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Dr Pan He
Teams and roles for Pan He
Lecturer in Environmental Science and Sustainability
Overview
With an interdisciplinary background, I have a vision of my research which could embody the interaction between social-economic activities and natural systems. I am broadly interested in exploring how human behavior affects the natural environment, and in examining how policy can lead to consumer behavior change that improves sustainability. Currently, I focus on investigating how the food consumption patterns result in specific interconnected environmental and health impacts and what are the opportunities and challenges in realizing dietary sustainability. My other branch of studies concerns empirically examining the effect of climate change and air pollution on human activities such as driving and tourism, as well as the effectiveness of environmental and energy policies at the micro-level.
Publication
2025
- Chappell, A. , He, P. and MacLeod, D. 2025. Vignette 10.1: Challenging fieldwork with problem-based learning. In: France, D. , Batty, L. and Swanton, D. eds. Teaching Fieldwork in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. Geography, Planning and Tourism 2025 Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. , pp.293-295. (10.4337/9781035322398.00056)
- Deng, Z. et al., 2025. Transitioning to healthy and sustainable diets has higher environmental and affordability trade-offs for emerging and developing economies.. Nature Communications 16 (1) 3948. (10.1038/s41467-025-59275-3)
- Feukam Nzudie, H. L. et al., 2025. National food production cannot address nutrient gaps in African countries. Nature Food 6 (10), pp.930 - 935. (10.1038/s43016-025-01246-4)
- He, P. and Li, T. 2025. Home cooking and eating in the global dietary transition: Evolving roles in achieving sustainable food systems. Food Science and Nutrition Cases fsncases20250012. (10.1079/fsncases.2025.0012)
- He, P. et al. 2025. Rising temperatures increase added sugar intake disproportionately in disadvantaged groups in the USA. Nature Climate Change 15 (9), pp.963-970. (10.1038/s41558-025-02398-8)
- Shao, Y. et al., 2025. Human health, ecosystem quality, and resource scarcity burdens inflicted by livestock production across Chinese regions. Earth's Future 13 (1) e2024EF005263. (10.1029/2024ef005263)
- Wang, Q. et al., 2025. Implications of demographic policies on China’s food-related environmental footprints amid population ageing. Global Environmental Change 95 103082. (10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2025.103082)
- Wang, W. et al., 2025. Rising mercury consumption from blue foods in China balanced by a shift to lower-mercury choices. Sustainable Production and Consumption 59 , pp.15-26. (10.1016/j.spc.2025.07.011)
- Wu, Y. et al., 2025. Pinpointing low environmental efficiency crops boosts pertinently regulating diversified agricultural environmental footprints. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 115 108052. (10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108052)
- Zhang, Y. et al., 2025. Urban food delivery services as extreme heat adaptation. Nature Cities 2 (2), pp.170-179. (10.1038/s44284-024-00172-z)
- Zheng, L. et al., 2025. Indirect emissions contribute a quarter of air pollution-related health burden of food systems in China. Nature Food 6 , pp.766-776. (10.1038/s43016-025-01193-0)
- Zhong, Q. et al., 2025. Structural characteristics of global virtual water network driven by food consumption in the Belt and Road Initiative region. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 215 108128. (10.1016/j.resconrec.2025.108128)
2024
- Chen, H. et al., 2024. Plant-based and planetary-health diets, environmental burden, and risk of mortality: a prospective cohort study of middle-aged and older adults in China. The Lancet Planetary Health 8 (8), pp.e545-e553. (10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00143-8)
- He, P. 2024. Navigating the global dietary transition and its impact on planetary and human health: The role of middle-income countries. Food Science and Nutrition Cases 2024 fsncases20240015. (10.1079/fsncases.2024.0015)
- He, P. et al. 2024. Health–environment efficiency of diets shows nonlinear trends over 1990–2011. Nature Food 5 (2), pp.116-124. (10.1038/s43016-024-00924-z)
- Li, M. et al., 2024. Improving the affordability and reducing greenhouse gas emissions of the EAT-Lancet diet in China. Sustainable Production and Consumption 52 , pp.445-457. (10.1016/j.spc.2024.11.014)
- Li, Y. et al., 2024. Reducing climate change impacts from the global food system through diet shifts. Nature Climate Change 14 , pp.943-953. (10.1038/s41558-024-02084-1)
- Li, Y. et al., 2024. Dietary shifts drive the slowdown of declining methylmercury related health risk in China. Environmental Pollution 340 122793. (10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122793)
- Sun, X. et al., 2024. Effects of environmental and nutritional labels on the dietary choices of consumers: Evidence from China. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 105 107407. (10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107407)
- Zhang, H. et al. 2024. Unappreciated healthcare inequality against PM 2.5 -related mortality risk. Environmental Research Letters 19 (7) 074018. (10.1088/1748-9326/ad502d)
- Zheng, L. et al., 2024. Health burden from food systems is highly unequal across income groups. Nature Food 5 , pp.251-261. (10.1038/s43016-024-00946-7)
2023
- Liang, J. et al., 2023. Effects of expanding electric vehicle charging stations in California on the housing market. Nature Sustainability (10.1038/s41893-022-01058-5)
- Long, Y. et al., 2023. Carbon footprint and embodied nutrition evaluation of 388 recipes. Scientific Data 10 (1) 794. (10.1038/s41597-023-02702-1)
- Wang, J. et al., 2023. The diminishing effects of winter heating on air quality in northern China. Journal of Environmental Management 325 (B) 116536. (10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116536)
- Wang, P. et al., 2023. Analysis and intervention of heatwave related economic loss: Comprehensive insights from supply, demand, and public expenditure into the relationship between the influencing factors. Journal of Environmental Management 326 , pp.1-9. 116654. (10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116654)
- Ye, Y. et al., 2023. Adherence to a planetary health diet, environmental impacts, and mortality in Chinese adults. Jama Network Open 6 (10) e2339468. (10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.39468)
- Zhang, H. et al. 2023. Trade-offs between cold protection and air pollution - induced mortality of China's heating policy. PNAS Nexus 2 (12) pgad387. (10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad387)
2022
- Chen, P. et al., 2022. The heterogeneous role of energy policies in the energy transition of Asia-Pacific emerging economies. Nature Energy 7 (7), pp.588–596. (10.1038/s41560-022-01029-2)
- Fang, L. et al., 2022. Beyond the ceremony: Mega-event, air quality and political career. PLoS ONE 17 (2) e0262470. (10.1371/journal.pone.0262470)
- Guo, Y. et al., 2022. Environmental and human health trade-offs in potential Chinese dietary shifts. One Earth 5 (3), pp.268-282. (10.1016/j.oneear.2022.02.002)
- He, P. et al. 2022. The weather affects air conditioner purchases to fill the energy efficiency gap. Nature Communications 13 (1) 5772. (10.1038/s41467-022-33531-2)
2021
- He, P. et al. 2021. Drivers of GHG emissions from dietary transition patterns in China: Supply versus demand options. Journal of Industrial Ecology 25 (3), pp.707-719. (10.1111/jiec.13086)
- Jia, P. et al., 2021. Green space access in the neighbourhood and childhood obesity. Obesity Reviews 22 (S1) e13100. (10.1111/obr.13100)
- Jia, P. et al., 2021. Land use mix in the neighbourhood and childhood obesity. Obesity Reviews 22 (S1) e13098. (10.1111/obr.13098)
2020
- He, P. et al. 2020. Increase in domestic electricity consumption from particulate air pollution. Nature Energy 5 , pp.985-995. (10.1038/s41560-020-00699-0)
- He, P. et al. 2020. Boosting the eco-friendly sharing economy: The effect of gasoline prices on bikeshare ridership in three U.S. metropolises. Environmental Research Letters 15 (11) 114021. (10.1088/1748-9326/abbb52)
- Wang, F. et al., 2020. China's trade-off between economic benefits and sulfur dioxide emissions in changing global trade. Earth's Future 8 (1) e2019EF001354. (10.1029/2019EF001354)
2019
- Cui, C. et al., 2019. Escaping from pollution: the effect of air quality on inter-city population mobility in China. Environmental Research Letters 14 (12) 124025. (10.1088/1748-9326/ab5039)
- He, P. et al. 2019. Environmental impacts of dietary quality improvement in China. Journal of Environmental Management 240 , pp.518-526. (10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.03.106)
- He, P. et al. 2019. Loss of profit in the hotel industry of the United States due to climate change. Environmental Research Letters 14 (8) 084022. (10.1088/1748-9326/ab2dce)
2018
- He, P. et al. 2018. The environmental impacts of rapidly changing diets and their nutritional quality in China. Nature Sustainability 1 (3), pp.122-127. (10.1038/s41893-018-0035-y)
- He, P. and Zhang, B. 2018. Environmental tax, polluting plants' strategies and effectiveness: evidence from China. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 37 (3), pp.493-520. (10.1002/pam.22052)
2016
- Zhang, B. et al., 2016. The indecisive role of the market in China's SO2and COD emissions trading. Environmental Politics 25 (5), pp.875-898. (10.1080/09644016.2016.1165951)
2014
- Bi, J. et al., 2014. Same dream, different beds: can America and China take effective steps to solve the climate problem? [Editorial]. Global Environmental Change 24 , pp.2-4. (10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.11.015)
2013
- Zhang, Y. et al., 2013. Modeling the impact of uncertainty in emissions trading markets with bankable permits. Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering 7 (2), pp.231-241. (10.1007/s11783-012-0431-x)
2012
- Liu, B. et al., 2012. Impacts of alternative allowance allocation methods under a cap-and-trade program in power sector. Energy Policy 47 , pp.405-415. (10.1016/j.enpol.2012.05.013)
- Liu, L. et al., 2012. Red and green: public perception and air quality information in urban China. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development 54 (3), pp.44-49. (10.1080/00139157.2012.673455)
- Liu, L. et al., 2012. The greenhouse gas mitigation of industrial parks in China: a case study of Suzhou Industrial Park. Energy Policy 46 , pp.301-307. (10.1016/j.enpol.2012.03.064)
Articles
- Bi, J. et al., 2014. Same dream, different beds: can America and China take effective steps to solve the climate problem? [Editorial]. Global Environmental Change 24 , pp.2-4. (10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.11.015)
- Chen, H. et al., 2024. Plant-based and planetary-health diets, environmental burden, and risk of mortality: a prospective cohort study of middle-aged and older adults in China. The Lancet Planetary Health 8 (8), pp.e545-e553. (10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00143-8)
- Chen, P. et al., 2022. The heterogeneous role of energy policies in the energy transition of Asia-Pacific emerging economies. Nature Energy 7 (7), pp.588–596. (10.1038/s41560-022-01029-2)
- Cui, C. et al., 2019. Escaping from pollution: the effect of air quality on inter-city population mobility in China. Environmental Research Letters 14 (12) 124025. (10.1088/1748-9326/ab5039)
- Deng, Z. et al., 2025. Transitioning to healthy and sustainable diets has higher environmental and affordability trade-offs for emerging and developing economies.. Nature Communications 16 (1) 3948. (10.1038/s41467-025-59275-3)
- Fang, L. et al., 2022. Beyond the ceremony: Mega-event, air quality and political career. PLoS ONE 17 (2) e0262470. (10.1371/journal.pone.0262470)
- Feukam Nzudie, H. L. et al., 2025. National food production cannot address nutrient gaps in African countries. Nature Food 6 (10), pp.930 - 935. (10.1038/s43016-025-01246-4)
- Guo, Y. et al., 2022. Environmental and human health trade-offs in potential Chinese dietary shifts. One Earth 5 (3), pp.268-282. (10.1016/j.oneear.2022.02.002)
- He, P. 2024. Navigating the global dietary transition and its impact on planetary and human health: The role of middle-income countries. Food Science and Nutrition Cases 2024 fsncases20240015. (10.1079/fsncases.2024.0015)
- He, P. et al. 2019. Environmental impacts of dietary quality improvement in China. Journal of Environmental Management 240 , pp.518-526. (10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.03.106)
- He, P. et al. 2018. The environmental impacts of rapidly changing diets and their nutritional quality in China. Nature Sustainability 1 (3), pp.122-127. (10.1038/s41893-018-0035-y)
- He, P. et al. 2021. Drivers of GHG emissions from dietary transition patterns in China: Supply versus demand options. Journal of Industrial Ecology 25 (3), pp.707-719. (10.1111/jiec.13086)
- He, P. and Li, T. 2025. Home cooking and eating in the global dietary transition: Evolving roles in achieving sustainable food systems. Food Science and Nutrition Cases fsncases20250012. (10.1079/fsncases.2025.0012)
- He, P. et al. 2020. Increase in domestic electricity consumption from particulate air pollution. Nature Energy 5 , pp.985-995. (10.1038/s41560-020-00699-0)
- He, P. et al. 2022. The weather affects air conditioner purchases to fill the energy efficiency gap. Nature Communications 13 (1) 5772. (10.1038/s41467-022-33531-2)
- He, P. et al. 2024. Health–environment efficiency of diets shows nonlinear trends over 1990–2011. Nature Food 5 (2), pp.116-124. (10.1038/s43016-024-00924-z)
- He, P. et al. 2019. Loss of profit in the hotel industry of the United States due to climate change. Environmental Research Letters 14 (8) 084022. (10.1088/1748-9326/ab2dce)
- He, P. et al. 2025. Rising temperatures increase added sugar intake disproportionately in disadvantaged groups in the USA. Nature Climate Change 15 (9), pp.963-970. (10.1038/s41558-025-02398-8)
- He, P. and Zhang, B. 2018. Environmental tax, polluting plants' strategies and effectiveness: evidence from China. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 37 (3), pp.493-520. (10.1002/pam.22052)
- He, P. et al. 2020. Boosting the eco-friendly sharing economy: The effect of gasoline prices on bikeshare ridership in three U.S. metropolises. Environmental Research Letters 15 (11) 114021. (10.1088/1748-9326/abbb52)
- Jia, P. et al., 2021. Green space access in the neighbourhood and childhood obesity. Obesity Reviews 22 (S1) e13100. (10.1111/obr.13100)
- Jia, P. et al., 2021. Land use mix in the neighbourhood and childhood obesity. Obesity Reviews 22 (S1) e13098. (10.1111/obr.13098)
- Li, M. et al., 2024. Improving the affordability and reducing greenhouse gas emissions of the EAT-Lancet diet in China. Sustainable Production and Consumption 52 , pp.445-457. (10.1016/j.spc.2024.11.014)
- Li, Y. et al., 2024. Reducing climate change impacts from the global food system through diet shifts. Nature Climate Change 14 , pp.943-953. (10.1038/s41558-024-02084-1)
- Li, Y. et al., 2024. Dietary shifts drive the slowdown of declining methylmercury related health risk in China. Environmental Pollution 340 122793. (10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122793)
- Liang, J. et al., 2023. Effects of expanding electric vehicle charging stations in California on the housing market. Nature Sustainability (10.1038/s41893-022-01058-5)
- Liu, B. et al., 2012. Impacts of alternative allowance allocation methods under a cap-and-trade program in power sector. Energy Policy 47 , pp.405-415. (10.1016/j.enpol.2012.05.013)
- Liu, L. et al., 2012. Red and green: public perception and air quality information in urban China. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development 54 (3), pp.44-49. (10.1080/00139157.2012.673455)
- Liu, L. et al., 2012. The greenhouse gas mitigation of industrial parks in China: a case study of Suzhou Industrial Park. Energy Policy 46 , pp.301-307. (10.1016/j.enpol.2012.03.064)
- Long, Y. et al., 2023. Carbon footprint and embodied nutrition evaluation of 388 recipes. Scientific Data 10 (1) 794. (10.1038/s41597-023-02702-1)
- Shao, Y. et al., 2025. Human health, ecosystem quality, and resource scarcity burdens inflicted by livestock production across Chinese regions. Earth's Future 13 (1) e2024EF005263. (10.1029/2024ef005263)
- Sun, X. et al., 2024. Effects of environmental and nutritional labels on the dietary choices of consumers: Evidence from China. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 105 107407. (10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107407)
- Wang, F. et al., 2020. China's trade-off between economic benefits and sulfur dioxide emissions in changing global trade. Earth's Future 8 (1) e2019EF001354. (10.1029/2019EF001354)
- Wang, J. et al., 2023. The diminishing effects of winter heating on air quality in northern China. Journal of Environmental Management 325 (B) 116536. (10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116536)
- Wang, P. et al., 2023. Analysis and intervention of heatwave related economic loss: Comprehensive insights from supply, demand, and public expenditure into the relationship between the influencing factors. Journal of Environmental Management 326 , pp.1-9. 116654. (10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116654)
- Wang, Q. et al., 2025. Implications of demographic policies on China’s food-related environmental footprints amid population ageing. Global Environmental Change 95 103082. (10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2025.103082)
- Wang, W. et al., 2025. Rising mercury consumption from blue foods in China balanced by a shift to lower-mercury choices. Sustainable Production and Consumption 59 , pp.15-26. (10.1016/j.spc.2025.07.011)
- Wu, Y. et al., 2025. Pinpointing low environmental efficiency crops boosts pertinently regulating diversified agricultural environmental footprints. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 115 108052. (10.1016/j.eiar.2025.108052)
- Ye, Y. et al., 2023. Adherence to a planetary health diet, environmental impacts, and mortality in Chinese adults. Jama Network Open 6 (10) e2339468. (10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.39468)
- Zhang, B. et al., 2016. The indecisive role of the market in China's SO2and COD emissions trading. Environmental Politics 25 (5), pp.875-898. (10.1080/09644016.2016.1165951)
- Zhang, H. et al. 2023. Trade-offs between cold protection and air pollution - induced mortality of China's heating policy. PNAS Nexus 2 (12) pgad387. (10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad387)
- Zhang, H. et al. 2024. Unappreciated healthcare inequality against PM 2.5 -related mortality risk. Environmental Research Letters 19 (7) 074018. (10.1088/1748-9326/ad502d)
- Zhang, Y. et al., 2013. Modeling the impact of uncertainty in emissions trading markets with bankable permits. Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering 7 (2), pp.231-241. (10.1007/s11783-012-0431-x)
- Zhang, Y. et al., 2025. Urban food delivery services as extreme heat adaptation. Nature Cities 2 (2), pp.170-179. (10.1038/s44284-024-00172-z)
- Zheng, L. et al., 2024. Health burden from food systems is highly unequal across income groups. Nature Food 5 , pp.251-261. (10.1038/s43016-024-00946-7)
- Zheng, L. et al., 2025. Indirect emissions contribute a quarter of air pollution-related health burden of food systems in China. Nature Food 6 , pp.766-776. (10.1038/s43016-025-01193-0)
- Zhong, Q. et al., 2025. Structural characteristics of global virtual water network driven by food consumption in the Belt and Road Initiative region. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 215 108128. (10.1016/j.resconrec.2025.108128)
Book sections
- Chappell, A. , He, P. and MacLeod, D. 2025. Vignette 10.1: Challenging fieldwork with problem-based learning. In: France, D. , Batty, L. and Swanton, D. eds. Teaching Fieldwork in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. Geography, Planning and Tourism 2025 Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. , pp.293-295. (10.4337/9781035322398.00056)
Biography
Academic positions
- 2020 - present: Lecturer, Cardiff University
- 2019: Visiting Scholar, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University
- 2019: Global Challenges Research Fellow, University of East Anglia
- 2018 - 2020: Postdoc Research Fellow, Tsinghua University
Education
- 2018: Ph.D. Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park
- 2014: M.S. Environmental Science, Nanjing University
- 2011: B.S. Environmental Science, Nanjing University
