Yongjie Li 黎永杰

Associate Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau

Education

  • Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2010
  • B.Sc., Chemistry, Peking University, 2004

Experience

Awards

  • Incentive Scheme for Outstanding Academic Staff, University of Macau, 2023
  • Asian Young Aerosol Scientist Award, Asian Aerosol Research Assembly, 2022
  • Research Excellence Award, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, 2020
  • China Aerosol Young Scientist Award, Chinese Society of Particuology, 2019
  • Research Excellence Award, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, 2017
  • Best Young Researcher Award, The 4th International Workshop on Regional Air Quality in Rapidly Economic Developing Regions (4RAQM), Hong Kong, 2014
  • Young Scientist Support and Young Scientist Poster Award, International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Science Conference, Beijing, 2012
  • Overseas Research Award, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2008

Research Projects

External

  1. Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA), Macao SAR: An assessment study on the efficiency of air quality improvement, 2023.06-2023.11, PI.
  2. Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT), Macao SAR: Impacts of different commercial silane coatings to algal toxicity of metal nanoparticle mixtures, 2023.04-2026.04, Co-I.
  3. Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT), Macao SAR: Modification of an Electrodynamic Balance and Application to Study Hygroscopic Behavior and Phase State of Saccharides in Marine Aerosols, 2021.10-2024.09, PI.
  4. Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT), Macao SAR: Effects of anthropogenic and marine aerosol inorganic salts on the aqueous-phase photolysis of atmospheric nitro-phenolic compounds, 2020.09-2023.08, PI.
  5. Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA), Macao SAR: An assessment study on the control policies for stationary air pollution sources, 2020.07-2020.12, PI.
  6. Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA), Macao SAR: Study on the effectiveness of air quality improvement policies and site selection of air pollutants monitoring, 2018.06-2018.12, PI.
  7. Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT), Macao SAR: Effects of phase state of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) on gas-particle conversion of glyoxal and formation of secondary organic aerosols (SOA), 2017.08-2020.09, PI.
  8. Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT), Macao SAR: Effects of secondary organic aerosol formed via nitrate-mediated aqueous-phase oxidation on the physical properties of atmospheric particulate matter, 2017.03-2020.04, PI.
  9. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC): Laboratory studies on the effects of nitrate on secondary organic aerosol formation, 2017.01-2020.12, PI.

Internal

  1. Multi-year Research Grant (MYRG), University of Macau Research Council: Co-photolysis of atmospheric particulate nitrate and brown carbon (BrC) chromophores and implications on atmospheric chemistry and health effects, 2023.01-2024.12, PI.
  2. Multi-year Research Grant (MYRG), University of Macau Research Council: Chemical constituents in atmospheric ne particulate matter (PM) and health-related reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, 2019.01-2021.12, PI.
  3. Multi-year Research Grant (MYRG), University of Macau Research Council: Measurement of vertical proles for particulate matters in suburban and pristine environments using an unmanned aerial vehicle platform, 2017.09-2020.082, PI.
  4. Start-up Research Grant (SRG), University of Macau Research Council: A pilot test of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system for vertical distribution measurements of atmospheric particulate matter (PM), 2016.01-2018.12, PI.

Selected Publications

  1. Wang Y., Qiu T., Zhang C., Hao T., Mabato B.R.G., Zhang R., Gen M., Chan M.N., Huang D.D., Ge X., Wang J., Du L., Huang R.J., Chen Q., Hoi K.I., Mok K.M., Chan C.K., Li Y.J.*, Co-photolysis of mixed chromophores affects atmospheric lifetimes of brown carbon, Environ. Sci.: Atmos., 2023,  10.1039/D3EA00073G.
  2. Tian L., Huang D.D.*, Wang Q., Zhu S., Wang Q., Yan C., Nie W., Wang Z., Qiao L., Liu Y., Qiao X., Guo Y., Zheng P., Jing S., Lou S., Wang H., Yu J.Z., Huang C., Li Y.J.*, Underestimated Contribution of Heavy Aromatics to Secondary Organic Aerosol Revealed by Comparative Assessments Using New and Traditional Methods, ACS Earth Space Chem., 2022, 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.2c00252.
  3. Tian L., Huang D.D.*, Li Y.J.*, Yan C., Nie W., Wang Z., Wang Q., Qiao L., Zhou M., Zhu S., Liu Y., Guo Y., Qiao X., Zheng P., Jing S., Lou S., Wang H., Huang C., Enigma of Urban Gaseous Oxygenated Organic Molecules: Precursor Type, Role of NOx, and Degree of Oxygenation. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2022, 10.1021/acs.est.2c05047.
  4. Zeng L., Huang D.D.*, Zhu S., Li F., Zhou M., Qiao L., Wang Q., Wang Q., Ma Y., Lou S., Shi H., Hoi K., Mok K.M., Ge X., Wang H., Yu J.Z., Huang C., Li Y.J.*, The interplays among meteorology, source, and chemistry in high particulate matter pollution episodes in urban Shanghai, China, Sci. Total Environ., 2022, 853: 158347, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158347.
  5. Wang Y., Huang W., Tian L., Wang Y., Li F., Huang D.D., Zhang R., Mabato B.R.G., Huang R.J., Chen Q., Ge X., Du L., Ma Y.G., Gen M., Hoi K.I., Mok K.M., Yu J.Z., Chan C.K., Li X., Li Y.J.*, Decay Kinetics and Absorption Changes of Methoxyphenols and Nitrophenols during Nitrate-Mediated Aqueous Photochemical Oxidation at 254 and 313 nm, ACS Earth Space Chem., 2022, 6: 1115–1125.
  6. Wang Y., Huang D.D., Huang W., Liu B., Chen Q., Huang R.J., Gen M., Mabato B.R.G., Chan C.K., Li X., Hao T., Tan Y., Hoi K.I., Mok K.M., Li Y.J.*, Enhanced Nitrite Production from the Aqueous Photolysis of Nitrate in the Presence of Vanillic Acid and Implications for the Roles of Light-Absorbing Organics, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2021, 55: 15694–15704.
  7. Cheng X., Chen Q.*, Li Y.J.*, Zheng Y., Liao K., Huang G.C., Highly oxygenated organic molecules produced by the oxidation of benzene and toluene in a wide range of OH exposure and NOx conditions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2021, 21: 12005-12019.
  8. Li Y., Liu B., Ye J., Jia T., Khuzestani R.B., Sun J.Y., Cheng X., Zheng Y., Li X., Wu C., Xin J., Wu Z., Tomoto M.A., McKinney K.A., Martin S.T., Li Y.J.*, and Chen Q.*, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Measurements of Volatile Organic Compounds over a Subtropical Forest in China and Implications for Emission Heterogeneity, ACS Earth Space Chem., 2021, 5: 247-256.
  9. Chen X., Chu Y., Lee A.K.Y., Gen M., Kasthuriarachchi N., Chan C.K., Li Y.J.*, Relative humidity history affects hygroscopicity of mixed particles of glyoxal and reduced nitrogenous species, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2020, 12: 7097-7106.
  10. Liu B., Wu C., Ma N., Chen Q., Li Y., Ye J., Martin S.T., Li Y.J.*, Vertical profiling of fine particulate matter and black carbon by using unmanned aerial vehicle in Macau, China, Sci. Total Environ., 2020, 709: 136109.
  11. Li J., Liu Q., Li Y.J.*, Liu T., Zheng J., Zhu W., Hu M., Wu Y., Lou S., Hallquist A.M., Hallquist M., Chan C.K., Canonaco F., Prevot A.S.H., Fung J.C.H., Lou A.K.H., Yu J.Z.*, Characterization of aerosol aging potentials at suburban sites in northern and southern China utilizing a potential aerosol mass (Go:PAM) reactor and HR-ToF-AMS, J. Geophys. Res.
    Atmos., 2019, 124: 5629-5649.
  12. Liu B., He M., Wu C., Li J., Li Y., Lau N.T., Yu J.Z., Lau A.K.H., Fung J.C.H., Hoi K.I., Mok K.M., Chan C.K., Li Y.J.*, Potential exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and black carbon on jogging trails in Macau, Atmos. Environ., 2019, 198: 23-33.
  13. Qin Y.M., Tan H.B., Li Y.J.*., Li Z.J., Schurman M.I., Liu L., Wu C., Chan C.K.*, Chemical characteristics of brown carbon in atmospheric particles at a suburban site near Guangzhou, China, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2018, 18: 16409-16418.
  14. Qin Y.M., Tan H.B., Li Y.J.*, Schurman M.I., Li F., Canonaco F., Prevot A.S., Chan C.K.*, Impacts of traffic emissions on atmospheric particulate nitrate and organics at a downwind site on the periphery of Guangzhou, China, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2017, 17: 10245-10258.
  15. Li Y.J.*, Sun Y., Zhang Q., Li X., Li M., Zhou Z., Chan C.K.*, Real-time chemical characterization of atmospheric particulate matter in China: A review, Atmos. Environ., 2017, 158: 270-304.
  16. Li Y.J.*, Liu P.F., Bergoend C., Bateman A.P., Martin S.T.*, Rebounding hygroscopic inorganic aerosol particles: Liquids, gels, and hydrates, Aerosol Sci. Technol., 2017, 51: 388-396.

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Services

Professional Services

University Services

  • Associate Head, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2022 – present)
  • Faculty Graduate Studies Committee member (2019 – present)
  • Affiliate of residential college: Henry Fok Pearl Jubilee College (2017 – present)
  • Faculty Advisor of University of Macau International Student Group, American Society of Civil Engineers (2016 – 2019)
  • Departmental Advisor for student exchange program (2016 – present)

Community Services

  • Examination Committee Member for Registered Environmental Engineers, Macao SAR (2022 – present)
  • Referee for high-school competitions on STEM organized by Macau Life Science Institute (MLSI) (2019), The Macau Institute Of Engineers (2019 – present), and Macau Innovation and Invention Association (MIIA) (2019 – present)
  • Referee for 34th China Adolescents Science and Technology Innovation Contest (CASTIC) (2019)
  • Referee for Environmental Teaching Plan Competition organized by Environmental Protection Bureau (2016 – present)

Contact Information

Rm3017, E11, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macao SAR, China

Telephone: (853) 8822-4943
Fax: (853) 8822-2426
Email: yongjieli