Research

Research Interests: Atmospheric Sciences

  • Aerosol physical, optical, and chemical properties
  • Evolution of organic aerosols
  • Radiative forcing
  • Impacts of biomass burning on regional climate
  • Point source modeling
  • Phase transition of aerosol

Expertise and Experience

  • Over 7 years of extensive experience in operating and testing several aerosol measurement instruments under atmospheric and laboratory conditions.
  • Expert in gas and particle phase measurements and complex data analysis, including mass spectrometry, laser-induced incandescence, light attenuation, photo-acoustic spectroscopy, etc.
  • Measured and characterized atmospheric organic and inorganic aerosols using latest techniques.
  • Currently investigating the effect of temperature and relative humidity on the chemical kinetics of organic aerosols formed from biogenic VOCs such as Isoprene and alpha-pinene.
  • Used/developed various modeling tools to derive aerosol properties.