Ping Jing, PhD
Ping Jing, PhD
Professor
School of Environmental Sustainability
Loyola University Chicago
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About
About
Dr. Jing investigates how climate change and wildfire smoke affect urban air quality and public health, integrating community-based monitoring, data science, and undergraduate research.
The Community Air Research Experience (CARE) reflects this approach by engaging students in hands-on, data-driven research.
Schusler, T., Jing, P., *Dahal, D., Maertens, J., *Barraza, Z.I., Zhang, B., *Sablan, O., Pollack, I., *Hartnett, N., Bautista, O., Fischer, E. (2026) Promoting Undergraduate STEM Interest and Skills through Prosocial Research: The Community Air Research Experience. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences.
CARE has installed 20 sensors in Chicago, 9 in Edgewater (3 of which are indoor sensors), 8 on the southeast side (one of which is an indoor sensor), 2 on the southwest side, and 1 on the west side of Chicago.
Research Areas
Research Areas
Wildfire smoke and air quality in urban environments
Community air monitoring using low-cost sensors
Indoor air quality in public and shared spaces
Air pollution, climate change, and public health
Featured Student Projects
Featured Student Projects
NASA SOOT—ICARTT Downloader + CSV Converter (app link) (GitHub link)
A tool developed in Spring 2026 by Grant Bailey, Maggie Gonzalez, Greyson Willhite to convert NASA SOOT Data to csv format and produce visualizations.
An example ozone profile generated by the tool developed by the students.
Contact Information:
Ping Jing
Loyola University Chicago, School of Environmental Sustainability
1032 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
pjing at luc.edu
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