Dr. Zhou is a Senior Scientist of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She leads several international energy and climate change related research programs with a focus on the largest emitter China. She was the Group Leader of the China Energy Group and Head of the International Energy Analysis Department. Until 2022. Dr. Zhou currently serves as the Technical Program Manager for the Net Zero World Action Center, an initiative launched by the U.S. government to work with countries to implement their climate ambition pledges and accelerate transitions to net zero, resilient, and inclusive energy systems. In addition, she is a Co-Chair of the Academic Advisory Committee of California -China Climate Institute. She is an Advisory Board Member of Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre under APEC. Dr. Zhou served as the Director of the $10M presidential bilateral program U.S.-China Clean Energy Center-Building Energy Efficiency (CERC-BEE) between 2012-2021. She also served as a Lead Author for the chapter on Mitigation and Development Pathways in the Near- to Mid-Term of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report. She received the 2017 R&D100 Award for the BEST City tool, 2020 R&D100 Award for the BETTER tool, and is the finalist for 2016 C3E Awards for mid-career women’s leadership and achievement.
Dr. Zhou’s expertise includes energy and emission modeling, energy efficiency for end use sectors in buildings and industry; and on low carbon city development. Prior to LBNL, she was an assistant professor in two universities in Japan for four years. She has more than 300 publications including ones published in Nature Energy.
