Mingyi Wang (S 2021)
(he/him)
About
Mingyi Wang earned his PhD in Atmospheric Chemistry in 2021 from Carnegie Mellon University, where he investigated the chemical mechanisms that drive particle formation in various environments throughout the atmosphere, such as polluted cities, marine regions and the upper troposphere. “The main motivation for my research is climate change,” said Wang. “According to the IPCC, the Earth’s mean temperature is predicted to rise by between 1.5 – 4.5°C for a doubling of CO2 in the atmosphere by around 2050. But it is extremely difficult to know how best to act against climate change, because we simply don’t know whether the warming is going to be 1.5 or 4.5°C. This large uncertainty comes from a poor understanding of aerosol particles in the atmosphere and their effects on clouds.” Wang is now at the California Institute of Technology as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Chemical Engineering Department. His postdoctoral work will pivot from atmospheric chemistry to aerosol microphysics. He plans to characterize aerosol particles found in the free troposphere, utilizing novel particle sizing instrumentation, machine learning-based data fusion methods and an aerosol microphysics model. Through this research, he will provide a comprehensive understanding of particle formation and new constraints on how aerosols are impacting the Earth’s climate.”
First Author Publications during PhD
Wang, M., Xiao, M., Bertozzi, B., Marie, G., Rörup, B., Schulze, B., ... & Donahue, N. M. (2022). Synergistic HNO3–H2SO4–NH3 upper tropospheric particle formation. Nature, 605(7910), 483-489. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04605-4
Wang, M., He, X.C., Finkenzeller, H., Iyer, S., Chen, D., Shen, J., Simon, M., Hofbauer, V., Kirkby, J., Curtius, J., Maier, N., Kurtén, T., Worsnop, D.R., Kulmala, M., Rissanen, M., Volkamer, R., Tham, Y.J., Donahue, N.M., & Sipilä, M. (2021). Measurement of iodine species and sulfuric acid using bromide chemical ionization mass spectrometers. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 14(6), 4187–4202. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4187-2021
Wang, M., Chen, D., Xiao, M., Ye, Q., Stolzenburg, D., Hofbauer, V., Ye, P., Vogel, A.L., Mauldin, R.L., Amorim, A., Baccarini, A., Baumgartner, B., Brilke, S., Dada, L., Dias, A., Duplissy, J., Finkenzeller, H., Garmash, O., He, X.C., … Donahue, N.M. (2020). Photo-oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons produces low-volatility organic compounds. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(13), 7911–7921. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c02100.s001
Wang, M., Kong, W., Marten, R. et al. Rapid growth of new atmospheric particles by nitric acid and ammonia condensation. Nature 581, 184–189 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2270-4
Wang, M., Yao, L., Zheng, J., Wang, X.K., Chen, J.M., Yang, X., Worsnop, D.R., Donahue, N.M., & Wang, L. (2016). Reactions of atmospheric particulate stabilized Criegee intermediates lead to high-molecular-weight aerosol components. Environmental Science & Technology, 50(11), 5702–5710. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b02114