Wei-Qiang Chen
Chinese Academy of SciencesChinese Academy of Sciences | |
Xiamen, China | |
Member ID | 0166 |
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Member since | Oct 23, 2006 |
Status | Active |
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WEIQIANG CHEN is a professor of Urban and Industrial Sustainability at the Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He graduated from the School of Environment at Tsinghua University, Beijing, and worked at the Yale Center for Industrial Ecology during 2010-2015. His research focuses on (1) industrial ecology, (2) urban metabolism and sustainability, and (3) anthropogenic cycles and sustainable management of materials, especially metals, plastics, and chemicals. His studies have been published in PNAS, Nature Climate Change, Nature Geoscience, Nature Communications, Environmental science and Technology, Journal of Industrial Ecology, and other first-level journals. WEIQIANG CHEN is a professor of Urban and Industrial Sustainability at the Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He graduated from the School of Environment at Tsinghua University, Beijing, and worked at the Yale Center for Industrial Ecology during 2010-2015. His research focuses on (1) industrial ecology, (2) urban metabolism and sustainability, and (3) anthropogenic cycles and sustainable management of materials, especially metals, plastics, and chemicals. His studies have been published in PNAS, Nature Climate Change, Nature Geoscience, Nature Communications, Environmental science and Technology, and other first-level journals. He is now editor for two journals Resources, Conservation, and Recycling and Journal of Industrial Ecology.Details
EDUCATION2004/08–2010/07 Ph.D., Environmental Science & Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing
2006/09–2006/12 Exchange Student, Venice International University, Venice, Italy
2000/09–2004/07 B.S., Environmental Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015/08–Present Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2013/03–2015/07 Associate Research Scientist, Yale University
2010/06–2013/02 Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University
LANGUAGES
Native Chinese Mandarin, Chinese Taiwanese
Fluent English