2004/08–2010/07 Ph.D., Environmental Science & Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing

2006/09–2006/12 Exchange Student, Venice International University, Venice, Italy

2000/09–2004/07 B.S., Environmental Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing

   

2015/08–Present Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2013/03–2015/07 Associate Research Scientist, Yale University

2010/06–2013/02 Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University

   

1. Ai, N.*; Zheng, J.; and Chen, W.-Q. U.S. end-of-life electric vehicle batteries: Dynamic inventory modeling and spatial analysis for regional solutions. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2019, 144: In Press.
2. Qu, S.; Guo Y.-H.; Ma Z.-J.; Chen, W.-Q.; Liu, J.-G.; Liu, G.; Wang, Y.-T.; Xu, M. Implications of China’s Foreign Waste Ban on the Global Circular Economy. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2019, 144: 252-255.
3. Huang, B.-J.*; Zhao, F., Fishman, T., Chen, W.-Q.; Heeren, N.; and Hertwich, E. G. Building Material Use and Associated Environmental Impacts in China 2000-2015. Environmental Science & Technology. 2018, 52(23):14006-14014.
4. Han, J.*; Chen, W.-Q.; Zhang, L.-X.; and Liu, G.* Uncovering the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Urban Infrastructure Development: A High Spatial Resolution Materials Stock and Flow Analysis.  Environmental Science & Technology. 2018, 52(21): 12122-12132.
5. Jiang, D.*; Chen, W.-Q.*; Zeng, X.-L.; and Tang, L.Dynamic Stocks and Flows Analysis of Bisphenol A (BPA) in China: 2000-2014. Environmental Science & Technology. 2018, In Press: DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b05709
6. Zhang, C.*; Chen, W.-Q.; and Ruth, Matthias. Measuring Material Efficiency: A Review of the Historical Evolution of Indicators, Methodologies and Findings. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2018, In Press
7. Chen, J.; Zhu, X.; Liu, G.*; Chen, W.-Q.; and Yang, D. China’s Rare Earth Dominance: The Myths and the Truths from an Industrial Ecology Perspective. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2018, 132: 139-140.
8. Tian, X.; Wu, Y.-F.*; Qu, S.; Liang, S.; Chen. W.-Q.; Xu, M.; and Zuo, T.-Y. Deriving hazardous material flow networks: A case study of lead in China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2018, 199:391-399.
9. Liu, S.; Tian, X.*; Cai, W.; Chen, W.-Q.; and Wang, Y. How the Transitions in Iron and Steel and Construction Material Industries Impact China’s CO2 Emissions: Comprehensive Analysis from an Inter-sector Linked Perspective. Applied Energy. 2018, 211: 64-75.
10. Chen, W.-Q.* Dynamic Product-Level Analysis of In-Use Aluminum Stocks in the United States. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 2017, In Press: DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12710
11. Jiang, D.*; Chen, W.-Q.; Liu, W.; and Chertow, M.* Inter-Sectoral Bisphenol A (BPA) Flows in the 2012 Chinese Economy. Environmental Science & Technology. 2017, 51 (15): 8654–8662
12. Zhang, C.; Chen, W.-Q.*; Liu, G.; and Zhu, D.-J. Economic Growth and the Evolution of Material Cycles: An Analytical Framework Integrating Material Flow and Stock Indicators. Ecological Economics. 2017, 140: 265-274.
13. Shi, Y.-L.; Chen, W.-Q.*; Wu, S.-L.; and Zhu, Y.-G.* Anthropogenic Cycles of Arsenic in Mainland China: 1990-2010. Environmental Science & Technology. 2017, 51(3): 1670-1678.
14. Huang, C.; Han, J.*; and Chen, W.-Q. Changing Patterns and Determinants of Infrastructures’ Material Stocks in Chinese Cities. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2017, 123: 47-53.
15. Chen, W.-Q.*; Shi, Y.-L.; Wu, S.-L.; and Zhu, Y.-G.* Anthropogenic Arsenic Cycles: A Research Framework and Features. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2016, 139:328-336.
16. Nuss, P.*; Chen, W.-Q.*; Ohno, H.; and Graedel, T.E. Structural Investigation of Aluminum in the US Economy using Network Analysis. Environmental Science & Technology. 2016, (50): 4091-4101.
17. Ohno, H.*; Nuss, P.; Chen, W.-Q.*; and Graedel, T.E. Deriving the Metal and Alloy Networks of Modern Technology. Environmental Science & Technology. 2016, (50): 4082-4090.
18. Chen, W.-Q.*; Graedel, T.E.; Nuss, P.; and Ohno, H. Building the Material Flow Networks of Aluminum in the 2007 U.S. Economy. Environmental Science & Technology. 2016, (50): 3905-3912.
19. Zeng, X.-L.*; Gong, R.-Y.; Chen, W.-Q.; and Li, J.-H.* Uncovering the Recycling Potential of ‘New’ WEEE in China. Environmental Science & Technology. 2015 (50): 1347-1358.
20. Chen, W.-Q.* and Graedel, T.E.* In-Use Product Stocks Link Manufactured Capital to Natural Capital. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2015, 112(20): 6265-6270.
21. Chen, W.-Q.* and Graedel, T.E. Improved Alternatives for Estimating In-Use Material Stocks. Environmental Science & Technology. 2015, 49(5): 3048–3055.
22. Ciacci, L.; Eckelman, M.J.; Passarini, F.*; Chen, W.-Q.; Vassura, I.; and Morselli, L. Historical Evolution of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Aluminum Production at a Country Level. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2014, 84:540-549.
23. Chen, W.-Q.* Recycling Rates of Aluminum in the United States. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 2013, 17(6): 926-938.
24. Ciacci, L.; Chen, W.-Q.; Passarini, F.*; Eckelman, M.J.; Vassura, I.; and Morselli, L. Historical Evolution of Anthropogenic Aluminum Stocks and Flows in Italy. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2013, 72:1-8.
25. Chen, W.-Q.* and Graedel, T.E. Anthropogenic Cycles of the Elements: A Critical Review. Environmental Science & Technology. 2012, 46: 8674-8586.
26. Chen, W.-Q.* and Graedel, T.E. Dynamic Analysis of Aluminum Stocks and Flows in the United States: 1900-2009. Ecological Economics. 2012, 81: 92-102.
27. Chen, W.-Q.* and Shi, L. Analysis of Aluminum Stocks and Flows in Mainland China from 1950 to 2009: Exploring the Dynamics Driving the Rapid Increase in China's Aluminum Production. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2012, 65: 18-28.
28. Chen, W.-Q.; Shi, L.*; and Qian Y. Substance Flow Analysis of Aluminium in Mainland China for 2001, 2004 and 2007: Exploring its Initial Sources, Eventual Sinks and the Pathways linking them. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2010, 54(9): 557-70.
29. Xu, M.*; Allenby, B.R.; and Chen, W.-Q. Energy and Air Emissions Embodied in China-US Trade: Eastbound Assessment Using Adjusted Bilateral Trade Data. Environmental Science & Technology. 2009, 43: 3378-84.
30. Wen, Z.-G.*; Zhang, K.-M.; Huang, L.-Y.; Du, B.; Chen, W.-Q.; and Li W. Genuine Saving rate: An Integrated Indicator to Measure Urban Sustainable Development towards an Ecocity. International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology. 2005, 12: 184-96.

General: 

Industrial Ecology and Urban Ecology

Complex System Science

Environmental Economics, Natural Resources Economics, and Ecological Economics

Environmental Policy and Sustainable Resources Management

Specific: 

Anthropogenic Cycles of Materials

Environmental Consequences of International Trade

Urban Metabolism

Industrial Symbiosis

​Urban Environmental Management

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