NEWS
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the lab.
Research highlights, publications, awards, and milestones from our group.
LATEST
Shreya Suri led a new ACS ES&T Air study comparing refractory black carbon and iron oxide aerosols in urban Atlanta and rural Boone, North Carolina, and evaluating their contributions to light absorption Read the paper.
Lifei Yin led a new Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics study using GEOS-Chem to identify the chemical production, emissions, and transport processes controlling regional sensitivity to summertime temperature across the United States Read the paper.
Bingqing Zhang led a new npj Climate and Atmospheric Science study developing a daily, 1-km aerosol liquid water content dataset for the contiguous United States using machine learning Read the paper.
Bin Bai led a new Environmental Science & Technology study showing how solar irradiation changes the mass, volatility, and hygroscopicity of atmospheric organic aerosol Read the paper.
Bin Bai led a new ACS ES&T Air study examining how fresh and photochemically aged biomass-burning particles take up water and activate as cloud condensation nuclei Read the paper.
Bingqing Zhang and Lifei Yin successfully defended their Ph.D. dissertations. Bingqing began a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago, and Lifei joined the California Air Resources Board.
Our group’s research was featured on the Georgia Tech website.
High school mentee Sarah Wang presented “Spatial disparities in toxic PM across modes of transportation” at the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair, earning First Honors and three major awards: the Senior Division Best in Category Grand Award (Earth and Environmental Science), the Atlanta Geological Society Nils Thompson Memorial Award, and the Wesleyan College Math & Science Award.
Pengfei Liu received the 2025 Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award.
