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	Prof. Jian Zhen YU Ph.D. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1996 M.S. University of Montana, Missoula, 1992 B. Sc. Nanjing University, 1989 Curriculum Vitae	Chair Professor Department of Chemistry, HKUST Division of Environment and Sustainability, HKUST Associate Head Division of Environment and Sustainability, HKUST Director Atmospheric Research Center, Guangzhou HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research Institute

Research Assistant Professor

	Dr. Xu YU Research Assistant Professor Division of Environment and Sustainability PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering, CAS, 2019 B.Sc. in Environmental Science and Engineering, Anhui Normal University, 2014 yuxu[at]ust.hk	Research Interests Regional nitrogen cycle Aerosol Chemistry Source apportionment Environmental instrumentation

Postdoctoral Fellows

	Dr. Yee Ka WONG Postdoctoral Fellow Division of Environment and Sustainability PhD in Environmental Science, Policy & Management, HKUST, 2020 MPhil in Atmospheric Environmental Science, HKUST, 2016 B.Sc. in Chemistry, HKUST, 2014 envrykwong[at]ust.hk	Research Interests Characterization of chemical composition in fine and coarse particulate matter Quantification of source contributions to particulate matter pollution Analysis of air quality data

	Dr. Tao LI Postdoctoral Fellow Division of Environment and Sustainability PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, 2018 M.Eng in Environmental Engineering, Shandong University, 2014 B.Sc. in Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, 2011 envrlitao[at]ust.hk	Research Interests Chemical characterization, source apportionment and oxidative potential of aerosols Cloud/fog chemistry and gas-cloud-aerosol interactions of organics and inorganics Tropospheric multiphase chemistry of mercury by field observation and modelling

	Dr. Jinjian LI Postdoctoral Fellow Division of Environment and Sustainability PhD in Environmental Science, Policy & Management, HKUST, 2021 B.Sc. in Environmental Science, Beijing Normal University, 2016 jlics[at]connect.ust.hk	Research Interests The aging characteristics of submicron aerosols using the potential aerosol mass chamber (PAM) coupled with Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) Quantitative analysis of the urban-suburban gradient in PM2.5 nitrate and the nitrate aerosol formation mechanisms Online measurement of organic and inorganic nitrogen

Graduate Students

	CoCo Kezheng LIAO PhD Student Department of Chemistry B.Sc. in Chemistry, Nankai University, 2017 kliaoaa[at]connect.ust.hk	Research Interests Hybrid models combining observation data with source apporotionment results from CTMs Data analysis for atmospheric data using R Applied statistics in atmospheric science

	Stephanie Yuk Ying CHENG PhD Student Department of Chemistry MPhil in Chemistry, HKUST, 2018 B.Sc. in Chemistry, HKUST, 2016 yychengac[at]connect.ust.hk	Research Interests To study characteristics and/or formation mechanisms of polar organic compounds (i.e. cooking related compounds and hydroxy diacids) measured by GC-MS/TAG with derivatization To develop online PILS-IC-PAD to detect levoglucosan in particulate matter

	Beryl Wing Sze CHOW PhD Student Department of Chemistry M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry, HKUST, 2017 B.Sc. in Chemistry, HKUST, 2013 wschow[at]connect.ust.hk	Research Interests To perform source apportionment of fine particulate matter in six sites in Hong Kong and explore the importance of organic tracers in the receptor modelling To identify the emission sources of fine particulate matter by PMF analysis for a ten-year dataset To study the long term temporal and spatial variations of finr particulate matter in PRD

	Yuhuang CHENG PhD Student Department of Chemistry B.Sc. in Chemistry, Nanjing University, 2018 ychengbn[at]connect.ust.hk	Research Interests To identify and quantify nitro-aromatic compounds and organosulfates using LC-Orbitrap MS To study organosulfate formation mechanisms in atmospheric aerosols

	Shuhui ZHU PhD Student Division of Environment and Sustainability M.Eng in Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, 2014 B.Sc. in Resources and Environmental Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2012 szhuao[at]connect.ust.hk	Research Interests Source apportionment of PM2.5 based on PMF model coupled with online measurements of organic molecular markers To explore variations of primary and secondary source contributions on aerosol formation influenced by emission reductions Nonlinear linkages among precursors, oxidants and secondary organic compounds

	Shan WANG PhD Student Division of Environment and Sustainability M.Eng in Environmental Engineering, South China University Technology, 2019 B.Sc. in Environmental Science, South China University of Technology, 2016 swangdt[at]connect.ust.hk	Research Interests Online measurement of molecular organic compounds in atmospheric PM2.5 using thermal desorption aerosol gas chromatography system (TAG)

	Yumin LI PhD Student, co-supervised with Prof. May Fu Division of Environment and Sustainability B.Sc. in Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, 2019 ylijo[at]connect.ust.hk	Research Interets Organic aerosol formation, evolution and impacts on air quality

	Hanzhe CHEN PhD Student Division of Environment and Sustainability B.Sc. in Environmental Science, Xiamen University, 2020 hz.chen[at]connect.ust.hk	Research Interests Online monitoring of inorganic and organic aerosols by MARGA, XRF and TAG High time resolution source apportionment based on PMF

	Zijing ZHANG PhD Student Division of Environment and Sustainability B.Sc. in Environmental Science, Peking University, 2020 zzhangfi[at]connect.ust.hk	Research Interests Online measurement of PM components Source apportionment of PM based on receptor model

	Shumin LIANG MPhil Student Department of Chemistry M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry, HKUST, 2021 B.Sc. in Applied Chemistry, Jinan University, 2020 sliangam[at]connect.ust.hk	Research Interests Identification of unknown nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (nitro-PAHs) in air samples Characterization of the chemical composition of organic components in atmospheric aerosols by ultra high-resolution mass spectrometry (UHRMS)

	David Sui Shing YEA MPhil Student Division of Environment and Sustainability B.Sc. in Earth System Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2021 ssyeaaa[at]connect.ust.hk	Research Interests Online monitoring of black carbon and brown carbon in PM Source apportionment of light-absorbing aerosols based on receptor model

	David Ka Shing CHOW PhD Student (part-time) Environmental Sciences Program MPhil in Atmospheric Environmental Science, HKUST, 2015 B.Sc. in Chemistry, HKUST, 2013 kschowab[at]connect.ust.hk	Research Interests Characterization of polar organic compounds in airborne particles using LC-MS based approaches Investigation of secondary organic aerosol formation mechanisms