Kunpeng Chen's Research
Kunpeng Chen
PhD Candidate
Department of Environmental Sciences
University of California, Riverside
Educations
Ph.D. Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 2019-present.
B.S., Atmospheric Sciences ( Minor in Chemistry), Sun Yat-sen University, 2015-2019.
Research Interest
Secondary brown carbon formation
Publications
1. K. Chen, R. Mayorga, N. Raeofy, M. Lum, M. Woods, R. Bahreini, H. Zhang, Y.-H. Lin, Effects of nitrate radical levels and pre-existing particles on secondary brown carbon formation from nighttime oxidation of furan, ACS Earth Space Chem., 2022, 6, 11, 2709-2721.
2. K. Chen, N. Raeofy, M. Lum, R. Mayorga, R. Bahreini, H. Zhang, Y.-H. Lin, Solvent effects on chemcial composition and optical properties of extracted secondary brown carbon constituents, Aerosol Sci. Tech. 2022, 56, (10), 917-930.
3. R. Mayorga, K. Chen, N. Raeofy, M. Woods, M. Lum, Z. Zhao, W. Zhang, R. Bahreini, Y.-H. Lin, H. Zhang, Chemical Structure Regulates the Formation of Secondary Organic Aerosol and Brown Carbon in Nitrate Radical Oxidation of Pyrroles and Methylpyrroles. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, (12), 7761-7770.
4. M. Hu, K. Chen, J. Qiu, Y-H. Lin, K. Tonokura, S. Enami, Decomposition mechanism of a-alkoxyalkylhydroperoxides in the liquid phase: temperature dependent kinetics and theoretical calculations, Environ. Sci.: Atmos., 2022, 2, 241.
5. A. Canchola, C.M.S. Ahmed, K. Chen, J.Y. Chen, Y-H. Lin, Formation of redox-active duroquinone from vaping of vitamin E acetate contributes to oxidative lung injury, Chem. Res. Toxicol. 2022, 35, 2, 254–264.
6. M. Hu, K. Chen, J. Qiu, Y-H. Lin, K. Tonokura, S. Enami, Temperature Dependence of Aqueous-Phase Decomposition of α-Hydroxylalkyl-Hydroperoxides, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2020, 124, 49, 10288-10295.
7. H. Jiang, C. M. S. Ahmed, T. J. Martin, A. Canchola, I. W. H. Oswald, J. A. Garcia, J. Y. Chen, K. A. Koby, A. J. Buchanan, Z. Zhao, H. Zhang, K. Chen, Y-H. Lin, Chemical and Toxicological Characterization of Vaping Emission Products from Commonly Used Vape Juice Diluents, Chem. Res. Toxicol., 2020, 33, 8, 2157-2163.
8. J. Y. Chen, E. Rodriguez, H. Jiang, K. Chen, A. Frie, H. Zhang, R. Bahreini, Y-H. Lin, Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Investigation of the UV-Vis Spectra of Organonitrogen Chromophores in Brown Carbon, ACS Earth Space Chem., 2020, 4, 2, 311-320.
9. K. Chen, J. Zhao, Theoretical investigation of a potentially important formation pathway of organosulfate in atmospheric aqueous aerosols, Sci. Rep., 2020, 10, 1, 1-7.
Conference Presentations
AAAR 38th Annual Conference (Oct. 2020)
Technical program (online), United States.
Oral presentation: Quantifying the Contributions of Functional Groups to Light Absorptivity of Brown Carbon by a Two-layer Mapping Algorithm.
37th Informal Symposium for Kinetics and Photochemical Process in the Atmosphere (Feb. 2021)
California State university, Fullerton, CA, United States.
Oral presentation (online): Solvent effects on extraction of secondary brown carbon constituents from nighttime oxidation of heterocyclic VOC precursors.
AAAR 39th Annual Conference (Oct. 2021)
Virtual Meeting
Oral presentation (online): Effects of Different Environmental Conditions on Secondary Brown Carbon Formation from Nighttime Oxidation of Furan.
ACS Spring 2023: Crossroads of Chemistry (Mar. 2023)
Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Oral presentation: Chemical composition and optical properties of secondary brown carbon from nighttime oxidation of heterocyclic volatile organic compounds.
Awards
Dean's Distinguished Fellowship Award, University of California, Riverside (Sep. 2019)
Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Award, American Chemical Society (Jan. 2023)
Dissertation Year Program Fellowship, University of California, Riverside (Mar. 2023)