CHAK
K. CHAN
陳澤強教授
Head
and Professor, Division of Environment
Professor,
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering
Director,
Institute for the Environment
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Clear Water Bay
Hong Kong
email: keckchan@ust.hk
tel: (852) 2358-7124
fax: (852) 2358-0054
Editor-in-Chief
email: atmosenv@ust.hk
EDUCATION:
1992
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
1986 B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
WORKING EXPERIENCE:
2010.12
to Present Head
and Professor, Division of Environment, HKUST
2009.9
to 2010.11 Acting
Head and Professor, Division of Environment, HKUST
2009.9
to Present Director,
Institute of Environment, HKUST
2006 -
Present Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering, HKUST
1999 - 2006 Associate
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, HKUST
1992 - 1999 Assistant
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, HKUST
1991 - 1992 Process
Engineer, Ralph M. Parsons Company, Pasadena, CA 91124, USA
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
His
major research interests include aerosol chemistry and air pollution. His
current research interest focuses on gas – particle interactions, in
particular, the thermodynamics and hygroscopic properties of atmospheric
aerosols, as well as heterogeneous reactions related to the formation of
secondary air pollutants. His research involves both field studies (e.g.
mechanisms of sampling artifacts of semi-volatile species in aerosols, size
distributions of ionic (inorganic and organic) species, aerosol acidity) and
laboratory experiments using single particle levitation technique. His group is
one of the first groups to systematically study the hygroscopic properties of
atmospheric water-soluble organic compounds (WSOC) and their effects in
affecting the growth of inorganic aerosols. He has also pioneered the use of
Raman and fluorescence spectroscopy to relate the hygroscopic properties of
supersaturated droplets of electrolytes to their structural properties.
Together with Dr. Ming Fang (Institute for Environment and Sustainable
Development, HKUST), he co-developed the Mobile Air monitoring Platform (MAP),
a vehicle equipped with the state-of-the-art equipment and instruments to
monitor air pollution on the road in a real-time, in situ mode, in contrast to
the conventional stationary techniques. Most recently, he is a PI of the HKUST
Air Quality Research Supersite for real time characterization of ambient
aerosols.
More
detailed information can be obtained from the links below:
CURRENT PROJECTS
Powerpoint summary of current research activities
Current Research Projects
HKUST Air Quality Research Supersite

Aerosol chemistry and air pollution
Hygroscopic properties and thermodynamics of
atmospheric aersosols
Aerosol optics and spectroscopy
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
CITATIONS:
chak chan - Google Scholar Citations
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