Zhang, Yingyi

Title:Associate Professor

Gender:Female

E-mail:zhyy@scut.edu.cn

Personal Information: http://www2.scut.edu.cn/sclai

Admissions Major

Master's admissions major:

  • Master of academic degree: 083000| Environmental science and engineering.

  • Master of professional degree: 085700| Resources and environment.

Working experience

  • 09/2016 - present: Associate professor, School of environment and energy, South China University of Technology

  • 12/2010 - 08/2016: Lecturer, School of environment and energy, South China University of technology

Educational experience

  • From November 2006 to May 2010: doctor of analytical chemistry, Marple Institute of chemistry, Germany, tutor: Ulrich P ö schl

  • From September 2003 to July 2005: Sun Yat sen University, master of analytical chemistry, tutor: Zou Shichun

  • From September 1999 to July 2003: Sun Yat sen University, Bachelor of Applied Chemistry, tutor: Zou Shichun

Field of research

  • Analysis and interaction of biological aerosols and their effects on climate and health;

  • Atmospheric modification of atmospheric proteins and their health effects

Recent research projects

  1. National Natural Science Foundation general project, 41975156: Observation, simulation and mechanism research of protein oxidation reaction in strong oxidation atmospheric environment aerosol; 2020 / 01-2023 / 12, Project leader

  2. Key project of basic scientific research and operation expenses of Central University: Research on atmospheric ozone oxidation reaction mechanism of aerosol protein; 2020 / 1-2021 / 12, Project leader

  3. State Key Laboratory of organic geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of geochemistry: Environmental exposure simulation and mechanism of nitrosation of protein in atmospheric aerosols, 2020 / 1-2021 / 12, Project leader

  4. General project of National Natural Science Foundation of China: A study on characteristics, sources and impacts of biological aerosols in South China, 2017 / 01-2020 / 12, Project leader

  5. Key project of basic scientific research business expenses of Central University: research on characteristics and exposure level of atmospheric proteins and their oxidation products in Pearl River Delta, 2017 / 01-2020 / 12, Project leader

  6. Ministry of education research foundation for returned students: Research on oxidation products and evolution of pinene in atmospheric organic aerosols, 2013 / 09-2014 / 08, Project leader

  7. Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Science Foundation: Research on the characteristics of protein and its nitration in atmospheric particles, 2012 / 01-2014 / 12, Project leader

  8. General project of basic scientific research business expenses of Central University: Research on the existence and characteristics of nitro protein in atmospheric particles, 2012 / 01-2013 / 12, Project leader

  9. Doctoral program of Guangdong Natural Science Foundation: Research on the oxidation products and evolution of pinene in organic aerosols in the Pearl River Delta, 2011 / 10-2013 / 09, Project leader

  10. Cooperation and exchange project between National Natural Science Foundation of China and Japan Society for the promotion of science: Characteristics of organic markers of fungal aerosols in the middle and low latitudes of the western North Pacific, 2017 / 04-2019 / 12, participated in

  11. General project of National Natural Science Foundation of China: Identification and source of fungal aerosols in the South China Sea Based on chemical markers and genotype analysis, 2016 / 01-2019 / 12, Project member

  12. General project of National Natural Science Foundation of China: Research on marine organic matter emission and its impact on atmospheric aerosol characteristics, 2013 / 01-2016 / 12, Project member

  13. National Natural Science Guangdong joint fund: Comprehensive research on characteristics, formation and migration mechanism and control measures of secondary organic aerosols in Pearl River Delta, 2011 / 01-2014 / 12, Project member

Academic achievements

Recent representative publications:

  1. Song, J., Zhang, Y.*, Zhang, Y., Yuan, Q., Zhao, Y., Wang, X., Zou, S., Xu, W., Lai, S.*, 2019. A case study on the characterization of non-methane hydrocarbons over the South China Sea: Implication of land-sea air exchange. Science of the Total Environment, 134754.

  2. Wang, S., Song, T., Shiraiwa, M., Song, J., Ren, H., Ren, L., Wei, L., Sun, Y., Zhang, Y.*, Fu, P.*, Lai, S., 2019. Occurrence of Aerosol Proteinaceous Matter in Urban Beijing: An Investigation on Composition, Sources, and Atmospheric Processes During the APEC Blue Period. Environmental Science and Technology, 53, 7380-7390.

  3. Yuan, Q., Lai, S., Song, J., Ding, X., Zheng, L., Wang, X., Zhao, Y., Zheng, J., Yue, D., Zhong, L., Niu, X., Zhang, Y.*, 2018. Seasonal cycles of secondary organic aerosol tracers in rural Guangzhou, Southern China: The importance of atmospheric oxidants. Environmental Pollution, 240 884-893.

  4. Song, T., Wang, S., Zhang, Y.*, Song, J., Liu, F., Fu, P., Shiraiwa, M., Xie, Z., Yue, D., Zhong, L., Zheng, J., Lai, S.*, 2017. Proteins and Amino Acids in Fine Particulate Matter in Rural Guangzhou, Southern China: Seasonal Cycles, Sources, and Atmospheric Processes. Environmental Science and Technology, 51 (12), 6773-6781.

  5. Zhao, Y., Zhang, Y.*, Fu, P., Ho, S. S. H., Ho, K. F., Liu, F., Zou, S., Wang, S., Lai, S.*, 2016. Non-polar organic compounds in marine aerosols over the northern South China Sea: Influence of continental outflow. Chemosphere, 153 332-339.

  6. Lai, S., Zhao, Y., Ding, A., Zhang, Y.*, Song, T., Zheng, J., Ho, K. F., Lee, S.-c., Zhong, L., 2016. Characterization of PM2.5 and the major chemical components during a 1-year campaign in rural Guangzhou, Southern China. Atmospheric Research, 167 208-215.

  7. Chen, X., Lai, S.*, Gao, Y., Zhang, Y.*, Zhao, Y., Chen, D., Zheng, J., Zhong, L., Lee, S.-C., Chen, B., 2016. Reconstructed Light Extinction Coefficients of Fine Particulate Matter in Rural Guangzhou, Southern China. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 16 1981-1990.

  8. Lai, S., Xie, Z.*, Song, T., Tang, J., Zhang, Y.*, Mi, W., Peng, J., Zhao, Y., Zou, S., Ebinghaus, R., 2015. Occurrence and dry deposition of organophosphate esters in atmospheric particles over the northern South China Sea. Chemosphere, 127 195-200.

  9. Zhang, Y.*, Lai, S., Zhao, Z., Liu, F. B., Chen, H. W., Zou, S. C., Xie, Z. Y., Ebinghaus, R., 2013. Spatial distribution of perfluoroalkyl acids in the Pearl River of Southern China. Chemosphere, 93 (8), 1519–1525.

  10. Zhang, Y.*, Yang, H., Poschl, U., 2011. Analysis of nitrated proteins and tryptic peptides by HPLC-chip-MS/MS: site-specific quantification, nitration degree, and reactivity of tyrosine residues. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 399 (1), 459-471.

  11. Zhang, Y.*, Mueller, L., Winterhalter, R., Moortgat, G. K., Hoffmann, T., Poschl, U., 2010. Seasonal cycle and temperature dependence of pinene oxidation products, dicarboxylic acids and nitrophenols in fine and coarse air particulate matter. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10 (16), 7859-7873.

Curriculum Vitae

Zhang yingyi, an associate professor of School of environment and energy, South China University of technology is engaged in the detection and characterization of biological aerosols. She has presided over many scientific research projects, including 3 projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 1 fund for returned students of the Ministry of education, 1 project initiated by doctor of Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, and 2 general projects of basic scientific research business expenses of central universities. She participated in and undertook a number of research projects, including national key R & D plan, key projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China Guangdong joint fund, general projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China, international cooperation projects of science and Technology Department of Guangdong Province, research projects of Foshan Environmental Protection Bureau, etc. She also published more than 20 academic papers in important journals, including nature chemistry, Environmental Science & technology, atmospheric chemistry and physics, environmental pollution, chemistry and analytical and biological chemistry. She is in charge of the undergraduate courses, such as 'Introduction to environmental science', 'scientific and Technological Literature Retrieval' and 'professional English for environmental science and Engineering' and the postgraduate course 'atmospheric environment and simulation'.