Biography

I am focusing on studying atmospheric aerosols, clouds, particulate matter, and trace gases using remote sensing, big data, and artificial intelligence. Up to now, I have authored over 60 SCI papers as first or corresponding authors in leading journals such as RSE, ES&T, JGR, ACP, and TGRS, including 6 ESI Hot (Top < 0.1%) papers and 12 ESI Highly Cited (Top < 1%) papers, and 7 papers have been cited more than 100 times, with the highest one of 300+ times. My total citations are 4200+ times with an H-index of 34 (Google). I am the winner of the AGU James R. Holton Award and selected to Stanford University List of the World’s Top 2% Scientists (2021, 2020). I am an Editor of Earth System Science Data, and Associate Editors of Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres and Remote Sensing. I have generated the high-resolution and high-quality datasets of ground-level air pollutants in China, the United States, and the World (i.e., CHAP, USHAP, and GHAP), which have been widely used, leading to more than 150 related publications.

 

Work Experience

• 2022/02–Present: Faculty Research Associate, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

• 2021/02–2022/01: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Iowa Technology Institute, University of Iowa, USA

• 2017/11-2018/09: Research Assistant, Center for Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, China

• 2017/03-2017/09: Research Assistant, Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

 

Education

• 2019/10-2021/01: Joint Ph.D. in Atmospheric Physics and Atmospheric Environment, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

• 2018/10-2021/01: Ph.D. in Global Environmental Change, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Beijing Normal University, China

• 2014/09-2017/06: M.Sc. in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, College of Geodesy and Geomatics, Shandong University of Science and Technology, China

• 2010/09-2014/06: B.Sc. in Remote Sensing Science and Technology, College of Geodesy and Geomatics, Shandong University of Science and Technology, China

 

Research Interests

• Aerosol and particulate matter remote sensing

• Trace gas remote sensing

• Cloud and cloud shadow detection

• Air pollution modelling and health exposure

• Artificial intelligence (machine and deep learning)

• Big data

   

Awards and Honors

• 2022: James R. Holton Award, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

• 2022: World’s Top 2% Scientists (2021), Stanford University Analysis & Mendeley

• 2022: Top 100 Most Cited Chinese Papers Published in International Journals (2021), Institute of Scientific and Technology Information of China

• 2022: Best Paper Award, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland

• 2021: World’s Top 2% Scientists (2020), Stanford University Analysis & Mendeley

• 2021: Zhou Tingru Geography Youth Award, Zhou Tingru Scholarship Secretariat

• 2020: Gao Tingyao Environmental Protection Outstanding Youth Award, Gaotingyao Environmental Protection Technology Development Foundation

• 2019: Li Xiaowen Remote Sensing Science Youth Award, Li Xiaowen Foundation Council

• 2021: Outstanding Graduates (Ph.D.), Beijing

• 2021: Special Prize for Graduate Academic Innovation, Beijing Normal University

• 2020/2019: National Scholarship (Ph.D.), Beijing Normal University

• 2018: Special Scholarship for Doctoral Freshmen, Beijing Normal University

• 2017: Outstanding Graduates (M.Sc.), Shandong Province

• 2016: Outstanding Scientific & Technological Innovation Achievement Award (Second Prize), Shandong Province

• 2016/2015: National Scholarship (M.Sc.)

• 2014: Outstanding Graduates (B.Sc.), Shandong Province

 

Authorship Recognitions

• 2022/2021/2019: ESI Hot Paper, Remote Sensing of Environment

• 2020: ESI Hot Paper, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

• 2019: ESI Hot Paper, Environmental Science & Technology

• 2019: ESI Hot Paper, Atmospheric Environment

• 2022: ESI Highly Cited Paper, Environmental Science & Technology

• 2022/2021/2019: ESI Highly Cited Paper, Remote Sensing of Environment

• 2022: ESI Highly Cited Paper, Journal of Cleaner Production

• 2021/2020/2019: ESI Highly Cited Paper, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

• 2021: ESI Highly Cited Paper, Environment International

• 2021: ESI Highly Cited Paper, Science of the Total Environment

• 2019: ESI Highly Cited Paper, Environmental Science & Technology

• 2019: ESI Highly Cited Paper, Atmospheric Environment

• 2018: ESI Highly Cited Paper, Atmospheric Environment

• 2018: ESI Highly Cited Paper, Remote Sensing

• 2021: Most Cited Articles (since 2020), Remote Sensing of Environment

• 2021/2019: Most Cited Articles (since 2019), Remote Sensing of Environment

• 2019: Most Cited Articles (since 2018), Remote Sensing of Environment

• 2019: Most Cited Articles (since 2018), Atmospheric Environment

• 2021: 1^st Most Cited Paper, Remote Sensing of Environment

• 2019: 1^st Most Cited Paper and Author, Atmospheric Environment

• 2021: Journal High Impact Paper, Hypertension

• 2020: Journal Highlight Article, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

• 2018: Journal Highlight Article, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

 

Grants

• NASA Earth Sciences' Applied Science Program [80NSSC21K1980], 2021–Present, Co-Investigator

• NASA Earth Sciences' Applied Science Program [80NSSC21K0428], 2021–Present, Co-Investigator

• Interdisciplinary Research Fund for the First-Year Doctoral Candidates [BNUXKJC1808], Beijing Normal University, 2018–2019, Principal Investigator

• Graduate Innovation Fund [SDKDYC170103], Shandong University of Science and Technology, 2016–2017, Principal Investigator

• Graduate Innovation Fund [YC150103], Shandong University of Science and Technology, 2015–2016, Principal Investigator

• Graduate Innovation Fund [YC140307], Shandong University of Science and Technology, 2014–2015, Principal Investigator

• Youth Education Scientific Planning Project [14BSH010], Shandong Province, 2014–2015, Principal Investigator

• Youth Education Scientific Planning Project [13DJS030], Shandong Province, 2013–2014, Principal Investigator

• National Key R&D Program of China [2017YFC1501702], Participant

• National Natural Science Foundation of China [42030606, 91544217, 41171270], Participant

 

Membership and service

• Co-Chair, Atmospheric Environmental Remote Sensing Society (AERSS) ECPC, 2022-Present

• Co-Convener/Co-Chair, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) Section, 2022 (Top Conveners)

• Members: American Geophysical Union (AGU), American Meteorological Society (AMS), Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), Chinese-American Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (COAA)

 

Editor and Editorial Services

• Editor, Earth System Science Data (IF = 11.82), 2022–Present

• Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (IF = 5.22), 2023–Present

• Associate Editor, Remote Sensing (IF = 5.35), 2022–Present

• Editorial Board Members, International Journal of Digital Earth (2022–Present), Frontiers in Earth Science (2022–Present), and Big Earth Data (2021–Present)

• Youth Editorial Board Members, The Innovation (2022–Present), Remote Sensing Technology and Application (Chinese) (2021–Present), Journal of Atmospheric and Environmental Optics (Chinese) (2022–Present), Journal of Environmental Hygiene (Chinese) (2022–Present)

• Guest Editors: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (2021–Present), Sustainability (2021–Present), Frontiers in Earth Science (2021–2022), Frontiers in Environmental Science (2021–2022), Frontiers in Public Health (2022), Atmosphere (2022), and National Remote Sensing Bulletin (Chinese) (2021–2022)

 

Journal Reviewers (50+)

• Remote Sensing Journals

Remote Sensing of Environment; IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing; ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing; International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation; GIScience & Remote Sensing; Remote Sensing; IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing; IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters; International Journal of Remote Sensing; International Journal of Digital Earth; Journal of Applied Remote Sensing; Remote Sensing Letters; Journal of Remote Sensing; National Remote Sensing Bulletin (Chinese); Remote Sensing Technology and Application (Chinese)

• Atmospheric Science Journals

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics; Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres; Agricultural and Forest Meteorology; Atmospheric Measurement Techniques; Atmospheric Environment; Atmospheric Research; Atmospheric Pollution Research; Aerosol and Air Quality Research; Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics; Urban Climate; Climate; Atmosphere; Tellus B: Chemical & Physical Meteorology; Aerosol Science and Engineering; Advances in Space Research

• Environmental Science Journals

Environmental Science & Technology; Environment International; Environmental Pollution; Science of the Total Environment; Environmental Research Letters; Ecological Indicators; Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering; Environmental Science and Pollution Research; Fronties in Environmental Science; Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene; Environment, Development and Sustainability; Journal of Environmental Science and Management; International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment; International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

• Other Journals

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas; Earth System Science Data; Geophysical Research Letters; Big Earth Data; Energy Economics; Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer; Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C; Sensors; Sustainability; Complexity; Radio Science; et al.