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Chemistry

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726

Environmental Sciences

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34830
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436
National Ranking
200

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2012 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Renyi Zhang is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of environmental science, medicine, and earth and planetary sciences. Their research primarily focuses on atmospheric science and related subfields, including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, global and planetary change, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and oncology.

Key topics addressed in their work encompass air quality and health impacts, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric ozone and climate, climate change and health impacts, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, energy and environment impacts, and air quality monitoring and forecasting.

Their notable recent publications include:

  • Identifying airborne transmission as the dominant route for the spread of COVID-19, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Air pollution and children's health-a review of adverse effects associated with prenatal exposure from fine to ultrafine particulate matter, 2021, Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
  • An unexpected catalyst dominates formation and radiative forcing of regional haze, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Remarkable nucleation and growth of ultrafine particles from vehicular exhaust, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Explosive Secondary Aerosol Formation during Severe Haze in the North China Plain, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Yixin Li
  • Jiayun Zhao
  • Yuan Wang
  • Natalie M. Johnson
  • Fang Zhang

Their work has appeared most often in the following publication venues:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • PubMed
  • Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Renyi Zhang has been recognized with several distinctions, including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016 and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Elucidating severe urban haze formation in China

    Song Guo;Min Hu;Misti L. Zamora;Jianfei Peng

  • Persistent sulfate formation from London Fog to Chinese haze

    Gehui Wang;Gehui Wang;Gehui Wang;Renyi Zhang;Renyi Zhang;Mario E. Gomez;Mario E. Gomez;Lingxiao Yang;Lingxiao Yang

  • Identifying airborne transmission as the dominant route for the spread of COVID-19.

    Renyi Zhang;Yixin Li;Annie L. Zhang;Yuan Wang

  • Formation of Urban Fine Particulate Matter

    Renyi Zhang;Gehui Wang;Song Guo;Misti L. Zamora

  • Nucleation and Growth of Nanoparticles in the Atmosphere

    Renyi Zhang;Renyi Zhang;Renyi Zhang;Alexei Khalizov;Lin Wang;Min Hu

  • Severe haze in northern China: A synergy of anthropogenic emissions and atmospheric processes.

    Zhisheng An;Ru-Jin Huang;Renyi Zhang;Xuexi Tie

  • Variability in morphology, hygroscopicity, and optical properties of soot aerosols during atmospheric processing

    Renyi Zhang;Alexei F. Khalizov;Joakim Pagels;Dan Zhang

  • Atmospheric new particle formation enhanced by organic acids.

    Renyi Zhang;Inseon Suh;Jun Zhao;Dan Zhang

  • Markedly enhanced absorption and direct radiative forcing of black carbon under polluted urban environments

    Jianfei Peng;Min Hu;Song Guo;Zhuofei Du

  • 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

  • Getting to the Critical Nucleus of Aerosol Formation

    Renyi Zhang

  • Assessment of the global impact of aerosols on tropospheric oxidants

    Xuexi Tie;Sasha Madronich;Stacy Walters;David P. Edwards

  • New Particle Formation in the Atmosphere: From Molecular Clusters to Global Climate

    Shan-Hu Lee;Shan-Hu Lee;Hamish Gordon;Huan Yu;Katrianne Lehtipalo;Katrianne Lehtipalo

  • Proton transfer reaction rate constants between hydronium ion (H3O+) and volatile organic compounds

    Jun Zhao;Renyi Zhang

  • Enhancement of cloud-to-ground lightning over Houston, Texas

    Richard E. Orville;Gary Huffines;John Nielsen-Gammon;Renyi Zhang

  • Effect of clouds on photolysis and oxidants in the troposphere

    Xuexi Tie;Sasha Madronich;Stacy Walters;Renyi Zhang

  • Physical chemistry of the H2SO4/HNO3/H2O system: Implications for polar stratospheric clouds

    M J Molina;Renyi Zhang;P J Wooldridge;J R McMahon

  • Mass-Dimensional Relationships for Ice Particles and the Influence of Riming on Snowfall Rates

    David L. Mitchell;Renyi Zhang;Richard L. Pitter

  • Atmospheric nanoparticles formed from heterogeneous reactions of organics

    Lin Wang;Alexei F. Khalizov;Jun Zheng;Wen Xu

  • Effects of aerosols and relative humidity on cumulus clouds

    Jiwen Fan;Renyi Zhang;Guohui Li;Wei-Kuo Tao

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun Zheng
Jun Zheng Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Yuan Wang
Yuan Wang California Institute of Technology
Mario J. Molina
Mario J. Molina University of California, San Diego
Song Guo
Song Guo Peking University
Min Hu
Min Hu Peking University
Xuexi Tie
Xuexi Tie Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jiwen Fan
Jiwen Fan Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Don R. Collins
Don R. Collins University of California, Riverside
Jianmin Chen
Jianmin Chen Fudan University

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