People
The group connects bioeconomy, environmental assessment, process engineering, geospatial analysis and optimization.
01 · The PI
Profile
Principal Investigator · Junior Professor Chair (Chaire de Professeur Junior), INRAE
I work on sustainable pathways for biomass products, waste reduction and the replacement of fossil resources across industries. My research integrates life-cycle assessment, techno-economic analysis, machine learning and Geographic Information Systems to explore biochar and other biomass-derived products across transportation, chemical engineering, energy storage and metallurgy.
My training began in Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Science & Technology Beijing, followed by a master’s degree and PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. My doctoral work moved from experimental biomass research toward life-cycle and techno-economic analysis, with machine learning used to deepen insights into biomass valorization.
After work at Nanjing Forestry University and the Carbon Removal Group at the University of California, Berkeley, I now integrate these capabilities with GIS at INRAE to support the French agricultural transition for bioeconomy and develop biomass-based pathways for sustainable industry.
Contactshule.wang@inrae.fr
Publications ↗Education
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Supervisors: Weihong Yang · Pär Jönsson
Appointments
02 · Group Members
Starting date · September 2026
PhD Researcher
Integrated framework for agricultural biomass planning for territorial bioeconomy.
Background
Google Scholar profile is not currently available.
Starting date · November 2026
Postdoctoral Researcher
Geospatial agricultural biomass optimization and decision-support systems for territorial bioeconomy planning.
Background
03 · Graduates and previous supervision
MSc researcher
MSc researcher
MSc researcher · co-supervised with Mengmeng Fan
MSc researcher · co-supervised with Caoxing Huang
MSc researcher · co-supervised with Kang Sun
Thesis: Structural Modulation and Sodium Storage Behavior of Lignin-Derived Hard Carbon Materials.
The group studies how renewable-carbon resources and secondary feedstocks can move through conversion pathways and become useful, deployable systems rather than isolated technical demonstrations.
Its canonical logic follows four linked questions: what resources are available; how can they be converted and valorized; where and under which constraints should systems be deployed; and what climate, environmental and economic outcomes follow?
The framework keeps methods such as life-cycle assessment, techno-economic analysis, machine learning, optimization and geospatial analysis transversal, while keeping the research questions and system boundaries visible.
Methods & Tools
Methods are treated as horizontal capabilities. Their value comes from how they clarify a research question, connect scales and make trade-offs explicit.
Machine Learning
LCA / TEA
Process & Systems Modelling
Optimization
GIS / Geospatial Analysis
Carbon Accounting