Heyichen Xu

Heyichen Xu is a PhD student in Environmental and Ecological Engineering at Purdue, working with Professor Heather Liddell. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from Hohai University (China) and a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from UC Berkeley. Her research focuses on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and decarbonization strategies, with the goal of advancing sustainability efforts. Outside of academics, Heyichen enjoys exploring the world through travel and unwinding in the kitchen with her baking skills. Her friends are often delighted to taste-test her latest creations!

Education:

• MS, Environmental Engineering, University of California - Berkeley
• BEng, Environmental Science, Hohai University, Nanjing, China

Selected Publications and Presentations:

• H. Xu, K. A. Rosentrater, and H. P. H. Liddell, "How Old is Too Old? Quantifying the Problem of Temporal Representativeness in LCI Data," presented at the 2025 American Center for Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA) Conference, Atlanta, GA, September 15-18, 2025. Poster. (Honors: first place in student poster competition).
• X. Yu, Y. Chen, M. Jiang, G. Zhong, H. Xu, X. Shen, and Q. Kong, "The drag effects of energy-water constraints on China's economic growth under carbon mitigation goals," Frontiers in Earth Science 10 (2023) doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.1059903
• X. Shen, H. Zhang, M. Jiang, X. Yu, H. Xu, and G. Zhong, “Multidimensional impact of urbanization process on regional new CO2 emissions: Taking the Yangtze River Economic Belt as an Example,” Land 11 (2022) 1079. doi: 10.3390/land11071079