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Wei Peng
@weipengclimate.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at Princeton School of Public & International Affairs + Andlinger Center for Energy & Environment. Modeling human-centered decarbonization strategies.
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🚨Postdoc opportunities🚨

My group is looking for new postdocs to model institutional and human dimensions of energy transition!

Review will start 1/15. Application link here:
puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

Please help spread the word and reach out if you are interested!
🚨 Two postdoc openings in my group at Princeton!

-Position 1: Multi-scale energy modeling
- Position 2: Incorporating political economy insights into energy modeling

Reviews begin mid-October. Please help spread the word!

More: www.weipengenergy.com/opportunities
September 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Reposted by Wei Peng
The @acee.princeton.edu collaboration with KAIST to integrate global trade and supply chain impacts into energy transition models is a major step toward actionable climate policy. @weipengclimate.bsky.social leads the newly announced Net-Zero Korea study from the Princeton side.
August 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Check out this great Q&A about our recently published perspective piece on Nature Reviews Clean Technology!

Full text of the paper: rdcu.be/eo4RN
July 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Reposted by Wei Peng
New report 📣
CGS's new analysis finds U.S. federal climate rollbacks can cause significant negative economic and health impacts, including:
- a $1.1 trillion ⬇️ in GDP by 2035
- 22,800 deaths from increased PM2.5 by 2035
- $206 ⬆️ in home energy costs in 2035
go.umd.edu/ImpactsofFedClimateRollbacks
June 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Check out our new Perspective that just came out in Nature Reviews Clean Technology 👇 👇

Here is the view-only full text link: rdcu.be/eo4RN
June 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Our new perspective "Effects of the low-carbon energy transition on air pollution and health" just came out in Nature Reviews Clean Technology!

Here is the full text link (view-only): rdcu.be/eo4RN

Please reach out if you'd like to get a pdf version or discuss more!
Effects of the low-carbon energy transition on air pollution and health
Nature Reviews Clean Technology - The transition to a low-carbon energy system is expected to have both pollution and health impacts, across multiple scales. This Perspective provides an overview...
rdcu.be
June 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Reposted by Wei Peng
Climate actions not only reduce CO2 but also lower the health impacts from air pollution.
A recent study by @andlingercenter.bsky.social and CGS finds that combined federal & subnational U.S. climate actions can reduce particulate-matter related deaths by 6,600 in 2030: www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
Substantial air quality and health co-benefits from combined federal and subnational climate actions in the United States
Climate actions not only reduce carbon emissions but also lower the health damage from air pollution. This study finds substantial air quality and health co-benefits from combined federal and subnatio...
www.cell.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Reposted by Wei Peng
Could the EV transition be a double-edged sword?
Research led by @weipengclimate.bsky.social reveals that while EVs are key to a sustainable future, they could create air pollution hotspots in China & India due to increased SO2 emissions from refining minerals like nickel & cobalt.

bit.ly/4iYhyID
March 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Reposted by Wei Peng
The clean energy transition is a necessary step toward improving public health in the United States.
A new study in @cp-oneearth.bsky.social finds that an all-of-society approach to addressing climate change can improve air quality and health across every U.S. state: www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
March 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Reposted by Wei Peng
A big shoutout to @weipengclimate.bsky.social @jessedjenkins.com and these amazing faculty members for their incredible teaching during the fall 2024 semester! As judged by the overall course ratings from our students, they truly deserve all the praise.

engineering.princeton.edu/news/2025/03...
Princeton Engineering - Faculty commended for outstanding teaching
Dean Andrea Goldsmith and Vice Dean Antoine Kahn are proud to recognize the following faculty for their outstanding teaching during the fall 2024
engineering.princeton.edu
March 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reposted by Wei Peng
Low-carbon tech investment presents an opportunity to improve public health & increase jobs.
To realize those benefits, recent research illustrates how U.S. federal policies can empower communities and initiate partnerships for action on both energy and health: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Reposted by Wei Peng
Drawing from the takeaways of a Princeton SPIA in D.C. workshop, @weipengclimate.bsky.social and co-authors identified challenges and opportunities for incorporating health and equity considerations into energy decision-making processes. Their commentary is published in One Earth.

bit.ly/4ho5HTm
Research Record: Seizing the Policy Opportunities for Health- and Equity-Improving Energy Decisions | Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
Princeton SPIA’s Research Record series highlights the vast scholarly achievements of our faculty members, whose expertise extends beyond the classroom and into everyday life.If you’d like your work c...
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January 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Thanks for the shoutout, @kmkennedy6.bsky.social !

Check out our new commentary about ways to pursue health and equity-improving energy decisions 👇👇
🚨New paper alert! 🚨Excited to share this commentary on synergies between climate action and health, led by @weipengclimate.bsky.social. authors.elsevier.com/c/1kTSe9C~Iu...
authors.elsevier.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Reposted by Wei Peng
🚨Two new papers out from Princeton ZERO Lab that advance best practices & capabilities in power systems modeling🚨

#1. Best practices in modeling long-duration energy storage, led by Gabe Mantegna in Environmental Research: Energy iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

#MacroEnergySystems
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Establishing best practices for modeling multi-day energy storage in deeply decarbonized energy systems - IOPscienceSearch
Establishing best practices for modeling multi-day energy storage in deeply decarbonized energy systems, Gabriel Mantegna, Wilson Ricks, Aneesha Manocha, Neha Patankar, Dharik Mallapragada, Jesse Jenkins
iopscience.iop.org
January 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We will start reviewing applications for this postdoc position next week👇 Please help spread the word!

Link: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
January 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Check out this great story about our recent ES&T paper 👇

Key message: the future pollution impacts from EVs in China and India will depend a lot on supply chain emissions for batteries.

Paper link: pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
December 13, 2024 at 3:32 PM
A lot of my group members will be at #AGU24 this week in DC!

Check out our presentations if you are interested in the human aspects of energy transition👇
December 9, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Reposted by Wei Peng
In light of lagging progress toward climate targets, Andlinger Center researcher Chris Greig and co-author Sam Uden proposed a different strategy for navigating the risks of the energy transition in a Nature Communications perspective. bit.ly/3B1cPpg
Perspective: Is it time to consider temporary ‘off-ramps’ for our climate targets?
In a recent perspective, Chris Greig and Sam Uden call for a reconsideration of how to navigate the risks of transforming energy systems in only a handful of decades.
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December 2, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Reposted by Wei Peng
The new NYT piece on China's supply chain strategy reveals how Beijing is rewriting the rules of economic warfare. Trump's claim that "China pays for tariffs" fundamentally misunderstands modern economic power. Here's why: 1/

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/b...
China Has a New Playbook to Counter Trump: ‘Supply Chain Warfare’
A series of swipes at American companies show how China could take the initiative in a new trade war, using its economic dominance to exact pain.
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Reposted by Wei Peng
Here's a job that comes along once or twice in a career: Head of CMU's Department of Engineering and Public Policy (EPP). EPP brings tech & policy together, made big policy impacts over 50 yrs, & is the best in the world in what we do. Apply: apply.interfolio.com/158026
www.cmu.edu/epp/index.html
Department of Engineering and Public Policy - Engineering and Public Policy - College of Engineering - Carnegie Mellon University
Department of Engineering and Public Policy
www.cmu.edu
November 23, 2024 at 3:10 PM
🚨Postdoc opportunities🚨

My group is looking for new postdocs to model institutional and human dimensions of energy transition!

Review will start 1/15. Application link here:
puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

Please help spread the word and reach out if you are interested!
November 20, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Excited that @andlingercenter.bsky.social 's first post on this site is about our work! Thanks for the shoutout 😀

Check out our paper on how to incorporate pollution, health and equity concerns into Pennsylvania's coal retirement strategies👇

pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
November 18, 2024 at 5:07 PM