Amanda Giang

Amanda Giang is an Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia Vancouver campus. Her research group addresses environmental policy analysis challenges through an interdisciplinary lens, with a focus on pollution, climate, and energy. Key topics of current interest include developing better tools and methods for assessing and addressing air pollution and environmental injustice in Canada, understanding the links between air quality and decarbonization to inform policy and planning decisions, and understanding the combined impacts of global change drivers on contaminant cycling and exposure. She currently serves on the Early Career Editorial Advisory Board for Environmental Science & Technology, and the Editorial Board of Environmental Research Communications. She received a PhD (2017) and MS (2013) in Engineering Systems and Technology Policy at MIT, and a BASc in Engineering Science from the University of Toronto. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at MIT and visiting postdoctoral fellowship in the Harvard Kennedy School Program on Science, Technology and Society (2017).