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
- Air quality in Hong Kong: A supersite program for real-time characterization of particulate matter (PM) in Hong Kong's air (Sponsor: Environment and Conservation Fund, HKSAR, ECWW09EG04)
- Effects of particle phase state and relative humidity on the heterogeneous aging of organic aerosols (Sponsor: HK Research Grants Council, General Research Fund, 600208)
- Effects of acid-catalyzed reactions on the partitioning of oxygenated biogenic volatile organic compounds and their roles in secondary organic aerosol formation (Sponsor: HK Research Grants Council, General Research Fund, 610909)
- Neutralization of acidic aerosols by gaseous mixtures of ammonia and amines (Sponsor: HK Research Grants Council, General Research Fund, 600112)
HKUST Air Quality Research Supersite
Aerosol chemistry and air pollution
Hygroscopic properties and thermodynamics of
atmospheric aersosols
Aerosol optics and spectroscopy
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
- Chan C.K. and
Yao X.H. (2008) “Air Pollution in Mega Cities in China - a Review”, Atmospheric
Environment, 42, 1-42.
- Lee A.K.Y.,
Ling T.Y. and Chan C.K. (2008) “Understanding hygroscopic growth and phase
transformation of aerosols using single particle Raman spectroscopy in an electrodynamic balance”, Faraday Discussions,
137, 245 - 263.
- Chan M.N. and
Chan C.K.(2005) “Mass Transfer Effects in
Hygroscopic Measurements of Aerosol Particles”, Atmospheric Chemistry
and Physics, 5, 2703-2712.
- Yao, X. H.,
Fang M., and Chan C. K. (2002) “Size distributions and formation of dicarboxylic acids in atmospheric particles”, Atmospheric
Environment, 36, 2099-2107.
- Choi M. Y.
and Chan C. K. (2002) “Effect of organic species on the hygroscopic
behaviors of inorganic aerosols”, Environmental Science &
Technology, 36, 2422-2428.
- Peng C., Chan
M. N. and Chan C. K. (2001) “The Hygroscopic Properties of Dicarboxylic and Multifunctional Acids: Measurements
and UNIFAC Predictions”, Environmental Science & Technology,
35, 4495-4501.
- Zhuang, H., Chan,
C. K., Fang, M., and Wexler, A. S. (1999) “Formation of nitrate and non-seasalt sulfate on coarse particles”, Atmospheric Environment ,
33(26), 4223-4233.
- Lee, E.,
Chan, C. K., and Paatero, P. (1999) “Application
of Positive Matrix Factorization in source apportionment of particulate
pollutants in Hong Kong”, Atmospheric Environment, 33(19),
3201-3212.
CITATIONS:
chak chan - Google Scholar Citations
AWARDS:
- 2010 Second Prize in State Natural
Science Award by the National Office of Science and Technology Awards on “大气颗粒物及其前体物排放与复合污染特征 The characteristics
of emission and complex pollution of particulate matter and its
precursors”
- 2007 First Prize in Natural Science Award
by the Ministry of Education of China on the project “大气颗粒物及其前体物排放与复合污染特征 The
characteristics of emission and complex pollution of particulate matter
and its precursors”
- 2005 Asian Young Aerosol Scientist
Award, Asian Aerosol Research Assembly
- 1999 Top Ten Lecturers award, HKUST
PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES:
Journal Editorial Services
- Editor in
Chief, Atmospheric Environment, Oct 2008 to present
- Member,
Editorial Advisory Board, Aerosol Science and Technology, May 2008 to
present
- Member,
Editorial Advisory Board, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Oct 2007 to
present
- Member,
Editorial Advisory Board, Atmospheric and Climatic Sciences, June 2011 to
present
- Member,
Editorial Advisory Board, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2005 to 2008, 2011
to present
- Member,
Editorial Advisory Board, Atmospheric Environment, 2006 to 2008