Dr. Jiang is associate professor at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands. He previously also worked as senior researcher, assistant professor, and consultant across academia, government agencies, and international organizations including VU University Amsterdam, Michigan State University, the National Science Foundation of the U.S., and the World Bank. Trained as an applied economist with a Ph.D. degree in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Dr Jiang has rich experience working at the interface of science, economics and policy, involving an integrated approach to environmental and natural resource management and policy in a multidisciplinary setting. Previous research activities include ecosystem-based adaption and spatial planning for urban resilience and sustainability, economic valuation as applied to water and aquatic ecosystems, and ecosystem integrated land use management. His scholarly research work has led to publications in leading peer-reviewed professional journals such as Sustainable Development, Climate Policy, Journal of Urban Technology, Ecological Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, and Environmental Science and Policy.  At IHE Delft, Dr. Jiang coordinates and teaches water economics and finance, and contributes lectures on environmental economics, spatial planning for urban resilience, urban ecosystem management, and ecosystem service assessment to other courses across Master of Science programs. He has delivered many capacity building workshops abroad, mainly in eastern African countries on ecosystem services assessment and economic valuation. In addition, Dr. Jiang mentors graduate student research on water, climate change, and urban environment related issues in developing countries. His recent interests include economics and governance of nature-based solutions and environmental financing through policy, management innovations and capacity building.

University of Rhode Island

Environmental and Resource Economics and Management PhD, University of Rhode Island