Dr Xinfang Wang is a senior interdisciplinary researcher at the Centre for Sustainable Cooling, Birmingham Energy Institute. Xinfang has a strong background in whole systems research, energy policy, economics and social practices on energy resilience, sustainable cooling and cold chains. Her research covers both developed and developing countries including Rwanda, Kenya, India, Bangladesh, Mexico, Nepal and China.
Xinfang is a UKERC Research Committee member and researcher co-Investigator of UKERC project “Sustainable food cold-chains”. She was previously a co-Investigator on the UKERC project “Predicting the uptake of air conditioning in UK households to 2050”. Xinfang is currently co-Investigator or Researcher co-Investigator for 7 projects on clean cooling and cold-chains across food, vaccines and buildings, which are funded by the EPSRC, GCRF, Newton Fund, BEIS, Defra, EU and the World Bank Group respectively.