Wanyu Chan

Dr. Rengie Chan is a Staff Scientist and Indoor Environment Group Leader in Energy Analysis and Environmental Impact Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Her work focus on characterizing indoor air quality and implications to human exposures in residential and commercial buildings. Dr. Chan co-leads the Efficient and Healthy Schools Program. She manages the U.S. EPA sponsored IAQScience web resources that summarize the state of knowledge on indoor air quality and health.

Dr. Chan has ongoing research studying indoor air quality and ventilation in California classrooms, working in collaboration with UC Davis Western Cooling Efficiency Center. She is the co-PI of California Residential Methane Emissions Characterization (CARMEC) project, sponsored by the California Energy Commission, that aimed to quantify post-meter methane emissions from the residential sector.

Dr. Chan joined the Laboratory as a graduate student and worked on the evaluation of shelter-in-place effectiveness. She collaborated with the National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center to develop an operational indoor model that has been applied in advising emergency responders on protecting buildings against accidental or intentional chemical or biological releases.

Dr. Chan earned her Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of California, Berkeley in 2006.