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Education & Employment:
Postdoctoral, Biogeochemistry Department, Max Plank Institute for Chemistry, Germany. Ulrich Pöschl’s (u.poschl@mpic.de) group.
Ph.D in Atmospheric Sciences, 2008, Peking University, China. Thesis: HONO - a study on its sources and impacts from field measurements at the suburban areas of PRD region. Supervisor: Yuanhang Zhang (yhzhang@pku.edu.cn).
B.S. in Environmental Sciences, 2003, Fudan University, China
Scholarships, Awards & Honors:
Fudan Freshman Scholarship (1999)
Outstanding Student of Shanghai City (2002)
Fudan Scholarship (1999-2003)
EGU Union OSP Awards (the only winner in Atmospheric Sciences, 2009)
Research directions
- Instrumentation and techniques for characterizing aerosol hygroscopicitiy (or CCN activity) and gaseous HONO/HNO3.
- Laboratory and field studies on CCN activity and atmospheric photochemistry
- Modeling of air pollution and its impact on the climate change
- Modeling of aerosol-cloud-climate interactions and detailed cloud microphysical processes.
Publications:
(Highlight papers: 2)
Science
1. Su, Hang, Cheng, Y., Oswald, R., Behrendt, T., Trebs, I., Meixner, F. X., Andreae, M. O., Cheng, P., Zhang, Y., and Pöschl, U.: Soil Nitrite as a Source of Atmospheric HONO and OH Radicals, Science, 10.1126/science.1207687, 2011.1. Hang Su, Rose, D., Cheng, Y. F., Gunthe, S. S., Massling, A., Stock, M., Wiedensohler, A., Andreae, M. O., and Pöschl, U.: Hygroscopicity distribution concept for measurement data analysis and modeling of aerosol particle mixing state with regard to hygroscopic growth and CCN activation, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 7489-7503, doi:10.5194/acp-10-7489-2010, 2010.
2. Reutter, P., Hang Su*, Trentmann, J., Simmel, M., Rose, D., Gunthe, S. S., Wernli, H., Andreae, M. O., and Pöschl, U.: Aerosol- and updraft-limited regimes of cloud droplet formation: influence of particle number, size and hygroscopicity on the activation of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 7067-7080, doi:10.5194/acp-9-7067-2009, 2009.
3. Hang Su, Ya Fang Cheng, Min Shao, DongFeng Gao, ZhongYing Yu, LiMin Zeng, Jacob Slanina, Yuanhang Zhang, Alfred Wiedensohler, Nitrous Acid (HONO) and its daytime sources at a rural site during the 2004 Peal River Delta experiment in China, Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2007JD009060, 2008
4. Hang Su, Y. F. Cheng, P. Cheng, Yuanhang Zhang, L. M. Zeng, J. Slanin, M. Shao, A. Wiedensohler , Observation of Night Time Nitrous Acid (HONO) Formation at a Rural Site during PRIDE-PRD2004 in China, Atmos Environ, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.04.006, 2008.
5. Yuanhang Zhang, Hang Su, L. J. Zhong, Y. R. Xiang, J. L. Wang, D. F. Gao, M. Shao, S. J. Fan, and S. C. Liu, Regional Ozone Pollution and Observation Based Approach for Analyzing Ozone-Precursor Relationship during the PRIDE- PRD2004 Campaign, Atmos Environ, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.05.002, 2008
(As coauthor: 15)
1. D. Rose, S. S. Gunthe, H. Su, R. M. Garland, H. Yang, M. Berghof, Y. F. Cheng, B. Wehner, P. Achtert, A. Nowak, A. Wiedensohler, N. Takegawa, Y. Kondo, M. Hu, Y. Zhang, M. O. Andreae, and U. Pöschl: Cloud condensation nuclei in polluted air and biomass burning smoke near the mega-city Guangzhou, China – Part 2: Size-resolved aerosol chemical composition, diurnal cycles, and externally mixed weakly CCN-active soot particles, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 2817-2836, 2011
2. S. S. Gunthe, D. Rose, H. Su, R. M. Garland, P. Achtert, A. Nowak, A. Wiedensohler, M. Kuwata, N. Takegawa, Y. Kondo, M. Hu, M. Shao, T. Zhu, M. O. Andreae, and U. Pöschl: Cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) from fresh and aged air pollution in the megacity region of Beijing, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 11, 9959-9997, 2011
3. Gong, Y.; Hu, M.; Cheng, Y.; Su, H.; Yue, D.; Liu, F.; Wiedensohler, A.; Wang, Z.; Kalesse, H.; Liu, S.; Wu, Z.; Xiao, K.; Mi, P.; Zhang, Y., Competition of coagulation sink and source rate: New particle formation in the Pearl River Delta of China. Atmos. Environ. 2010, 44 (27), 3278-3285.
4. Lu, K.; Zhang, Y.; Hang Su; Brauers, T.; Chou, C. C.; Hofzumahaus, A.; Liu, S. C.; Kita, K.; Kondo, Y.; Shao, M.; Wahner, A.; Wang, J.; Wang, X.; Zhu, T., Oxidant (O3 + NO2) production processes and formation regimes in Beijing. J. Geophys. Res. 2010, 115 (D7), D07303.
5. Lu, K.; Zhang, Y.; Su, H.; Shao, M.; Zeng, L.; Zhong, L.; Xiang, Y.; Chang, C.; Chou, C.; Wahner, A., Regional ozone pollution and key controlling factors of photochemical ozone production in Pearl River Delta during summer time. SCIENCE CHINA Chemistry 2010, 53 (3), 651-663.
6. Qin, M.; Xie, P.; Hang Su; Gu, J.; Peng, F.; Li, S.; Zeng, L.; Liu, J.; Liu, W.; Zhang, Y., An observational study of the HONO-NO2 coupling at an urban site in Guangzhou City, South China. Atmos. Environ. 2009, 43 (36), 5731-5742.
7. Y. F. Cheng, M. Berghof, R. Garland, A. Wiedensohler, B. Wehner, Hang Su, P. Achtert, A. Nowak, U. Pöschl, Y. H. Zhang, T. Zhu and L. M. Zeng: Influence of soot mixing state on aerosol light absorption and single scattering albedo during air mass aging at a polluted regional site in northeastern China, J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1029/2008JD010883,114, 2009.
8. Wiedensohler, A., Y. F. Cheng, A. Nowak, B. Wehner, P. Achtert, M. Berghof, Birmili, Z. J. Wu, M Hu, T. Zhu, N. Takegawa, K. Kita, Y. Kondo, S.R. Lou, A. Hofzumahaus, F. Holland, A. Wahner, S. S. Gunthe, D. Rose, Hang Su, and U. Pöschl , Rapid aerosol particle growth and increase of cloud condensation nucleus activity by secondary aerosol formation and condensation: A case study for regional air pollution in northeastern China, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D00G08, doi:10.1029/2008JD010884, 2009.
9. Y. F. Cheng, A. Wiedensohler, H. Eichler, Hang Su, T. Gnauk, E. Brüggemann, H. Herrmann, J. Heintzenberg, J. Slanina, T. Tuch, M. Hu and Yuanhang Zhang, Aerosol optical properties and related chemical apportionment at Xinken in Pearl River Delta of China, Xinken in Pearl River Delta of China 2004, Atmos Environ, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.02.034, 2008
10. Cheng, Y. F., Heintzenberg, J., Wehner, B., Wu, Z. J., Hang Su, Hu, M., and Mao, J. T.: Traffic restrictions in Beijing during the Sino-African Summit 2006: aerosol size distribution and visibility compared to long-term in situ observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 7583-7594, 2008.
11. Y. F. Cheng, H. Eichler, A. Wiedensohler, Yuanhang Zhang, J. Heintzenberg, M. Tesche, A. Ansmann, M. Wendisch, Hang Su, D. Althausen, H. Herrmann, T. Gnauk, and E. Brüggemann, Relative humidity dependence of aerosol optical properties and direct radiative forcing in the surface boundary layer at Xinken in Pearl River Delta of China: An observation based numerical study, Atmos Environ, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.04.009, 2008
12. Gong, Y., Hang Su, Y. F. Cheng, F. Liu, Z. Wu, M. Hu, L. Zeng, and Yuanhang Zhang, Analysis on concentration and source rate of precursor vapors participating in particle formation and growth at Xinken in Pearl River Delta of China, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, doi: 10.1007/s00376-008-0427-4, 25,427-436, 2008.
13. Yu Song, Wei Dai, Xuesong Wang, Mingming Cui, Hang Su, Shaodong Xie, Yuanhang Zhang. Environmental Engineering Science. September 2008, 25(7): 959-968. doi:10.1089/ees.2007.0146.
14. Liu Feng, Yuanhang Zhang, Hang Su, Hu Jianlin (2007), Adjoint Model of Atmospheric Chemistry Transport Model CAMx: Construction and Application, Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis (Chinese), 43, 764-770.
15. Zhou Wei, Xuesong Wang, Yuanhang Zhang, Hang. Su, Lu Ke-Ding, 2008, Current Status of Nitrogen Oxides related pollution in China and integrated control strategy, Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis(Chinese), 44, 323-330.
(Oral presentations given in International Conference)
EGU (European Geosciences Union) Assembly
Hang Su (presenter), Diana Rose, Ya Fang Cheng, Sachin S. Gunthe, Maria Berghof, Birgit Wehner, Andreas Massling, Alfred Wiedensohler, Meinrat O. Andreae, Ulrich Pöschl and the Hygroscopicity Distribution Team, Aerosol hygroscopicity distribution concept and its applications in the cloud parcel modeling of CCN activation in the megacity air of Beijing, EGU Assembly 2010.
IAC (International Aerosol Conference)
Hang Su (presenter); Rose, Diana; Cheng, Ya Fang; Gunthe, Sachin S.; Massling, Andreas; Stock, Maria; Wiedensohler, Alfred; Andreae, Meinrat O.; Pöschl, Ulrich, Aerosol hygroscopicity distribution concept and its applications in the CCN measurement and cloud parcel modeling of CCN activation in the megacity air of Beijing, IAC 2010
EAC (European Aerosol Conference)
Philipp Reutter, Jörg Trentmann, Hang Su (presenter), Martin Simmel, Diana Rose, Heini Wernli, Meinrat O. Andreae and Ulrich Pöschl, Aerosol- and updraft-limited regimes of cloud droplet formation: influence of particle number, size and hygroscopicity on the activation of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) under pyro-convective conditions, EAC 2009
(Posters in International Conferences)
1. Hang Su, Diana Rose, Yafang Cheng, Sachin S. Gunthe, Alfred Wiedensohler, and Ulrich Pöschl, Aerosol hygroscopicity distribution in size-resolved CCN measurements: the concept, validation and applications, EGU Assembly 2011
2. Yafang Cheng, Hang Su, Alfred Wiedensohler, Maria Berghof, Birgit Wehner, Tong Zhu, Gregory Carmichael, and Yuanhang Zhang, Diurnal evolution of size-resolved soot mixing state in the megacity Beijing: mechanism and parameterizations, EGU Assembly 2011
3. Sachin S. Gunthe, D. Rose, Hang Su, R. M. Garland, P. Achtert, A. Nowak, A. Wiedensohler, M. Kuwata, N. Takegawa, Y. Kondo, M. Hu, M. Shao, T. Zhu, M. O. Andreae, and U. Pöschl, Cloud condensation nuclei from fresh and aged air pollution in the megacity region of Beijing: size-resolved measurements and parameterization of aerosol chemical composition, hygroscopicity and CCN activity, EGU Assembly 2011
4. Yafang Cheng, Stephan Nordmann, Wolfram Birmili, Sarika Kulkarni, Chao Wei, Denier van der Gon, David Streets, Hang Su, Gregory Carmichael, Alfred Wiedensohler and the Gregory Carmichael Team, WRF-Chem simulation of black carbon episodes over Europe: transportation, regional radiative forcing, and influence on snow melting in Alpine region, EGU Assembly 2010
5. Y. Zhang, R. Winterhalter, Hang Su, G.K. Moortgat, U. Pöschl，One-Year Observation of Water-Soluble Organic Aerosol Components in Fine and Coarse Aerosol Particle Samples, EGU Assembly 2009
6. Hang Su, Reutter, P., Trentmann, J., Rose, D., Gunthe, S., Simmel, M., Nowak, A., Wiedensohler, A., Achtert, P., Hu, M., Shao, M., Zhang, Y.H., Zhu, T. and Pöschl, U.: Cloud parcel modelling of CCN activation in megacity air based on observations from Beijing, EGU Assembly 2009
7. Hang Su; Rose, D.; Cheng, Y.; Gunthe, S. S.; Wiedensohler, A.; Andreae, M. O.; Pöschl, U., Aerosol Hygroscopicity Distribution and Mixing State Determined by Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN) Measurements, AGU Fall Meeting 2009
8. Cheng, Y.; Hang Su; Wiedensohler, A.; Berghof, M.; Wehner, B.; Achtert, P.; Nowak, A.; Zhang, Y.; Shao, M.; Zhu, T.; Zeng, L.; Carmichael, G. R., Fast Soot Aging and Pronounced Diurnal Evolution of Size-dependent Soot Mixing State in the Megacity Beijing, AGU Fall Meeting 2009
9. Wiedensohler, A.; Cheng, Y. F.; Nowak, A.; Wehner, B.; Achtert, P.; Berghof, M.; Birmili, W.; Wu, Z. J.; Hu, M.; Zhu, T.; Takegawa, N.; Kita, K.; Kondo, Y.; Lou, S. R.; Hofzumahaus, A.; Holland, F.; Wahner, A.; Gunthe, S. S.; Rose, D.; Hang Su; Pöschl, U., Rapid aerosol particle growth and increase of cloud condensation nucleus activity by secondary aerosol formation and condensation: A case study for regional air pollution in northeastern China, AGU Fall Meeting 2009