hanwoong Kim is a PhD student at the School of Public and International Affairs, specializing in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy at Princeton University. His research primarily focuses on interdisciplinary studies within energy and climate change. Specifically, he investigates long-term energy transitions at both national and subnational levels and assesses the impacts of national energy policies. He also explores the feasibility of emerging energy technologies within energy systems and examines the implications of LNG trade policy under a 2°C scenario. Before joining Princeton, Hanwoong Kim earned a bachelor’s degree in environmental economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a master’s degree in Green Business and Policy from KAIST. He has also worked as a Research Associate at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Keyan Guo
Keyan Guo is a PhD student in Civil and Environment Engineering at Princeton University starting in 2024. She gets her BS in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at Peking University. Her research interests lie in understanding health effects of decarbonization with system modeling tools and identifying key drivers that make global energy transition more feasible and effective. During her spare time, Keyan likes swimming, jogging, and watching movies.
Chandler Jones
Chandler Jones is a Princeton University undergraduate majoring in Civil and Environmental Engineering with a minor in Climate Science. Originally from Houston, Texas, Chandler has cultivated a strong commitment to environmental justice and equity. Her academic and career goals focus on developing innovative engineering solutions to address climate change, with a particular emphasis on mitigation and resilience. Chandler aims to leverage her technical expertise in shaping ecological policy and advancing legislation that ensures environmental sustainability and protects vulnerable communities. Outside academics, she enjoys dancing with one of Princeton’s dance teams, reading, and watching films.
Group Alumni
Wei-Ting Yang
Master of International Affairs
Class of 2020
Anjali Sharma
Postdoc 2020-2022
Now Assistant Professor at IIT Bombay
Aizhan Abilgazina
Master of International Affairs
Class of 2020
Adam VanGorder
Master of International Affairs
Class of 2022
Aparajita Sengupta
Master of International Affairs
Class of 2020
Pengfei Wang
Postdoc 2021-2024
Now Air Resources Engineer for the California Air Resources Board
Hui Yang
Formal PhD student (2019-2024)
Clockwise from top left: Xinyuan Huang, Jinyu Shiwang, Huilin Luo, Pengfei Wang, Wei Peng, Carla Campos, and Anna Lee
