Xueqin Cui is a Climate Policy Fellow at the California-China Climate Institute (CCCI), UC Berkeley. His expertise centers on integrated energy-environment-economic modeling, with a research focus on exploring China’s energy system transition pathways toward a zero-carbon future. His work comprehensively assesses the multi-dimensional impacts of these transition strategies, examining critical areas such as air quality, human health, water scarcity, and labor market dynamics.
Xueqin’s research has been published in prestigious scientific journals, including Lancet Public Health, Environmental Science & Technology, Applied Energy, and Environmental Research Letters, among others. Before joining CCCI, he gained significant professional experience as a consultant at World Resources Institute and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
His academic journey includes a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, and a Visiting Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL) at UC Berkeley. Xueqin holds a Ph.D. and Master’s degree in Environmental Economics, and a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Management from Renmin University of China.