Yayun Zhao is a vis­it­ing schol­ar from Huazhong Uni­ver­si­ty of Sci­ence and Tech­nol­o­gy (HUST) in Chi­na, with broad inter­ests in ener­gy tran­si­tion poli­cies and tech­nolo­gies. Her research expe­ri­ence includes pow­er sys­tem mod­el­ing, com­par­a­tive analy­sis of U.S. and Chi­na ener­gy poli­cies, and the sec­ond-use of retired bat­ter­ies. She is pas­sion­ate about explor­ing how pol­i­cy and tech­ni­cal inno­va­tions can dri­ve sus­tain­able ener­gy solu­tions and improve the inte­gra­tion of renew­able ener­gy into pow­er grids.