Current Group Members (2020)
RENYI ZHANG
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
EMAIL: RENYI-ZHANG@TAMU.EDU
Dr. Renyi Zhang is Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences and Department of Chemistry at Texas A&M University (TAMU). He received a Ph.D. from MIT and conducted postdoctoral work at Caltech/NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Currently, he holds the Harold J. Haynes Endowed Chair and is a University Distinguished Professor.
JIANFEI PENG
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE | DEPARTMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
EMAIL: PENGJIANFEIPKU@GMAIL.COM
Dr. Jianfei Peng completed his PhD at Peking University in 2014 and joined our group in 2016. His work consists of performing experimental and field studies on aerosol nucleation, aerosol aqueous-phase growth, and aging of black carbon and the relevance to direct and indirect climate forcing. He is also interested in pollutant emission and secondary aerosol formation relevant to vehicles.
YIXIN LI
GRADUATE STUDENT | DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
EMAIL: YXLI11@TAMU.EDU
Yixin Li graduated in July 2015 with a B.S. in Chemistry from Peking University in China. His undergraduate research was on the detection of DNA mutation using fluorescence method. He joined our group in Sept 2015 as a graduate student in chemistry. Currently, his research is focused on the chamber study of new particle formation (NPF) and secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation. Meanwhile, he is working with people from Texas A&M School of Public Health on the health effect of ultrafine particles. He’s been keen on badminton during his spare time.
JIAYUN ZHAO
GRADUATE STUDENT | DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
EMAIL: JYZHAO1218@TAMU.EDU
Jiayun Zhao graduated from Peking University, China with B.S. in chemistry and economics. He joined our group in Fall 2018 and is currently investigating the mechanism of atmospheric new particle formation. In his spare time, he enjoys watching TV drama, swimming, and playing Texas hold ’em.
CHUNYU WANG
VISITING STUDENT
EMAIL: BONNIE2018@TAMU.EDU
Chunyu Wang joined our group in Nov 2018 as a visiting student for one year from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). She is interested in atmosphere nucleation research, including quantum chemistry calculation for thermodynamics of clustering processes and flow tube (FT) experiments to study the kinetics of nucleation. She is good at table tennis and she likes running to gain new ideas about research.
FANGFANG MA
VISITING STUDENT
EMAIL: FANGFANG-MA@TAMU.EDU
Fangfang Ma joined our group in Oct 2019 as a visiting student for one year. She is a graduate student in Dalian University and Technology, China since 2016. Her research interest is in the reaction mechanism and kinetics of amines. During her visit here, she mainly investigates the reaction kinetics of the first step of new particle formation (NPF).
Former Group Members
| Name | Graduated | Current Location |
| Yixin Li (Ph.D.) | 2021 | University of California – Irvine |
| Bowen Pan (Ph.D.) | 2019 | Colorado State University |
| Jeremiah Secrest (Ph.D.) | 2019 | |
| Jiaxi Hu (Ph.D.) | 2019 | NOAA |
| Wilmarie Ortiz (Ph.D.) | 2018 | Intel |
| Yun Lin (Ph.D.) | 2018 | PNNL |
| Misti Levy Zamora (Ph.D.) | 2015 | John Hopkins |
| Mario Gomez-Hernandez (Ph.D.) | 2015 | Florida International University |
| Wen Xu (Ph.D.) | 2014 | Aerodyn Res., Inc. |
| Yuan Wang (Ph.D.) | 2013 | JPL/Caltech |
| Chong Qiu (Ph.D.) | 2013 | University of New Haven |
| Keun-Hee Lee (Ph.D.) | 2011 | Korean Meteorological Administration |
| Li Guohui (Ph.D.) | 2008 | Chinese Academy of Science |
| Jun Zhao (Ph.D.) | 2007 | Sun Yat-sen University |
| Jiwen Fan (Ph.D.) | 2007 | PNNL |
| Edward C. Fortner (Ph.D.) | 2006 | Aerodyn Res., Inc. |
| Dan Zhang (Ph.D.) | 2005 | OSIsoft, Inc. |
| Inseon Suh (Ph.D.) | 2004 | Samsung Electronics, Inc. |
| Wenfang Lei (Ph.D.) | 2003 | Molina Center |
| Brittany Turner (M.S.) | 2015 | |
| Jonathan Vogel (M.S.) | 2012 | McGill University |
| Vanita Lal (M.S.) | 2011 | Trinity, Boston |
| Miguel Cruz-Quiñones (M.S.) | 2009 | North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation |
| Huaxin Xue (M.S.) | 2008 | University of Houston |
| Nick P. Levitt (M.S.) | 2007 | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Donald W. Bond | 2001 | Department of Energy |
| Megan McKeown (Undergraduate) | 2015 | University of Washington |
| Xiaoli Gong (Research Scientist) | 2019 | Hangzhou Dianzi University |
| Na Li (Research Scientist) | 2019 | Jilin Jianzhu University |
| Yuemeng Ji (Research Scientist) | 2017 | Guangdong University of Technology |
| Xidan Feng (Research Scientist) | 2017 | Beijing Normal University |
| Fang Zhang (Research Scientist) | 2017 | Beijing Normal University |
| Li Cai (Postdoc) | 2016 | Wuhan University |
| Guo Song (Postdoc) | 2015 | Peking University |
| Li-Xiao Yang (Research Scientist) | 2015 | Shandong University |
| Weigang Wang (Research Scientist) | 2015 | Chinese Academy of Science |
| Sasha Madronich (Research Scientist) | 2015 | NCAR |
| Gehui Wang (Research Scientist) | 2015 | Chinese Academy of Science |
| Alexei Khalizov (Postdoc and Research Scientist) | 2013 | New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| Jun Zheng (Research Scientist) | 2012 | SUNY – Stony Brook |
| Lin Wang (Research Scientist) | 2010 | Fudan University |
| Yan Ma (Postdoc Research Scientist) | 2010 | Nanjing University of Science & Technology |
| Yiwei Diao (Postdoc Research Scientist) | 2008 | Nanjing University of Science & Technology |
| Sang-Deuk Lee (Research Scientist) | 2004 | Mokpo National University |
| Chunyu Wang (Visiting Scholar) | 2020 | University of Science & Technology of China |
| Yuying Wang (Visiting Scholar) | 2018 | Beijing Normal University |
| Lian Duan (Visiting Scholar) | 2017 | East China University of Science & Technology |
| Penfei Tian (Visiting Scholar) | 2016 | Lanzhou University |
| Yujiao Zhu (Visiting Scholar) | 2016 | China Ocean University |
| Ru-Jin Huang (Visiting Scholar) | 2012 | National University of Ireland |
| Maria E. Huertas (Visiting Scholar) | 2011 | Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey |
| Jessica G. Barrera (Visiting Scholar) | 2011 | Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey |
| Fei Xu (Visiting Scholar) | 2013 | Shandong University |
| Haobo Tan (Visiting Scholar) | 2010 | Chinese Meteorological Administration |
| Xingnan Ye (Visiting Scholar) | 2008 | Fudan University |
| Dingli Yue (Visiting Scholar) | 2008 | Peking University |
| Timonen Raimo (Visiting Scholar) | 2006 | University of Helsinki |
| Joakim Pagels (Visiting Scholar) | 2006 | University of Minnesota/University of Lund |
| Huaxin Xue (Visiting Scholar) | 2006 | Fudan University |
| Kentaro Misawa (Visiting Scholar) | 2005 | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Hajime T. Verazono | 2003 | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez | 2002 | Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico |
Dr. Renyi Zhang's Group 