Wang Yuan received the Ph.D. degree(Physical Geography) from Beijing Normal University in 2005. She received her B. S. Degree(Environmental Science) and M. S. Degree(Geographical Science) from Tianjin Normal University in 2002 and 1999, respectively. Now she is a professor with School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University. And she is a member of China-Australia Centre for Sustainable Urban Development, and is a member of Tianjin Society for Sustainable Development.

Her main research field is environmental planning and management and environmental economics. And she has made many research results especially in the input-output model applied on environmental science, life cycle assessment of environmental impact and pollution rights for approval, distribution and trading. She has published over 90 academic papers, which have been cited more than 4,000 times. More than 70 of these publications are as first author or corresponding author, including articles in top international journals, such as Environmental Science & Technology, Resources, Conservation and Recycling. She has also published academic monographs, such as Environmental Economics and Management in the Context of Big Data, A Study on the Cross-Regional Industrial Linkage Characteristics of Air Pollution.

• Environmental Planning and Management
• Climate change and greenhouse gas protocol
•  Pollutant Release and Transfer of economic system
• Pollution rights trading

• Science and Technology Award of the All-China Environment Federation, Grand Prize (2024)
• Tianjin Science and Technology Progress Award, First Prize (2023)
• Fifth “Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Collaborative Development in the Eyes of Young Planners” Academic Event, Innovation Award (2022)
• National University Student Social Practice and Science Contest on Energy Saving & Emission Reduction, Third Prize (2010)
• Tianjin Eleventh Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award, First Prize (2009)

• Hongyu Zhang, Wei Zhang, Yaling Lu, Yuan Wang, et al. Worsening Carbon Inequality Embodied in Trade within China. Environmental Science & Technology, 2023, 57(2): 863-873.
• Zefeng Qi, Chen Zhang, Yuan Wang, et al. The future of waste cooking oil and its carbon and economic benefits—An automotive energy perspective. Biomass and Bioenergy, 2024, 184: 107204.
• Yuan Wang, Liying Ping, Hongyu Zhang, et al. Spatially explicit analysis of production and consumption responsibility for the PM2.5-related health burden towards beautiful China. Journal of Environmental Management, 2024, 370: 122509.
• Mei Shan, Hongyu Zhang, Yuan Wang, et al. Estimating environmental impact of rooftop photovoltaic from the perspective of thermal power transmission. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2025, 112: 107848.
• Chen Liang, Yuan Wang, Jian Zuo, et al. Promoting inter-regional cooperation to reduce CO2 abatement cost in China. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2023, 42: 23-32.
• Liying Ping, Yuan Wang, Yaling Lu, et al. Tracing the sources of PM2.5-related health burden in China. Environmental Pollution, 2023, 327: 121544.
• Yun Sun, Yuan Wang, and Zengkai Zhang. Economic environmental imbalance in China — Inter-city air pollutant emission linkage in Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH) urban agglomeration. Journal of Environmental Management, 2022, 308: 114601.
• Yuan Wang, Fenfen Bi, Zengkai Zhang，et al. Spatial production fragmentation and PM2.5 related emissions transfer through three different trade patterns within China.Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018, 195:703-720.
• Like Wang, Yuan Wang, Huibin Du, Jian Zuo, Rita Yi Man Li, Zhihua Zhou, Fenfen Bi, Garvlehn, McSimon P.A comparative life-cycle assessment of hydro-, nuclear and wind power: A China study.Applied Energy, 2019, 249:37-45.
• Yuan Wang, Shengnan Geng, Peng Zhao, Huibin Du, Yu He, John Crittenden. Cost–benefit analysis of GHG emission reduction in waste to energy projects of China under clean development mechanism[J]. Resources, Conservation & Recycling,2016,109: 90-95.
• Yuan Wang, Wenqin Wang, Guozhu Mao, Hua Cai, Jian Zuo, Lili Wang, Peng Zhao. Industrial CO2 emissions in China based on the hypothetical extraction method: Linkage analysis. Energy Policy. 2013.62:1238-1244.
• Yuan Wang, Nan Lai, Guozhu Mao, Jian Zuo, John Crittenden, Yi Jin, Juan Moreno-Cruz. Air pollutant emissions from economic sectors in China: A linkage analysis[J]. Ecological Indicators,2017,77: 250-260