Curriculum Vitae

Education

• 2004–2009: Ph.D. in Chemistry, Tsinghua University (Direct Ph.D. program)

• 2000–2004: B.S. in Applied Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology

• Professional Experience

• 2014.11–Present: Full Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University

• 2012–2014: Marie Curie Intra-European Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, UK

• 2009–2012: Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

Ph.D. Supervisor/Direction

• Atmospheric Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry

Master's Supervisor/Direction

• Atmospheric Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry

Academic Affiliations

• Associate Editor, Environmental Science: Advances

• Editorial Board Member, Proceedings of the Royal Society A

• Editorial Board Member, Environmental Science & Ecotechnology

Honors and Awards

• 2022: Royal Society International Collaboration Award

• 2019: First China Chemical Society Young Environmental Chemistry Award

• 2017: Ministry of Education Natural Science Award (First Class)

• 2011: China's Top 100 Most Influential National Academic Papers Award

Teaching and Mentoring

Undergraduate Courses:

• Environmental Nanotechnology (Full English Course)

• Atmospheric Environmental Monitoring: Theory and Practice

• Fundamentals of Environmental Equipment

• Frontiers in Environmental Science

Graduate Courses:

• Nanotechnology and Its Environmental Effects

Scientific Research

Principal Investigated Projects

• •National Youth Talent Program, 2015–2018 (Principal Investigator)

• •Intergovernmental International Scientific and Technological Innovation Cooperation Key Project: "Marine Atmospheric Research Based on Desorption Electrospray Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry," 2017/01–2019/12 (Completed, Principal Investigator)

• •National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Special Project: "Symposium on Multiphase Interactions in Atmospheric Environmental Chemical Processes" (Grant No. 22442028), 2025 (Ongoing, Principal Investigator)

• •NSFC General Program: "Detection of Atmospheric Aerosol pH and Study of Acidity Gradient Distribution within Single Particles" (Grant No. 22376028), 2024–2027 (Ongoing, Principal Investigator)

• •NSFC General Program: "Formation and Oxidative Potential of Carbonate Radicals in the Atmosphere," 2020/01–2023/12 (Completed, Principal Investigator)

• •NSFC General Program: "Mechanism of Synergistic Effects Between Components in Heterogeneous Reactions on Atmospheric Aerosol Surfaces," 2017/01–2020/12 (Completed, Principal Investigator)

• •EU FP7 Marie Curie Research Fellowship: Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship, 2012/08–2014/07 (Completed, Principal Investigator)

Research Outcomes

• Representative Publications:

• 1.Yang, L., Liu, Y., Ge, Q., Wang, J., Wang, R., You, W., Wang, W., Wang, T., & Zhang, L. (2025). Atmospheric hydroxyl radical route revealed: Interface-mediated effects of mineral-bearing microdroplet aerosol. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(4), 3371–3382.

• 2.Wang, W., Liu, Y., Wang, T., Ge, Q., Li, K., You, W., Wang, L., Xie, L., Fu, H., Chen, J., & Zhang, L. (2024). Significantly accelerated photosensitized formation of atmospheric sulfate at air-water interface of microdroplet. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(10), 6580.

• 3.Gong, K., Ao, J., Li, K., Liu, L., Liu, Y., Xu, G., Wang, T., Cheng, H., Wang, Z., Zhang, X., Wei, H., George, C., Mellouki, A., Herrmann, H., Wang, L., Chen, J., Ji, M., Zhang, L., & Francisco, J. S. (2023). Imaging of pH distribution inside individual microdroplet by stimulated Raman microscopy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120, e2075379176.

• 4.Ge, Q., Liu, Y., Li, K., Xie, L., Ruan, X., Wang, W., Wang, L., Wang, T., You, W., & Zhang, L. (2023). Significant acceleration of photocatalytic CO2 reduction at the gas‐liquid interface of microdroplets. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, e202304189.

• 5.Liu, Y., Ge, Q., Wang, T., Zhang, R., Li, K., Gong, K., Xie, L., Wang, W., Wang, L., You, W., Ruan, X., Shi, Z., Han, J., Wang, R., Fu, H., Chen, J., Chan, C. K., & Zhang, L. (2024). Strong electric field force at the air/water interface drives fast sulfate production in the atmosphere. Chem, 10(1), 330–351.

• 6.Liu, Y., Li, K., Ge, Q., Wang, L., You, W., Gong, K., Ao, J., Xie, L., Wang, W., Yang, L., Wang, R., Wang, J., Wang, L., Ma, M., Huang, T., Wang, T., Ji, M., Fu, H., Chen, J., & Zhang, L. (2025). Interfacial electric fields transform brown carbon formation: Accelerate radical coupling toward strong light-absorbing products. Journal of the American Chemical Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c08398

• 7.Li, K., You, W., Zhu, Y., Wang, W., Wang, L., Liu, Y., Ge, Q., Wang, T., Wang, R., Ruan, X., Cheng, H., & Zhang, L. (2025). Strong electric fields on water microdroplets enable near-unity selectivity in H2O2 photosynthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(40), 36136–36145.

• 8.Ge, Q., Liu, Y., You, W., Li, Y., Wang, W., Yang, L., Xie, L., Li, K., Wang, L., Ma, M., Wang, R., Wang, J., Huang, T., Wang, T., Ruan, X., Ji, M., & Zhang, L. (2025). Substantially improved efficiency and selectivity of carbon dioxide reduction by superior hydrated electron in microdroplet. Science Advances, 11(41), eadx5714.

• 9.Jones, R. R., Kerr, J. F., Kwon, H., Clowes, S. R., Ji, R., Petronijevic, E., Zhang, L., Pantoș, G. D., Smith, B., Batten, T., Fischer, P., Wolverson, D., Andrews, D. L., & Valev, V. K. (2024). Chirality conferral enables the observation of hyper-Raman optical activity. Nature Photonics, 18, 982–989.

• 10.Wang, T., Kalalian, C., Wang, X., Li, D., Perrier, S., Chen, J., Domine, F., Zhang, L., & George, C. (2024). Photoinduced Evolutions of Permafrost-Derived Carbon in Subarctic Thermokarst Pond Surface Waters. Environmental Science & Technology, *58*(39), 17429–17440.

• 11.Ruan, X., Ao, J., Ma, M., Jones, R. R., Liu, J., Li, K., Ge, Q., Xu, G., Liu, Y., Wang, T., Xie, L., Wang, W., You, W., Wang, L., Valev, V. K., Ji, M., & Zhang, L. (2024). Nanoplastics Detected in Commercial Sea Salt. Environmental Science & Technology, *58*(21), 9091–9101.

• 12.Xie, L., Luo, S., Liu, Y., Ruan, X., Gong, K., Ge, Q., Li, K., Valev, V. K., Liu, G., & Zhang, L. (2023). Automatic Identification of Individual Nanoplastics by Raman Spectroscopy Based on Machine Learning. Environmental Science & Technology, *57*(46), 18203–18214.

• 13.Wang, T., Kalalian, C., Fillion, D., Perrier, S., Chen, J., Domine, F., Zhang, L., & George, C. (2023). Sunlight Induces the Production of Atmospheric Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) from Thermokarst Ponds. Environmental Science & Technology, *57*(45), 17363–17373.

• 14.Li, K., You, W., Wang, W., Gong, K., Liu, Y., Wang, L., Ge, Q., Ruan, X., Ao, J., Ji, M., & Zhang, L. (2021). Significantly Accelerated Photochemical Perfluorooctanoic Acid Decomposition at the Air-Water Interface of Microdroplets. Environmental Science & Technology, *57*(50), 21448–21458.

• 15.Xu, G., Cheng, H., Jones, R., Feng, Y., Gong, K., Li, K., Fang, X., Tahir, M. A., Valev, V. K., & Zhang, L. (2020). Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Facilitates the Detection of Microplastics <1 μm in the Environment. Environmental Science & Technology, *54*(24), 15594–15603.

• 16.Wang, T., Liu, Y., Cheng, H., Yang, Y., Feng, Y., Zhang, L., Fu, H., & Chen, J. (2020). Photochemical Oxidation of Water-Soluble Organic Carbon (WSOC) on Mineral Dust and Enhanced Organic Ammonium Formation. Environmental Science & Technology, *54*(24), 15631–15642.

• 17.Fu, Y., Kuppe, C., Valev, V. K., Fu, H., Zhang, L., & Chen, J. (2017). Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: A Facile and Rapid Method for the Chemical Component Study of Individual Atmospheric Aerosol. Environmental Science & Technology, *51*(11), 6260–6267.