Wei-Ming Chen, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Managed publicly accessible Clean Energy Emission Reduction tool (CLEER) and associated greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction emission service for USAID staff, implementers, students, and researchers• Enabled 7 missions and bureaus to estimate GHG reductions for clean energy projects, including missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, India, Kosovo, and 153 energy projects under the Power Africa regional program• Deliver additional technical support for Power Africa program for the Empowering East and Central Africa (EECA) plan, aligning design activity with program goals• Developed scope of work for CLEER tool procurement; served on Technical Evaluation Committee to select ICF consulting firm as strategic implementing partner• Serve as energy SME, providing guidance on energy-related development assistance initiatives• Created spreadsheet tool to coordinate and monitor annual review for the complex, critical Operational Plan (OP) and Performance Plan and Report (PPR) for Energy Division, enhancing budget allocation, program design, and program evaluation• Coordinated team of 16 staff members to review 66 OPs and 46 PPRs• Co-manage Energy Efficiency for Development program (EE4D) by providing energy efficiency technical assistance, with emphasis on strengthening communication and between USAID Mission Staff in Ecuador and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL)• Serve as activity manager for Ecuador Mission and assist in designing and implementing $435K energy efficiency-buy-in, supporting of estimated 4.1M tonne total CO2 reduction and 474 Megawatt electricity capacity addition by 2045• Support additional EE4D partnerships in East Africa, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, Uganda, and Tunisia• Assist Tanzania in developing clean energy programs, including drafting multi-fund donor concept paper for financing small local solar power producers• Completed temporary duty assignment in Tanzania and continued workstream to promote funding concept to key stakeholders

Newark, Delaware, United States

• Conducted research on state energy policies regarding energy, environment, public health, and early education at the Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research and pursued external funding for Center initiatives• Earned rapid direct promotion from post-doctoral researcher to Policy Scientist • Designed and implemented the Energy Affordability Project with report for the Division of the Public Advocate, State of Delaware with $25K in funding, including procuring $3K in funding for census-tract level DE household energy expenditure data to ensure enhanced accuracy• Performed energy research on DE’s fuel cell policy and published report “New Energy Deployment: Fuel Cell Policy and its Energy-Environment-Economic-Equity Impact in Delaware” in journal Energy Policy • Carried out research on US electricity industry and market restructuring and published journal paper “The U.S. Electricity Market Twenty Years after Restructuring: A Review Experience in the State of Delaware”• Performed statistical analysis for Delawareans’ health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services based on Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data for 4 annual reports and one trend analysis report• Published additional journal papers and reports on nuclear power plant costs, electricity tariff structures and formation, and drinking water and air quality issues• Collaborated with international researchers to publish peer-reviewed journal papers on resource deployment challenges and worked with professors based in South Korea to publish paper on renewable energy in Eastern Asia with 350 citations• Advised Ph.D and master’s students on research and writing, including co-authoring a paper on regional energy policy for island states; supervised 2 graduate student research assistants

Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States

Taipei City, Taiwan

• Served as Deputy Secretary General at Law and Technology Innovation center to support research on industry demands, pioneering technologies, legal developments in technology, and drive R&D innovation• Implemented Phase II of Taiwanese National Energy program to promote clean energy and facilitate communications between governmental agencies, including Departments of Energy, Commerce, and Industry and Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan)• Advised research team writing journal papers on Taiwanese National Energy program, including two lawyers who successfully completed Ph.Ds as a result• Organized 4 workshops with approximately 50 attendants each to strengthen community engagement with clean energy projects• Oversaw 10 research assistants and 15 student assistants

Taipei City, Taiwan

Newark, Delaware, United States