Atmospheric Science‑Chemistry‑Healthy Environment

Our group's research spans atmospheric science-chemistry-healthy environment. We focus on atmospheric chemistry and climate impacts, cloud microphysics and extreme-weather responses, environmental health risks, and coordinated air-pollution and carbon mitigation through mechanistic studies of atmospheric oxidative capacity, interfacial reactive species formation, and pollutant transformation across environmental media, while advancing instrument development and technology translation. We also develop environmental catalytic materials, catalysts for high-impact weather modification, and technologies for cloud-water resource management, and advance integrated approaches to air-pollution and carbon mitigation. We further establish health risk assessment frameworks for multi-pollutant co-exposure to advance health-oriented continuous improvement of air quality. By connecting fundamental understanding with technology development, we aim to support regional air-quality improvement, climate-change mitigation, and the protection of public health.

2003-2008: Ph.D., Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

1999-2003: B.S., Qufu Normal University

   

2022-Present: Principal Investigator, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2018-2022: Project Professor, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2010-2018: Associate Professor, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2008-2010: Assistant Professor, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Selected Publications:

1.  Hou Chunyan; Chen Yan; Wu Yihang; Song Yufei; Zhang Huiling; Fan Cici; Lei Ting; Li Junling; Ge Maofa; Wang Weigang; Ammonium Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry (NH4+-CIMS) for Measurements of Atmospheric High-Molecular-Weight Oxygenated Volatile Organic Compounds, Analytical Chemistry, 2026, 98: 16819-16830
2.  Lei Ting; Ge Maofa; Wang Weigang; Analysis of Atmospheric Particles: From the Bulk to the Interface, Analytical Chemistry, 2025, 97: 9554-9568
3. Zhang, Yusheng; Liu, Yongchun; Ma, Wei; Hua, Chenjie; Zheng, Feixue; Lian, Chaofan; Wang, Weigang; Xia, Men; Zhao, Zhixin; Li, Jinwen; Xie, Jiali; Wang, Zongcheng; Wang, Yuzheng; Chen, Xin; Zhang, Ying; Feng, Zemin; Yan, Chao; Chu, Biwu; Du, Wei; Kerminen, Veli-Matti; Bianchi, Federico; Petaja, Tuukka; Worsnop, Douglas; Kulmala, Markku; Changing aerosol chemistry is redefining HONO sources, Nature Communications, 2025, 16: 5238
4. Zhao Bin; Lei Ting; Xiang Wang; Zhang Xiaojie; Du Libo; Yao Li; Sun Zheng; Ge Maofa; Wang Weigang; Toxicity of Biogenic Secondary Organic Aerosol toward Nerve Cells, Chemical Research In Toxicology, 2025, 38: 1585-1594
5. Wang Weigang; Chen Yan; Li Lei; Zhou Li; Du Xubing; Liu Mingyuan; Ge Maofa; Chemical composition of different size ultrafine particulate matter measured by nanoparticle chemical ionization mass spectrometer, Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2022, 114: 434-443
6. Wang, Weigang; Liu, Mingyuan; Wang, Tiantian; Song, Yu; Zhou, Li; Cao, Junji; Hu, Jingnan; Tang, Guigang; Chen, Zhe; Li, Zhijie; Xu, Zhenying; Peng, Chao; Lian, Chaofan; Chen, Yan; Pan, Yuepeng; Zhang, Yunhong; Sun, Yele; Li, Weijun; Zhu, Tong; Tian, Hezhong; Ge, Maofa, Sulfate formation is dominated by manganese-catalyzed oxidation of SO2 on aerosol surfaces during haze events. Nature Communications 2021, 12 (1), 1993.
7. Li, Junling; Wang, Weigang; Li, Kun; Zhang, Wenyu; Peng Chao; Zhou, Li; Shi, Bo; Chen, Yan; Liu, Mingyuan; Li, Hong; Ge, Maofa; Temperature effects on optical properties and chemical composition of secondary organic aerosol derived from n-dodecane. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2020, 20(13), 8123-8137.
8. Peng, Chao; Wang, Weigang; Li, Kun; Li, Junling; Zhou, Li; Wang, Lingshu; Ge, Maofa, The Optical Properties of Limonene Secondary Organic Aerosols: The Role of NO3, OH, and O3 in the Oxidation Processes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2018, 123, (6), 3292-3303.
9. Li, Kun; Li, Junling; Liggio, John; Wang, Weigang; Ge, Maofa; Liu, Qifan; Guo, Yucong; Tong, Shengrui; Li, Jiangjun; Peng, Chao; Jing, Bo; Wang, Dong; Fu, Pingqing, Enhanced Light Scattering of Secondary Organic Aerosols by Multiphase Reactions. Environmental science & technology, 2017, 51, (3), 1285-1292.