Lingying Pan graduated from the Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Tsinghua University with a bachelor's degree and a doctoral degree. She is currently an associate professor at the Business School, University of Shanghai in Science and Technology. Her research interests include energy economy system modeling and optimization, carbon emission reduction, and low-carbon city development. She is experienced in system dynamics modeling, input-output modeling, and game modeling in the above areas of application. She has published more than 20 academic papers in related fields, and managed or participated in more than 10 national, provincial, and ministerial scientific research projects.