Mengye Zhu

Mengye Zhu (she/her) is a Senior Scientist with the Natural Capital Project and a Social Science Research Scholar at Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. She specializes in climate and environmental policy research, focusing on key climate discourses, including energy transitions and methane mitigation, with particular attention to the roles of “keystone actors”, such as state-owned enterprises. Her work also combines policy analysis with sectoral technical assessments, including leading the development of Global Methane Abatement Solutions Tracker (G-MAST). Mengye brings extensive policy engagement experience, supporting high-level climate and environmental dialogues and advancing international collaboration. Before joining Stanford, Mengye worked as an Assistant Research Professor and China Program Co-Director at the Center for Global Sustainability, University of Maryland.