Wang Xuan

Wang Xuan

Associate Professor

LCC Full Time Environmental Engineering
Educational Background

Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Chemistry                             September 2017

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US

Master of Science in Environmental Science and Engineering                            June 2012

School of Environment, Tsinghua University, China

Bachelor of Engineering in Environmental Engineering                              June 2009

Department of Environmental Engineering, Nankai University, China

Bio

Assistant Professor                                                                      Nov 2019-Dec 2025

School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Postdoctoral Fellow                                                                  Oct 2017-Sep 2019

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

Supervisor: Prof. Daniel J. Jacob

Research Fields

Understand atmospheric compositions and their impacts, development of atmospheric and earth system model schemes, modeling of global and regional atmospheric environment, human-climate interactions.

Research Projects

Total amount of grants awarded as PI/Co-PI: around HK$ 5 million (CNY 4.6 million) since 2020, with over HK$ 4.2 million (CNY 3.8 million) externally funded by government agencies.

External Research Grants

  1. Under-appreciated anthropogenic coarse particulate matter in China: quantifying the emission and impacts on climate and atmospheric chemistry, Hong Kong RGC General Research Fund, PI, 2025-2028, HK$ 890,587.
  2. Marine emissions of volatile organic compounds in the Greater Bay Area: interactions with air quality and climate change, Hong Kong RGC Young Collaborative Research Grant, Co-PI, 2025-2028, HK$ 3,642,750 (HK$ 650,000 to CityUHK).
  3. Novel modeling scheme for simulating secondary organic aerosols in the Great Bay Area, Shenzhen Natural Science Fund, PI, 2024-2027, CNY 300,000.
  4. Modeling continental reactive bromine and its impacts on global atmospheric environment, National Science Foundation of China, PI, 2024-2027, CNY 650,000.
  5. Model simulation of secondary organic aerosol from chlorine-initiated oxidation of volatile organic compounds, National Science Foundation of China, PI, 2021-2023, CNY 300,000.
  6. Atmospheric physics and chemistry due to land-sea interaction and their impacts on air quality in the Great Bay Area, Guangdong Natural Science Fund Regional Collaboration Program, Co-PI (PI of the HK side), CNY 2,000,000 (CNY 960,000 to CityUHK).
  7. Influence of sea salt on inorganic PM2.5 in coastal areas of South China, Guangdong Natural Science Fund General Program, PI, CNY 100,000.

Internal Research Grants

  1. Modeling the Tropospheric Chemistry of Iodine New Particle Formation, CityUHK Strategic Research Grant, PI, 2023-2025, HK$ 100,000.
  2. Development and Implementation of an Interactive Webpage Platform for Environmental Modeling Education, Teaching Development Grant, PI, 2023-2025, HK$240,000.
  3. Modeling Iodine Chemistry in Liquid Cloud and Its Impacts on Atmospheric Oxidants, CityUHK Strategic Research Grant, PI, 2022-2024, HK$ 100,000.
  4. Influences of Chlorine Chemistry on SOA Formation, CityUHK Internal Funds for PRC Grants, PI, 2021-2027, HK$69,240.
  5. Modeling Cloud Water Acidity and its Impacts on Atmospheric Chemistry, CityUHK Strategic Research Grant, PI, 2021-2023, HK$ 100,000.
  6. Modeling the Aqueous-Phase Oxidation in Aerosols, CityUHK Internal Funds for External Grant Schemes, PI, 2021-2023, HK$15,030.
  7. Investigating Absorptions of Atmospheric Brown Carbon, CityUHK Strategic Research Grant, PI, 2020-2022, HK$ 100,000.
Publications

55 Peer-reviewed Journal publications, 4 ESI highly cited papers; one paper featured as Research Highlight on Nature, one paper featured in Preview on One Earth.

Total citations > 3900, and H-index of 28 in Google Scholar.

 (corresponding author*, co-first author#, ^designates work of student or postdoc supervised)

  1. ^Lakshani, WAE, Zhou, W, Toumi, T, Wang, X, Projected tropical cyclone genesis and seasonality changes in the Northern Hemisphere under a warming climate, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 8, 288, 2025.
  2. Xie, X, Zhang, Y, Liang, R, Wang, X, Global modeling of brown carbon: impact of temperature-and humidity-dependent bleaching, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 25, no. 20, pp. 13547-13561, 2025.
  3. Zhang, R, Minamikawa, R, Gen, M, Singh, N, Daniel, D, Li, YJ, Wang, X, Chan, CK, Evidence on Interfacial Reaction Governing NO2 Hydrolysis in Deliquesced Aerosol Particles, Environmental Science and Technology, 59, 23, 11708–11719, 2024.
  4. ^Adeyeri, OE, Zhou, W, Ndehedehe, CE, Ishola, KA, Laux, P, Akinsanola, AA, Dieng, MDB, & Wang, X, Global Heatwaves Dynamics Under Climate Change Scenarios: Multidimensional Drivers and Cascading Impacts, Earth’s Future, 13, 6, e2025EF006486, 2025.
  5. Gao, Z, Li, L, Liu, Z, Mu, J, Wang, Z, Luo, B, Zhang, J, Tang, S, Zhang, H, Hu, J, Wang, X, Zhou, X, & Zhang, Y, Impact of marine chlorine emissions on secondary organic aerosols in North China Plain, Environmental Pollution, 381, 126524, 2025.
  6. Pang, Q, Wang, X, Zhuang, B, Wang, H, & Zhang, Y, A model-based estimate for the direct radiative effect of atmospheric microplastics, Atmospheric Environment, 356, 121305, 2025.
  7. ^Lakshani, WAE, Zhou, W, Chan, JCL, Wang, X, Sandaruwan, JWND, & Ni, Z, Linkages between the Indian Ocean Basin Mode and tropical cyclone activity in the North Indian and Western North Pacific Oceans, Climate Dynamic, 53, 171, 2025.
  8. Wang, X*, Chakrabarty, RK, Schwarz, JP, Murphy, SM, Levin, EJT, Howell, SG, Guo, H, Campuzano-Jost, P, & Jimenez, J, Dark brown carbon from biomass burning contributes to significant global-scale positive forcing, One Earth, 8, 3, 101205, 2025. [Reported as Preview by One Earth, Mar 21, 2025]
  9. ^Liu, X, Liu, L, Zhang, B, Liu, P, Hung, R, Ruiz, LH, Miao, R, Chen, Q, & Wang, X*, Global Impact of Chlorine Chemistry on Secondary Organic Aerosols, Environmental Science and Technology, 58, 52, 23064–23074, 2024.
  10. Wang, X*, Zhai, S, & Shen, L, Cooling from aerosol-radiation interaction of anthropogenic coarse particles in China, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 7, 20, 2024.
  11. ^Liu, L, Liu, X, Zhang, R, Gen, M, Chan, CK, Song, S, & Wang, X*, Global impact of particulate nitrate photolysis on fine sulfate aerosol, Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 11, 9, 961–967, 2024.
  12. Chen, Q, Wang, X, Fu, X, Li, X, Alexander, B, Peng, X, Wang, W, Xia, M, Tan, Y, Gao, J, Chen, J, Mu, Y, Liu, P, & Wang, T, Impact of Molecular Chlorine Production from Aerosol Iron Photochemistry on Atmospheric Oxidative Capacity in North China, Environmental Science and Technology, 58, 28, 12585–12597, 2024.
  13. Zhang, B, Chellman, NJ, Kplan, JO, Mickley, LJ, Ito, T, Wang, X, Wensman, SM, McCrimmon, D, Steffensen, JP, McConnell, JR, & Liu, P, Improved biomass burning emissions from 1750 to 2010 using ice core records and inverse modeling, Nature Communications, 15, 3651, 2024.
  14. Zhai, S, McConnell, JR, Chellman, NJ, Legrand, M, Opel, T, Meyer, H, Jaeglé, L, Confer, K, Fujita, K, Wang, X & Alexander, B, Anthropogenic Influence on Tropospheric Reactive Bromine Since the Pre-industrial: Implications for Arctic Ice-Core Bromine Trends, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 51, no. 5, e2023GL107733, 2024.
  15. ^Adeyeri, OE, Zhou, W, Ndehedehe, CE & Wang, X, Global vegetation, moisture, thermal and climate interactions intensify compound extreme events, Science of the Total Environment, vol. 912, 169261,2024.
  16. Xie, X, Zhang, Y, Liang, R, Chen, W, Zhang, P, Wang, X, Zhou, Y, Cheng, Y & Liu, J, Wintertime Heavy Haze Episodes in Northeast China Driven by Agricultural Fire Emissions', Environmental Science and Technology Letters, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 150-157, 2024.
  17. ^Adeyeri, OE, Zhou, W, Ndehedehe, CE, Wang, X, Ishola, KA & Laux, P, Minimizing uncertainties in climate projections and water budget reveals the vulnerability of freshwater to climate change, One Earth, 7, 1, 72-82, 2024.
  18. Chen, Y, Liu, S, Zhu, L, Seo, S, Richter, A, Li, X, Ding, A, Sun, W, Shu, L, Wang, X, Valks, P, Hendrick, F, Koenig, TK, Volkamer, R, Bai, B, Wang, D, Pu, D, Sun, S, Li, J, Zuo, X, Fu, W, Li, Y, Zhang, P, Yang, X & Fu, T-M, Global Observations of Tropospheric Bromine Monoxide (BrO) Columns From TROPOMI', Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, vol. 128, no. 24, e2023JD039091, 2023.
  19. Zhai, S, Swanson, W, McConnell, JR, Chellman, N, Opel, T, Sigl, M, Meyer, H, Wang, X, Jaeglé, L, Stutz, J, Dibb, JE, Fujita, K & Alexander, B, Implications of Snowpack Reactive Bromine Production for Arctic Ice Core Bromine Preservation, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, vol. 128, no. 20, e2023JD039257, 2023.
  20. Huang, W, Huang, R-J, Duan, J, Lin, C, Zhong, H, Xu, W, Gu, Y, Ni, H, Chang, Y & Wang, X, Size-Dependent Nighttime Formation of Particulate Secondary Organic Nitrates in Urban Air, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, vol. 128, no. 18, e2022JD038189,2023.
  21. ^Adeyeri, OE, Zhou, W, Laux, P, Wang, X, Dieng, D, Widana, LAE & Usman, M, Land use and land cover dynamics: Implications for thermal stress and energy demands, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 179, 113274. 2023
  22. ^Sandaruwan J, WND, Zhou, W, Cheung, Pky, Du, Y & Wang, X, Characteristics and Formation of Two Leading Marine Heatwave Modes in the North Indian Ocean during Summer and Their Implications for Local Precipitation, Journal of Climate, vol. 36, no. 10, pp. 3385–3402, 2023.
  23. ^Adeyer, OE, Zhou, W, Laux, P, Ndehedehe, CE, Wang, X, Usman, M & Akinsanola, AA, Multivariate drought monitoring, propagation, and projection using bias-corrected general circulation models', Earth's Future, vol. 11, no. 4, e2022EF003303, 2023.
  24. ^He, X, Zheng, X, You, Y, Zhang, S, Zhao, B, Wang, X, Huang, G, Chen, T, Cao, Y, He, L, Chang, X, Wang, S & Wu, Y, Comprehensive chemical characterization of gaseous I/SVOC emissions from heavy-duty diesel vehicles using two-dimensional gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry, Environmental Pollution, vol. 305, 119284, 2022.
  25. Zhang, Y, Zhou, W, Wang, X, Wang, X, Zhang, R, Li, Y & Gan, J, IOD, ENSO, and seasonal precipitation variation over Eastern China, Atmospheric Research, vol. 270, 106042, 2022.
  26. Zhang, B, Shen, H, Yun, X, Zhong, Q, Henderson, BH, Wang, X, Shi, L, Gunthe, SS, Huey, LG, Tao, S, Russell, AG & Liu, P, Global Emissions of Hydrogen Chloride and Particulate Chloride from Continental Sources, Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 56, no. 7, pp. 3894–3904, 2022.
  27. Swanson, WF, Holmes, CD, Simpson, WR, Confer, K, Marelle, L, Thomas, JL, Jaeglé, L, Alexander, B, Zhai, S, Chen, Q, Wang, X & Sherwen, T, Comparison of model and ground observations finds snowpack and blowing snow aerosols both contribute to Arctic tropospheric reactive bromine, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 22, no. 22, pp. 14467-14488, 2022.
  28. ^He, X, Zheng, X, Zhang, S, Wang, X, Chen, T, Zhang, X, Huang, G, Cao, Y, He, L, Cao, X, Cheng, Y, Wang, S & Wu, Y, Comprehensive characterization of particulate intermediate-volatility and semi-volatile organic compounds (I/SVOCs) from heavy-duty diesel vehicles using two-dimensional gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 22, no. 21, pp. 13935-13947, 2022.
  29. Travis, KR, Crawford, JH, Chen, G, Jordan, CE, Nault, BA, Kim, H, Jimenez, JL, Campuzano-Jost, P, Dibb, JE, Woo, J-H, Kim, Y, Zhai, S, Wang, X, Mcduffie, EE, Luo, G, Yu, F, Kim, S, Simpson, IJ, Blake, DR, Chang, L & Kim, MJ, Limitations in representation of physical processes prevent successful simulation of PM2.5 during KORUS-AQ, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 7933-7958, 2022.
  30. Wang, H, Peng, C, Wang, X#, Lou, S, Lu, K, Gan, G, Jia, X, Chen, X, Chen, J, Wang, H, Fan, S, Wang, X & Tang, M, N2O5 uptake onto saline mineral dust: a potential missing source of tropospheric ClNO2 in inland ChinaAtmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 1845-1859, 2022.
  31. ^Adeyeri, OE, Zhou, W, Wang, X, Zhang, R, Laux, P, Ishola, KA & Usman, M, The trend and spatial spread of multisectoral climate extremes in CMIP6 models, Scientific Reports, vol. 12, 21000, 2022.
  32. Mao, J, Zhao, T, Keller, CA, Wang, X, Mcfarland, PJ, Jenkins, JM & Brune, WH, Global Impact of Lightning‐Produced Oxidants, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 48, no. 21, e2021GL095740, 2021.
  33. Wang, X*, Jacob, DJ, Downs, W, Zhai, S, Zhu, L, Shah, V, Holmes, CD, Sherwen, T, Alexander, B, Evans, MJ, Eastham, SD, Neuman, JA, Veres, P, Koenig, T, Volkamer, R, Huey, GL, Bannan, TJ, Percival, CJ, Lee, BH & Thornton, JA, Global tropospheric halogen (Cl, Br, I) chemistry and its impact on oxidants, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 21, no. 18, pp. 13973–13996, 2021.
  34. Angelucci, AA, Furlani, TC, Wang, X, Jacob, DJ, VandenBoer, TC & Young, CJ, Understanding Sources of Atmospheric Hydrogen Chloride in Coastal Spring and Continental Winter, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, vol. 5, no. 9, pp. 2507-2516, 2021.
  35. Zhai, S, Wang, X, Mcconnell, JR, Geng, L, ColeDai, J, Sigl, M, Chellman, N, Sherwen, T, Pound, R, Fujita, K, Hattori, S, Moch, JM, Zhu, L, Evans, M, Legrand, M, Liu, P, Pasteris, D, Chan, YC, Murray, LT & Alexander, B, Anthropogenic Impacts on Tropospheric Reactive Chlorine Since the Preindustrial, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 48, no. 14, e2021GL093808, 2021.
  36. Chan, YC, Evans, MJ, He, P, Holmes, CD, Jaeglé, L, Kasibhatla, P, Liu, XY, Sherwen, T, Thornton, JA, Wang, X, Xie, Z, Zhai, S & Alexander, B, Heterogeneous Nitrate Production Mechanisms in Intense Haze Events in the North China Plain, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, vol. 126, no. 9, e2021JD034688, 2021.
  37. Shah, V, Jacob, DJ, Thackray, CP, Wang X, Sunderland EM, Dibble, TS, Saiz-Lopez, A, Černušák, I, Kellö, V, Castro, PJ, Wu, R & Wang,C, Improved Mechanistic Model of the Atmospheric Redox Chemistry of Mercury, Environmental Science and Technology, doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c03160, 2021.
  38. Zhai, S, Jacob, DJ, Wang, X, Liu, Z, Wen, T, Shah, V, Li, K, Moch, JM, Bates, KH, Song, S, Shen, L, Zhang, Y, Luo, G, Yu, F, Sun, Y, Wang, L, Qi, M, Tao, J, Gui, K, Xu, H, Zhang, Q, Zhao, T, Wang, Y, Lee, HC, Choi, H & Liao, H, Control of particulate nitrate air pollution in China, Nature Geoscience, 14, 389–395, 2021. [ESI highly cited paper]
  39. Gunthe, SS, Liu, P, Panda, U, Raj, SS, Sharma, A, Darbyshire, E, Reyes-villegas, E, Allan, J, Chen, Y, Wang, X, Song, S, Pöhlker, ML, Shi, L, Wang, Y, Kommula, SM, Liu, T, Ravikrishna, R, McFiggans, G, Mickley, LJ, Martin, ST, Pöschl, U, Andreae, MO & Coe, H, Enhanced aerosol particle growth sustained by high continental chlorine emission in India, Nature Geoscience, 14, pp. 77-84, 2021. [ESI highly cited paper]
  40. Zhai, S, Jacob, DJ, Brewer, JF, Li, K, Moch, JM, Kim, J, Lee, S, Lim, H, Lee, HC, Kuk, SK, Park, RJ, Jeong, JI, Wang, X, Liu, P, Luo, G, Yu, F, Meng, J, Martin, RV, Travis, KR, Hair, JW, Anderson, BE, Dibb, JE, Jimenez, JL, Campuzano-Jost, P, Nault, BA, Woo, J-H, Kim, Y, Zhang, Q & Liao, H, Relating geostationary satellite measurements of aerosol optical depth (AOD) over East Asia to fine particulate matter (PM2.5): insights from the KORUS-AQ aircraft campaign and GEOS-Chem model simulations, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 21, no. 22, pp. 16775-16791, 2021.
  41. June, NA, Wang, X, Chen, L-WA, Chow, JC, Watson, JG, Wang, X, Henderson, BH, Zheng, Y & Mao, J, Spatial and Temporal Variability of Brown Carbon in the United States: Implications for Direct Radiative Effects, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 47, no. 23, e2020GL090332, 2020.
  42. Liu, D, He, C, Schwarz, JP & Wang, X, Lifecycle of light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosols in the atmosphere, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, vol. 3, 40, 2020.
  43. Shah, V, Jacob, DJ, Moch, JM, Wang, X & Zhai, S, Global modeling of cloud water acidity, precipitation acidity, and acid inputs to ecosystems, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 20, no. 20, pp. 12223-12245, 2020.
  44. Wang, X*, Jacob DJ, Fu, X, Wang, T, Breton, ML, Hallquist, M, Liu, Z, McDuffie, EE, & Liao, H, Effects of Anthropogenic Chlorine on PM2.5 and Ozone Air Quality in China. Environmental Science and Technology, 54, 16, 9908–9916, 2020.
  45. Shen, L, Jacob, DJ, Santillana, M, Wang, X, & Chen, W, An adaptive method for speeding up the numerical integration of chemical mechanisms in atmospheric chemistry models: application to GEOS-Chem version 12.0.0. Geoscientific Model Development, 13, 2475-2486, 2020.
  46. Horowitz, HM, Holmes, C, Wright, A, Sherwen, T, Wang, X, Evans, M, Huang, J, Jaeglé, L, Chen, Q,  Zhai, S, & Alexander, B, Effects of Sea Salt Aerosol Emissions for Marine Cloud Brightening on Atmospheric Chemistry: Implications for Radiative Forcing. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2019GL085838, 2020.
  47. Travis, KR, Heald, CL, Allen, HM, Apel, EC, Arnold, SR, Blake, DR, Brune, WH, Chen, X, Commane, R, Crounse, JD, Daube, BC, Diskin, GS, Elkins, JW, Evans, MJ, Hall, SR, Hintsa, EJ, Hornbrook, RS, Kasibhatla, PS, Kim, MJ, Luo, G, McKain, K, Millet, DB, Moore, FL, Peischl, J, Ryerson, TB, Sherwen, T, Thames, AB, Ullmann, K, Wang, X, Wennberg, PO, Wolfe, GM & Yu, F, Constraining remote oxidation capacity with ATom observations, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 20, no. 13, pp. 7753-7781, 2020.
  48. Zhu, L, Jacob, DJ, Eastham, SD, Sulprizio, MP, Wang, X, Sherwen, T, Evans, MJ, Chen, Q, Alexander, B, Koenig, TK, Volkamer, R, Huey, LG, Le Breton, M, Bannan, TJ & Percival, CJ, Effect of sea salt aerosol on tropospheric bromine chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 19, no. 9, pp. 6497-6507, 2019.
  49. Zhai, S, Jacob, DJ, Wang, X, Shen, L, Li, K, Zhang, Y, Gui, K, Zhao, T & Liao, H, Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) trends in China, 2013-2018: separating contributions from anthropogenic emissions and meteorology, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 19, no. 16, pp. 11031-11041, 2019. [ESI highly cited paper]
  50. Wang, X*, Jacob, DJ, Eastham, SD, Sulprizio, MP, Zhu, L, Chen, Q, Alexander, B, Sherwen, T, Evans, MJ, Lee, BH, Haskins, JD, Lopez-Hilfiker, FD, Thornton, JA, Huey, GL & Liao, H, The role of chlorine in global tropospheric chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 3981-4003, 2019. [ESI highly cited paper]
  51. Wang, X*, Heald, CL, Liu, J, Weber, RJ, Campuzano-Jost, P, Jimenez, JL, Schwarz, JP & Perring, AE, Exploring the observational constraints on the simulation of brown carbon, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 635-653, 2018.
  52. Wang, X*, Heald, CL, Sedlacek, AJ, de Sá, SS, Martin, ST, Alexander, ML, Watson, TB, Aiken, AC, Springston, SR & Artaxo, P, Deriving brown carbon from multiwavelength absorption measurements: method and application to AERONET and Aethalometer observations, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 16, no. 19, pp. 12733-12752, 2016.
  53. Wang, X*, Heald, CL, Ridley, DA, Schwarz, JP, Spackman, JR, Perring, AE, Coe, H, Liu, D & Clarke, AD, Exploiting simultaneous observational constraints on mass and absorption to estimate the global direct radiative forcing of black carbon and brown carbon, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 14, no. 20, pp. 10989-11010, 2014. [Featured as Nature Research Highlight, Nov. 6, 2014]
  54. Wang, X, Wang, Y, Hao, J, Kondo, Y, Irwin, M, Munger, JW & Zhao, Y, Top-down estimate of China's black carbon emissions using surface observations: Sensitivity to observation representativeness and transport model error, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, vol. 118, no. 11, pp. 5781-5795, 2013.
  55. Wang, Y, Wang, X, Kondo, Y, Kajino, M, Munger, JW & Hao, J, Black carbon and its correlation with trace gases at a rural site in Beijing: Top-down constraints from ambient measurements on bottom-up emissions, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, vol. 116, no. D24, 24304, 2011.
Teaching

SEE5201/8211: Air Pollution and Atmospheric Chemistry (Master & Ph.D.)          2020-present

SEE4204: Environmental Systems Modeling (UG)                                         2020-present

SEE4219: Air Quality Modeling (UG)                                             2021-present

SEE2201: Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering (UG, partly contribute)           2020-2024

New Course Development: SEE4204, SEE4219, SEE5201, and SEE8211.

Teaching Grant: Development and Implementation of an Interactive Webpage Platform for Environmental Modeling Education, PI, Teaching Development Grant, HK$240,000.

Other Professional Activities

University Level:

Member, Central Repository on Student Development Activities Group                   2023-2025

Member, Academic Conduct Committee                                                 2021-2022

School Level:

Program leader, Minor in Atmospheric and Climate Science                                           2022-2025

Organizer and host, Atmosphere, Air quality, and Climate Seminar Series              2021-2022

Member, School Staff-Postgraduate Student Consultative Committee               2024-2025

Member, School Research Degree Program Committee                               2021-2025

Member, School Research Committee

Professional Activities:

Early Career Board member, ACS ES&T Air      (ACS Publications)                     2023-present

Member, the American Geophysical Union (AGU)                                 2014-present

Member, the European Geophysical Union (EGU)                                 2020-present

Advisor, Vision Carbon Limited                                              2022-present

Grant Application Reviewer:

  • National Science Foundation (NSF), US
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), China
  • Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Fund, Guangdong Province, China
  • Atmospheric Methane Research Fund, Spark Climate Solutions, Inc., US

Invited Journal Article Reviewer:

Science, Science Advances, Nature Geoscience, Nature Communications, Communication Earth and Environment, Geophysical Research Letter, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmosphere, Environmental Science and Technology, Environmental Science and Technology Letters, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, ACS ES&T Air, Atmospheric Environment,  Earth’s Future, Environmental Pollution, Environmental International, Geoscientific Model Development, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, National Science Review.