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2023

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  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award

Overview

Guoying Sheng is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular emphasis on atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality, and related health impacts.

The scientific work of Guoying Sheng covers several subfields including health, toxicology and mutagenesis; atmospheric science; global and planetary change; pollution; and environmental engineering. These areas reflect an interdisciplinary approach to studying atmospheric composition, pollution processes, and their broader environmental and health effects.

Key topics addressed in the research include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air quality and health impacts
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric ozone and climate
  • Toxic organic pollutants impact
  • Microplastics and plastic pollution
  • Air quality monitoring and forecasting

Guoying Sheng has contributed to multiple scientific publications. Selected recent papers include:

  • Evidence for the Formation of Imidazole from Carbonyls and Reduced Nitrogen Species at the Individual Particle Level in the Ambient Atmosphere, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • Large contribution of fossil-derived components to aqueous secondary organic aerosols in China, 2022, Nature Communications
  • High secondary formation of nitrogen-containing organics (NOCs) and its possible link to oxidized organics and ammonium, 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • A review of measurement techniques for aerosol effective density, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins/furans (PBDD/Fs) in soil around municipal solid waste incinerator: A comparison with polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/furans (PCDD/Fs), 2021, Environmental Pollution

Frequent collaborators in Guoying Sheng's research include Xinming Wang, Guohua Zhang, Xinhui Bi, Qinhao Lin, and Long Peng.

The most common publication venues for Sheng's work are:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Nature Communications
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Atmospheric Environment

Best Publications

  • Distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in sediments of the Pearl River Delta and adjacent South China Sea.

    Bixian Mai;Shejun Chen;Xiaojun Luo;Laiguo Chen

  • Chlorinated and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in riverine and estuarine sediments from Pearl River Delta, China.

    Bi-Xian Mai;Jia-Mo Fu;Guo-Ying Sheng;Yue-Hui Kang

  • Persistent organic pollutants in environment of the Pearl River Delta, China: an overview

    Jiamo Fu;Bixian Mai;Guoying Sheng;Gan Zhang

  • Emission factors for carbonaceous particles and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from residential coal combustion in China.

    Yingjun Chen;Guoying Sheng;Xinhui Bi;Yanli Feng

  • Distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the coastal region off Macao, China: assessment of input sources and transport pathways using compositional analysis.

    Bixian Mai;Shihua Qi;Eddy Y. Zeng;Qingshu Yang

  • Molecular marker study of extractable organic matter in aerosols from urban areas of China

    Bernd R.T. Simoneit;Guoying Sheng;Xiaojing Chen;Jiamo Fu

  • Exposure of electronics dismantling workers to polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polychlorinated biphenyls, and organochlorine pesticides in South China.

    Xinhui Bi;Gareth O Thomas;Kevin C Jones;Weiyue Qu

  • Distribution of particulate- and vapor-phase n-alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban atmosphere of Guangzhou, China

    Xinhui Bi;Guoying Sheng;Ping’an Peng;Yingjun Chen

  • Diamondoid hydrocarbon ratios: novel maturity indices for highly mature crude oils

    Junhong Chen;Jiamo Fu;Guoying Sheng;Dehan Liu

  • Severe PCDD/F and PBDD/F Pollution in Air around an Electronic Waste Dismantling Area in China

    Huiru Li;Liping Yu;Guoying Sheng;Jiamo Fu

  • Occurrence, distribution and possible sources of organochlorine pesticides in agricultural soil of Shanghai, China.

    Yu-Feng Jiang;Xue-Tong Wang;Ying Jia;Fei Wang

  • Levels, composition profiles and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban soil of Shanghai, China

    Yu-Feng Jiang;Xue-Tong Wang;Fei Wang;Ying Jia

  • Molecular and carbon and hydrogen isotopic composition of n-alkanes in plant leaf waxes

    Xinhui Bi;Guoying Sheng;Guoying Sheng;Xiaohong Liu;Chao Li

  • Enhanced photocatalytic performance of nanosized coupled ZnO/SnO2 photocatalysts for methyl orange degradation

    Cun Wang;Cun Wang;Xinming Wang;Bo-Qing Xu;Jincai Zhao

  • Preparation and photocatalytic properties of a nanometer ZnO–SnO2 coupled oxide

    Maolin Zhang;Taicheng An;Xiaohong Hu;Cun Wang

  • Chemical Composition and Sources of PM10 and PM2.5 Aerosols in Guangzhou, China

    Xinhua Wang;Xinhui Bi;Guoying Sheng;Jiamo Fu

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in South China maternal and fetal blood and breast milk

    Xinhui Bi;Weiyue Qu;Guoying Sheng;Guoying Sheng;Wenbing Zhang

  • Chemical characteristics of haze during summer and winter in Guangzhou

    Ji-Hua Tan;Jing-Chun Duan;Duo-Hong Chen;Xin-Hua Wang

  • Concentration levels, compositional profiles, and gas-particle partitioning of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the atmosphere of an urban city in South China.

    Lai-Guo Chen;Bi-Xian Mai;Xin-Hui Bi;She-Jun Chen

  • Characteristics of organic and elemental carbon in PM2.5 samples in Shanghai, China

    Yanli Feng;Yingjun Chen;Hui Guo;Guorui Zhi

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and organochlorine pesticides in water columns from the Pearl River and the Macao harbor in the Pearl River Delta in South China

    Xiaojun Luo;Bixian Mai;Qingshu Yang;Qingshu Yang;Jiamo Fu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiamo Fu
Jiamo Fu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xinhui Bi
Xinhui Bi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xinming Wang
Xinming Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ping'an Peng
Ping'an Peng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhiqiang Yu
Zhiqiang Yu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bi-Xian Mai
Bi-Xian Mai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Taicheng An
Taicheng An Guangdong University of Technology
L. Y. Chan
L. Y. Chan Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Minghong Wu
Minghong Wu Shanghai University
Gan Zhang
Gan Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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