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Jiang Lin is the Nat Simons Presidential Chair in China Energy Policy at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, a Staff Scientist at its China Energy Group, and an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California at Berkeley.

His research is focused on energy and climate policy, energy and emissions pathways, electricity market and planning, low-carbon economics transition and appliance efficiency issues in China.

Previously, he worked the Energy Foundation China, first as a Senior Vice President for Strategy and Analysis and then as its Director of Sustainable Energy Program and Senior Vice President for Strategy and Analysis. He managed the growth of Energy Foundation China into one of the largest international NGOs devoted to promoting clean energy and climate solutions in China. Before joining the Energy Foundation, he was at LBNL conducting research in the Appliance Standards and China Energy Groups.

Lin holds a PhD in Demography from the University of California, Berkeley, an MS in Population Studies and BS from the Department of Cybernetics Engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University, China.