Xinfang Wang

Xinfang Wang

Birmingham Energy Institute

Our EDI champion Dr Xinfang Wang is an Assistant Professor and Research Leader at the Centre for Sustainable Cooling, University of Birmingham. She has been leading and co-leading a list of projects on sustainable cooling and the cold chain with a total value of over £25 million that are funded by the World Bank, EU H2020, UKRI, DESNZ, Defra, Wellcome Trust, and UKERC. Xinfang is an interdisciplinary academic with a strong background in whole systems research, energy policy, economics and social practices on energy resilience, sustainable cooling and the cold chain. Her research covers both developed and developing countries including UK, Europe, Rwanda, Kenya, India, Bangladesh, Mexico, Nepal and China, in collaboration with industry, governments and academics internationally.