Zhu's research focused on global sustainability accounting and the human impacts on the earth's systems in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. He conducted his doctoral study at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2013). Zhu was a visiting student at University of Cambridge (2012). He holds a bachelor's degree in geology from Northwest University (2007) and a master's degree in ecology from China Agricultural University (2009). He is a recipient of the Giorgio Ruffolo postdoctoral research fellowship in sustainability science at Harvard University (2013, 2014). His research on energy, environment and sustainability has been published in Nature, Nature Climate Change, PNAS, and other professional journals.
Zhu is currently an associate professor at Tsinghua University.
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