Education Background

2006.9–2010.7      B.S. in Environmental Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

2010.9–2015.7      Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

Experience

2021.7 – Present    Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at School of Environment, Tsinghua University, China

2019.4 – 2021.6     Earth Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, U.S.A.

2018.9 – 2019.4     Assistant Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

2015.9 – 2018.8     Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

Concurrent Academic

Associate Editor for the journal Geophysical Research Letters

Associate Editor for Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres

Associate Editor for the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science

Guest Editor for the journal Atmosphere for a special issue titled “Interactions of Aerosols, Clouds, Radiation, Precipitation, and Climate on Regional Scale” (May 2020 to Feb 2021).

Primary convener for American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2020, 2021 and American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting 2021, 2022; convener and chair for the AGU Fall Meeting 2018, 2019 and the AMS Annual Meeting 2019.

Proposal Reviewer for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Atmospheric Chemistry, Carbon Cycle, and Climate (AC4) and Climate Observations and Monitoring (COM) Programs.

Reviewers of >20 academic journals, including PNAS, Nature Communications, GRL, ES&T, ES&T Letters, JGR-Atmospheres, ACP

Research Interests

Dr. Bin Zhao’s research focuses on aerosol pollution and its interactions with the Earth’s climate. He works extensively on developing and applying chemical transport models to better understand the sources and formation mechanisms of aerosols, including secondary organic aerosol. He also has rich expertise in combining observational data analysis and model simulations to further our understanding of the interactions between aerosols, clouds, and climate, such as new particle formation and the impact on clouds, and the impact of aerosols on ice nucleation and ice/mixed-phase clouds. He is also dedicated to investigating effective strategies for the coordinated mitigation of aerosol pollution and climate change.

Honors and Awards

American Geophysical Union (AGU) Global Environmental Change Early Career Award (2021)

Exceptional Contribution Award, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (2020)

Silver Dollar Award for High-Impact Publication, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (2020)

Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Environmental Management (2018)

Yuxiang Young Scholar Award, Chinese-American Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (2016)

Tangxiaoyan First-class Environmental Science Award (2015)

Outstanding Young Scientist of Tsinghua University (2015)

Excellent Ph.D. Graduate of Tsinghua University (2015)

First-class Award for Excellent Ph.D. Thesis, Tsinghua University (2015)

Scholarship for Integrated Performance of Graduate Student, Tsinghua University (2014, 2011)

National Scholarship, Ministry of Education, P.R. China (2013, 2009, 2008, 2007)

Excellent Bachelor Graduate of Beijing (2010)

Excellent Bachelor Graduate of Tsinghua University (2010)

Excellent Bachelor Thesis, Tsinghua University (2010)

Opportunities

Dr. Zhao’s group is looking for motivated undergraduate, master, and Ph.D. students to work on a range of research projects regarding aerosol pollution and aerosol-climate interactions. The group also has open positions for enthusiastic and self-motivated postdoctoral fellows with backgrounds in environmental science & engineering, atmospheric science, etc. Please contact via bzhao@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.

Academic Achievement

As of July 2021, Bin Zhao has authored >100 peer-reviewed journal papers. Among them, 34 are first-author or corresponding-author papers in SCI-indexed journals, including ones in PNAS, Nature Geoscience, and Nature Sustainability. The publications have received >4500 citations in Google Scholar with an H-index of 38.

Selected Publications(_* corresponding author, _#co-first author)

1. Zhao, B._*, Shrivastava, M., Donahue, N. M., Gordon, H., Schervish, M., Shilling, J. E., Zaveri, R. A., Wang, J., Andreae, M. O., Zhao, C., Gaudet, B., Liu, Y., Fan, J. W., and Fast, J. D._*: High concentration of ultrafine particles in the Amazon free troposphere produced by organic new particle formation, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(41), 25344-25351, DOI 10.1073/pnas.2006716117, 2020.

2. Wang, T. Y._#, Jiang, Z._#, Zhao, B._*, Gu, Y., Liou, K. N., Kalandiyur, N., Zhang, D., Zhu, Y. F._*: Health cobenefits of achieving sustainable net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in California, Nature Sustainability, DOI 10.1038/s41893-020-0520-y, 2020. (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Silver Dollar Award for High-Impact Publication)

3. Zhao, B._#,*, Wang, Y._#,*, Gu, Y._*, Liou, K. N., Jiang, J. H., Fan, J., Liu, X., Huang, L., Yung, Y. L.: Ice nucleation by aerosols from anthropogenic pollution, Nature Geoscience, 12, 602-607, DOI 10.1038/s41561-019-0389-4, 2019.

4. Zhao, B., Zheng, H. T., Wang, S. X._*, Smith, K. R._*, Lu, X., Aunan, K., Gu, Y., Wang, Y., Ding, D., Xing, J., Fu, X., Yang, X. D., Liou, K.-N., and Hao, J. M.: Change in household fuels dominates the decrease in PM^2.5 exposure and premature mortality in China in 2005-2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(49), 12401-12406, DOI 10.1073/pnas.1812955115, 2018. (ESI highly cited paper, selected as “research highlight” by Nature)

5. Zhao, B._*, Fast, J. D., Donahue, N. M., Shrivastava, M., Schervish, M., Shilling, J. E., Gordon, H., Wang, J., Gao, Y., Zaveri, R. A., Liu, Y., Gaudet, B.: Impact of urban pollution on organic-mediated new particle formation and particle number concentration in the Amazon rainforest, Environmental Science & Technology, 55, 8, 4357-4367, DOI 10.1021/acs.est.0c07465, 2021.

6. Zhao, B._#, Zhao, J._#, Zha, H., Hu, R., Liu, Y., Liang, C., Shi, H., Chen, S., Guo, Y., Zhang, D._*, Aunan, K., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Xue, L., Wang, S._*: Health benefits and costs of clean heating renovation: an integrated assessment in a major Chinese city, Environmental Science & Technology, 55, 14, 10046-10055, DOI 10.1021/acs.est.1c00930, 2021.

7. Jiang, Z._#, Shi, H._#,*, Zhao, B._*, Gu, Y., Zhu, Y., Miyazaki, K., Lu, X., Zhang, Y., Bowman, K. W., Sekiya, T., Liou, K.-N.: Modeling the impact of COVID-19 on air quality in southern California: implications for future control policies, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 8693-8708, 2021.

8. Shi, H._#, Zhang, J._#, Zhao, B._*, Xia, X._*, Hu, B., Chen, H., Wei, J., Liu, M., Bian, Y., Fu, D., Gu, Y., Liou, K.-N.: Surface brightening in eastern and central China since the implementation of the Clean Air Action in 2013: causes and implications, Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL091105, DOI 10.1029/2020GL091105, 2021.

9. Leung, D. M._#, Shi, H._#, Zhao, B._*, Wang, J., Ding, E. M., Gu, Y., Zheng, H., Chen, G., Liou, K. N., Wang, S., Fast, J. D., Zheng, G. J., Jiang, J. K., Li, X. X., Jiang, J. H.: Wintertime particulate matter decrease buffered by unfavorable chemical processes despite emission reductions in China, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL087721, DOI 10.1029/2020GL087721, 2020.

10. Zhang, W. W., Zhao, B._*, Ding, D., Sharp, B., Gu, Y., Xu, S. C._*, Xing, J., Wang, S., Liou, K. N., Rao, L.: Co-benefits of subnationally differentiated carbon pricing policies in China: alleviation of heavy PM^2.5 pollution and improvement in environmental equity, Energy Policy, 149, 112060, 2020.

11. Zhao, B._#,*, Wang, T._#, Jiang, Z., Gu, Y., Liou, K. N., Kalandiyur, N., Gao, Y., Zhu, Y._*: Air quality and health co-benefits of different deep decarbonization pathways in California, Environmental Science & Technology, 53(12), 7163-7171, DOI 10.1021/acs.est.9b02385, 2019.

12. Zhao, B., Wang, S. X._*, Ding, D., Wu, W. J., Chang, X., Wang, J. D., Xing, J., Carey, J., Fu, J. S., Zhu, Y., Zheng, M., and Gu, Y.: Nonlinear relationships between air pollutant emissions and PM^2.5-related health impacts in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, Science of the Total Environment, 661, 375-385, DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.169, 2019.

13. Shi, H._#, Jiang, Z._#, Zhao, B._*, Li, Z., Chen, Y., Gu. Y., Jiang, J. H., Lee, M., Liou, K. N., Neu, J. L., Payne, V. H., Su, H., Wang, Y., Witek, M., and Worden, J.: Modeling study of the air quality impact of record-breaking Southern California wildfires in December 2017, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmosphere, 124(12), 6554-6570, DOI 10.1029/2019JD030472, 2019.

14. Zheng, H., Zhao, B._*, Wang, S._*, Wang, T., Ding, D., Chang, X., Liu, K., Xing, J., Dong, Z., Aunan, K., and Liu, T.: Transition in source contributions of PM^2.5 exposure and associated premature mortality in China during 2005-2015, Environmental International, 132, 105111, DOI 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105111, 2019.

15. Wang, T. Y._#, Zhao, B._#, Liou, K. N., Gu, Y., Jiang, Z._*, Song, K., Su, H., Jerrett, M., Zhu, Y. F._*: Mortality burdens in California due to air pollution attributable to local and nonlocal emissions, Environmental International, 133, 105232, DOI 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105232, 2019.

16. Zheng, H. T._#, Cai, S. Y._#, Wang, S. X._*, Zhao, B._*, Chang, X., Hao J. M.: Development of a unit-based industrial emission inventory in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and resulting improvement in air quality modeling, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19, 3447-3462, DOI 10.5194/acp-19-3447-2019, 2019.

17. Zhao, B._*, Gu, Y._*, Liou, K. N., Wang, Y., Liu, X., Huang, L., Jiang, J. H., and Su, H.: Type-dependent responses of ice cloud properties to aerosols from satellite retrievals, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 3297-3306, DOI 10.1002/2018GL077261, 2018.

18. Zhao, B._*, Liou, K.-N., Gu, Y._*, Jiang, J. H., Li, Q., Fu, R., Huang, L., Liu, X., Shi, X., Su, H., and He, C.: Impact of aerosols on ice crystal size, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 1065-1078, DOI 10.5194/acp-18-1065-2018, 2018.

19. Zhao, B._*, Jiang, J.-H., Diner, D. J., Su, H., Gu, Y., Liou, K.-N., Jiang, Z., Huang, L., Takano, Y., Fan, X., and Omar, A. H.: Intra-annual variations of regional aerosol optical depth, vertical distribution, and particle types from multiple satellite and ground-based observational datasets, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 11247-11260, DOI 10.5194/acp-18-11247-2018, 2018.

20. Chang, X., Wang, S. X._*, Zhao, B._*, Cai, S. Y., Hao, J. M.: Assessment of inter-city transport of particulate matter in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 4843-4858, DOI 10.5194/acp-18-4843-2018, 2018.

21. Wang, J. D._#, Zhao, B._#, Wang, S. X._*, Yang, F. M._*, Xing, J., Morawska, L._*, Ding, A. J., Kulmala, M._*, Kerminen, V.-M., Kujansuu, J., Wang, Z. F., Ding, D., Zhang, X. Y., Wang, H. B., Tian, M., Petäjä, T., Jiang, J. K., and Hao, J. M.: Particulate matter pollution over China and the effects of control policies, Science of the Total Environment, 584-585, 426-447, DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.027, 2017. (ESI highly cited paper, ESI hot paper)

22. Zhao, B., Wu, W. J., Wang, S. X._*, Xing, J., Chang, X., Liou, K. N., Jiang, J. H., Gu, Y., Jang, C., Fu, J. S., Zhu, Y., Wang, J. D., and Hao, J. M.: A modeling study of the nonlinear response of fine particles to air pollutant emissions in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17, 12031-12050, DOI 10.5194/acp-2017-428, 2017.

23. Zhao, B._*, Liou, K. N., Gu, Y., Li, Q. B., Jiang, J. H., Su, H., He, C. L., Tseng, H. L. R., Wang, S. X., Liu, R., Qi, L., Lee, W. L., and Hao, J. M.: Enhanced PM^2.5 pollution in China due to aerosol-cloud interactions, Scientific Reports, 7, 4453, DOI 10.1038/s41598-017-04096-8, 2017.

24. Zhao, B._*, Jiang, J. H., Gu, Y., Diner, D., Worden, J., Liou, K. N., Su, H., Xing, J., Garay, M., and Huang, L.: Decadal-scale trends in regional aerosol particle properties and their linkage to emission changes, Environmental Research Letters, 12(5), 054021, DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/aa6cb2, 2017.

25. Wu, W. J._#, Zhao, B._#, Wang, S. X._*, and Hao, J. M.: Ozone and secondary organic aerosol formation potential from anthropogenic volatile organic compounds emissions in China, Journal of Environmental Sciences, 53, 224-237, DOI 10.1016/j.jes.2016.03.025, 2017.

26. Zhao, B., Wang, S. X._*, Donahue, N. M., Jathar, S. H., Huang, X. F., Wu, W. J., Hao, J. M., and Robinson, A. L.: Quantifying the effect of organic aerosol aging and intermediate-volatility emissions on regional-scale aerosol pollution in China, Scientific Reports, 6, 28815, DOI 10.1038/srep28815, 2016.

27. Zhao, B., Wang, S. X._*, Donahue, N. M._*, Chuang, W., Hildebrandt Ruiz, L., Ng, N. L., Wang, Y. J., and Hao, J. M.: Evaluation of one-dimensional and two-dimensional volatility basis sets in simulating the aging of secondary organic aerosols with smog-chamber experiments, Environmental Science & Technology, 49 (4), 2245-2254, DOI 10.1021/es5048914, 2015.

28. Zhao, B., Wang, S. X._*, Fu, K., Xing, J., Fu, J. S., Jang, C., Zhu, Y., Dong, X. Y., Gao, Y., Wu, W. J., Wang, J. D., and Hao, J. M.: Assessing the nonlinear response of fine particles to precursor emissions: development and application of an Extended Response Surface Modeling technique (ERSM v1.0), Geoscientific Model Development, 8, 115-128, DOI 10.5194/gmd-8-115-2015, 2015.

29. Zhao, B., Wang, S. X._*, Liu, H., Xu, J. Y., Fu, K., Klimont, Z., Hao, J. M., He, K. B., Cofala, J., and Amann, M.: NOx emissions in China: historical trends and future perspectives, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13, 9869-9897, DOI 10.5194/acp-13-9869-2013, 2013. (ESI highly cited paper)

30. Zhao, B., Wang, S. X._*, Wang, J. D., Fu, J. S., Liu, T. H., Xu, J. Y., Fu, X., and Hao, J. M.: Impact of national NOx and SO² control policies on particulate matter pollution in China, Atmospheric Environment, 77, 453-463, DOI 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.05.012, 2013.

31. Zhao, B., Wang, S. X._*, Dong, X. Y., Wang, J. D., Duan, L., Fu, X., Hao, J. M., and Fu, J.: Environmental effects of the recent emission changes in China: implications for particulate matter pollution and soil acidification, Environmental Research Letters, 8, 024031, DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/024031, 2013.