Research Interests

Atmospheric chemistry and physics with a focus on the evolution of atmospheric volatile organic compounds and aerosols

• Laboratory and theoretical investigation on the kinetics, products, and mechanisms of the gas-phase reactions of organic compounds with hydroxyl (OH) radicals, nitrate (NO₃) radicals and ozone (O₃)   

• Nucleation and growth of atmospheric aerosol particles   

• Formation and aging of secondary organic aerosols   

• Field measurements of gas phase and particle-associated organic compounds

Biography

• Professor/Distinguished Professor, Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Fudan University, P. R. China, 01/2011-now  

• Postdoc/Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A & M University, USA, 09/2007- 12/2010  

• Postdoc, Air Pollution Research Center, University of California, Riverside, USA, 01/2007-08/2007  

• Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Riverside, USA, 12/2006   

• M.S. in Environmental Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, P. R. China, 07/2002  

• B.S. in Applied Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, P. R. China, 07/1999

Prizes and Awards

• Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021   

• Distinguished Young Scientist Fellowship, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2019   

• Excellent Young Scientist Fellowship, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2012   

• Awardee of the Recruitment Program of Global Expert (Youth Talents), P. R. China, 2011                                    

Key Publications

1. Wang, Y. W.; Li, C.; Zhang, Y.; Li, Y. Y.; Yang, G.; Yang, X. Y.; Wu, Y. Z.; Yao, L.; Zhang, H. F.*; Wang, L.* Secondary OH reactions of aromatics-derived oxygenated organic molecules lead to plentiful highly oxygenated organic molecules within an intraday OH exposure. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 2024, 24, 7961-7981.   

2. Wang, Y. W.; Mehra, A.; Krechmer, J. E.; Yang, G.; Hu, X. Y.; Lu, Y. Q.; Lambe, A.; Canagaranta, M.; Chen, J. M.; Worsnop, D.; Coe, H.; Wang, L.* Oxygenated products formed from OH-initiated reactions of trimethylbenzene: autoxidation and accretion. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 2020, 20, 9563-9579.

3. Yao, L.#; Garmash, O.#; Bianchi, F.; Zheng, J.; Yan, C.; Kontkanen, J.; Junninen, H.; Mazon, S. B.; Ehn, M.; Sipilä, M.; Wang, M. Y.; Wang, X. K.; Xiao, S.; Chen, H. F.; Lu, Y. Q.; Zhang, B. W.; Wang, D. F.; Fu, Q. Y.; Geng, F. H.; Li. L.; Wang, H. L.; Qiao, L. P.; Yang, X.; Chen, J. M.; Kerminen, V.-M.; Petäjä, T.; Worsnop, D. R.; Kulmala, M.; Wang, L.* Atmospheric new particle formation from sulfuric acid and amines in a Chinese megacity. Science 2018, 361, 278-281.   

4. Xiao, S.; Wang, M. Y.; Yao, L.; Kulmala, M.; Zhou, B.; Yang, X.; Chen, J.M.; Wang, D. F.; Fu, Q. Y.; Worsnop, D. R.; Wang, L.* Strong atmospheric new particle formation in winter, in urban Shanghai, China. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 2015, 15, 1769-1781.   

5. Wang, L.; Khalizov A. F.; Zheng, J.; Xu, W.; Ma, Y.; Lal, V.; Zhang, R.Y. Atmospheric nanoparticles formed from heterogeneous reactions of organics. Nature Geoscience 2010, 3, 238-242.