Bio

Jason Chan is a PhD candidate at Harvard University’s History Department, with a secondary field in History of Science. He is researching the history of cold, arid, and high-altitude environments and sciences in the People’s Republic of China, in particular the history of glaciology and permafrost science on the Tibetan Plateau. More broadly, he is interested in the environmental history of modern China and Central Eurasia, the history of earth sciences in modern China and the Soviet Union, and polar history.

Jason earned his BA from the University of Hong Kong. He then studied Glaciology and History of Science for his MPhil in Polar Studies at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. His previous works examined the history of environmental and energy cooperation in the Cold War Arctic and the history of Soviet glaciology in High Mountain Asia.