Yuan, Mei

Mei Yuan
Research Scientist, Joint Program

Phone: 

(617) 452-3192

Office: 

E19-411n

Focus Areas

Energy Transition, Policy Scenarios, Climate Policy, Regional Analysis, Multi-Sector Dynamics

Bio

Dr. Yuan oversees the U.S. Economic Analysis Project at the MIT Joint Program. An expert in energy-economic modeling, she specializes in general equilibrium modeling and large-scale general equilibrium model systems for economic assessment of policies in various industries and national and international economies. Dr. Yuan has analyzed US national and regional environmental regulations, the impacts of global environmental policies on the energy market, economic implications of natural gas exports, impacts of lifting oil export bans, strategic implications for major energy players of changes in energy markets, comparisons of global energy and environmental policies, impacts of electric vehicles on electricity systems, and the effectiveness of energy efficiency policies.

Education + Credentials
Ph.D., Economics, University of Colorado Boulder, 2007
M.A., Economics, University of Colorado Boulder, 2002
B.A. International Economics, University of International Business and Economics, 1999

Recent Publications

Journal Article
Picciano, P., Q. Minghao, S.D. Eastham, M. Yuan, J. Reilly and N.E. Selin (2023). Nature Communications, 14, 5543 (doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41131-x)
Journal Article
Bistline, J., G. Blanford, M. Brown, . . . , M. Yuan and A. Zhao (2023). Science, 380(6652) (doi: 10.1126/science.adg3781)
Conference Proceedings Paper
Gurgel, A., C.A. Schlosser, M. Yuan, X. Gao, K. Tapia-Ahumada, J.F. Morris and J.M. Reilly (2022). American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, GC14C-02
Journal Article
Bistilne, J., N. Abhyankar, G. Blanford, L. Clarke, R. Fakhry, H. McJeon, J. Reilly, C. Roney, T. Wilson, M. Yuan and A. Zhao  (2022). Science, 376(6596), 922-924 (doi: 10.1126/science.abn0661)
Journal Article
Yuan, M., A. Barron, N. Selin, P. Picciano, L. Metz, J. Reilly and H. Jacoby (2022). Environmental Research Letters, 17(5) (doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac6227)

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