Mengye Zhu

Mengye Zhu is an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Maryland's Center for Global Sustainability. Her research examines energy transitions, renewable investment, and climate governance through political economy lenses, with fieldwork in public and private sectors.

Key investigations include China's wind power development, state-owned enterprise roles in decarbonization, US-China climate cooperation frameworks, and provincial solar energy optimization. Her work informs national climate strategies and circular economy initiatives.

Recent publications analyze methane mitigation policies, carbon removal practices, and coal transition challenges in Indonesia. She contributes to global assessments of high-ambition climate pathways and decarbonization roadmaps.

Prior experience includes policy analysis at Tsinghua University's Climate Policy Institute and research at Brookings-Tsinghua Center. She holds a PhD in Public Administration from Tsinghua University.