Wang Haikun, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Nanjing University, Associate Dean of Nanjing-Helsinki Institute in Nanjing, Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor of the Ministry of Education (2023). He received his Ph.D. from Tsinghua University in 2010 and joined Nanjing University the same year. He was a visiting scholar at Harvard University from 2013 to 2015. He currently serves as a Guest Researcher at the Harvard China Project, a member of the Atmospheric Sciences Branch of the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, and a council member of the Jiangsu Society of Environmental Sciences. He is an editorial board member for SCI journals including BMC Public Health and Frontiers in Environmental Science.
He has long been dedicated to applying multidisciplinary theories and methods to research on climate change impacts and responses. His main research areas include anthropogenic emissions and their socio-economic drivers, eco-health impacts of atmospheric environmental changes, and cost-benefit analysis of climate and environmental policies. He has led projects including General Programs of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), sub-projects of the National Key R&D Program of China, and projects of the Energy Foundation of the United States. He has published over 100 papers in journals such as Science, PNAS, Nature Food, Nature Communications, Nature Sustainability (cover article), PNAS Nexus, Science Bulletin, Environmental Science & Technology (cover article), and The Lancet Regional Health. His research has been reported and republished by Xinhua News Agency, China Science Daily, New Scientist, Harvard University, and others. He received the First Prize of Natural Science Award from the Ministry of Education (ranked fourth), among other honors.
1） Xing, Z.C.; Liu, Y.F.; Chepeliev, M.; Liu, X.; Hubacek, K.; Feng, K.S.; Zhong, H.L.; Ma, Z.W.; Wang, H. Global food trade can mitigate substantial health burdens attributed to ambient PM2.5 pollution. Nature Food，2026, 7: 223-233.
2） Pang, Q.T.; Wu, P.P.; Galgani, L.; Wang, X.L.; Zhang, Z.M.; Yuan, T.F.; Wang, H.; Zhang, Y.X. The potential impacts of plastic on the marine carbon cycle. Nature Sustainability, 2025, 8: 1154-1163.
3） Liu, X.; Chu, B.; Tang, R.; Liu, Y.; Qiu, B.; Gao, M.; Li, X.; Xiao, J.; Sun, H.; Huang, X.; Desai, A.; Ding, A.; Wang,H. Air quality improvements can strengthen China's food security. Nature Food, 2024, 5: 158-170.
4） Tang, R.; Zhao, J.; Liu, Y.; Huang, X.; Zhang, Y.; Zhou, D.; Ding, A.; Nielsen, C.P.; Wang,H. Air quality and health co-benefits of China's carbon dioxide emissions peaking before 2030. Nature Communications, 2022, 13: 1008.
5） Wang,H. A conversation on the impacts and mitigation of air pollution. Nature Communications, 2021, 12: 5823.
6） Wang,H.; Lu, X.; Deng, Y.; Sun, Y.; Nielsen, C.P.; Liu, Y.; Zhu, G.; Bu, M.; Bi, J.; McElroy, M.B. China's CO2 peak before 2030 implied from characteristics and growth of cities. Nature Sustainability, 2019, 2: 748-754.
7） Wang,H.; Zhang, Y.; Zhao, H.; Lu, X.; Zhang, Y.; Zhu, W.; Nielsen, C.P.; Li, X.; Zhang, Q.; Bi, J.; McElroy, M.B. Trade driven relocation of air pollution and health impacts in China. Nature Communications, 2017, 8: 738.
8） Wang,H.; He, X.; Liang, X.; Choma, E.F.; Liu, Y.; Shan, L.; Zheng, H.; Zhang, S.; Nielsen, C.P.; Wang, S.; Wu, Y.; Evans, J.S. Health benefits of on-road transportation pollution control programs in China. PNAS, 2020, 117: 25370-25377.
9） Tang, W.; Xu, S.; Zhou, X.; Yang, K.; Wang, Y.; Qin, J.; Wang,H.; Li, X. Meeting China's electricity demand with renewable energy over Tibetan Plateau. Science Bulletin, 2023, 68: 39-42.
10） Xing, Z.; Chang, R.; Song, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Muntean, M.; Feng, K.; Liu, Y.; Ma, Z.; Wang, J.; Zhang, J.; Wang,H. International trade shapes global mercury–related health impacts. PNAS Nexus, 2023, 2.
11） Wang,H.; Tang, R.; Liu, Y. Potential health benefit of NO2 abatement in China's urban areas: inspirations for source-specific pollution control strategy. The Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 2022, 24: 100482.
12） Zhu, Y.; Liu, X.; Liu, Y.; Liu, L.; Zheng, H.; Wang,H. Local climate might amplify economic and environmental impacts of electric vehicles in China. Environmental Science & Technology, 2025, 59: 6037-6048.
13） Chu, B.; Luo, J.; Wang,H. Spatiotemporal trend of nighttime temperature anomaly and its atmospheric mechanism. SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences, 2025, 68: 1853-1862.
14） Liu, L.; Liu, Y.; Zhu, Y.; Mommens, K.; Wang,H. Co-benefits in carbon reduction from freight mode shifts under China's 'Clean Air Action'. Environmental Research Letters, 2024, 19: 124082.
15） Zhu, Y.; Choma, E.F.; Wang, K.; Wang,H. Electric vehicle adoption delivers public health and environmental benefits. Eco-Environment & Health, 2023, 2: 193-194.
16） Liu, X.; Zhu, Y.; Xue, L.; Desai, A.R.; Wang,H. Cluster‐enhanced ensemble learning for mapping global monthly surface ozone from 2003 to 2019. Geophysical Research Letters, 2022, 49: e2022GL097947.
17） Zhu, G.; Hu, W.; Liu, Y.; Cao, J.; Ma, Z.; Deng, Y.; Sabel, C.E.; Wang,H. Health burdens of ambient PM2.5 pollution across Chinese cities during 2006-2015. Journal of Environmental Management, 2019, 243: 250-256.
18） Xie, R.; Sabel, C.E.; Lu, X.; Zhu, W.; Kan, H.; Nielsen, C.; Wang,H. Long-term trend and spatial pattern of PM2.5 induced premature mortality in China. Environment International, 2016, 97: 180-186.
19） Wang,H.; Zhang, Y.; Lu, X.; Nielsen, C.P.; Bi, J. Understanding China's carbon dioxide emissions from both production and consumption perspectives. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015, 52: 189-200.
20） Wang,H.; Zhang, R.; Liu, M.; Bi, J. The carbon emissions of Chinese cities. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2012, 12: 6197-6206.
1. Wang Haikun, Liu Miaomiao, Bi Jun, Xing Zhencheng. Theory and Planning Practice of Low-Carbon Development in Chinese Cities. Beijing: Science Press, 2022.
2. Wang Haikun, Xing Zhencheng. Theory, Methods and China Application of Trade Carbon Compensation. Nanjing: Hohai University Press, 2024.
3. Wang Haikun, Xing Zhencheng, Wang Jigan, Zhang Jie. Characteristics and Responsibility Sharing of Carbon Emissions in Global Trade. Nanjing: Hohai University Press, 2024.
1. Impact of Compound Air Pollution on Wheat Yield in China, NSFC General Program, 2025–2028
2. Air Pollution Risk Assessment and Optimization of Electric Vehicle Policies, NSFC General Program, 2020–2023
3. High-resolution Global Carbon Assimilation System Based on Multi-source Satellite Remote Sensing, National Key R&D Program of China, 2016–2020
4. Study on the Bottom Line of Atmospheric Environmental Quality in Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Provincial Environmental Protection Science Design and Research Institute, 2018–2019
5. Multi-scale Nested Urban Traffic Pollution Exposure, NSFC General Program, 2014–2017
6. Fuel Consumption and Emission Characteristics of Urban Buses Based on On-board Measurements and Simulation, NSFC Young Scientist Fund, 2011–2013
7. National Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory, National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program), 2010–2015
8. Decision Support System for Air Quality Assurance during Nanjing Youth Olympic Games, National Science and Technology Support Program (863 Program), 2011–2014
9. Co-benefits of Urban Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollutant Emission Reduction (Case Study of Suzhou), Energy Foundation of the United States, 2013–2014
10. Jiangsu Climate Change Response Planning, China Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Fund Project, 2011–2013
1. Member, Atmospheric Sciences Branch, Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences
2. Council Member, Jiangsu Society of Environmental Sciences
3. Editorial Board Member: BMC Public Health, Frontiers in Environmental Science, Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
4. Guest Researcher, Harvard China Energy and Environment Project
1. First Prize of Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award (Science and Technology) from the Ministry of Education for "Research on Heterogeneity Characterization and Driving Mechanisms of Environmental Risk" (2021, ranked fourth)
Mailing Address: No. 163 Xianlin Avenue, Qixia District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
Postal Code: 210023
Affiliation: Nanjing University
Email: wanghk@nju.edu.cn
