Hao is a post­doc­tor­al researcher in RAEL as well as in the Depart­ment of Earth Sys­tem Sci­ence at Tsinghua Uni­ver­si­ty. She holds a dou­ble-degree Ph.D. from Bei­jing Nor­mal Uni­ver­si­ty and Aal­borg Uni­ver­si­ty, spe­cial­iz­ing in envi­ron­men­tal eco­nom­ics and envi­ron­men­tal plan­ning respec­tive­ly. Hao’s research applies inter­dis­ci­pli­nary meth­ods to ana­lyze the pol­lu­tion sources, health impacts and exter­nal cost of air pol­lu­tion in China.

Hao is deeply inter­est­ed in envi­ron­men­tal poli­cies and their effec­tive­ness at bal­anc­ing eco­nom­ic growth with envi­ron­men­tal sus­tain­abil­i­ty. She is cur­rent­ly col­lab­o­rat­ing with Pro­fes­sor Zhang Qiang, Pro­fes­sor Liu Zhu and Pro­fes­sor Daniel Kam­men. Her post­doc­tor­al research inves­ti­gates ener­gy con­sump­tion in devel­op­ing coun­tries and its impacts on CO₂ emis­sions and human health.

She is lead researcher in the UC Berke­ley-Tsinghua U‑Duke Uni­ver­si­ty part­ner­ship on the health impacts of decar­boniza­tion of the pow­er sec­tor in Chi­na, Cal­i­for­nia, and elsewhere.

For her pub­li­ca­tions: click here.

Cur­rent posi­tion:

Post­doc­tor­al Research Fel­low, Uni­ver­si­ty of British Columbia