Xinming Du is an environmental economist and an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at the National University of Singapore. Her research examines how environmental stressors and regulations affect local socioeconomic outcomes, as well as nonlocal outcomes through trade linkages, air or ocean flow, social media networks, and transportation infrastructure. She also studies greenwashing efforts and methane leakage from fossil fuel companies. Xinming holds a PhD in Sustainable Development from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree in Economics and Environmental Engineering from Tsinghua University.