Background Information: 

Dr. Shan Zhou joined Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, China in the spring of 2024. Shan obtained her PhD in Atmospheric Science from the University of California, Davis and pursued her postdoctoral research at the Department of Chemistry in Syracuse University. Following her position as a research scientist at Rice University, Shan was a research assistant professor at the University of Houston. Shan’s research interests lie in the general field of air pollution and atmospheric chemistry. Motivated by the changing composition of the atmospheres both indoors and out, Shan’s research focuses on both laboratory experiments and targeted field measurements to investigate the atmospheric chemical processes that occur in both the ambient and indoor air, with special attention given to the chemistry of aerosols and oxidants. Shan has published over 30 papers in top journals in environmental and atmospheric science and co-authored two book chapters, with a total citation count of over 1500. Shan was selected as MIT/CMU Civil and Environmental Engineering Rising Star in 2020.

Research Field:

Dr. Zhou’s research specialty lies in atmospheric/air chemistry and has published extensively on topics of aerosol (particulate matter) composition, secondary organic aerosols, indoor air chemistry, and air quality disparities. Dr. Zhou aims to improve understanding of the chemical composition of the air we breathe, both indoors and outdoors, and how it is influenced by human activities and natural processes. 

- Indoor air chemistry

- Atmospheric aerosol chemistry

- Indoor and outdoor atmospheric pollution

Educational Background:

2011-2017: PhD. (Atmospheric Science), Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, University of California, Davis

2007-2011: Bachelor (Atmospheric Science), Atmospheric Science Department of Sun Yat-sen University

Work Experience:

2024-present: Assistant professor, College of Engineering, Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo

2022-2024: Research assistant professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston

2020-2022: Research scientist, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University

2017-2020: Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University

Awards and Honors:

2020: Civil and Environmental Engineering Rising Stars, Carnegie Mellon University

2018: Early-career travel award, Alfred Sloan Foundation

2016: Matsumura Memorial Fellowship, University of California, Davis

2015: Donald G. Crosby Fellowship, University of California, Davis

2014: Department of Energy Travel Grant, US Department of Energy                     

2011: Atmospheric Science Graduate Group Fellowship, University of California, Davis

2011: Klaus Toepfer Environmental Scholarship, United Nations Environment - Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development

Representative Works:

General Information

More than 30 SCI papers; citations 1500, h-index 20

Google Scholar:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=oeEIsSAAAAAJ&hl=en

10 Representative Works (* refers to the corresponding author)

1. *Zhou, S., Guo, F., Chao, C.Y., Yoon, S., Alvarez, S., Shrestha, S., Flynn, J., Usenko, S., Sheesley, R., *Griffin, R., (2023) Marine submicron aerosols from the Gulf of Mexico: polluted and acidic with rapid production of sulfate and organosulfates, Environ Sci Technol, 57 (13), 5149-5159. (News Coverages)

2. *Zhou, S., Griffin, R. J., Bui, A., Bravo, M., Osgood, C., Miranda, M. L. (2022) Disparities in air quality downscaler model uncertainty across socioeconomic and demographic indicators in North Carolina, Environ. Res, 212, 113418.

3. *Zhou, S., *Kahan, T. F. (2022) Spatiotemporal characterization of irradiance and photolysis rate constants of indoor gas-phase species in the UTest house during HOMEChem, Indoor Air, 32:e12966.

4. Zhou, S., Kowal, S. F., Cregan, A. R., *Kahan, T. F. (2021) Factors affecting wavelength-resolved ultraviolet irradiance indoors and their impacts on indoor photochemistry. Indoor Air, 31 (4), 1187-1198.

5. Zhou, S., Liu, Z., Wang, Z, Young, C. J., Vandenboer, T., Zhang, J., Carslaw, N., *Kahan, T.F. (2020) Hydrogen peroxide emission and fate indoors during non-bleach cleaning: a chamber and modeling study. Environ Sci Technol, 54 (24), 15643-15651. (News Coverages)

6. Zhou, S., Young, C. J., VandenBoer, T. C., *Kahan, T. F. (2019) Role of location, season, occupant Activity, and chemistry on indoor ozone and nitrogen oxide mixing ratios. Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 21, 1374-1383.

7. Zhou, S., Collier, S., Jaffe, D. A., *Zhang, Q. (2019) Free tropospheric aerosols at the Mt. Bachelor Observatory: more oxidized and higher sulfate content compared to boundary layer aerosols. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19 (3), 1571-1585. 

8. Zhou, S., Young, C. J., VandenBoer, T. C., Kowal, S. F., *Kahan, T. F. (2018) Time-resolved measurements of nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, and nitrous acid in an occupied New York home. Environ. Sci. Technol., 52 (15), 8355-8364.

9. Zhou, S., Collier, S., Jaffe, D. A., Briggs, N. L., Hee, J., Sedlacek, A. J., III, Kleinman, L., Onasch, T. B., *Zhang, Q. (2017) Regional influence of wildfires on aerosol chemistry in the western US and insights into atmospheric aging of biomass burning organic aerosol. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17 (3), 2477-2493. (ESI highly cited)

10. Zhou, S., Collier, S., Xu, J., Mei, F., Wang, J., Lee, Y.-N., Sedlacek, A. J., III, Springston, S. R., Sun, Y., *Zhang, Q. (2016) Influences of upwind emission sources and atmospheric processing on aerosol chemistry and properties at a rural location in the Northeastern US. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 121 (10), 6049-6065.