Asian Real Estate Academic & Professional (AsREAP) Woman Achievement Award (by Asian Real Estate Society)

MIT Frank E. Perkins Award for Excellence in Graduate Advising

Best Paper Award, 2019 Global Chinese Real Estate Congress (GCREC) Annual Real Estate Conference

Best Paper Award, China Urban 100 Forum

Honorable Mention for the 2017 PROSE Award in Environmental Science, Association of American Publishers, for my book “Blue Skies over Beijing” (Princeton University Press, co-authored with Matthew E. Kahn)

Fellow, Homer Hoyt Institute, the US

The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholar, National Science Foundation of China

Youth Yangtze River Schola, Ministry of Education of China

Award for Science and Technology Advancement (2nd prize), China’s Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development

Best Valuation Paper Award, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) at the 2014 Asian Real Estate Society Annual Conference

The National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholar, National Science Foundation of China

Post-Doctoral Honoree, Homer Hoyt Institute, the US

Best Teaching Award, Tsinghua University

2nd Vice President, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA), 2024

Visiting Professor, Urban Institute, Singapore Management University, 2023-2024

Faculty member, Weimer School of the Hoyt Institute, 2023-present

Advisory board member, Asian Real Estate Professional Association, 2023-present

Global Future Council on Clean Air, World Economic Forum, Member, 2020-2021

Asian Real Estate Society (AsRES), President, 2018-2019

Asian Real Estate Society (AsRES), Vice President, 2017-2018

Chinese Economists Society (CES), Vice President, 2019-2020

American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA), Chair of the Best Awards Committee, 2021-2022

American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA), Board Member; Conference Organizing Committee, Member; International Committee, Member, 2019-2021

Asian Real Estate Society (AsRES), Board Member, 2012-Present

Environmental and Resource Economics, Co-Editor, 2020-Present

Journal of Regional Science, Co-Editor, 2021-Present

Journal of Regional Science, Associate Editor, 2019-2021

Journal of Economic Surveys, Associate Editor, 2013-Present

China Economic Review, Associate Editor, 2018-Present

Real Estate Economics, Editorial Board Member, 2021-Present

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Editorial Board Member, 2021-Present

Journal of the American Planning Association (JAPA), Editorial Board Member, 2020-2022

Cities, International Editorial Board Member, 2020-Present

Journal of Housing Economics, Editorial Board Member, 2009-Present

Special Issue “Climate Change and Real Estate”, Journal of Regional Science, Guest Editor, 2022-2023

Special Issue “Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Cities”, Small Business Economics, Guest Editor, 2021

Special Issue “Urban Network and Vibrancy”, Habitat International, Guest Editor, 2019

Special Issue “China's urbanization and housing market”, Journal of Housing Economics, Guest Editor, 2016

Special Issue “Environmental Economics and Sustainability”, Journal of Economic Surveys, Guest Editor, 2016

American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA) - Member, 2010-Present

Urban Economics Association (UEA) - Member, 2010-Present

American Economic Association - Member, 2010-Present

Chinese Economist Society - Member, 2013-Present

Asian Real Estate Society - Member, 2002-Present

International Seminar on Climater Resiliency and Low-Carbon Accessibility.  Co-organized by Insper and MIT. Oct. 27, 2023, Insper, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Finvest-MIT Climate Change and Decarbonization of Real Estate, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. See link here.

MIT Asia Real Estate Initiative Inaugural Symposium. Organizer, July 31 - August 1, 2023, MIT Center for Real Estate

Inaugural MIT Symposium on Climate and Real Estate, Organizer, December 4-5, 2022, MIT Center for Real Estate

The 1st New Cities Conference, co-organized by Charter Cities Institute and MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab, Oct. 2, 2022, MIT Center for Real Estate. Co-organizer.

2022 Research Workshop on Urban and Real Estate Studies, Organizer, May 18, 2022, MIT Building 9

2021 2nd FINGEO Summer School (online). Co-organizer (lead organizer: Janelle Knox-Hayes). June 21-24, 2021.

2020 Chinese Economists Society North America Virtual Conference (zoom) - Understanding the Spatial Economy: Cities, Regions, and Trade.

2020 Workshop on Shared Micro-Mobility. August 12, 2020 (zoom).

2020 CRE Virtual Summer Research Seminar I “COVID-19’s Impact on Our Wellbeing in Cities” (zoom).

2020 Workshop on New Data and Methods in Environmental Studies. December 11, 2019, MIT.

2019 Asian Real Estate Society Annual International Conference. July 2019, Shenzhen, China. Conference President and Organizer.

MIT Mini Urban Economics and Policy Workshop. May 7 and April 30, 2019, Cambridge MA. Organizer.

MIT China New City Forum. November 12, 2019. Beijing, China. Organizer. A

“China Future Cities” Symposium, November 16, 2017. Cambridge MA. Organizer.

“Smog Economics” Workshop, December 20, 2016. Beijing, China. Organizer.

“Green Cities in Asia” Workshop, October 15, 2016. Beijing, China. Organizer.

The 4th International Workshop on Regional, Urban and Spatial Economics in China. June 6-7, 2015. Beijing, China. President and Organizer.

Workshop on “Real Estate Prices: Measurement and Dynamics”. December 18, 2012. Beijing, China. Co-organizer. With National Bureau of Statistics of China.

Workshop on “Urban Spatial Modeling and Its Applications in China”. August 8, 2011. Beijing, China.