Biography

  Zhenhong Lin, a Chinese national from Huilai, Jieyang, Guangdong, is an Overseas High-level Talent, Tenured Professor, and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Future Technology, South China University of Technology (SCUT). He graduated from Tsinghua University with B.S. and M.S. degrees in Automotive Engineering in 2002. He obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Institute of Transportation Studies and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) in 2008. After working at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for 14 years, rising to the rank of Distinguished Research Scientist, he returned to China in 2022 to join SCUT's School of Future Technology. His advisors include Minggao Ouyang, Dan Sperling, Joan Ogden, Yueyue Fan, and David Greene.
He has published over 100 professional articles, including more than 70 journal articles. According to Google Scholar, his total citations exceed 5000, and his H-index is 39. He has been selected multiple times for Stanford University's list of the World's Top 2% Scientists (Annual 2021-2023 and Career Impact). He has long been the principal investigator for transportation energy projects sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, and Aramco. He has twice received the U.S. DOE Scientific R&D Award for developing the MA3T (Model for Assessing Automobile energy Transition options) model and for his involvement in evaluating the energy impact of autonomous vehicles. He is a member of the U.S. National Academies Committee on Fuel Economy Research, contributing to the third Fuel Economy Technology Assessment Report commissioned by the U.S. Congress and sponsored by the U.S. DOT. Dr. Lin serves on the editorial boards of academic journals including Transportation Part D, iScience, Int. Journal of Sustainable Transportation, and Energy Policy, and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy.
As the leader of the Energy and Carbon Decision Making team, Dr. Lin continues to conduct interdisciplinary research centered on energy transition, organically integrating natural and social sciences. He is passionate about leveraging his multidisciplinary background to systematically discover, evaluate, optimize, design, and apply Technology-Infrastructure-Behavior-Policy (TIBP) solutions to help achieve societal goals such as carbon reduction, environmental protection, industrial upgrading, energy security and sustainability, and social equity. Based on this academic philosophy, his research includes optimal design of electric vehicles (regarding range and lightweighting), alternative fuel infrastructure planning (for charging and hydrogen refueling), consumer value and choice (regarding range anxiety, free charging, and powertrain selection), and evaluation of transportation energy policy (efficiency and equity of fuel economy standards). His Energy and Carbon Decision Making team will include energy technology experts and professors from the transportation, building, power, and industrial manufacturing sectors, adopting a deep cross-disciplinary collaborative approach to overcome traditional disciplinary barriers. Guided by national needs and social value, the team will develop technologies and algorithms for energy storage, V2G (vehicle-to-grid), and the energy internet, and explore cross-disciplinary solutions for multi-sector energy transition and interaction.

Contact: Zhenhong@scut.edu.cn
Office Address: School of Future Technology B1-c410 (Office 410)

Personal Website

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zhenhong-Lin

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fQ4QCeoAAAAJ&hl=en

Education

  2004–2008, Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, USA
  2003–2004, M.S. Transportation Technology and Policy, University of California, Davis, USA
  2000–2002, M.S. Power Machinery and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
  1996–2000, B.S. Automotive Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

Work Experience

  2022.10–Present, Tenured Professor, South China University of Technology (SCUT)
  2008–2022, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), USA:
    Distinguished Research Scientist (2021-2022)
    Senior Research Scientist (2013-2021)
    Research Scientist (2010-2013)
    Research Associate (2008-2010)
  2015–2020, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Tennessee, USA
  2008.01–2008.06, Air Resources Engineer, California Air Resources Board (CARB)
  2007.07–2007.12, Senior Consultant, Global Energy Decisions
 2006.03–2006.09, Energy Analyst (Intern), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Selected Publications

1.Lin Z.* Mostly positive implications of long-haul truck electrification. Joule. 2021 Oct 20;5(10):2548–50.
2.Lin, Z.*, Xie, F. and Ou, S., 2020. Modeling the External Effects of Air Taxis in Reducing the Energy Consumption of Road Traffic. Transportation Research Record, Oct. 2020. doi:10.1177/0361198120952791
3.Greene, D. L., Ogden, J. M., & Lin, Z. (2020). Challenges in the designing, planning and deployment of hydrogen refueling infrastructure for fuel cell electric vehicles. eTransportation, 100086.
4.Hao, X., Lin, Z.*, Wang, H., Ou, S., & Ouyang, M. (2020). Range cost-effectiveness of plug-in electric vehicle for heterogeneous consumers: an expanded total ownership cost approach. Applied Energy, 275, 115394.
5.Maness, M., & Lin, Z.* (2019). Free Charging: Exploratory Study of Its Impact on Electric Vehicle Sales and Energy. Transportation Research Record. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198119844966
6.Kontou, E., Liu, C., Xie, F., Wu, X. and Lin, Z., 2019. Understanding the linkage between electric vehicle charging network coverage and charging opportunity using GPS travel data. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 98, pp.1-13.
7.Ou, Shiqi, Zhenhong Lin*, Liang Qi, Jie Li, Xin He, Steven Przesmitzki, 2018. The dual-credit policy: Quantifying the policy impact on plug-in electric vehicle sales and industry profits in China. Energy Policy, 121:597-610
8.McCollum, David L., Charlie Wilson, Michela Bevione, Samuel Carrara, Oreane Y. Edelenbosch, Johannes Emmerling, Celine Guivarch, Panagiotis Karkatsoulis, Ilkka Keppo, Volker Krey, Zhenhong Lin, Eoin O Broin, Leonidas Paroussos, Hazel Pettifor, Kalai Ramea, Keywan Riahi, Fuminori Sano, Baltazar Solano Rodriguez & Detlef P. van Vuuren , 2018. Interaction of consumer preferences and climate policies in the global transition to low-carbon vehicles. Nature Energy, 3:664-673.
9.Lin, Zhenhong*, Shiqi Ou, Amgad Elgowainy, Krishna Reddi, Mike Veenstra, Laura Verduzco. 2018. A method for determining the optimal delivered hydrogen pressure for fuel cell electric vehicles. Applied Energy 216:183-194. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.02.041
10.Xie, Fei, and Zhenhong Lin*. 2017. Market-driven automotive industry compliance with fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards: Analysis based on consumer choice. Energy Policy 108:299-311. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.05.060.
11.Lin, Z.*, Li, J. & Dong, J. (2014). Dynamic Wireless Charging: Potential Impact on Plug-in Electric Vehicle Adoption. Society of Automotive Engineers Technical Papers 2014-01-1965 
12.Lin, Z.* (2014). Battery Electric Vehicles: Range Optimization and Diversification for U.S. Drivers. Transportation Science 48(4):635-650. http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/trsc.2013.0516 
13.Dong, J., Liu, C., & Lin, Z. (2014). Charging infrastructure planning for promoting battery electric vehicles: An activity-based approach using multiday travel data. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 38(0), 44 – 55. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2013.11.001 
14.Lin, Z.*, Dong, J., & Greene, D. L. (2013). Hydrogen vehicles: Impacts of DOE technical targets on market acceptance and societal benefits. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 38(19), 7973–7985. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.04.120 
15.Lin, Z.* (2012). Measuring Range Anxiety: the Substitution-Emergency-Detour (SED) Method. World Electric Vehicles Journal 2012, 5, 8-13.
16.Lin, Z.*, Dong, J., Liu, C., & Greene, D. (2012). Estimation of Energy Use by Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Validating Gamma Distribution for Representing Random Daily Driving Distance Transportation Research Record, 2287(1), 37-43. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2287-05 
17.Dong, J., & Lin, Z. (2012). Within-day recharge of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles: Energy impact of public charging infrastructure. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 17(5), 405-412. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2012.04.003 
18.Lin, Z.*, & Greene, D. L. (2011). Promoting the Market for Plug-In Hybrid and Battery Electric Vehicles: Role of Recharge Availability. Transportation Research Record, 2252(1), 49-56. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2252-07 
19.Lin, Z.*, & Greene, D. L. (2011). Assessing Energy Impact of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Significance of Daily Distance Variation over Time and Among Drivers. Transportation Research Record, 2252(1), 99-106. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2252-13 
20.Lin, Z.*, & Greene, D. (2011). Predicting Individual Fuel Economy. SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants, 4(1), 84-95. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4271/2011-01-0618 
21.Lin, Z.*, Ogden, J., Fan, Y., & Chen, C.-W. (2008). The Fuel-travel-back Approach to Hydrogen Station Siting. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 33(12), 3096-3101. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.01.040 
22.Lin, Z.*, Chen, C.-W., Ogden, J., & Fan, Y. (2008). The Least-cost Hydrogen for Southern California. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 33(12), 3009-3014. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.01.039 
23.Lin, Z.*, Zhou, M., & Ouyang, M. (2002). Improvement of Solenoid Controlled Valve for Electronic Diesel Injection System. Automotive Engineering, 24(3), 217-220. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3321/j.issn:1000-680X.2002.03.010 
24.He, B., Lin, Z., & Ouyang, M. (2002). Simulation on Direct Hydrogen Fuel Cell Engine Performance. Automotive Engineering, 24(6), 494-498. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3321/j.issn:1000-680X.2002.06.008