People
Prof. Gao Meng (高蒙教授)
Professor
Air Quality and Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling, Chemistry-Climate Interactions, Environmental Health,
Climate Change Mitigation
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
- 2016-2019, Postdoctoral Fellow, Environmental Science and Engineering, Harvard University, USA (Advisor: Michael B. McElroy)
- 2012-2015, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Iowa, USA (Advisor: Gregory R. Carmichael)
- 2012-2015, M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, University of Iowa, USA
- 2008-2012, B.Sc., Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND GROUP WEBSITE
- Air quality and atmospheric chemistry modeling/Chemistry-climate interactions/Environmental health/Big data analytics
- Group webpage: https://atchemo.hkbu.cf/
TEACHING
- Geography of Health and the Environment
- Selected Topics in the Geography of China (Physical & Environmental Geography)
- Advanced Climatology
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
- 2020-2022 World Meteorological Organization, Global Air Quality Forecasting and Information System (GAFIS) Steering Committee
AWARDS
- 2020 Atmospheric Sciences Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award, European Geosciences Union
- 2018 The Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) Early Career Travel Grants, World Meteorological Organization
- 2017 Atmospheric Chemistry Colloquium for Emerging Senior Scientists (ACCESSXIV), Department of Energy, USA (25 globally and biennially)
- 2016 International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Early Career Travel Grants
- 2016 Karl Kammermeyer Outstanding Research Award, University of Iowa, USA
- 2015 Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Award, University of Iowa, USA
- 2012 Karl Kammermeyer Fellowship, University of Iowa, USA
External Grants
- Improving predictions of ground-level PM2.5 concentrations in Asia with deep learning and the world’s first geostationary air pollution satellite, UGC General Research Fund (12202021), 2021-2024, 911,317 HKD
- Assimilating surface PM2.5 and ozone measurements to improve health exposure assessment and air quality forecasting in South China, UGC Early Career Scheme (ECS) (22201820), 2021-2023, 579,972 HKD
- 極軌和靜止衛星污染資料同化對我國大氣復合污染
模擬預測的影響研究，NSFC-Young Scientists Fund, 2021-2023, 240,000 CNY - Study on the Application of WRF-Chem over Hong Kong for Air Quality Simulation, Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department, 2021-2022, 1,024,000 HKD
- 排放與氣候因素對近十多年廣東冬季PM2.5濃
度變化的影響， 廣東省自然科學基金-面上項目( 2019A1515011633)，2019-2022, 100,000 CNY - 排放與氣候因素對近十多年北京冬季PM2.5濃
度變化的影響, 環境模擬與污染控制國家重點聯合實驗室（ 清華大學）開放課題(19K03ESPCT)，2019- 2021, 80,000 CNY - 中國與印度重污染區域臭氧的季節性與污染源特徵
, 中國氣象局氣溶膠與雲降水重點開放實驗室開放課題 ( KDW1901)，2019-2021, 30,000 CNY - APEC期間多污染物減排對黑碳光吸收影響的模
擬研究， 江蘇省大氣環境監測與污染控制高技術研究重點實驗室開放基金( KHK1902)，2019-2021, 50,000 CNY
Internal Grants
- Co-occurrence and Exposure of Heat and Haze Hazards over China under a Warming Climate, Tier 2 Start-up Grant (SGT2) 2019/20, 499,000 HKD
Peer-Reviewed Publications
[1] Xiao, X., Xu, Y.Y., Zhang, X.R., Wang, F., Lu, X., Cai, Z.W. Brasseur, G. and Gao, M. Amplified upward trend of the joint occurrences of heat and ozone extremes in China over 2013–2020. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0222.1
[2] Gao, M.*, Sherman, P., Song, S., Yu, Y., Wu, Z. and McElroy, M. B.*: Seasonal Prediction of Indian Wintertime Aerosol Pollution using the Ocean Memory Effect. Science Advances, 5(7), eaav4157, 2019.(影响因子14.14)
[3] Gao, M.*, Ding, Y., Song, S., Lu, X., Chen, X.* and McElroy, M. B.*: Secular Changes in Wind Energy Potential in India Associated with Warming Indian Ocean. Science Advances, 4(12), p.eaat5256, 2018b.(影响因子14.14)
[4] Liu, C., Gao, M.*, Hu, Q., Brasseur, G.P. and Carmichael, G.R.: Stereoscopic monitoring: a promising strategy to advance diagnostic and prediction of air pollution, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, in press, 2021.(影响因子8.766)
[5] Xing, C., Liu, C.*, Wu, H., Lin, J., Wang, S., and Gao, M.*: Ground-based vertical profile observations of atmospheric composition on the Tibetan Plateau (2017–2019), Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 13, 4897–4912, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-
[6] Gao, M.*, Beig, G., Song, S., Zhang, H., Hu, J., Ying, Q., Liang, F., Liu, Y., Wang, H., Lu, X., Zhu, T., Carmichael, G. R., Nielsen, C. P.* and McElroy, M. B.: The Impact of Power Generation Emissions on Ambient PM2.5 Pollution and Human Health in China and India. Environmental International, 121, 250-259, 2018.(影响因子9.621)
[7] Gao, M.*, Saide, P. E., Xin, J., Wang, Y., Liu, Z., Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Pagowski, M., Guttikunda, S. K. and Carmichael, G. R.*: Estimates of Health Impacts and Radiative Forcing in Winter Haze in Eastern China through Constraints of Surface PM2.5 Predictions. Environmental Science and Technology, 51(4), 2178-2185, 2017.(影响因子9.028)
[8] Lin, L., Gao, M., Xiao, X., Knibbs, L.D., Morawska, L., Dharmage, S., Heinrich, J., Jalaudin, B., Lin, S., Guo, Y., Xu, S., Wu, Q., Chen, G., Yang, B., Zeng, X., Yu, Y., Hu, L. and Dong G. : Ultrafine particles, blood pressure and adult hypertension: a population-based survey in Northeast China, Environmental Research Letters, 16, 094041, 2021 (equal contribution). (影响因子6.793)
[9] Gao, M. , Yang, Y., Liao, H., Zhu, B., Zhang, Y., Liu, Z., Lu, X., Wang, C., Zhou, Q., Wang, Y., Zhang, Q., Carmichael, G. R., and Hu, J. : Reduced light absorption of black carbon (BC) and its influence on BC-boundary-layer interactions during APEC Blue, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 11405-11421, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-
[10] Gao, M.*, Gao, J., Zhu, B., Kumar, R., Lu, X., Song, S., Zhang, Y., Jia, B., Wang, P., Beig, G., Hu, J., Ying, Q., Zhang, H., Sherman, P., and McElroy, M. B.*: Ozone Pollution over China and India: Seasonality and Sources, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20, 4399–4414, 2020c.(影响因子6.133)
[11] Gao, M.*, Liu, Z., Zheng, B., Ji, D., Sherman, P., Song, S., Xin, J., Liu, C., Wang, Y., Zhang, Q., Wang, Z.*, Carmichael, G., and McElroy, M.*: China's emission control strategies have suppressed unfavorable influences of climate on wintertime PM2.5 concentrations in Beijing since 2002, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20, 1497-1505, 2020b.(影响因子6.133)
[12] Gao, M.*, Han, Z.*, Tao, Z., Li, J., Kang, J.-E., Huang, K., Dong, X., Zhuang, B., Li, S., Ge, B., Wu, Q., Lee, H.-J., Kim, C.-H., Fu, J. S., Wang, T., Chin, M., Li, M., Woo, J.-H., Zhang, Q., Cheng, Y., Wang, Z., and Carmichael, G. R.*: Air Quality and Climate Change, Topic 3 of the Model Inter-Comparison Study for Asia Phase III (MICS-Asia III), Part II: aerosol radiative effects and aerosol feedbacks, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20, 1147-1161, 2020a.(影响因子6.133)
[13] Gao, M.*, Han, Z.*, Liu, Z., Li, M., Xin, J., Tao, Z., Li, J., Kang, J.E., Huang, K., Dong, X. and Zhuang, B., Li, S., Ge, B., Wu, Q., Cheng, Y., Wang, Y., Lee, H.-J., Kim, C.-H., Fu, J. S., Wang, T., Chin, M., Woo, J.-H., Zhang, Q., Wang, Z. and Carmichael, G. R.*: Air Quality and Climate Change, Topic 3 of the Model Inter-Comparison Study for Asia Phase III (MICS-Asia III) Part 1: Overview and Model Evaluation. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 4859-4884, 2018a.(影响因子6.133)
[14] Song, S.*, Gao, M., Xu, W., Shao, J., Shi, G., Wang, S., Wang, Y., Sun, Y.* and McElroy, M. B.*: Fine Particle pH for Beijing Winter Haze as Inferred from Different Thermodynamic Equilibrium Models. Atmospheric Chemistry Physics, 18, 7423-7438, 2018 (equal contribution). (ESI Highly Cited Paper) (影响因子6.133)
[15] Gao, M.*, Carmichael, G. R.*, Saide, P. E., Lu, Z., Yu, M., Streets, D. G. and Wang, Z., Response of Winter Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations to Emission and Meteorology Changes in North China. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16(18), 11837, 2016b.(影响因子6.133)
[16] Gao, M.*, Carmichael, G. R.*, Wang, Y., Saide, P. E., Yu, M., Xin, J., Liu, Z. and Wang, Z.: Modeling Study of the 2010 Regional Haze Event in the North China Plain. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16(3), 1673-1691, 2016a.(影响因子6.133)
[17] Gao, M.*, Guttikunda, S. K., Carmichael, G. R., Wang, Y., Liu, Z., Stanier, C. O., Saide, P. E. and Yu, M.: Health Impacts and Economic Losses Assessment of the 2013 Severe Haze Event in Beijing Area. Science of the Total Environment, 511, 553-561, 2015. (ESI Highly Cited Paper) (影响因子7.963)
[18] Jia, B., Wang, Y.*, Wang, C., Zhang, Q., Gao, M.* and Yung, K.L.L: Sensitivity of PM2.5 to NOx emissions and meteorology in North China based on observations, Science of the Total Environment, p. 142275, 2020. (影响因子7.963)
[19] Jia,B., Gao, M.*, X., Zhang, X., Xiao, Zhang, S. and Yung, K.K.L.*: Rapid increase in mortality attributable to PM2.5 exposure in India over 1998-2015, Chemosphere, p.128715, 2020.(影响因子7.086)
[20] Gao, M. *, Liu, Z., Wang, Y. *, Lu, X., Ji, D., Wang, L., Li, M., Wang, Z., Zhang, Q. and Carmichael, G. R. *: Distinguishing the Roles of Meteorology, Emission Control Measures, Regional Transport, and Co-benefits of Reduced Aerosol Feedbacks in APEC Blue. Atmospheric Environment, 167, 476-486, 2017. (影响因子4.798)
[21] Gao, M.*, Ji, D.*, Liang, F. and Liu, Y.: Attribution of Aerosol Direct Radiative Forcing in China and India to Emitting Sectors. Atmospheric Environment, 190, 35-42, 2018. (影响因子4.798)
Book & Book Chapter
• Gao, M.*, Wang, Z. and Carmichael, G.R. eds., 2021. Air Pollution, Climate, and Health 1st Edition: An Integrated Perspective on Their Interactions, Elsevier.
• Gao, M.*, Carmichael, G., Wang, Y., Saide, P., Liu, Z., Xin, J., Shan, Y. and Wang., Z.: “Chemical and Meteorological Feedbacks in the Formation of Intense Haze Events” in Air Pollution in Eastern Asia: An Integrated Perspective (ISSI Scientific Report Series), Springer, 1st ed. 2017 edition.