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Jian Wang is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science, earth and planetary sciences, and physics and astronomy. Their work spans several main fields of study, with a significant focus on environmental chemistry, astronomy and astrophysics, and oceanography.

Their research addresses a range of topics including methane hydrates and related phenomena, ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, geophysics and gravity measurements, seismic waves and analysis, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, and atmospheric ozone and climate.

Jian Wang has a number of recent publications that highlight their engagement with atmospheric science and aerosol research. Selected papers include:

  • The impact of digital transformation of manufacturing on corporate performance - The mediating effect of business model innovation and the moderating effect of innovation capability, 2023, Research in International Business and Finance
  • Aerosol and Cloud Experiments in the Eastern North Atlantic (ACE-ENA), 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • High concentration of ultrafine particles in the Amazon free troposphere produced by organic new particle formation, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • New particle formation in the remote marine boundary layer, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Sizing response of the Ultra-High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer (UHSAS) and Laser Aerosol Spectrometer (LAS) to changes in submicron aerosol composition and refractive index, 2021, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Jian Wang frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Common co-authors include Daniel Knopf, Alexander Laskin, Swarup China, Felipe Rivera-Adorno, and Abu Sayeed Shawon, reflecting a broad network of scientific partnerships.

Their work has been published in various venues, demonstrating a strong presence in journals related to atmospheric science and environmental chemistry. Frequent publication venues include OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, and Geophysical Research Letters.

Best Publications

  • Platinum monolayer fuel cell electrocatalysts

    Radoslav R. Adzic;Junliang Zhang;Kotaro Sasaki;Miomir B. Vukmirovic

  • Recent advances in understanding secondary organic aerosol: Implications for global climate forcing

    Manish Shrivastava;Christopher D. Cappa;Jiwen Fan;Allen H. Goldstein

  • Substantial convection and precipitation enhancements by ultrafine aerosol particles

    Jiwen Fan;Daniel Rosenfeld;Yuwei Zhang;Yuwei Zhang;Scott E. Giangrande

  • Mexico City aerosol analysis during MILAGRO using high resolution aerosol mass spectrometry at the urban supersite (T0) – Part 1: Fine particle composition and organic source apportionment

    Allison Aiken;Allison Aiken;D. Salcedo;Michael J. Cubison;J. Huffman

  • Introduction: Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5)

    S. T. Martin;P. Artaxo;L. A. T. Machado;A. O. Manzi

  • Comparison of methods for deriving aerosol asymmetry parameter

    Elisabeth Andrews;Patrick J. Sheridan;Markus Fiebig;Markus Fiebig;Allison McComiskey

  • The time evolution of aerosol composition over the Mexico City plateau

    Lawrence I. Kleinman;Stephen R. Springston;Peter H. Daum;Y. N. Lee

  • The importance of aerosol mixing state and size-resolved composition on CCN concentration and the variation of the importance with atmospheric aging of aerosols

    J. Wang;M. J. Cubison;A. C. Aiken;J. L. Jimenez

  • Characteristics, source apportionment and reactivity of ambient volatile organic compounds at Dinghu Mountain in Guangdong Province, China.

    Fangkun Wu;Ye Yu;Jie Sun;Junke Zhang

  • Aerosol characteristics and particle production in the upper troposphere over the Amazon Basin

    Meinrat O. Andreae;Meinrat O. Andreae;Armin Afchine;Rachel I. Albrecht;Bruna Amorim Holanda

  • Aircraft‐based aerosol size and composition measurements during ACE‐Asia using an Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer

    Roya Bahreini;Jose L. Jimenez;Jian Wang;Richard C. Flagan

  • Amazon boundary layer aerosol concentration sustained by vertical transport during rainfall

    Jian Wang;Radovan Krejci;Scott Giangrande;Chongai Kuang

  • Mexico city aerosol analysis during MILAGRO using high resolution aerosol mass spectrometry at the urban supersite (T0) – Part 2: Analysis of the biomass burning contribution and the non-fossil carbon fraction

    Allison Aiken;B. de Foy;Christine Wiedinmyer;Peter DeCarlo;Peter DeCarlo

  • Long-term observations of cloud condensation nuclei in the Amazon rain forest – Part 1: Aerosol size distribution, hygroscopicity, and new model parametrizations for CCN prediction

    Mira L. Pöhlker;Christopher Pöhlker;Florian Ditas;Thomas Klimach

  • Size and time-resolved growth rate measurements of 1 to 5 nm freshly formed atmospheric nuclei

    C. Kuang;M. Chen;J. Zhao;J. Smith

  • South East Pacific atmospheric composition and variability sampled along 20° S during VOCALS-REx

    G. Allen;H. Coe;A. Clarke;C. Bretherton

  • Spherical tarball particles form through rapid chemical and physical changes of organic matter in biomass-burning smoke

    Kouji Adachi;Arthur J. Sedlacek;Lawrence Kleinman;Stephen R. Springston

  • Effects of aerosol organics on cloud condensation nucleus (CCN) concentration and first indirect aerosol effect

    J. X. Wang;Y. N. Lee;Peter H. Daum;John T. Jayne

  • CCN predictions using simplified assumptions of organic aerosol composition and mixing state: a synthesis from six different locations

    B. Ervens;B. Ervens;M. J. Cubison;E. Andrews;E. Andrews;G. Feingold

  • A model for the radiative forcing during ACE-Asia derived from CIRPAS Twin Otter and R/V Ronald H. Brown data and comparison with observations

    William C. Conant;John H. Seinfeld;Jian Wang;Gregory R. Carmichael

  • Aerosol and Cloud Experiments in the Eastern North Atlantic (ACE-ENA)

    Jian Wang;Jian Wang;Rob Wood;Michael P. Jensen;J. Christine Chiu

  • Growth Kinetics and Size Distribution Dynamics of Viscous Secondary Organic Aerosol

    Rahul A. Zaveri;John E. Shilling;Alla Zelenyuk;Jiumeng Liu

  • BAECC: A Field Campaign to Elucidate the Impact of Biogenic Aerosols on Clouds and Climate

    Tuukka Petäjä;Ewan J. O’Connor;Dmitri Moisseev;Victoria A. Sinclair

  • Long-term observations of cloud condensation nuclei over the Amazon rain forest – Part 2: Variability and characteristics of biomass burning, long-range transport, and pristine rain forest aerosols

    Mira L. Pöhlker;Florian Ditas;Jorge Saturno;Jorge Saturno;Thomas Klimach

  • Aircraft-based aerosol size and composition measurements during ACE-Asia using an Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer : Characterization of Asian aerosols and their radiative impacts on climate

    Roya Bahreini;Jose L. Jimenez;Jian Wang;Richard C. Flagan

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen R. Springston
Stephen R. Springston Brookhaven National Laboratory
John E. Shilling
John E. Shilling Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Paulo Artaxo
Paulo Artaxo Universidade de São Paulo
Meinrat O. Andreae
Meinrat O. Andreae Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Joel Brito
Joel Brito IMT Lille Douai
Jose L. Jimenez
Jose L. Jimenez University of Colorado Boulder
Lawrence I. Kleinman
Lawrence I. Kleinman Brookhaven National Laboratory
John H. Seinfeld
John H. Seinfeld California Institute of Technology
Jason M. Tomlinson
Jason M. Tomlinson Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Rahul A. Zaveri
Rahul A. Zaveri Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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