Prof. ZHAI Shixian 翟世賢

• Ph.D., Atmospheric Physics and Atmospheric Environment, Joint educated by Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology and Harvard University, 2019
• M.Sc., Atmospheric Science, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, 2015
• B.En., Atmospheric Physics (Thunder and Lightning Protection Science and Technology), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, 2012

• 2023- present: Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Science Programme, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 2023: Research Assistant Professor, Division of Environment and Sustainability, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• 2022-2023: Research Associate, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
• 2019-2022: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

• Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality
• Atmospheric Chemistry Modelling
• Inverse Modeling

1. Zhai, S., Jacob, D. J.*, Wang, X., Liu, Z., Wen, T., Shah, V., Li, K., Moch, J. M., Bates, K. H., Song, S., Shen, L., Zhang, Y., Luo, G., Yu, F., Sun, Y., Wang, L., Qi, M., Tao, J., Gui, K., Xu, H., Zhang, Q., Zhao, T., Wang, Y., Lee, H. C., Choi, H., and Liao, H.: Control of particulate nitrate air pollution in China, Nat. Geosci., 14, 389-395, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00726-z, 2021.
2. Zhai, S.*, Jacob, D. J., Brewer, J. F., Li, K., Moch, J. M., Kim, J., Lee, S., Lim, H., Lee, H. C., Kuk, S. K., Park, R. J., Jeong, J. I., Wang, X., Liu, P., Luo, G., Yu, F., Meng, J., Martin, R. V., Travis, K. R., Hair, J. W., Anderson, B. E., Dibb, J. E., Jimenez, J. L., Campuzano-Jost, P., Nault, B. A., Woo, J. H., Kim, Y., Zhang, Q., and Liao, H.: Relating geostationary satellite measurements of aerosol optical depth (AOD) over East Asia to fine particulate matter (PM2.5): insights from the KORUS-AQ aircraft campaign and GEOS-Chem model simulations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 16775-16791, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-16775-2021, 2021.
3. Zhai, S.*, Jacob, D. J., Wang, X., Shen, L., Li, K., Zhang, Y., Gui, K., Zhao, T., and Liao, H.: Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) trends in China, 2013-2018: separating contributions from anthropogenic emissions and meteorology, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 11031-11041 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-11031-2019, 2019.
4. Zhai, S.*, Jacob, D. J., Pendergrass, D. C., Colombi, N. K., Shah, V., Yang, L. H., Zhang, Q., Wang, S., Kim, H., Sun, Y., Choi, J. S., Park, J. S., Luo, G., Yu, F., Woo, J. H., Kim, Y., Dibb, J. E., Lee, T., Han, J. S., Anderson, B. E., Li, K., and Liao, H.: Coarse particulate matter air quality in East Asia: implications for fine particulate nitrate, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 4271-4281, 10.5194/acp-23-4271-2023, 2023.
5. Zhai, S., An, X., Zhao, T., Sun, Z., Wang, W., Hou, Q., Guo, Z., and Wang, C.: Detection of critical PM2.5 emission sources and their contributions to a heavy haze episode in Beijing, China, using an adjoint model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 6241-6258, 10.5194/acp-18-6241-2018, 2018.