Welcome!
to my website! I’m a postdoctoral researcher at Rutgers University in Dr. Xiaomeng Jin’s group, where I integrate satellite, aircraft, and surface observations with atmospheric models to quantify wildfire-smoke impacts on air quality and public health. I earned my Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Montana, working with Dr. Lu Hu (advisor) and Dr. Bob Yokelson (mentor) on wildfire emissions and the atmospheric chemistry of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) using observation-constrained modeling. I received my B.S. in Atmospheric Science (Honors, top 10%) from Lanzhou University in China and previously spent a semester at the University of Washington with Dr. Dan Jaffe focusing on 0-D modeling with F0AM.
My research focuses on improving our understanding of wildfire smoke chemistry and its impacts on air quality and public health. A core component of my work is developing fire-adapted chemical mechanisms and improving chemical transport model (CTM) representations based on the GEOS-Chem CTM. I combine 0-D box modeling (e.g., F0AM) with field observations to diagnose key chemical processes and develop fire-adapted chemical mechanisms, reducing biases in simulated ozone and other secondary pollutants and strengthening exposure metrics for public-health applications.
Key research questions I aim to address include:
- How can wildfire emissions and atmospheric chemistry be better represented in CTMs to reduce biases in simulated air quality?
- How does smoke composition evolve from fresh plumes to multi-day aged pollution, and which processes control oxidant formation and secondary pollutants?
- What roles do reactive VOC classes (e.g., furanoids and other oxygenated species) play in ozone formation and secondary pollution in smoke-impacted regions?
- How can chemically resolved wildfire smoke exposure metrics improve population-scale health assessments beyond PM₂.₅ mass alone?
Here you can read my CV, check out my research, and browse my peer-reviewed publications, as well as my past talks or posters. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if there is anything you’d like to discuss.
