Ph.D. Graduate, Spring 202 (Co-advised with Dr. George Ban-Weiss)
Hometown: Wuxi, Jiangsu province, China.
Mo Chen was born in Bengbu, a small city in China. When he was 14, his family moved to Wuxi, a neighboring city, to seek a better high school education. In 2008, he went to Xiamen University and got his bachelor’s degree in Environmental Sciences, with a minor in Mathematical Economics. He continued his education at Peking University, as a Master’s student in Dr Jianying Hu’s group. He joined the S3 group in August 2015 and finished his Ph.D. at USC in Environmental Engineering in Spring 2020. Mo is interested in research topics at the intersection of energy and environment, as well as road trips, movies, and cross-cultural topics.
Dissertation Title
Investigating the Role of Climate in Affecting Residential Electricity Consumption
through High Spatiotemporal Resolution Observations
Awards and Honors
- First Class Scholarship, Xiamen University (1/30); 2008, 2009, 2010
- Second Place of Chemistry Contest, Xiamen University (2/200); 2009
- Graduate Fellowship, Peking University; 2012 – 2015
- Graduate School Scholarship; 2014
Education
- M.S., Environmental Science, 2015, Peking University (Advisor: Dr. Jianying Hu; Thesis: Exposure Assessment of Bisphenol A, Nonylphenol and Their Chlorinated Derivatives in Pregnant Women and Early Human Embryos)
- B.S., Environmental Science with a minor in Mathematical Economics, 2012, Xiamen University;
- North Carolina State University Summer Academic Program, 2011
- Hong Kong University Exchange Student Program, 2009
Peer-reviewed Journal Publications
- M. Chen, G. Ban-Weiss, and K.T. Sanders (2020). Utilizing smart-meter data to project impacts of urban warming on residential electricity use for vulnerable populations in Southern California, Environmental Research Letters, 15 (6), 064001. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab6fbe.
- M. Chen, K.T. Sanders, and G Ban-Weiss (2019). A New Method Utilizing Smart Meter Data for Identifying the Existence of Air Conditioning in Residential Homes. Environmental Research Letters, 14 (9), 094004. (2018 IF: 6.19) DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab35a8.
- M. Chen, G Ban-Weiss, and K.T. Sanders (2018). The role of household level electricity data to improve estimates of the impacts of climate on building electricity use. Energy and Buildings, 180, 146-158. DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.09.012
- Zhao, F., Chen, M., Gao, F., Shen, H., & Hu, J. (2017). Organophosphorus flame retardants in pregnant women and their transfer to chorionic villi. Environmental science & technology, 51(11), 6489-6497.
- M. Meng, M. Chen and K.T. Sanders (2016). Evaluating the feasibility of using produced water from oil and natural gas production to address water scarcity in California’s Central Valley. Sustainability, 8(12), 1318. DOI:10.3390/su8121318
- Mo Chen, Zhanlan Fan, Fanrong Zhao, Fumei Gao, Di Mu, Yuyin Zhou, Huan Shen, and Jianying Hu*. Occurrence and Maternal Transfer of Chlorinated Bisphenol A and Nonylphenol in Pregnant Women and Their Matching Embryos. Environmental Science & Technology, 2016, 50 (2), 970-977. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04130
- Yuyin Zhou, Mo Chen, Fanrong Zhao, Di Mu, Zhaobin Zhang, and Jianying Hu*. Ubiquitous Occurrence of Chlorinated Byproducts of Bisphenol A and Nonylphenol in Bleached Food Contacting Papers and Their Implications for Human Exposure. Environmental Science & Technology, 2015, 49 (12), 7218-7226. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00831
- Mo Chen, FAN Zhan-lan, GAO Qun, GAO Fu-mei, MU Di, HU Jian-ying*. Levels and risk assessment of bisphenol A and chlorinated BPAs in urine samples of Beijing women. China Environmental Science. 2015-09.
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