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General Information

Name Liqun Peng
Position Postdoctoral Researcher
Affiliation Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Research Interests Clean energy transition, Energy system, Energy and climate policies, Sustainability

Education

  • 2023
    Ph.D.
    Princeton University
    • Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP) Program
    • Advisor: Denise L. Mauzerall
  • 2016
    M.S.
    Tsinghua Unviersity
    • Environmental Science and Engineering
    • Advisor: Kebin He
  • 2013
    B.S.
    Beijing Forestry University
    • Liang Xi Class (aimed to cultivate scientific researchers)
    • GPA: 91/100 (top 3%)
    • Minor in accounting

Research Experience

  • 2017 - 2022
    Graduate Researcher
    Princeton University
    • Investigated low-carbon technology deployment polices to maximize the co-benefits of China’s clean energy transition
  • 2016 - 2017
    Research Associate
    Tsinghua University
    • Organized several air pollution prevention and control projects of local agencies in China
  • 2015
    Visiting Scholar
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • Led the research project of solid fuel use in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Teaching Experience

  • 2020 - 2021
    Teaching Assistant
    Princeton University
    • CEE 334: Global Environmental Issues
  • 2020
    Teaching Assistant
    Princeton University
    • SPI 594S: Topics in Policy Analysis (Half-Term): Climate Change: Science, Policy and Mitigation

Fellowships and Awards

  • 2022
    • PIIRS Graduate Fellow (Princeton Institute for International & Regional Studies)
  • 2020
    • Princeton Energy and Climate Scholars (Princeton Environmental Institute)
  • 2019
    • American Tower Best Poster Award (Princeton Andlinger Center Annual Meeting)
  • 2012
    • Liang Xi Scholarship (Beijing Forestry University)

Conference Talks and Poster Presentations

  • 2023
    • AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco (poster)
    • Open Energy Modelling Initiative, Stanford University (lightning talk)
  • 2022
    • AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago (poster)
    • Macro-Energy Systems (MES) Workshop, Stanford University (oral and poster)
  • 2021
    • AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans (oral)
    • Andlinger Center Annual Meeting, Princeton University (poster)
  • 2020
    • AGU Fall Meeting, Virtual (oral)
  • 2019
    • Andlinger Center Annual Meeting, Princeton University (poster)
  • 2018
    • C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium, Stanford University (poster)
  • 2015
    • AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco (oral)

Professional Service

  • Reviewer: Nature Communications, Energy & Environmental Science, Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability

Professional Skills

  • Programming languages: Python, SHELL, VBA, NCL
  • Power system models: SWITCH, GridPath
  • Atmospheric chemistry models: WRF-Chem, WRF-CMAQ
  • Research software: SPSS, STATA, SigmaPlot, Origin, ArcGIS