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Dr. Lyu Xiaopu Dr. Lyu Xiaopu
Prof. LYU Xiaopu (呂效譜教授)

Assistant Professor
Member of the Smart Society Lab

Emerging Air pollution and Sustainable Environment (EASE)


Office:		AAB 1233
Tel:(852) 3411 7208
Fax:(852) 3411 5990
Email:xiaopu_lyu@hkbu.edu.hk
WEBSITE

ease-xp.github.io

EDUCATION
  • Ph.D., The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
  • M.Sc., Wuhan University, China
  • B.Sc., Zhejiang University of Technology, China
RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Emerging air pollution and sustainable environment (EASE)
  • Atmospheric reactive organics and secondary products
  • Air quality and human health
TEACHING
  • Earth Systems: Shaping Landscapes
  • Geography of Environmental Hazards
  • People and the Environment
HONORS & AWARDS
  • Faculty/School Performance Award 2024, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2024
  • Gold Medal & Special Merit Award at the 71st International Trade Fair for Ideas, Inventions & New Products (iENA) held in Nuremberg, Germany (3rd ranking), 2019
  • Champion of 2019 Environmental Paper Award (1st ranking), The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE), 2019
  • National Scholarship for Postgraduates, Ministry of Education, PRC, 2013
  • Outstanding Individual, Wuhan University, 2013
COMMUNITY SERVICES
  • Member of Ozone Pollution Control Professional Committee, Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, April 2024 –
  • Member of HKDSE Geography Subject Committee, April 2024 -
  • Member of Australia-China Centre for Air Quality Science and Management (ACC-AQSM), August 2020 –
  • Organizer of special issue “Emerging air pollution: emissions, chemistry, and health and climate effects” in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (Nature-index journal), 1 September 2023 - 31 August 2025
  • General Secretary of The International Expert Workshop on Volatile Organic Compounds 2023, Hong Kong, 27 November - 3 December 2023
  • Youth Editor in journal The Innovation (IF: 32.1)
  • Reviewer for 10+ journals, including NSR, ES&T, ES&T Lett, ACP, EI, JGR-A
  1. Chemical processes and impacts on ozone formation of peroxyacetyl nitrate in high-altitude background atmosphere of Central China, NSFC/Young Scientists Fund, HK$330,000, 1/1/2023 - 31/12/2025

  2. Rise in summertime ozone levels in South China: Impacts of long-range transport of Southeast Asia emissions, RGC/GRF, HK$911,317, 1/1/2022 - 31/12/2024

  3. What has driven the ozone increase in Hong Kong over the past decade under stringent air pollution control? RGC/GRF, HK$951,448, 1/1/2024 - 31/12/2026

  4. Is the usual social distance sufficient to avoid airborne infection of expiratory droplets in indoor environments? RGC/CRF, HK$900,000, 30/6/2022 – 29/6/2025

  5. What are the implications of COVID-19 restrictions for ozone pollution control in Hong Kong? CEPU/PPRFS, HK$648,255, 1/4/2024 - 31/12/2025
  1. Lyu, X., Li, H., Lee, S.C., Xiong, E., Guo, H., Wang, T. and de Gouw, J., 2024. Significant Biogenic Source of Oxygenated Volatile Organic Compounds and the Impacts on Photochemistry at a Regional Background Site in South China. Environmental Science & Technology, 58(45), 20081-20090.

  2. Huo, Y., Lyu, X.*, Yao, D., Zhou, B., Yuan, Q., Lee, S.C. and Guo, H.*, 2024. Exploring the formation of high levels of hydroxyl dicarboxylic acids at an urban background site in South China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(6), doi:10.1029/2023JD040096.

  3. Lyu, X., Li, K., Guo, H., Morawska, L., Zhou, B., Zeren, Y., Jiang, F., Chen, C., Goldstein, A.H., Xu, X. and Wang, T., 2023. A synergistic ozone-climate control to address emerging ozone pollution challenges. One Earth, 6(8), 964-977.

  4. Lyu, X., Guo, H., Zou, Q., Li, K., Xiong, E., Zhou, B., Guo, P., Jiang, F. and Tian, X., 2022. Evidence for reducing volatile organic compounds to improve air quality from concurrent observations and in situ simulations at 10 stations in eastern China. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(22), 15356-15364.

  5. Lyu, X., Guo, H., Yao, D., Lu, H., Huo, Y., Xu, W., Kreisberg, N., Goldstein, A.H., Jayne, J., Worsnop, D. and Tan, Y., 2020. In situ measurements of molecular markers facilitate understanding of dynamic sources of atmospheric organic aerosols. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(18), 11058-11069.

  6. Zeren, Y., Guo, H.*, Lyu, X.*, Jiang, F., Wang, Y., Liu, X., Zeng, L., Li, M. and Li, L., 2019. An ozone “pool” in South China: Investigations on atmospheric dynamics and photochemical processes over the Pearl River Estuary. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(22), 12340-12355.

  7. Lyu, X.P., Guo, H., Wang, N., Simpson, I.J., Cheng, H.R., Zeng, L.W., Saunders, S.M., Lam, S.H.M., Meinardi, S. and Blake, D.R., 2017. Modeling C1-C4 alkyl nitrate photochemistry and their impacts on O3 production in urban and suburban environments of Hong Kong. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122(19), doi:10.1002/2017JD027315.