Caiqing Yan (闫才青)
Professor
Office: Ganchang Courtyard Bldg. F 336 (淦昌苑F座)
Email: cyan0325@sdu.edu.cn
Previous Position
Postdoctoral Associate, Stockholm University, 2019-2020
Postdoctoral Associate, Forschungszentrum Jülich (IEK-8), 2017-2019
Postdoctoral Associate, Peking University, 2015-2017
Education
Ph.D., Environmental Science, Peking University, 2015
B.S., Environmental Science, Qingdao University, 2009
Research
Our researches focus on better understanding of sources, chemical characterization, light-absorbing properties, dry/wet deposition, as well as related health and climate effects of aerosol particles, especially carbonaceous aerosols (e.g., black carbon and brown carbon), formation mechanisms of heavy air pollutions, primarily based on field campaign and subsequent laboratory measurement with state-of-the-art techniques.
Teaching
Aerosol technology and techniques (Graduate Course, 2020 Fall)
Awards
l Qilu Young Scholar, Shandong University, 2020
l Taishan Scholars Youth Expert, Shandong province, China, 2019
l Excellent postdoctoral fellow at Peking University, 2017
Group Members
§ Haibiao Chen (Master student, 2019 - )
§ Ruizhi Zhou (Master student, 2020 - )
§ Taomeizi Zhou (Master student, 2020 - )
Instrumentation
Funding
Qilu Young Scholarship of Shandong University 2020-2025
Taishan Scholar Young Expert of Shandong Province 2019-2024
Publications in recent years (Selected)
Author of 47 papers in peer-reviewed journals, including 13 first-author/co-first authored papers and book chapters. Details of the papers and citations please refer to
(1) ResearchGate Page: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Caiqing_Yan
(2) Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=t7_3d5IAAAAJ&hl=en
Caiqing Yan, Mei Zheng, Yury Desyaterik, Amy P. Sullivan, Yusheng Wu, and Jeffrey L. Collett, Jr. Molecular characterization of water-soluble brown carbon chromophores in Beijing, China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2020, 125, e2019JD032018. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD032018.
Caiqing Yan, Amy P. Sullivan, Yuan Cheng, Mei Zheng*, Yuanhang Zhang, Tong Zhu, Jeffrey L. Collett Jr. Characterization of saccharides and associated usage in determining biogenic and biomass burning aerosols in atmospheric fine particulate matter in the North China Plain. Science of the total Environment, 2019, 650(2): 2939-2950.
Caiqing Yan, Mei Zheng*, Guofeng Shen, Yuan Cheng, Shexia Ma*, Jianzhong Sun, Min Cui, Fan Zhang, Yong Han, Yingjun Chen*. Characterization of carbon fractions in carbonaceous aerosols from typical fossil fuel combustion sources. Fuel, 2019, 254(2019), 115620.
Caiqing Yan, Mei Zheng*, Amy P. Sullivan, Guofeng Shen, Yingjun Chen, Shuxiao Wang, Bin Zhao, Siyi Cai, Yury Desyaterik, Xiaoying Li, Tian Zhou, Örjan Gustafsson, Jeffrey L. Collett, Jr. Residential coal combustion as a source of levoglucosan in China. Environmental Science & Technology, 2018, 52: 1665-1674.
Yue Liu, Caiqing Yan# (co-first author), Mei Zheng*. Source apportionment of black carbon during winter in Beijing. Science of the Total Environment, 2018, 618: 531-541.
Caiqing Yan, Mei Zheng*, Carme Bosch, August Andersson, Yury Desyaterik, Amy P. Sullivan, Jeffrey L. Collett, Jr., Bin Zhao, Shuxiao Wang, Kebin He, Örjan Gustafsson*. Important fossil source contribution to brown carbon aerosol in Beijing during winter. Scientific Report, 2017, 7: 43182.
Yujiao Zhu, Caiqing Yan# (co-first author), Renyi Zhang, Zifa Wang, Mei Zheng, Huiwang Gao, Yang Gao, Xiaohong Yao*. Simultaneous measurements of new particle formation in 1-second time resolution at a street site and a rooftop site. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2017, 17: 9469-9484.
Yue Liu, Caiqing Yan# (co-first author), Xiang Ding, Xinming Wang, Qingyan Fu, Qianbiao Zhao, Yihua Zhang, Yusen Duan, Xinghua Qiu*, Mei Zheng*. Sources and spatial distribution of particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Shanghai, China. Science of the Total Environment, 2017, 584-585:307-317.
Caiqing Yan, Jinting Yu, Yanan Zhao, Mei Zheng*. Biomass burning sources in China. Idir Bouarar et al. (Eds): Air Pollution in Eastern Asia: An Integrated Perspective. Springer, ISSI Scientific Report Ser., 2017, 16,135-166. [Book Chapter]
Caiqing Yan, Mei Zheng*. (2017) A review of methods for quantifying contribution of vehicular emissions to fine particulate matter (in Chinese). Chinese Science Bulletin, 62(12): 1256-1273.
Mei Zheng*, Caiqing Yan, Shuxiao Wang, Kebin He, Yuanhang Zhang. Understanding PM2.5 sources in China: challenges and perspectives. National Science Review, 2017, 4(6): 801-803.
Mei Zheng*, Caiqing Yan, Xiaoying Li. PM2.5 Source Apportionment in China. Issues in Environment Sciences and Technology, August, (Aug.). ISSN: 1350-7583, 2016, 293-314. [Book Chapter]
Caiqing Yan, Mei Zheng*, Amy P. Sullivan, Carme Bosch, Yury Desyaterik, August Andersson, Xaioying Li, Xiaoshuang, Guo, Tian Zhou, Örjan Gustaffson, Jeffery J. Collett, Jr. Chemical characteristics and light-absorbing property of water-soluble organic carbon in Beijing: Biomass burning contributions. Atmospheric Environment, 2015, 121: 4-12.
Caiqing Yan, Mei Zheng*, Qiaoyun Yang, Qunfang Zhang, Xinghua Qiu, Yanjun Zhang, Huaiyu Fu, Xiaoying Li, Tong Zhu, Yifang Zhu. Characteristics of Personal Exposure to Fine and Ultrafine Particles in Public Transportation in Beijing, China. Environmental Pollution, 2015, 204: 199-206.
Caiqing Yan, Mei Zheng*, Yuanhang Zhang. Brown carbon: New research direction of organic carbon (in Chinese). Environmental Science, 2014, 35(11): 376-386.
Mei Zheng*, Caiqing Yan, Qiaoyun Yang, Xinghua Qiu, Huaiyu Fu, Xiaoying Li, Tong Zhu. Characteristics of personal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in public transportation microenvironments in Beijing (in Chinese). Research of Environmental Sciences, 2014, 27(9): 965-974.
Mei Zheng*, Caiqing Yan, Xiaoying Li, Xuesong Wang, Yuanhang Zhang. A review of methods for quantifying secondary organic aerosol (in Chinese). China Environmental Science, 2014, 34(2): 2220-2227.
Platform Presentation
1. Caiqing Yan, Thorsten Hohaus, Sebastian H. Schmitt, Avtandil Turdziladze, Qi Zhang, Defeng Zhao, Astrid Kiendler-Scharr, Andreas Petzold, Thomas F. Mentel. Height resolved aerosol chemical composition and sources in western Europe based on Year-long resolution aerosol mass spectrometry observation. European Aerosol Conference 2019, 25-30 Aug, 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden. Oral.
2. Caiqing Yan, Mei Zheng, Amy P. Sullivan, Guofeng Shen, Yury Desyaterik, Xiaoying Li, Tian Zhou, Shuxiao Wang, Bin Zhao, Örjan Gustafsson, Jeffrey L. Collett, Jr. Coal combustion as a source to levoglucosan in PM2.5 in China? 36th Annual Conference of American Association for Aerosol Research. October 16-20, 2017, North Carolina, U.S.A. Oral.
3. Caiqing Yan, Yury Desyaterik, Jeffery L. Collet, Jr., and Mei Zheng*. Molecular Characterization of Brown Carbon in Fine Particulate Matter in China. 35th Annual Conference of American Association for Aerosol Research. October 17-21, 2016, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. Oral.
4. Caiqing Yan, Xiaoshuang Guo, Yanan Zhao, Huiwang Gao, Xiaohong Yao, Mei Zheng*. Sources and Concentration of Trace Metals in PM2.5 over East China Seas and Northwestern Pacific Ocean. 13th Annual Meeting Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, 31 Jul- 5 Aug 2016, Beijing. Oral.
5. Caiqing Yan, Mei Zheng, Xiaoying Li. Sources of Fine Particulate Matter and Health Impacts. Sources of Fine Particulate Matter and Health Impacts. The 5th Forum on Studies of Environment and Public Health Issues in the Asian Mega-cities (EPAM-2015) & 2015 Annual Meeting of Environmental Medicine and Health Section, Chinese Society for Environmental Science, 30 Oct-2 Nov, 2015, Xiamen, China. Oral. (in Chinese)
6. Caiqing Yan, Mei Zheng*, Yury Desyaterik, et al. Investigating biomass burning contribution to brown carbon in Beijing. 34rd Annual Conference of American Association for Aerosol Research. October 12-16, 2015, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., Oral.
7. Caiqing Yan, Mei Zheng, Örjan Gustafsson, et al. Sources of organic aerosol during severe haze episodes in Beijing. 34rd Annual Conference of American Association for Aerosol Research. October 12-16, 2015, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., Oral.
8. Caiqing Yan, Mei Zheng, Xiaoying Li, Huaiyu Fu, Xiang Ding, Quanfu He, Xinming Wang. Primary and Secondary Organic Aerosol during Severe Haze Episode in January 2013 in Beijing, China. 33rd Annual American Association for Aerosol Research Conference. October 20-24, 2014. Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. Poster. Award for “Student Poster Awards”
9. Caiqing Yan, Mei Zheng, Xiaoying Li, Tian Zhou. Factors leading to low visibility in Beijing. 7th World Congress on Particle Technology, May 19-22, 2014, Beijing, China. Oral.
10. Caiqing Yan, Mei Zheng, Shexia Ma, et al. Characterization of fine particulate matter during pollution episodes of January 2013 in Beijing. 8th State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control Conference, November 7-8, 2013, Beijing, China, Oral.
11. Caiqing Yan, Mei Zheng, Min Hu, et al. Investigation light absorbing properties of water-soluble organic carbon in Aerosol. 19th China Atmospheric Environment Science and Technology Conference, November 7-8, 2012, Qingdao, China. Oral. (In Chinese) Award for “Outstanding Student Paper Award”.
12. Caiqing Yan, Mei Zheng, Yanjun Zhang, et al. The study of water-soluble brown carbon in Guangzhou, China. 7th State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control Conference. November 25th, 2011, Beijing, China. Oral.
