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Name:   Wang Yuxuan
Division:  Division of Air Pollution Control
Position:  Associate Professor
Address:  Rm. 602, Dept. Environ. Sci. & Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 100084
Telephone:  (86) 10-62781708
E-mail:  yxw@tsinghua.edu.cn
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 EDUCATION

·       Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA, 2005
·       B.E., Environmental Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2000
·       B.E. (minor), Computer Technology and Application, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2000
 AWARDS AND HONORS
·       Harvard University Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, 2005
·       Invited ACCESS (Atmospheric Chemistry Colloquium for Emerging Senior Scientists) participant, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Department of Energy, September, 2005 
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
·       Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, July 2008 - present
·       Lecturer on Environmental Science and Public Policy, Harvard Univeristy, February 2008  – June 2008
·       Research Associate, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 2007 – 2008
·       Postdoctoral fellow, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, January 2005 - 2007 
 TEACHING EXPERIENCE
·       Lecturer, Environmental Science and Public Policy 90n (China’s Energy Economy: Perspectives from the Past, Challenges for the Future), Harvard University, Spring 2008
·       Head Teaching Fellow, Core Curriculum Science A52 (Energy, Environment and Industrial Development), Harvard University, Spring 2005
·       Head Teaching Fellow, EPS5(Introduction to environmental Sciences: atmosphere, ocean, and biosphere), Harvard University, Fall 2003, 2004, and 2005
·       Teaching Fellow, EPS5(Introduction to environmental Sciences: atmosphere, ocean, and biosphere), Harvard University, Fall 2002
·       Teaching Fellow, Core Curriculum Science A30 (Introduction to atmospheric sciences), Harvard University, Spring 2003
 
Research Area

 

Atmospheric chemistry;
Global and regional chemical transport models;
Hemispheric transport of air pollution;
Inverse analysis of in situ and satellite observations;
Interaction between air quality and climate change.

 
Research Projects

Published Books

Published Articles

 

1.      McElroy, M.B., X. Lu, C.P. Nielsen, and Y.X. Wang, Potential for wind generated electricity in China, Science, 325, 1378, DOI: 10.1126/science.1175706, 2009

2.      Wang, Yuxuan, J.M. Hao, M. B. McElroy, J.W. Munger, M. Hong, D. Chen and C.P. Nielsen, Ozone air quality during the 2008 Beijing Olympics – effectiveness of emission restrictions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 5237-5251, 2009

3.      Chen, D., Y.X. Wang, M.B. McElroy, K. He, R. M. Yantosca, and P. Le Sager, Regional CO pollution in China simulated by the high-resolution nested-grid GEOS-Chem model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 3825-3839, 2009

4.      Wang, Yuxuan, M. B. McElroy, J.W. Munger, J.M. Hao, C.P. Nielsen, M. Hong, and C.Y. Shen, Variations of O3 and CO in summertime at a rural site near Beijing, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 6355-6363, 2008

5.      Wang, J.S., M.B. McElroy, J.A. Logan, P.I. Palmer, W.L. Chameides, Y. X. Wang, and I.A. Megretskaia, A Quantitative Assessment of Uncertainties Affecting Estimates of Global Mean OH Derived from Methyl Chloroform Observations, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D12302, doi:10.1029/2007JD08496, 2008

6.      Zhang, Q., D. G. Streets, K. He, Y. X. Wang, A. Richter, J. P. Burrows, I. Uno, C. J. Jang, D. Chen,  Z. Yao, and Y. Lei, NOx emission trends for China, 1995-2004: The view from the ground and the view from space, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D22306, doi:10.1029/2007JD008684, 2007

7.      Wang, Y.X., M. B. McElroy, K.F. Boersma, H.J. Eskes, and J.P. Veefkind, Traffic Restrictions Associated with the Sino-African Summit: Reductions of NOx Detected from Space, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L08814, doi:10.1029/2007GL029326, 2007

(This research was featured in Science Daily News, AGU News Release, Harvard News Release, the Boston Globe, NASA Earth Observatory News, Shanghai Daily, etc).

8.      Fu, T.-M., D. J. Jacob, P. I. Palmer, K. Chance, Y. X. Wang, B. Barletta, D. R. Blake, J. C. Stanton, and M. J. Pilling, Space-based Formaldehyde Measurements as Constraints on Volatile Organic Compound Emissions in East and South Asia, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D06312, doi:10.1029/2006JD007853, 2007

9.      Wang, Y.X., M. B. McElroy, R. V. Martin, D. G. Streets, Q. Zhang, and T. M. Fu, Seasonal variability of NOx emissions over east China constrained by satellite observations: Implications for combustion and microbial sources, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D06301, doi:10.1029/2006JD007538, 2007

10.    McElroy, M.B. and Wang, Y. X., Human and Animal Wastes: Implications for Atmospheric N2O and NOx, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 19, GB2008, doi:10.1029/2004GB002429, 2005

11.    Li, Q., D. J. Jacob, R. Park, Y. X. Wang, C. L. Heald, R. Hudman, R. M. Yantosca, R. V. Martin, and M. Evans, North American pollution outflow and the trapping of convectively lifted pollution by upper-level anticyclone, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D10301, doi:10.1029/2004JD005039, 2005

12.    Fiore, A.M., L.W. Horowitz, D. W. Purves, H. Levy II, M. Evans, Y. X. Wang, Q. Li, and R. M. Yantosca, Evaluating the contribution of changes in isoprene emissions to surface ozone trends over the eastern United States, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D12303, doi:10.1029/2004JD005485, 2005

13.    Wang, Y. X., M. B. McElroy, T. Wang, and P. I. Palmer, Asian emissions of CO and NOx: Constraints from aircraft and Chinese station data, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D24304, doi:10.1029/2004JD005250, 2004

14.    Wang, Y. X., M. B. McElroy, D. J. Jacob, and R. M. Yantosca, A nested grid formulation for chemical transport over Asia: Applications to CO, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D22307, doi:10.1029/2004JD005237, 2004

 
Last Update: Thursday, September 17, 2009.