Atmospheric aerosol chemistry and source apportionment

Formation and atmospheric aging of secondary organic aerosols

Multiphase chemistry of atmospheric aerosols

Sep. 2017 – Feb. 2022

Ph.D., City University of Hong Kong

   

Jun. 2025 – Present

Associate Researcher, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Nov. 2023 – May 2025

Postdoctoral Fellow, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Feb. 2022 – Nov. 2023

Postdoctoral Fellow, City University of Hong Kong

Liang, Z.^†, Zhou, L.^†(共同一作), and Chan, C. K., Fast generation of peroxides via atmospheric particulate photosensitization, Science Advances, 2025, 11 (40), eadr8776.

Zhou, L., Liu, Q., Salvador, C. M., Le Breton, M., Hallquist, M., Yu, J., Chan, C. K., and Hallquist, Å. M., Online characterization of primary and secondary emissions of particulate matter and acidic molecules from a modern fleet of city buses, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24, 11045–11061, 2024.

Zhou, L., Liang, Z., Qin, Y., and Chan, C. K., Evaporation-Induced Transformations in Volatile Chemical Product-Derived Secondary Organic Aerosols: Browning Effects and Alterations in Oxidative Reactivity, Environmental Science & Technology, 58, 25, 11105–11117, 2024.

Zhou, L.*, Liang, Z., Mabato, B.R.G., Cuevas, R.A.I., Tang, R., Li, M., Cheng, C., and Chan, C. K., Sulfate formation via aerosol-phase SO₂ oxidation by model biomass burning photosensitizers: 3,4-dimethoxybenzaldehyde, vanillin and syringaldehyde using single-particle mixing-state analysis, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23, 5251–5261, 2023.

Zhou, L., Li, M., Cheng, C., Zhou, Z., Nian, H., Tang, R. and Chan, C. K., Real-time chemical characterization of single ambient particles at a port city in Chinese domestic emission control area – impacts of ship emissions on urban air quality, Science of the Total Environment, 819, 153117, 2022.

Zhou, L., Salvador, C. M., Priestley, M., Hallquist, M., Liu, Q., Chan, C. K., and Hallquist, Å. M., Emissions and Secondary Formation of Air Pollutants from Modern Heavy-Duty Trucks in Real-World Traffic—Chemical Characteristics Using Online Mass Spectrometry, Environmental Science & Technology, 2021, 55(21), 14515–14525.

Zhou, L., Liu, T., Yao, D., Guo, H., Cheng, C., and Chan, C. K., Primary emissions and secondary production of organic aerosols from heated animal fats, Science of the Total Environment, 794, 148638, 2021.

Zhou, L., Hallquist, Å. M., Hallquist, M., Salvador, C. M., Gaita, S. M., Sjödin, Å., Jerksjö, M., Salberg, H., Wängberg, I., Mellqvist, J., Liu, Q., Lee, B. P., and Chan, C. K., A transition of atmospheric emissions of particles and gases from on-road heavy-duty trucks, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20, 1701-1722, 2020.