I studied Economics at Nankai University in China and then worked in the Agricultural Bank of China for three years. I completed a master with a major in Environmental Economics, Values and Policy in 2003 and a PhD in Ecological Economics in 2007 both at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the US.

Ministry of Education of the PRC Key Grant, Studies of urban and rural land market in China, (Leading CI: Anlu Zhang; co-CI: Michael Burton and Ben White), RMB 800,000, 2014.
NSFC General Program Grant (NSFC 71373078), Non-market valuation of environmental externalities in power generation sector and policy models of promoting energy saving and emission mitigation, Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Leading CI: X.L. Zhao, North China Electric Power University), RMB 570, 000, 2013.
Research Collaboration Award, University of Western Australia, Modelling Productivity Performance of China’s Coal-Fired Power Generation, (with North China Electric Power University), $A 10, 000, 2013.
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, Australian Reseach Council, Social Learning:The Diffusion of Residential Rooftop Photovoltaic Panels in Australia, A$372,000(2013-2015)
ECR Fellowship Support Grant, University of Western Australia, Solar Panel Diffusion in Australia, A$30,000(2013-2015)
Discovery Project (DP120101088), Australian Research Council, Energy Transitions: Past, Present and Future, David I. Stern, ANU; Chunbo Ma, UWA; Jack Pezzey, ANU and Astrid Kander, Lund U., $A240,000 (2012-2014).
Research Development Award, University of Western Australia, The Diffusion of Household Rooftop Photovoltaic Systems in Western Australia, Chunbo Ma and Michael Burton, AU$9,300 (2011)
Research Development Award, University of Western Australia, Preferences and Willingness-to-pay for Green Power in Western Australia, Chunbo Ma and Michael Burton, AU$20,700 (2010)
Research Collaboration Award, University of Western Australia, Who lives on the wrong side of the environmental track? – modeling the distribution of industrial pollution exposure among communities in China, Chunbo Ma, UWA and Qingyu Zhang, Zhejiang University, AU$5,000 (2009)
Alcoa Foundation Fellowship, University of Michigan, Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) and electric utility reforms in China, US$100,000 (2007-2009)
Center for the Applied Studies of Economics and the Environment (CASEE) Research Award, International Rivers Network, Sustainability of World Bank's energy portfolio and UNEP-DDP Compendium, US$5,000 (2006)
Chauncey Starr Fellowship, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, doctoral research on China’s economic growth and energy consumption, US$60,000 (2005-2007)
Research Scholarship, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US$30,000 (2003-2005)
Teaching Scholarship, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US$12,000 (2002-2003)

Alcoa Foundation Sustainability Research Fellow, Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, School of Natural Resource and Environment, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, US, 2007-2009
Research Consultant, International Rivers Network, US, 2006
Research Assistant, Department of Economics, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US, 2003-2005
Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US, 2002-2003

Current Teaching

ECON 5003, Fundamental Microeconomics for Agriculture & Policy (Sem2)
ECON 5004, Microeconometric Models for Agriculture & Natural Resources (Sem1)

Past Teaching

ECON 1120, Environmental Economics (Sem 1)
ECON 1120, Environmental Economics (Sem 2)
ECON 3323, Business and the Environment
ECON 4410, Environmental and Resource Economics

 

Energy/Resource/Environmental Economic; Agricutlural Economics; Productivity and Efficiency Analysis; Non-market Valuation; Chinese Economy

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