# Researcher Q&A ## expand\_more [### India’s Path to a Carbon-Free Future: A Conversation with Professor Michael B. McElroy ](/news/2025/09/indias-path-carbon-free-future-conversation-professor-michael-b-mcelroy) September 05, 2025 How can India turn waste and clean energy into fuel to fight air pollution? The answer may lie in biomass, says Michael B. McElroy, the Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and the Harvard... ![Michael B. McElroy](/sites/g/files/omnuum3496/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2024-11/MikeMcElroy%20copy.jpg?h=118fc58c&itok=KZTC9OAu) [### HCP Undergrad Researcher Q&A: Raymond Song ](/news/Raymond-song) December 18, 2020 HCP Q&A with Researchers: The Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy and Environment, based at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, is initiating a new Q&A series with our research contributors. This is the sixth... ![Raymond Song](/sites/g/files/omnuum3496/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/chinaproject/files/raymond.jpg?itok=8mQ-wSMW) [### HCP Undergrad Researcher Q&A: Jonathan D'Souza ](/researcher-qa-dsouza) November 07, 2020 HCP Q&A with Researchers: The Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy and Environment, based at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, is initiating a new Q&A series with our research contributors. This is the fifth... ![D'Souza](/sites/g/files/omnuum3496/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/chinaproject/files/dsouza_copy.jpg?itok=Q5Y20EoP) [### HCP Q&A: Part 2 with Mun S. Ho on “The Politics and Economics of Electricity Reform and Environmental Protection in China” ](/research-brief/mun-s-ho-part2) October 16, 2020 HCP Q&A with Researchers: The Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy and Environment, based at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, is initiating a new Q&A series with our research contributors. This is the fourth... ![Beijing Houses](/sites/g/files/omnuum3496/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/chinaproject/files/stephen-tafra-yf7nejls5by-unsplash_copy.jpg?itok=eQJas9DV) [### HCP Q&A: Part 1 with Mun S. Ho on “The Politics and Economics of Electricity Reform and Environmental Protection in China" ](/research-brief/mun-s-ho) October 06, 2020 HCP Q&A with Researchers: The Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy and Environment, based at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, is initiating a new Q&A series with our research contributors. This is the third... ![electricity](/sites/g/files/omnuum3496/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/chinaproject/files/xiang-xiao-2zttz5xx4y-unsplash.jpg?itok=5J-FvkxZ) [### HCP Q&A: Shaojie Song on "Three Elements of Atmospheric Chemistry" ](/research-brief/shaojie-song) July 27, 2020 Q&A with Researchers: The Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy and Environment, based at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, is initiating a new Q&A series with our research contributors. This is the second. Harvard... ![Beijing Skyline](/sites/g/files/omnuum3496/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/chinaproject/files/zhang-kaiyv-kkk0pyue02i-unsplash.jpg?itok=mAbucsj8) [### HCP Q&A: Faan Chen on "Driving and the Built Environment" ](/hcp-qa) April 16, 2020 HCP Q&A: Dr. Faan Chen, Postdoctoral Fellow "Driving and the Built Environment: Is Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Effective in Shanghai?" The rapid growth of Chinese cities, including Shanghai, has presented many challenges for local government... ![TOD](/sites/g/files/omnuum3496/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/chinaproject/files/adobestock_67272982_copy.jpg?itok=6mHMFkmq)