Sonia Yeh

Sonia Yeh is a Full Professor of Transport and Energy Systems at the Department of Space, Earth and Environment at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. She serves as Deputy Head of Chalmers' Energy Area of Expertise and holds an adjunct professorship at the Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University. Professor Yeh has established herself as a leading expert in energy economics, energy system modeling, alternative transportation fuels, sustainability standards, technological change, and consumer behavior and mobility, with extensive experience advising U.S. state and international policymakers on climate strategies to reduce environmental impacts and greenhouse gas emissions from transportation.

Professor Yeh's research spans multiple interconnected domains of transportation and energy systems:

• Energy system modeling and policy analysis for transportation decarbonization
• Electric vehicle infrastructure planning and optimization
• Alternative fuel pathways and sustainability standards
• Socio-spatial dimensions of mobility and transportation equity
• Integration of big data analytics in transportation planning
• International collaboration on climate policy development

Her recent publications reveal a clear trajectory toward increasingly interdisciplinary research that bridges transportation engineering, energy systems analysis, urban planning, and social science. Professor Yeh's work increasingly focuses on integrating transportation electrification with renewable energy systems, examining the socio-spatial implications of mobility patterns, and developing sophisticated modeling tools to support evidence-based policy making for low-carbon transitions in the transport sector.

Professor Yeh has received significant recognition for her contributions to the field:

• Fulbright Distinguished Chair Professor in Alternative Energy Technology (2016-2017)
• Håkan Frisinger Award by Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (2019)

Professor Yeh maintains extensive international collaborations with major organizations including the International Energy Agency (IEA), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP), International Transport Forum-OECD, World Bank, and Asian Development Bank. She serves as Senior Editor for Energy Policy journal and contributed as a lead author to the Transport chapter in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report. As co-leader of the International Transportation Energy Modeling (ITEM) project (https://transportenergy.org), she coordinates research among academic institutions, energy agencies, oil companies, and NGOs on future scenarios, big data, and policy needs for low-carbon transitions in transport.

Her current research portfolio includes 13 significant projects including BluePortLab (Multi-use Infrastructure Spatial Concepts for the Blue Economy, 2025-2028), POTENT-X (Ports as energy transition hubs, 2024-2027), and Using urban big data to redefine experienced social segregation (2023-2026), demonstrating her commitment to addressing complex, real-world challenges at the intersection of transportation, energy, and urban systems.