About me
I enjoy developing novel interdisciplinary research projects and models to study the interactions between the economy and the energy and climate systems. These explorations aim at informing the generation of decisions and strategies.
My research experiences have been primarily focused on atmospheric science, the energy system, and the economic impacts. I explore policies and strategies on these topics through empirical and theoretical modeling of the atmosphere, economics, health impacts, and energy transitions, etc. I have extensive experience working with Integrated Assessment Models, Earth System Models, satellite retrievals, energy system models, and various large datasets, including alternative data. Currently, I am developing an integrated modeling system leveraging these skills at Morgan Stanley.
I grew up in Beijing, China, and have been trained in environmental science and economics at Peking University (BS & BA) and Duke University (PhD in Earth and Ocean Science & MEM in Energy Management). I accomplished the interdisciplinary postdoctoral fellowship at the Earth Institute/Climate School at Columbia University.
Curriculum vitae
Contact: muye.ru.work@gmail.com
Recent updates
April. 2023
First-authored paper New concentration-response functions for seven morbidity endpoints associated with short-term PM2. 5 exposure and their implications for health impact assessment published in Environmental International. These functions have been applied in the policy report National Assessment of the Cost of Inaction of Tackling Air Pollution in Thailand, published by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and the United Nations Environment Programme.
April. 2022
Co-authored paper New seasonal pattern of pollution emerges from changing North American wildfires published on Nature Communication.
2022 to 2023
Technical Contributor to the Fifth National Climate Assessment
(NCA5).
March, 2022
Guest lecture at the Business Analytics class, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia University.
November. 2021
Co-authored paper Temporal and spatial distribution of health, labor, and crop benefits of climate change mitigation in the United States was published in PNAS. I also spoke with Audubon for their magazine story.
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