Xinming Du
Xinming Du is an environmental economist and an assistant professor at the National University of Singapore Department of Economics. Her ongoing research covers three topics: 1) how trade affects pollution and natural resource depletion; 2) the impacts and adaptation to emerging pollution sources; 3) methane leakage and greenwashing activities of fossil fuel companies. Xinming holds a PhD degree in Sustainable Development from Columbia University, and bachelor degree in Economics and Environmental Engineering from Tsinghua University. She worked as a short-term consultant at the chief economist office at the World Bank and a summer intern at the International Monetary Fund.