Jie Zhang

Dr. Zhang's Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality (ACAQ) research group focuses on understanding the chemical and physical processes influencing the fate of anthropogenic and biogenic emissions and their impacts on air quality and atmospheric species cycles. Utilizing a range of platforms including a well-equipped mobile lab, ground measurement networks, and satellite observations. "We specialize in measuring atmospheric trace gases and aerosols, with a particular emphasis on compounds contributing to tropospheric ozone formation and airborne particulate matter." 

Learn more about the Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality (ACAQ) Research Group.

Research Experience

• 2024 – Present: Research Faculty (Tenure Track), Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), University at Albany, Albany NY
• 2022 – 2023: Research Scientist, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), University at Albany, Albany NY
• 2021 – 2022: Postdoctoral Fellow, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), University at Albany, Albany NY
• 2020 – 2021: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
• 2015 - 2019: Graduate Research Assistant, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), University at Albany, Albany NY
• 2015: Research Assistant Intern, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Netherlands

Research Grants

PI, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), Project Title: "Mobile Laboratory Measurements of the Atmospheric Chemical Evolution in Urban Outflow Plumes and their Interplay with Coastal Meteorology over Long Island", Project Period: 2022-2024.

PI, United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), Project Title: "NY capital region communities air quality measurement network based on low-cost sensors with community schools as sites and mobile lab measurements", Project Period: 2024-2026 

Recent Publications

Zhang, J., Zhu, T., Catena, A., Li, Y., Schwab, M., Liu, P., Asa-Awuku, A., & Schwab, J. (2024). “Technical note: Quantified organic aerosol subsaturated hygroscopicity by a simple optical scatter monitor system through field measurements.” EGUsphere [preprint]. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1390

Zhang, J., Wang, J., Catena, A., Schwab, M.J., Ninneman, M., Felton, D., & Schwab, J. (2024). “Enhanced summertime PM2.5-suppression of O3 formation over the Eastern US following the O3-sensitivity variations.” Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 4(73). https://doi.org/10.1039/D3EA00040K

Li, J.M., Zhao, S.M., Xiao, S.H., Li, X., Wu, S.P., Zhang, J., & Schwab, J.J. (2023). “Source apportionment of water-soluble oxidative potential of PM2.5 in a port city of Xiamen, Southeast China.” Atmospheric Environment, 314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.120122

Hassan, H., Schwab, J., & Zhang, J. (2023). “Harmonization of the long-term PM2.5 carbon data from the CSN sites in New York State.” Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 23(9). https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.230077

Li, X., Wu, S.P., Zhang, J., & Schwab, J.J. (2022). “Insights into factors affecting size-segregated nitrate formation in a coastal city through measurements of dual isotopes.” Atmospheric Environment, 290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2022.119385

Zhang, J., Wang, J., Sun, Y., Li, J.Y., Ninneman, M., Ye, J.H., Li, K., Crandall, B., Mao, J.B., Xu, W.Q., Schwab, M.J., Li, W.J., Ge, X.L., Chen, M.D., Ying, Q., & Zhang, Q., Schwab, J.J. (2022). “Insights from ozone and particulate matter pollution control in New York City applied to Beijing.” npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 5(85). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-022-00309-8

Zhang, J., Wang, J., Sun, Y., Zhou, S., Shrivastava, M., Catena, A., Lee Ng, N., Zhang, Q., & Schwab, J.J. (2022). “The response of summertime organic aerosol composition to emission controls in the northeastern United States.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, e2022JD037056. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD037056

Zhang, J., Catena, A., Shrestha, B., Freedman, J., McCabe, E., Schwab, M.J., Felton, D., Kent, J., Gaza, B., & Schwab, J.J. (2022). “Unraveling the interaction of urban emission plumes and marine breezes involved in the formation of summertime coastal high ozone on Long Island.” Environmental Science: Atmospheres. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2EA00061J

Catena, A.M., Zhang, J., Commane, R., Murray, L.T., Schwab, M.J., Leibensperger, E.M., Marto, J., Smith, M.L., & Schwab, J.J. (2022). “Hydrogen sulfide emission properties from two large landfills in New York State.” Atmosphere, 13(8), 1251. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13081251

Li, X., Wu, S.P., Zhang, J., & Schwab, J.J. (2022). “Insights into factors affecting size-segregated nitrate formation in a coastal city through measurements of dual isotopes.” Atmospheric Environment, 290, 119385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2022.119385

Fang, T., Zhang, X., Zhang, J., Wang, J., & Sun, Q. (2022). “The prospected air quality measurements for further unconventional natural gas developments in China based on the United States experience.” Frontiers in Environmental Science, 1153. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.864818

Wu, S.P., Li, X., Xiao, S.H., Zhang, J., & Schwab, J.J. (2022). “Solubility of aerosol minor and trace elements in Xiamen Island, Southeast China: Size distribution, health risk, and dry deposition.” Science of The Total Environment, 844, 157100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157100

Couillard, M.H., Schwab, M.J., Schwab, J.J., Lu, C.H., Joseph, E., Stutsrim, B., Shrestha, B., Zhang, J., Knepp, T.N., & Gronoff, G.P. (2021). “Vertical profiles of ozone concentrations in the lower troposphere downwind of New York City during LISTOS 2018-2019.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, e2021JD035108. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD035108

Wang, J., Ye, J., Zhang, Q., Zhao, J., Wu, Y., Li, J., Liu, D., Li, W., Zhang, Y., Wu, C., Xie, C., Qin, Y., Lei, Y., Huang, X., Guo, J., Liu, P., Fu, P., Li, Y., Lee, H., Choi, H., Zhang, J., Liao, H., Chen, M., Sun, Y., Ge, X., & Martin, S.T., Jacob, D.J. (2021). “Aqueous production of secondary organic aerosol from fossil-fuel emissions in winter Beijing haze.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(8), e2022179118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2022179118

Zhang, J., Mak, J., Wei, Z., Cao, C., Ninneman, M., Marto, J., & Schwab, J.J. (2021). “Long Island enhanced aerosol event during 2018 LISTOS: Association with heatwave and marine influences.” Environmental Pollution, 270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116299

Marto, J.P., Zhang, J., & Schwab, J.J. (2021). “Plume analysis from field evaluations of a portable air quality monitoring system.” Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 71(1), 70-80. https://doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2020.1834010

Wang, J., Ye, J., Liu, D., Wu, Y., Zhao, J., Xu, W., Xie, C., Shen, F., Zhang, J., Ohno, P.E., Qin, Y., Zhao, X., Martin, S.T., Lee, A.K.Y., Fu, P., Jacob, D.J., Zhang, Q., Sun, Y., Chen, M., & Ge, X. (2020). “Characterization of submicron organic particles in Beijing during summertime: Comparison between SP-AMS and HR-AMS.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20, 14091-14102. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-14091-2020

Zhang, J., Lance, S., Marto, J.P., Sun, Y., Crandall, B.A., Wang, J., & Schwab, J.J. (2020). “Fog processing of aerosols in a rural forest environment: Insights from high resolution aerosol mass spectrometry.” Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL089714. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089714

Lance, S., Zhang, J., Schwab, J.J., Casson, P., Brandt, R., Fitzjarrald, D., et al. (2020). “Overview of the CPOC Pilot Study at Whiteface Mountain, NY: Cloud Processing of Organics within Clouds (CPOC).” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101(10), 1820-1841. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0022.1

Zhang, J., Lance, S., Wang, X., Wang, J., & Schwab, J.J. (2020). “Estimation of aerosol liquid water from optical scattering instruments using ambient and dried sample streams.” Atmospheric Environment, 39, 117787. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117787

Zhang, J., Ninneman, M., Joseph, E., Schwab, J., Shrestha, B., Conover, C., Stutsrim, B., & Schwab, J.J. (2020). “Mobile laboratory measurements of high surface ozone levels and spatial heterogeneity during LISTOS 2018: Evidence for sea-breeze influence.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125(11), e2019JD031961. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD031961

Zhang, J., Lance, S., Freedman, J.M., Sun, Y., Crandall, B.A., Wei, X., & Schwab, J.J. (2019). “Detailed measurements of submicron particles from an Independence Day fireworks event in Albany, NY using HR-ToF-AMS.” ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 3(8), 1451-1459. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.9b00046

Zhang, J., Lance, S., Brandt, R., Marto, J., Ninneman, M., & Schwab, J.J. (2019). “Observed below-cloud and cloud interstitial submicron aerosol chemical and physical properties on Whiteface Mountain, New York during August 2017.” ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 3(8), 1438-1450. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.9b00117

Wang, J., Liu, D., Ge, X., Wu, Y., Shen, F., Chen, M., Zhao, J., Xie, C., Wang, Q., Xu, W., Zhang, J., Hu, J., Allan, J., Joshi, R., Fu, P., Coe, H., & Sun, Y. (2019). “Characterization of black carbon-containing fine particles in Beijing during wintertime.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19, 447-458. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-447-2019

Zhang, J., Marto, J.P., & Schwab, J.J. (2018). “Exploring the applicability and limitations of selected optical scattering instruments for PM mass measurement.” Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 11, 2995-3005. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2995-2018

Zhang, J., van der A, R.J., & Ding, J.Y. (2018). “Detection and emission estimates of NOx sources over China North Plain using OMI observations.” International Journal of Remote Sensing, 39(9), 2847-2859. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2018.1430402