Research Areas

• Atmospheric chemistry
• Multiscale emission and chemical transport models
• Source apportionment of air pollution
• Air quality modeling for exposure assessment

Research Interests

• Mechanistic modeling of air pollution in urban and regional scales with a particular focus on source apportionment
• Multiscale modeling of criteria and toxic air pollutants for exposure assessment in epidemiology studies
• Modeling secondary organic aerosol and their chemical constituents in chemical transport models

Representative publications

• Choi, M.; Park, J.; Sung, M.; Ying, Q. Long-Range Transport of Secondary Inorganic Aerosol from China to South Korea. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 2024, 11 (11), 1233–1238. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00852.
• Zhang, J.; Liu, J.; Ding, X.; He, X.; Zhang, T.; Zheng, M.; Choi, M.; Isaacman-VanWertz, G.; Yee, L.; Zhang, H.; Misztal, P.; Goldstein, A. H.; Guenther, A. B.; Budisulistiorini, S. H.; Surratt, J. D.; Stone, E. A.; Shrivastava, M.; Wu, D.; Yu, J. Z.; Ying, Q. New Formation and Fate of Isoprene SOA Markers Revealed by Field Data-Constrained Modeling. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science 2023, 6 (1), 69. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-023-00394-3.
• Zhang, J.; He, X.; Gao, Y.; Zhu, S.; Jing, S.; Wang, H.; Yu, J. Z.; Ying, Q. Estimation of Aromatic Secondary Organic Aerosol Using a Molecular Tracer—A Chemical Transport Model Assessment. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2021, 55 (19), 12882–12892. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c03670.
• Choi, M. S.; Qiu, X.; Zhang, J.; Wang, S.; Li, X.; Sun, Y.; Chen, J.; Ying, Q. Study of Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Chlorine Radical-Initiated Oxidation of Volatile Organic Compounds in a Polluted Atmosphere Using a 3D Chemical Transport Model. Environmental Science & Technology 2020. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c02958.
• Wang, P.; Chen, Y.; Hu, J.; Zhang, H.; Ying, Q. Attribution of Tropospheric Ozone to NOx and VOC Emissions: Considering Ozone Formation in the Transition Regime. Environmental Science & Technology 2019, 53 (3), 1404–1412. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05981.
• Wang, P.; Chen, Y.; Hu, J.; Zhang, H.; Ying, Q. Source Apportionment of Summertime Ozone in China Using a Source-Oriented Chemical Transport Model. Atmospheric Environment 2019, 211, 79–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.05.006.
• Zhang, H.; Guo, H.; Hu, J.; Ying, Q.; Kleeman, M. J. Modeling Atmospheric Age Distribution of Elemental Carbon Using a Regional Age-Resolved Particle Representation Framework. Environmental Science & Technology 2019, 53 (1), 270–278. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05895.
• Hu, J.; Huang, L.; Chen, M.; Liao, H.; Zhang, H.; Wang, S.; Zhang, Q.; Ying, Q. Premature Mortality Attributable to Particulate Matter in China: Source Contributions and Responses to Reductions. Environmental Science & Technology 2017, 51 (17), 9950–9959.
• Li, J.; Cleveland, M.; Ziemba, L. D.; Griffin, R. J.; Barsanti, K. C.; Pankow, J. F.; Ying, Q. Modeling Regional Secondary Organic Aerosol Using the Master Chemical Mechanism. Atmospheric Environment 2015, 102, 52–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.11.054.
• Ying, Q.; Li, J.; Kota, S. H. Significant Contributions of Isoprene to Summertime Secondary Organic Aerosol in Eastern United States. Environmental Science & Technology 2015, 49 (13), 7834–7842. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b02514.
• Kota, S. H.; Park, C.; Hale, M. C.; Werner, N. D.; Schade, G. W.; Ying, Q. Estimation of VOC Emission Factors from Flux Measurements Using a Receptor Model and Footprint Analysis. Atmospheric Environment 2014, 82, 24–35.
• Kota, S. H.; Zhang, H.; Chen, G.; Schade, G. W.; Ying, Q. Evaluation of On-Road Vehicle CO and NOx National Emission Inventories Using an Urban-Scale Source-Oriented Air Quality Model. Atmospheric Environment 2014, 85, 99–108.
• Li, J.; Ying, Q.; Yi, B.; Yang, P. Role of Stabilized Criegee Intermediates in the Formation of Atmospheric Sulfate in Eastern United States. Atmospheric Environment 2013, 79, 442–447.
• Zhang, H.; Li, J.; Ying, Q.; Yu, J. Z.; Wu, D.; Cheng, Y.; He, K.; Jiang, J. Source Apportionment of PM 2.5 Nitrate and Sulfate in China Using a Source-Oriented Chemical Transport Model. Atmospheric environment 2012, 62, 228–242.