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Jingbo Cui

Associate Professor of Applied Economics, Duke Kunshan University Acting Director of Environment Research Center (ERC), Duke Kunshan University

His research centers on environmental economics, economics of innovation, and international trade. His research has appeared in top academic journals in the fields of environmental and resource economics, agricultural economics and energy economics. Recent projects include economic analysis of climate change, welfare impacts of biofuel policies, and effects of environmental policies on environmental innovation. His current projects on climate change and low-carbon innovation have received funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Before joining Duke Kunshan, he had held positions as a Chu-Tian junior scholar at the Hubei Provincial Department of Education, an associate professor at Wuhan University’s School of Economics and Management, and a postdoctoral research associate and visiting scholar at Iowa State University. He has also served as the referee for leading journals in environmental economics, such as JEEM, JAERE, ERE. Cui has a B.S. in economics and mathematics from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, an M.Sc. in economics from Wuhan University and a Ph.D. in economics from Iowa State University.

Junjie Zhang

Director, Initiative for Sustainable Investment, Duke Kunshan University Associate Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University

Junjie Zhang is an Associate Professor of Environmental Economics in the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University and the Director of the Initiative for Sustainable Investment (ISI) at Duke Kunshan University (DKU). His research focuses on empirical issues in environmental and resource economics, covering air pollution, energy transition, and climate change. He has received funding from reputable sources, including the U.S. National Science Foundation, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, China National Natural Science Foundation, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, the Energy Foundation, The World Bank, and Asian Development Bank.

Yeyi Bao

Administrative Assistant of Initiative for Sustainable Investment

Yeyi Bao is the Administrative Assistant of the Initiative for Sustainable Investment. Her main job responsibilities are designing, developing, and implementing executive education events and programs; keeping track of the budgets and expenses of executive education programs; preparing relevant narrative and financial reports for executive education programs; promoting program events; building strong brands for the ISI; and performing other duties as assigned.

Yufei Dai

Program Coordinator of Initiative for Sustainable Investment

Yufei Dai is the Program Coordinator of the Initiative for Sustainable Investment at the Environmental Research Center. Her main job responsibilities include providing support to the director in conducting high-quality research, coordinating collaborative research projects, managing day-to-day activities related to the ISI, including administrative duties, budgeting & finance management, and communications and marketing activities.

Huijing Huang

Event Specialist of Initiative for Sustainable Investment

Huijing Huang is the Event Specialist of the Initiative for Sustainable Investment. Her main job responsibilities include planning, organizing, implementing and managing various program events undertaken by the Initiative for Sustainable Investment.

Guozhen Shen

Program Coordinator of Environmental Research Center

Guozhen Shen is the Program Coordinator of at the Environmental Research Center. His main job responsibility is to perform administrative support for ERC as an interdisciplinary research hub to engage faculty, students and research fellows in various research activities. He also serves as grant manager with the duty of properly managing the center’s research projects.