Development and assessment of circular economy strategies

Professor Ma is currently Professor at the Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering (GIEE), National Taiwan University. He obtained a PhD degree at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. His professional experiences include Director of GIEE, Director of Environmental Pollution Prevention and Control Technology Research Center at College of Engineering, NTU, and Secretary-General and Chair of Environmental Planning and Management Committee, Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering. Professor Ma’s research focuses on the development of integrated environmental assessment methods, which involve the combination of tools including material flow analysis, life cycle assessment, risk assessment, and input-output analysis, to support evaluation of environmental policies. The methods are applied to strategic environmental assessment, circular economy, sustainable cities and decarbonization, with the purpose of depicting transition paths to sustainability.