Dr. Mei-Hua Yuan received her Ph.D. degree in environmental planning and management from the Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University. She was worked as the assistant researcher at the Institute of Environment and Resources, the senior technician at the department of environmental protection, Taipei city government and the visiting scholar at the Crawford school of public policy, Australian National University.

Dr. Yuan’s work focuses on the intersection of the human system and natural system, with an aim to mitigate environmental and social risks and optimize potential benefits. Dr. Yuan’s research has been working in two key areas: 1. Modeling and mapping the changes in natural ecosystems and developing well-prioritized strategies to ensure our natural resources are used sustainably. 2. Reducing the threats posed by water-food-energy nexus through indicators investigation, solutions exploration, and tools development.

Dr. Yuan served as the assistant research fellow of the Research Center for Environmental Changes from August, 2021. She will continue her work in the sustainability of coupled human-natural systems grounded in empirical evidence and topics like ecosystem services assessment, ecological economics, and water-food-energy nexus.