About Our Lab

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 GraduatedCurrent Location
Yixin Li (Ph.D.)2021University of California – Irvine
Bowen Pan (Ph.D.)2019Colorado State University
Jeremiah Secrest (Ph.D.)2019
Jiaxi Hu (Ph.D.)2019NOAA
Wilmarie Ortiz (Ph.D.)2018Intel
Yun Lin (Ph.D.)2018PNNL
Misti Levy Zamora (Ph.D.)2015John Hopkins
Mario Gomez-Hernandez (Ph.D.)2015Florida International University
Wen Xu (Ph.D.)2014Aerodyn Res., Inc.
Yuan Wang (Ph.D.)2013JPL/Caltech
Chong Qiu (Ph.D.)2013University of New Haven
Keun-Hee Lee (Ph.D.)2011Korean Meteorological Administration
Li Guohui (Ph.D.)2008Chinese Academy of Science
Jun Zhao (Ph.D.)2007Sun Yat-sen University
Jiwen Fan (Ph.D.)2007PNNL
Edward C. Fortner (Ph.D.)2006Aerodyn Res., Inc.
Dan Zhang (Ph.D.)2005OSIsoft, Inc.
Inseon Suh (Ph.D.)2004Samsung Electronics, Inc.
Wenfang Lei (Ph.D.)2003Molina Center
Brittany Turner (M.S.)2015
Jonathan Vogel (M.S.)2012McGill University
Vanita Lal (M.S.)2011Trinity, Boston
Miguel Cruz-Quiñones (M.S.)2009North Carolina State
Bureau of Investigation
Huaxin Xue (M.S.)2008University of Houston
Nick P. Levitt (M.S.)2007University of Wisconsin-Madison
Donald W. Bond2001Department of Energy
Megan McKeown (Undergraduate)2015University of Washington
Xiaoli Gong (Research Scientist)2019Hangzhou Dianzi University
Na Li (Research Scientist)2019Jilin Jianzhu University
Yuemeng Ji (Research Scientist)2017Guangdong University of Technology
Xidan Feng (Research Scientist)2017Beijing Normal University
Fang Zhang (Research Scientist)2017Beijing Normal University
Li Cai (Postdoc)2016Wuhan University
Guo Song (Postdoc)2015Peking University
Li-Xiao Yang (Research Scientist)2015Shandong University
Weigang Wang (Research Scientist)2015Chinese Academy of Science
Sasha Madronich (Research Scientist)2015NCAR
Gehui Wang (Research Scientist)2015Chinese Academy of Science
Alexei Khalizov (Postdoc and Research Scientist)2013New Jersey Institute of Technology
Jun Zheng (Research Scientist)2012SUNY – Stony Brook
Lin Wang (Research Scientist)2010Fudan University
Yan Ma (Postdoc Research Scientist)2010Nanjing University of Science & Technology
Yiwei Diao (Postdoc Research Scientist)2008Nanjing University of Science & Technology
Sang-Deuk Lee (Research Scientist)2004Mokpo National University
Chunyu Wang (Visiting Scholar)2020University of Science & Technology of China
Yuying Wang (Visiting Scholar)2018Beijing Normal University
Lian Duan (Visiting Scholar)2017East China University of Science & Technology
Penfei Tian (Visiting Scholar)2016Lanzhou University
Yujiao Zhu (Visiting Scholar)2016China Ocean University
Ru-Jin Huang (Visiting Scholar)2012National University of Ireland
Maria E. Huertas (Visiting Scholar)2011Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Jessica G. Barrera (Visiting Scholar)2011Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Fei Xu (Visiting Scholar)2013Shandong University
Haobo Tan (Visiting Scholar)2010Chinese Meteorological Administration
Xingnan Ye (Visiting Scholar)2008Fudan University
Dingli Yue (Visiting Scholar)2008Peking University
Timonen Raimo (Visiting Scholar)2006University of Helsinki
Joakim Pagels (Visiting Scholar)2006University of Minnesota/University of Lund
Huaxin Xue (Visiting Scholar)2006Fudan University
Kentaro Misawa (Visiting Scholar)2005Tokyo Institute of Technology
Hajime T. Verazono2003Tokyo Institute of Technology
Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez2002Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico