Name:	JIANG Jingkun
Division:	Division of Air Pollution and Its Control
Title:	Professor; Deputy Dean, Tsinghua R&D office; Deputy Director, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control
Address:	School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084
Telephone:	010-62781512
E-mail:	jiangjk@tsinghua.edu.cn

 

Education background

2004.8 – 2008.8  Ph.D. in Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
2002.8 – 2004.7  M.S. in Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
1998.8 – 2002.7  B.S. (with honor) in Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

Experience

2019 – 2023  Vice Dean, School of Environment, Tsinghua University

2017 – present  Professor, Tsinghua University
2010 – 2016  Associate Professor, Tsinghua University
2008 – 2010  Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Minnesota

Journal and Society Service

Editor, Aerosol Science & Technology, 2016-present

Editorial Board, Results in Engineering, 2021-present

Editorial Board, Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2019-present

Editorial Board, Environmental Research, 2019-present

Fissan-Pui-TSI Award Committee, International Aerosol Research Assembly, 2018

Technical Program Committee, 2018 International Aerosol Conference

Guest Editor, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2017-2020

Editor, Aerosol Science & Technology, 2016-2019

Teaching at Tsinghua 

Theory and Practice: Air, for undergraduate students, 2021-present

Aerosol Mechanics, for graduate students, 2011-present

Air Quality Management, for undergraduate students, 2013-2020

Aerosol Measurement, for graduate students, 2012-2016

Research Interests

Air Pollution and Climate Change; Aerosol Science and Technology; Environmental Monitoring

Selected Honors and Awards

ES&T Letters Excellence in Review Award, 2020

Young Faculty Excellent Teaching Award, Tsinghua University, 2019

Smoluchowski Award, Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung (GAeF), 2018

Faculty Teaching Award, Tsinghua University, 2016, 2017, 2018

Asian Young Aerosol Scientist Award, Asian Aerosol Research Assembly, 2015

Doctoral Dissertation Award, Air and Waste Management Association, 2009

Academic Achievement

(My group has open positions for PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and visiting scientists. Please contact jiangjk@tsinghua.edu.cn)

Selected Publications(see a full list):

1. Precursor apportionment of atmospheric oxygenated organic molecules using a machine learning method

Qiao et al., Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 2023, 3 (1): 230-237

2. Increasing contribution of nighttime nitrogen chemistry to wintertime haze formation in Beijing observed during COVID-19 lockdowns

Yan et al., Nature Geoscience ,2023, 16 (11): 975-981

3. Achieving health-oriented air pollution control requires integrating unequal toxicities of industrial particles

Wu et al., Nature Communications, 2023, 14(1): 6491

4. Unified theoretical framework for black carbon mixing state allows greater accuracy of climate effect estimation

Wang et al., Nature Communications, 2023, 14(1): 2703

5. Online detection of airborne nanoparticle composition with mass spectrometry: Recent advances, challenges, and opportunities

Li et al., TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2023, 166: 117195

6. Two pan-SARS-CoV-2 nanobodies and their multivalent derivatives effectively prevent Omicron infections in mice

Liu et al., Cell Reports Medicine, 2023, 4 (2): 100918

7. Single-atom catalysts: promotors of highly sensitive and selective sensors

Li et al., Chemical Society Reviews, 2023, 52 (15): 5088-5134

8. China’s public health initiatives for climate change adaptation

Ji et al., The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 2023, 40: 100965

9. Secondary organic aerosol formed by condensing anthropogenic vapours over China’s megacities

Nie et al., Nature Geoscience, 2022, 15: 255-261

10. Toxic potency-adjusted control of air pollution for solid fuel combustion

Wu et al., Nature Energy, 2022, 7: 194-202

11. The missing base molecules in atmospheric acid–base nucleation

Cai et al., National Science Review, 2022, 9 (10): nwac137

12. Application of smog chambers in atmospheric process studies

Chu et al., National Science Review, 2022, 9: nwab103

13. Liquid-liquid phase separation reduces radiative absorption by aged black carbon aerosols

Zhang et al., Communications Earth & Environment, 2022, 3 (1): 128

14. Cr-Doped Pd Metallene Endows a Practical Formaldehyde Sensor New Limit and High Selectivity

Zhang et al., Advanced Materials, 2022, 34(2): 2105276

15. Observation and Source Apportionment of Atmospheric Alkaline Gases in Urban Beijing

Zhu et al., Environmental Science & Technology, 2022, 56(24): 17545-17555

16. Ecological Barrier Deterioration Driven by Human Activities Poses Fatal Threats to Public Health due to Emerging Infectious Diseases

Zhang et al., Engineering, 2022, 10: 155-166

17. Measuring size distributions of atmospheric aerosols using natural air ions

Li et al., Aerosol Science and Technology, 2022, 56: 655-664

18. Emissions of Ammonia and Other Nitrogen-Containing Volatile Organic Compounds from Motor Vehicles under Low-Speed Driving Conditions

Yang et al., Environ. Sci. & Technol., 2022, 56: 5440-5447

19. Evaluation of a cost-effective roadside sensor platform for identifying high emitters

Shen et al., Science of The Total Environment, 2022, 816: 151609

20. Sulfuric acid-amine nucleation in urban Beijing

Cai et al., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2021, 21(4): 2457-2468

21. Acid–Base Clusters during Atmospheric New Particle Formation in Urban Beijing

Yin et al., Environmental Science & Technology, 2021, 55: 10994-11005

22. Contribution of Atmospheric Oxygenated Organic Compounds to Particle Growth in an Urban Environment

Qiao et al., Environmental Science & Technology, 2021, 55: 13646-13656

23. An indicator for sulfuric acid–amine nucleation in atmospheric environments

Cai et al., Aerosol Science and Technology, 2021, 55: 1059-1069

24. Composition of Ultrafine Particles in Urban Beijing: Measurement Using a Thermal Desorption Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer

Li et al., Environmental science & technology, 2021, 55(5): 2859-2868

25. Improving data reliability: A quality control practice for low-cost PM_2.5 sensor network

Qiao et al., Science of The Total Environment, 2021, 779: 146381

26. Seasonal Characteristics of New Particle Formation and Growth in Urban Beijing

Deng et al., Environmental Science & Technology, 2020, 54: 8547-8557

27. Quantifying the Deposition of Airborne Particulate Matter Pollution on Skin Using Elemental Markers

Morgan et al., Environmental Science & Technology, 2020, 54(24): 15958-15967

28. Air pollutant emissions from coal-fired power plants in China over the past two decades

Wang et al., Science of The Total Environment, 2020, 741: 140326

29. Transmission via aerosols: Plausible differences among emerging coronaviruses

Jiang et al., Aerosol Science and Technology, 2020, 54: 865-868

30. Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography mass spectrometry with a solid-state thermal modulator for in-situ speciated measurement of organic aerosols

An et al., Journal of Chromatography A, 2020, 1625: 461336

31. Evaluating Airborne Condensable Particulate Matter Measurement Methods in Typical Stationary Sources in China

Wang et al., Environmental Science & Technology, 2020, 54: 1363-1371

32. Significant ultrafine particle emissions from residential solid fuel combustion

Wang et al., Science of The Total Environment, 2020, 715, 136992

33. Models for estimating nanoparticle transmission efficiency through an adverse axial electric field

Cai et al., Aerosol Science and Technology, 2020, 54: 332-341

34. Transmission of charged nanoparticles through the DMA adverse axial electric field and its improvement

Cai et al., Aerosol Science and Technology, 2020, 54: 21-32

35. Cobalt Nanoparticles and Atomic Sites in Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Frameworks for Highly Sensitive Sensing of Hydrogen Peroxide

Li et al., Small, 2020, 16: 1902860

36. Theoretical and experimental analysis of the core sampling method: Reducing diffusional losses in aerosol sampling line

Fu, et al., Aerosol Science and Technology, 2019, 53: 793-801

37. A soft X-ray unipolar charger for ultrafine particles

Chen et al., Journal of Aerosol Science, 2019, 133: 66-71

38. Improving thermal desorption aerosol gas chromatography using a dual-trap design

Ren et al., Journal of Chromatography A, 2019, 1599: 247-252

39. Quartz filter-based thermal desorption gas chromatography mass spectrometry for in-situ molecular level measurement of ambient organic aerosols

Ren et al., Journal of Chromatography A, 2019, 1589: 141-148

40. Relative humidity effect on the formation of highly oxidized molecules and new particles during monoterpene oxidation

Li, et al., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2019, 19: 1555-1570  

41. Characteristics of filterable and condensable particulate matter emitted from two waste incineration power plants in China

Wang et al., Science of the Total Environment, 2018, 639: 695-704

42. Stationary characteristics in bipolar diffusion charging of aerosols: Improving the performance of electrical mobility size spectrometers

Chen et al., Aerosol Science and Technology, 2018, 52: 809-813

43. Retrieving the ion mobility ratio and aerosol charge fractions for a neutralizer in real-world applications

Chen et al., Aerosol Science and Technology, 2018, 52: 1145-1155

44. Data inversion methods to determine sub-3 nm aerosol size distributions using the particle size magnifier

Cai et al., Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2018, 11: 4477-4491

45. Nascent soot particle size distributions down to 1 nm from a laminar premixed burner-stabilized stagnation ethylene flame

Tang et al., Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2017, 36: 993-1000

46. Aerosol surface area concentration: a governing factor in new particle formation in Beijing

Cai et al., Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2017, 17: 12327-12340

47. A new balance formula to estimate new particle formation rate: reevaluating the effect of coagulation scavenging

Cai et al., Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2017, 17: 12659-12675

48. A miniature cylindrical differential mobility analyzer for sub-3 nm particle sizing

Cai et al., Journal of Aerosol Science, 2017, 106: 111-119

49. Evolution of Submicrometer Organic Aerosols during a Complete Residential Coal Combustion Process

Zhou et al., Environmental Science & Technology, 2016, 50: 7861-7869

50. A spectrometer for measuring particle size distributions in the range of 3 nm to 10 μm

Liu et al., Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, 2016, 10: 63-72

51. Gaseous Ammonia Emissions from Coal and Biomass Combustion in Household Stoves with Different Combustion Efficiencies

Li et al., Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2016, 3: 98-103

52. Optimized DNA extraction and metagenomic sequencing of airborne microbial communities

Jiang et al., Nature Protocols, 2015, 10: 768

53. Laboratory Evaluation and Calibration of Three Low-Cost Particle Sensors for Particulate Matter Measurement

Wang et al., Aerosol Science and Technology, 2015, 49: 1063-1077

54. Aerosol Charge Fractions Downstream of Six Bipolar Chargers: Effects of Ion Source, Source Activity, and Flowrate

Jiang et al., Aerosol Science and Technology, 2014, 48: 1207-1216

55. Inhalable Microorganisms in Beijing’s PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ Pollutants during a Severe Smog Event

Cao et al., Environmental Science & Technology, 2014, 48: 1499-1507

56. Characteristics and health impacts of particulate matter pollution in China (2001–2011)

Cheng et al., Atmospheric Environment, 2013, 65: 186-194

57. Mobility particle size spectrometers: harmonization of technical standards and data structure to facilitate high quality long-term observations of atmospheric particle number size distributions

Wiedensohler et al., Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2012, 5: 657-685

58. Acid-base chemical reaction model for nucleation rates in the polluted atmospheric boundary layer

Chen et al., PNAS, 2012, 109: 18713-18718

59. Role of Surface Area, Primary Particle Size, and Crystal Phase on Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle Dispersion Properties

Suttiponparnit et al., Nanoscale Research Letters, 2011, 6:

60. First Measurements of Neutral Atmospheric Cluster and 1–2 nm Particle Number Size Distributions During Nucleation Events

Jiang et al., Aerosol Science and Technology, 2011, 45: ii-v

61. Electrical Mobility Spectrometer Using a Diethylene Glycol Condensation Particle Counter for Measurement of Aerosol Size Distributions Down to 1 nm

Jiang et al., Aerosol Science and Technology, 2011, 45: 510 - 521

62. Transfer Functions and Penetrations of Five Differential Mobility Analyzers for Sub-2 nm Particle Classification

Jiang et al., Aerosol Science and Technology, 2011, 45: 480 - 492

63. Ambient Pressure Proton Transfer Mass Spectrometry: Detection of Amines and Ammonia

Hanson et al., Environmental Science & Technology, 2011, 45: 8881-8888

64. Characterization of size, surface charge, and agglomeration state of nanoparticle dispersions for toxicological studies

Jiang et al., Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 2009, 11: 77-89

65. Does nanoparticle activity depend upon size and crystal phase?

Jiang et al., Nanotoxicology, 2008, 2: 33 - 42

66. Model for nanoparticle charging by diffusion, direct photoionization, and thermionization mechanisms

Jiang et al., Journal of Electrostatics, 2007, 65: 209-220

67. Synthesis of nanoparticles in a flame aerosol reactor with independent and strict control of their size, crystal phase and morphology

Jiang et al., Nanotechnology, 2007, 18: 285603

68. Anthropogenic mercury emissions in China

Streets et al., Atmospheric Environment, 2005, 39: 7789-7806