Group Members
Principal Investigator
Qi Zhang, PhD
Professor, Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California at Davis
Chair of the Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry Graduate Group at UC Davis
Address: 4251A Meyer Hall, 1 Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616
Tel: (530) 752-5779 (Office), (530) 752-2541 (Lab)
Email: dkwzhang@ucdavis.edu
Graduate groups memberships:
Postdoctoral Scientist
Wenqing Jiang
Education:
Ph.D., Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, 2022
M.S. in Pesticide Sciences, China Agricultural University, 2015
B.S. in Chemistry, China Agricultural University, 2012
Research:
- Aqueous-phase chemistry of atmospheric organic aerosols
- Chemical characterization, source apportionment, and condensed phase reactions of atmospheric brown carbon aerosols
Email: gwqjiang@ucdavis.edu
Graduate Students
Ryan Farley
PhD candidate, Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, 2018 - present
Education:
B.A., in Chemistry, Vassar College, 2017
Research:
- Atmospheric processing of biomass burning organic aerosols
- Atmospheric aging, aqueous-phase processing, and sources of black carbon aerosols
Email: rnfarley@ucdavis.edu
Christopher Niedek
PhD candidate, Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, 2019 - present
Education:
B.S. in Chemistry, University of Detroit Mercy, 2017
Research:
- Development of a real-time auto-calibration procedure for the aerosol chemical speciation monitor
- Improvement of offline data acquisition techniques for aerosol mass spectrometry
Email: crniedek@ucdavis.edu
Justin Trousdell
PhD student, Atmospheric Science, 2021 - present
Education:
B.S. Applied Physics w/ concentration on Atmospheric Physics, UC Davis
M.S. Atmospheric Science, UC Davis
Research:
Current research is focused on evaluating the impact of the San Joaquin Valley Air Quality District's Rule 4901 for curtailment of residential wood burning during winter high PM events. The analysis includes positive matrix factorization of AMS data collected in Fresno, California and a suite of other chemical data including commonly used biomass burning tracers.
Email: jftrousdell@ucdavis.edu
Undergraduate Researcher
Yuejun Zhou
Applied Chemistry, UC Davis, 2020 - present
Research:
Aqueous phase chemical reactions of biomass burning organic gases.
Email: yjnzhou@ucdavis.edu
Ryan Katz
Forensic Chemistry, UC Davis, 2021 - present
Research:
Chemical and toxicological analysis of atmospheric particulate matter using advanced analytical techniques
Email: rjkatz@ucdavis.edu
Alumni
Heidi Hoi-Yan Cheung
visiting student, 2014 - 2015
Education:
Ph.D. student, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2011 - present
B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2011
Email: cheunghy.heidi@gmail.com
Sonya CollierPostdoctoral Scholar, 2011 - 2017
Education:
PhD Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, 2009
B.S. Astronautical Engineering, University of Southern California, 2003
Current affiliation: Air Resources Engineer, California Air Resource Board
Email: scollier@ucdavis.edu
Katja Dzepina
Visiting Scholar, 2016
Education:
Ph.D. in Physical/Analytical/Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2009
B.S. in chemistry, University of Zagreb, Croatia, 1999
Current affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka, Croatia, Nov 2014 - present
Email: dzepina@gmail.com
Xinlei Ge
2011 - 2014, postdoctoral scholar
Education:
PhD Metallurgical Physical Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing(USTB), 2009
PhD Materials Science and Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology Sweden(KTH), 2009
B.S. Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Beijing(USTB), 2003
Current affiliation: Professor, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
Email: caxinra@163.com
Lihui Han
2014 - 2015, visiting scholar
Education:
PhD Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, China, 2005
M.S. Environmental Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, 1992
Email: hlhbjut@gmail.com
Hwajin Kim2013 - 2014, postdoctoral scholar
Education:
PhD Atmospheric Chemistry, UCLA, 2012
M.S. Environmental Science and Engineering, Postech, 2007
B.S Environmental Science and Engineering, Younsei University, 2004
Current affiliation: Assistant professor, National Seoul University, South Korea
Email: hwajinkim0116@gmail.com
Haiyan Li
2016 - 2017, visiting student
Education:
B.S. in Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, China, 2013
Current affiliation: Assistant professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China
Visiting Scholar
Jianjun Li
Visiting Scholar, 2017 - present
Education
Ph.D, Chemical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2011
B.S., Environmental Engineering, Xi’an Polytechnic University, 2006
Research
Heterogeneous formation of secondary organic aerosols; Impact of organic aerosols on Haze formation in China; Effects of anthropogenic pollution on Biogenic Secondary Organic Aerosol (BSOA).
Email: lijj@ieecas.cn
Nutthakarn Soiseng
Masters student, Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, 2021
Education:
B.A., in Chemistry, University of San Francisco
Email: nsoisaeng@ucdavis.edu
Caroline Parworth
2011 - 2017, Ph.D. student, Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry
Education:
Ph.D. in Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, University of California, Davis, 2017
B.S. in Chemistry, University of North Carolina of Asheville, 2010
B.A. in Applied Mathematics, University of North Carolina of Asheville, 2010
Current affiliation: Postdoc, NASA
Email: clparworth@ucdavis.edu
Ari Setyan, PhD2010 – 2012, postdoctoral scholar
Education:
Ph.D. Life Sciences, University of Lausanne (Switzerland), 2009
M.S. Chemistry, University of Geneva (Switzerland), 2002
B.S. Chemistry, University of Geneva (Switzerland), 2001
Current affiliation: Chemist R&D, Head of Laboratory and of Quality Management at Le Labo AE, Switzerland
Email: ari.setyan@empa.ch
Kojiro Shimada, PhD
2011 - 2011, visiting graduate student
Current affiliation: Postdoctoral scholar, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Email: k.shimada.0505.hym@gmail.com
Nalin Singh
Undergraduate, Environmental Toxicology with emphasis in Chemical Fate, 2013 - present
Research:
- Statistical analysis of the ion chromatography data collected for aerosol samples
Email: nalsingh@ucdavis.edu
Yele Sun, PhD
2006 - 2010, postdoctoral scholar
Education:
Ph.D. Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, 2006
B.S. Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, 2001
Current affiliation: Professor, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Email: sunyele@gmail.com
Jian Tian, M.S.
2007 - 2009, M.S. in Atmospheric Science, State University of New York at Albany
Current affiliation: PhD student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Email: tianjian83@gmail.com
Minmeng Tang
Ph.D. student, Atmospheric Science, 2016 - present
Education:
M.S. in Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2016
B.Eng. in Environmental Engineering, Monash University, 2013
B.Eng. in Environmental Engineering, Tongji University, 2013
Research:
Email: mmtang@ucdavis.edu
Jiayuan Wang
Visiting Scholar, 2018 - present
Education:
B.S., Environmental Science, Sichuan University, 2009
M.S., Environmental Science, Sichuan University, 2012
Ph.D., Environmental Science, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2017
Research:
Compositions and aging processes of diacids, aiming to better understand the formation mechanism of SOA
Email: wangjy@ieecas.cn
Jun-feng Wang
2015 - 2016, visiting student
Education:
M.S. in Environmental Science, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China, 2012
B.S. in Information Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, China, 2009
Current affiliation: Professor, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
Ningxin Wang
Postdoc, 2018 - 2019
Education:
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2018
B.S., Chemical Engineering, the University of Arizona, 2012
B.S., Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2012
Email: nwang@ucdavis.edu
Qingqing Wang
2017, Visiting Scholar
Education:
Ph.D. in Atmospheric Physics and Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2016
M.S. in Atmospheric Physics and Atmospheric Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2013
B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Technology, Nanjing Forestry University, 2009
Current affiliation:
- Assistant Professor, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Email: wangqingqing@mail.iap.ac.cn
Jinfang Xie, PhD
2011 - 2011, visiting scholar
Current affiliation: Professor, Shanxi University
Email: xiejf@sxu.edu.cn
Jianzhong Xu, PhD
2011 - 2014, visiting scholar
Education:
PhD in Geography, Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China), 2008
B.S. in Atmospheric Science, University of Lanzhou (China), 2002
Current affiliation: Professor, Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Email: jzxu78@gmail.com
Zhaolian Ye, PhD
2014 - 2015, visiting scholar
Education:
PhD in Environmental Science, Institute of Environmental Science, Fudan University (China), 2009
M.S. in Environmental Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology (China), 2002
Email: zlye@ucdavis.edu
Dominique Young
2015 - 2016, Postdoctoral Scholar
Education:
PhD in Atmospheric Sciences, University of Manchester, UK, 2014
MESc. in Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, UK, 2010
Current affiliation: Laboratory Quality Assurance Officer at the Air Quality Group, University of California, Davis.
Email: deyou@ucdavis.edu
Lu Yu, PhD
2010 - 2015, Ph.D. student, Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry
Education:
Ph.D. in Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, UC Davis, 2015
M.S. in Environmental Science, Rutgers University, 2010
Current affiliation: BOE technologies, Inc.
Email: yulu0704@gmail.com
Shan Zhou
2011 - 2017, Ph.D. student, Atmospheric Science
Education:
Ph.D., Atmospheric Science, University of California, Davis, 2017
B.S., Atmospheric Science, Sun Yat-sen University, 2011
Current affiliation: Research Scientist, University of Houston
Email: hszhou@ucdavis.edu