Feng An

With over 20 years of experience in academia, business, governmental and non-governmental organizations, Dr. An is a world-renowned expert in energy technologies, automotive fuel economy strategies, and climate change policies. He founded iCET in California and Beijing with the vision of creating a world-class think tank in low carbon development and climate change. Under his leadership, iCET is developing multi-faceted programs in China in the areas of low carbon transportation, carbon management, clean energy and sustainable technologies. Recently, iCET has partnered with the US Dept. of Commerce to establish an US-China Clean Tech Center (UCCTC) in China. As the only US clean tech center with on-the-ground presence in China, the UCCTC represents and promotes U.S.-based clean technology product firms and its members. iCET is also member of the US-China Clean Energy and Research Center for Clean Vehicles (CERC-CVC).

Prior to founding iCET, Dr. An served in numerous national and international institutions with various capacities, including US Agency for International Development, US Dept of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory, and University of California. In the past decade, He has advised governments in China, US, EU, Mexico, Brazil, India and Thailand on energy, automotive fuel economy and climate policies. He was a leading architect of China’s existing fuel economy regulations for passenger and commercial vehicles. He also severed as an advisor to Energy Foundation’s China Sustainable Energy Program, Hewlett Foundation’s Latin America Transportation Program, and Asian Development Bank’s China Energy Management Project. Dr. An received his PhD from the University of Michigan in US and MS from Tsinghua University in Beijing, all in Applied Physics.