ZWang

Zhe WANG 王哲
Associate Professor (tenured) of Atmospheric Chemistry
Division of Environment and Sustainability
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Email: z.wang@ust.hk

Welcome to Wang’s Research Group on Atmospheric Chemistry

Photochemical smog and haze are the two major regional air pollution problems in many developed and developing regions. Although the problem has long been recognized, the sources and formation mechanisms of air pollution are more complex than previously understood and significant knowledge gaps still exist. Dr. Wang’s research is trying to understand the complicated air pollution matrix via field monitoring, lab experiments, and modeling approaches, and to conduct cutting-edge fundamental research on atmospheric chemistry.

Dr. Wang’s research aims to improve the knowledge of the sources, speciation, and oxidation process of the VOCs, and further evaluate the roles of different oxidation mechanism (e.g., various radicals, gas/multi-phase reactions, etc.) in O₃ and SOA formation. Meanwhile, his research also tries to investigate the interactions among clouds, gasses, and aerosols, and evaluate the role of the heterogeneous and multiphase chemical processes in atmospheric chemistry and air quality.

News

2024 April – Congratulations to the team for the award of the ECF fund.
2024 Jan – Congratulations to Meng Ying, for passing the Mphil Thesis Exam.
2023 Oct – Congratulations to Xu Yang on the review paper, Monitoring techniques of airborne carbonyl compounds: principles, performance and challenges published onTrends in Analytical Chemistry.
2023 Oct – Congratulations to Feng Xin on the paper, Investigation of the multi-year trend of surface ozone and ozone-precursor relationship in Hong Kong published on Atmospheric Environment.
2023 July – Congratulations to Hui Lirong on the paper, Abundant oxygenated volatile organic compounds and their contribution to photochemical pollution in subtropical Hong Kong published onEnvironmental Pollution.
2023 June – Congratulations to the team for the award of the GRF grant funded by RGC.
2023 June – Congratulations to Prof. Wang Z. on getting tenured and promoted to Associate Professor.
2023 June – Congratulations to Xu Yang on the new publication, Development of an enhanced method for atmospheric carbonyls and characterizing their roles in photochemistry in subtropical Hong Kong, onScience of The Total Environment. – Link
2023 May – Congratulations to Penggang on the new publication, Molecular Characterization of Oxygenated Organic Molecules and Their Dominating Roles in Particle Growth in Hong Kong, on Environmental Science & Technology. – Link
2023 April – Congratulations to Dr. Chen Yi on the promotion to Research Assistant Professor.
2022 Dec – Congratulations to Guo Jia on the new publication, Evolution of Ozone Pollution in China: What Track Will It Follow?, on Environmental Science & Technology. – Link
2022 Dec – Congratulations to Prof. Wang, who was honored in the 4th HKUST Faculty Recognition Ceremony. Link 1. Link 2
2022 Dec – Prof. Wang serves as a Guest Editor for a special issue on Atmospheric Environment, entitled “Empowering China’s Greater Bay Area towards cleaner and healthier air: from Science to Policy“. Call for papers until 31 Mar 2023.
2022 Dec – Prof Wang attended the AGU Fall Meeting in Chicago and gave a talk on “Formation and impacts of oxygenated organic vapors observed at a coastal background site in South China”.
2022 Nov – Prof Wang, as one of the Convenors, co-organized a Session on Atmospheric Complex Pollution in GBA at the 28th Conference of China Atmospheric Environment Science and Technology.
Several group members made oral presentations at the conference.
2022 Sep – Joint Government and Academia efforts to Study and Develop Science-based Regional Ozone and Photochemical Smog Control Strategies
More media reports:
Shenzhen TV: https://zbgat.scms.sztv.com.cn/zbgat/APPlm/APPsylm/78991462.shtml
Guangzhou TV: https://hcs.gztv.com/application/fcinformation/mobile/?t=ArticleDetail350780#/ArticleDetail/350780/undefined
HK01, 星島日報網
2022 Aug – Congratulations to Xu Yang and Hui Lirong, for passing their PQE (Seminar link1, link2).
2022 Aug – Congratulations to Feng Xin, for passing the Mphil Thesis Exam.
2022 June – Congratulations to the team for the award of the GRF grant funded by RGC.
2022 June – Congratulations to Chen Yi on the new publication, Effect of NO2 on nocturnal chemistry of isoprene: gaseous oxygenated products and secondary organic aerosol formation, in Science of the Total Environment. – Link
2022 May – News about the OOMs findings on the HKUST website and Eeurekalert Science News.
The findings were reported by a lot of science media, including Science Daily, Nature World News – Climate Change, Verve Times, World News, Eurasia Review, Mirage News, Phys.org, etc.
2022 Apr – Congratulations to Prof. Wang and Penggang for the first OOMs paper published in Nature Geoscience: Secondary organic aerosol formed by condensing anthropogenic vapours over China’s megacities.
2022 Mar – Prof. Wang was invited to join the Advisory Board of Environmental Science: Advances, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
2022 Feb – Congratulations to Penggang for passing his PQE (sem inar link)
2022 Feb – Welcome Jiali Zhong and Ying Meng to join the group in 2022 spring term.
2021 Sep – HKUST Collaborates with HKSAR Government on Solving Regional Ozone Pollution in Greater Bay Area
創新同行：飛天捕VOC 相機捕噪音
2021 Sep/Oct – IPO news on the NSFC EYS Scheme
2021 Aug – 優秀青年科學基金項目（港澳）【教科訊息】鼓勵攻關突破開展基礎科研 22港學者獲優秀青年科學基金項目
Call for papers

Atmospheric Geochemistry: A special issue endorsed by IGAC China Working Group and IAGC China Working Group
Special Issue “Heterogeneous and Multiphase Chemistry in the Atmosphere” on Frontiers in Environmental Science: Link
Special Issue “Photochemical Air Pollution in Urban Regions” on Atmosphere: Link