Star(Zhenzhuo) Xian

Research: NEM Power Market and Renewable Forecast Team • Sole author of NEM PPA Benchmark Forecast June 2026. • Lead author of Australian NEM Power and Renewable Forecast (PRMF) 26Q1 report and NEM Power and Purchase Agreement (PPA) 25Q4 report. • Co-authored 25 Q4 & 26 Q2 NEM PRMF reports. • Sole developer of a deck automation tool, designing the workflow and building the solution using programming, Excel, and Thinkcell.

Aurora Energy Research is an international energy market research and consulting company and the largest power analytics provider in Europe, founded by University of Oxford professors and economists. ☀️Advisory: • Delivered 33 advisory engagements, acting as lead analyst on 14. Among them, 17 are storage projects, and I served as lead analyst on 9. Co‑developed the Battery Redispatch Method and served as the sole author of its technical documentation. • Notable financed projects include EnergyAustralia’s Wooreen BESS, Cubico’s Wambo Wind Farm, and many more. ☀️Research: • Co-authored 25 H1 WEM Power and Renewable Market Forecast report and WEM Battery Economics June 2025.

Directing MUN environmental conferences to instruct delegates incorporating multidisciplinary knowledge in environmental governance

• 10 years of experience in MUN across China, US, and Australia, where students play the role of different countries and attempt to address real-world issues with the policies and perspectives of their assigned country; • Led blocs to negotiate and formulate model international environmental policies, and won all kinds of MUN and Debating awards from Harvard, Peking University, UChicago, Georgetown University, and more; • A memorable highlight as a delegate: successfully led a huge bloc of 50 delegates to adopt the Biodiversity Offsets Scheme and Framework of Environmental Impact Assessment into international policies in the Asian International Model United Nations held by Peking University;

Scientific Tourism • Built and operating a personal WeChat Official Account for 5+ years as a content creator, growing to 3k followers with multiple blogs exceeding 100k views (as of 2 June 2026). • promoting content (in Mandarin) mainly on scientific traveling, science communication, and environmental protection. Post blogs, videos, or podcasts; • Became a Chinese national certified tour guide in 2021 (Certification Number: DZG2020CQ20027), initiating the concept of "Scientific Traveling" in 2022, to engage the general public in exploring nature and learning about environmental protection, sustainability, and renewables through traveling - with the belief: "people protect what they love"; • Mainly focused on scientific traveling blogs. Eg. an example immersing readers in the arid land of Australia: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/iutWYC5LSQStI1Y3jY6OIw (in Mandarin, Google Translator helps!);

Collaborated with worldwide researchers on a published meta-research paper that surveyed international learned societies in ecology and evolution regarding their membership fee structures, and their impact on financial accessibility. Our mission: Making EcoEvo learned societies more equitable. Research Lead: Dr Malgorzata Nakagawa-Lagisz and Co-lead: Professor Shinichi Nakagawa. Currently on another 2 research projects.

• BIOSOC is a student society in UNSW for people who are interested in biology; • Planed events for students, organised files, prepared documents, and scheduled appointments;

• Student Representative of the School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences; • Responsible for building stronger connections across the science community- organised student events;

1. Led an original big data research project on bibliometrics, statistically identifying the hotspots of scientific research most tempting to policy-making in climate change and environmental management, bringing insights to bridge the science-policy gap (brief result on Twitter), supervised by Professor Shinichi Nakagawa; Codes on Github: https://github.com/Star-ZhenzhuoXian/Science-Policy-Bibliometric-Analysis_Star-Xian; • I am very grateful that AS professor Will Cornwell and AS professor Daniel Falster provided me an opportunity to engage a group of scientists in related discussions. 2. Led an original research project on Conservation Implications of Seed Predation Responses in Protected Ecosystems After Wildfires, guided by Professor Angela Moles and Professor Stephen Bonser; 3. Co-led an original research project assessing the effectiveness of exclosures as a conservation strategy supporting plant biodiversity in Fowlers Gap Research Station, guided by AS Professor, Lisa Schwanz; 4. Assisted in two research projects in plants: - TraitDivNet, a global study of the functional trait diversity of plants (Professor Angela Moles) - Pink flannel flowers conservation project in the Glasshouse (ASProfessor, Will Cornwell)

• UNSW Innovator Pro 2023 • Our team, the Gaia Consulting, provided IBM with an innovative solution to promote individual sustainable spending.

• UNSW ADA Innovation Hub Circular Economy Design Sprint 2023: • The Home Hub is designed as a waste reuse and recycle center as thousands of students move in and out of student accomodation each year, buying and discarding household goods, such as appliances and soft furnishings. • The team was awarded the first place($5000)

BCT works with thousands of landholders involved in private land conservation across NSW. • Worked with the BCT Education Team and the Media & Communication Team • Supported creating marketing strategies for the E-learning Training Unit project and the webinars including the Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) studios • Explored policy implementations of Biodiversity Offsets Scheme and Biodiversity Stewardship Agreements

• Worked in a team of 4; • Provided a comprehensive consulting report for our client, Ecoduct, to enter the US market; Ecoduct is an Australian environmental-friendly company specializing in products of low-profile PVC duct systems; • market analysis, competitor analysis, and legal code interpretation; • received positive feedback from the client!

Resolved problems from residents in the College A Highlight in College: Holding a Chinese Culture Stall at the World Cultural Night 2023

In the UNSW New Wave Entrepreneurship Program, my team, 🌿 Environmental Explorers, with 3 other co-founders initiated a platform called Growth for people who are interested in environmental protection and sustainability to share their ideas and engage in different kinds of environmental activities. • UNSW Founders Network • UNSW Founders' Startup Resources • Startup Hypothesis Testing

Social media was used to promote Chinese cultural and historic stories in the period of the Three Kingdoms. Later, I collaborated with a society in school, Wecircle, to hold an innovative show with a theme of the Three Kingdoms. Additionally, at this event, my friend and I had given a comedy performance.

Envirothon, previously known as Environmental Olympics, is the largest academic eco competition for high school students. Not only did the team have achieved high scores on academic tests, but also we had a good performance in the innovative project in which we proposed intelligent management to solve the problem of soil acidification. • National 7th in 2019 • National Top 10 in 2018

1. The Faculty of Science Dean's List, 2024 2. Studied at UNSW Centre for Transformational Environmental Technologies (CTET) in China during 2021 3. Scholarship: UNSW International Academic Excellence Award, 2019 ($5k)