Sijia Jiang
Sijia Jiang is a Master in Landscape Architecture student at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where her work explores the intersections of sustainability, climate finance, and design innovation. As a 2025–26 Salata Institute Student Ambassador, she is passionate about advancing interdisciplinary collaboration among design, policy, and investment fields to accelerate the transition toward low-carbon and resilient cities.
At Harvard, Sijia serves as Co-Chair of the Building & Infrastructure Club and as a Student Sustainability Leader with the Office for Sustainability. She is also the Co-Founder of the Global ESG Leadership Association at Harvard (HGELA), a student-led platform that promote sustainability and responsible innovation. In addition, she leads marketing and communications for the U.S.–Asia Sustainable Development Foundation and the Green AI Institute, supporting international forums on climate action and green finance.
Sijia’s professional and research experiences integrate environmental design with emerging energy and infrastructure solutions. She worked with Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects on community-based green infrastructure projects across the United States and previously at TLS on large-scale urban and ecological developments in China. Her recent project focuses on distributed energy planning and electric mobility in East Africa, analyzing investment feasibility and sustainable transportation models for industrial districts.
She aims to bridge creative practice, technology, and financial strategy to drive the global sustainability transition. Outside her academic and professional work, Sijia enjoys photography, writing, and exploring how cities express culture and identity through design.
The Salata Institute
The Salata Institute supports interdisciplinary research that leads to real-world action, including high-risk/high-reward projects by researchers already working in the climate area and new endeavors that make it easier for Harvard scholars, who have not worked on climate problems, to do so. Faculty interested in the Climate Research Clusters program should note an upcoming deadline for concepts on April 1, 2024.