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Yong GENG

Chair professor/Dean
Professor. Yong Geng is a chair Professor on Circular Economy and Industrial Ecology and also dean at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. His main research field covers industrial ecology, environment management, climate change, carbon emission accounting and sustainable development. He has published over 390 peer-reviewed papers in international journals such as Science, Nature, Nature Climate Change, Nature Communications, Science Advances, One Earth, Global Environmental Change, Water Research, Environmental Science & Technology, etc. He is one highly cited researcher by Clarivate Analytics. In 2013, he received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars from the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). He is a Cheung Kong Scholar Chair Professor of Ministry of Education. He is also serving in various organizations and scientific communities, such as a Leading Author in IPCC AR-5 and AR-6, reviewers for many international journals, experts in UN organizations (UNEP, UNIDO, UNU, UNCRD), and consultants for Chinese local governments. He is one of Clarivate’s global most highly cited researchers.