Assistant professor
kk.tong@sjtu.edu.cn
Address:A326
Ph.D., Public Affairs, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2013-2018
M.S., Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2008-2011
B.S., Environmental Science, Wuhan University of Technology, 2004-2008
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China-UK Low Carbon College 2021- Assistant Professor
Princeton University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 2019-2021 Post-doctoral Research Associate & Associate Research Scholar
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Humphrey School of Public Affairs 2018-2019 Post-doctoral Research Associate
Journal Articles
Zhang, C.; Zhai, H.*; Cao, L.; Li, X.; Cheng, F.; Peng, L.; Tong, K.; Meng, J.*; Yang, Y.; Wang, X.*. Understanding the complexity of existing fossil fuel power plant decarbonization. iScience. 2022. 25, 8, 104758. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104758
Tong, K.* Net-zero-carbon urban transitions need systems thinking. (Voices: "Opportunities and barriers to net-zero cities"). One Earth. 2022. 5(7), 739-744. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.06.013
Lal, M. R.*, Tibrewal, K., Venkataraman, C., Tong, K., Fang A., Ma, Q., Wang, S., Kaiser, J., Ramaswami, A., Russell, A. G.. Impact of Circular, Waste-Heat Reuse Pathways on PM2.5-Air Quality, CO2 Emissions, and Human Health in India: Comparison with Material Exchange Potential. Environmental Science & Technology. 2022. 56 (13), 9773-9783. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c05897
Clark, P. L., Tabory, S., Tong, K., Servadio, J. L., Kappler, K., Xu, K., Lawal, A. S., Wiringa, P., Kne, L., Feiock, R., Marshall, J. D., Russell, A. G., Ramaswami. A.*. A data framework for assessing social inequality and equity in multi‐sector social, ecological, infrastructural urban systems: Focus on fine‐spatial scales. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 2022. 26 (1), 145-163. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13222
Tong, K., Ramaswami, A.*, Xu, K., Feiock, R., Schmitz, P., Ohlsen M. Measuring social equity in urban energy use and interventions using fine-scale data. PNAS. 2021. 118 (24) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2023554118
Ramaswami. A.*, Tong, K., Canadell J., Jackson. R., Stokes, E. Dhakal S., Finch. M., Jittrapirom P., Singh. N., Yamagata Y., Yewdall E., Yona L., Seto, K.. Carbon analytics for net-zero emissions sustainable cities. Nature Sustainability. 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00715-5
Tong, K., Nagpure, A., Ramaswami A.*. All urban areas’ energy use data across 640 districts in India for the year 2011. Scientific Data. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00853-7
Tong, K.*, Ramaswami. A., Feiock, R. Environmentally Sustainable Transitions of US District Energy Systems: Perspectives from Infrastructure Operators/Designers through the Co-evolutionary Lens. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020. 268: 121894. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121894
Tong, K.*, Zhao, Z., Feiock, R., Ramaswami, A.. Patterns of Urban Infrastructure Capital Investment in Chinese Cities and Explanation through a Political Market Lens. Journal of Urban Affairs. 2019. 41 (2), 248-263. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2018.1499417
Tong, K.*, Fang, A., Li, Y., Shi, L., Wang, Y., Wang, S., Ramaswami, A*. The Collective Contribution of Chinese Cities to Territorial and Electricity-related CO2 Emissions. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2018. 189: 910-921. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.04.037
Ramaswami. A.*, Jiang, D., Tong, K., Zhao, Z., Impact of the Economic Structure of Cities on Urban Scaling Factors: Implications for Urban Material and Energy Flows in China. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 2018. 22 (2), 392-405. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12563
Tong, K., Fang, A., Yu, H., Li, Y., Shi, L.*, Wang, S., Ramaswami, A.*. Estimating the Potential for Industrial Waste Heat Reutilization in Urban District Energy Systems: Method Development and Implementation in Two Chinese Provinces. Environmental Research Letters. 2017. 12(12): 125008 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa8a17
Ramaswami. A.*, Tong, K., Fang, A., Lal, R., Nagpure, A., Li, Y., Yu, H., Jiang, D., Russell, A., Shi, L., Chertow, M., Wang, Y., Wang, S.. Urban Cross-sector Actions for Carbon Mitigation with Local Health Co-benefits in China. Nature Climate Change. 2017. 7: 736–742. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3373
Tong, K., Fang, A., Boyer, D., Hu, Y., Cui, S., Shi, L., Kalmykova, Y., and Ramaswami, A.*. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Key Infrastructure Sectors in Larger and Smaller Chinese Cities: Method Development and Benchmarking. Carbon Management, 2016, 7(1-2): 27-39. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17583004.2016.1165354
Book Chapters
Report
World Economic Forum In collaboration with Connected Places Catapult and The Business of Cities. 2023. Data for the City of Tomorrow: Developing the Capabilities and Capacity to Guide Better Urban Futures (Insight Report). https://www.weforum.org/reports/data-for-the-city-of-tomorrow-developing-the-capabilities-and-capacity-to-guide-better-urban-futures
World Economic Forum. 2022. Delivering Climate Resilient Cities Using a Systems Approach (Insight Report).https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_C4IR_GFC_on_Cities_Climate_Resilience_2022.pdf
Fall 2022. Instructor. ENVR8165: Infrastructure for net-zero carbon cities (Graduate-level). Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Fall 2020. Assistant in Instruction. Sustainable Cities in the US and India: Technology & Policy Pathways (Undergraduate-level). Princeton University
Fall 2016. Instructor. Material and Energy Flows for a Sustainable Society (Graduate-level). University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Fellow in World Economic Forum Global Future Council-Cities of Tomorrow 2020-2022
Board Member in International Society for Industrial Ecology's Sustainable Urban Systems Section 2021-
Young Editorial Board Member. Carbon Neutrality. 2022-2024
Guest Editor. Carbon Neutrality. Special Issue 2022 Asia-Pacific Forum on Green and Low-Carbon Development.
Outreach Editor. Journal of Industrial Ecology
Referees of Academic Journals: Nature Cities; Nature Energy; Nature Communications; Applied Energy; Environmental Science & Technology; Carbon Balance and Management; Journal of Cleaner Production; Ecological Economics; Journal of Industrial Ecology; Resources, Conservation & Recycling; Science of the Total Environment; etc.
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota 2017.09-2018.05