I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Energy, Environment, and Economy (3E) at Tsinghua University, where I work closely with Dr. Da Zhang and Dr. Anton C. Yang.

I received my Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Houston in 2025, where I was supervised by Dr. Kei-Mu Yi.

My current research lies at the intersection of international economics, environmental economics, and the Chinese economy. My research focuses on analyzing economic and environmental interactions across space, identifying causal relationships and quantifying their underlying forces, as well as deriving policy implications. I employ both quantitative models (especially structural trade and macroeconomic models) and empirical methods (time-series, reduced form, and structural econometric model).

Here is my CV .

Working Papers

• Biofuel Policy, Trade, and Land-Use Change (joint with Da Zhang, Steven Berry, Anton C. Yang, and Chenfei Qu). Draft coming soon.

• Demographics, Trade, and Growth (Job Market Paper; joint with Wei Jin). Old draft. New draft coming soon.

• The Decline in China’s Trade Share of GDP: A Structural Accounting. Draft submitted.

• Domestic Market Segmentation and Spatial Income Inequality (joint with Jun Nie). Draft submitted.

• Beyond Tariffs: The Trade and Welfare Effects of APEC (joint with Bin Sheng, Wei Jin, Chenxin Jin, and Hen Zhang). Draft submitted.

• Greying and Gravity: Population Ageing and the Regional Gains from Integration in China (joint with Bin Sheng, Bing Yan, Wei Jin, and Chenxin Jin). Draft submitted.

• The Trade and Welfare Effects of the Mainland–Hong Kong CEPA (joint with Wei Jin and Jiawen Yan). Draft submitted.

Papers Working in Progress

• Internal Trade and Optimal External Tariff (joint with Kei-Mu Yi).

• Carbon Consequences of Deglobalization (joint with Da Zhang, Anton C. Yang, and Chenfei Qu).

Conference

• 29th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Kyoto, Japan, June 17–19, 2026 (canceled)
• 12th International Conference on the Chinese Economy: Past, Present, and Future, Shandong University, China, 2025
• UT Austin; Texas A&M University; University of Houston Macro Job Candidates Workshop; Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 2024
• Chinese Economic Association Conference (Online), 2024
• Midwest International Trade Conference, Indianapolis, IN, 2023
• Midwest Macroeconomics Conference, Lubbock, TX, 2023
• 15th International Conference of the Western Economic Association, Tokyo, 2019

Seminar

• Nankai University (NKIIE), 2025;
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SHINE-YES-With-NO), 2025