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Xiang Ding is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Atmospheric Science and related subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, Pollution, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's main topics of investigation include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Vehicle emissions and performance, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact.

Xiang Ding has published extensively in several prominent scientific journals. Frequent venues for their publications include Atmospheric Environment, The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

They have collaborated regularly with several coauthors, notably Xinming Wang, Jianmin Chen, Qing Li, Di Wu, and Yaoqiang Huo.

Selected recent papers demonstrate the breadth of their research focus:

  • Toxic potency-adjusted control of air pollution for solid fuel combustion (2022), published in Nature Energy
  • Chemical Fingerprinting of HULIS in Particulate Matters Emitted from Residential Coal and Biomass Combustion (2021), Environmental Science & Technology
  • Commodity plastic burning as a source of inhaled toxic aerosols (2021), Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Addressing Unresolved Complex Mixture of I/SVOCs Emitted From Incomplete Combustion of Solid Fuels by Nontarget Analysis (2021), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Forward ultra-low emission for power plants via wet electrostatic precipitators and newly developed demisters: Filterable and condensable particulate matters (2020), Atmospheric Environment

Best Publications

  • Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons observed over the North Pacific Ocean and the Arctic area: Spatial distribution and source identification

    Xiang Ding;Xin-Ming Wang;Zhou-Qing Xie;Cai-Hong Xiang

  • Tracer‐based estimation of secondary organic carbon in the Pearl River Delta, south China

    Xiang Ding;Xin-Ming Wang;Bo Gao;Xiao-Xin Fu

  • Source Apportionment Using Radiocarbon and Organic Tracers for PM2.5 Carbonaceous Aerosols in Guangzhou, South China: Contrasting Local- and Regional-Scale Haze Events

    Junwen Liu;Jun Li;Yanlin Zhang;Di Liu

  • The influence of temperature and aerosol acidity on biogenic secondary organic aerosol tracers: Observations at a rural site in the central Pearl River Delta region, South China

    Xiang Ding;Xin-Ming Wang;Mei Zheng

  • Source attributions of hazardous aromatic hydrocarbons in urban, suburban and rural areas in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region

    Yanli Zhang;Xinming Wang;Barbara Barletta;Isobel J. Simpson

  • Heterogeneous reactions of mineral dust aerosol: implications for tropospheric oxidation capacity

    Mingjin Tang;Xin Huang;Keding Lu;Maofa Ge

  • Characterization and Source Apportionment of Water-Soluble Organic Matter in Atmospheric Fine Particles (PM2.5) with High-Resolution Aerosol Mass Spectrometry and GC–MS

    Yele Sun;Qi Zhang;Mei Zheng;Mei Zheng;Xiang Ding;Xiang Ding

  • Spatial and seasonal trends in biogenic secondary organic aerosol tracers and water-soluble organic carbon in the southeastern United States.

    Xiang Ding;Mei Zheng;Liping Yu;Xiaolu Zhang

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in airborne particulates collected during a research expedition from the Bohai Sea to the Arctic.

    Xin-Ming Wang;Xiang Ding;Bi-Xian Mai;Zhou-Qing Xie

  • Mixing of secondary organic aerosols versus relative humidity

    Qing Ye;Ellis Shipley Robinson;Xiang Ding;Xiang Ding;Penglin Ye

  • Spatial distributions of secondary organic aerosols from isoprene, monoterpenes, β‐caryophyllene, and aromatics over China during summer

    Xiang Ding;Quan-Fu He;Ru-Qin Shen;Qing-Qing Yu

  • Design and characterization of a smog chamber for studying gas-phase chemical mechanisms and aerosol formation

    Xinming Wang;Tengyu Liu;François Xavier Bernard;Xiang Ding

  • Emission factor of ammonia (NH 3 ) from on- road vehicles in China: tunnel tests in urban Guangzhou

    Tengyu Liu;Xinming Wang;Boguang Wang;Xiang Ding

  • Organosulfates from Pinene and Isoprene over the Pearl River Delta, South China: Seasonal Variation and Implication in Formation Mechanisms

    Quan-Fu He;Xiang Ding;Xin-Ming Wang;Jian-Zhen Yu

  • Sources and spatial distribution of particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Shanghai, China

    Yue Liu;Caiqing Yan;Xiang Ding;Xinming Wang

  • Vapor wall loss of semi-volatile organic compounds in a Teflon chamber

    Penglin Ye;Xiang Ding;Jani Hakala;Victoria Hofbauer

  • Secondary organic aerosol formation from photochemical aging of light-duty gasoline vehicle exhausts in a smog chamber

    Tingting Liu;Xinming Wang;Wei Deng;Q. Hu

  • Primary Particulate Matter Emitted from Heavy Fuel and Diesel Oil Combustion in a Typical Container Ship: Characteristics and Toxicity.

    Di Wu;Qing Li;Xiang Ding;Jianfeng Sun

  • Spatial and seasonal variations of isoprene secondary organic aerosol in China: Significant impact of biomass burning during winter.

    Xiang Ding;Quan-Fu He;Ru-Qin Shen;Qing-Qing Yu

  • Chemical Fingerprinting of HULIS in Particulate Matters Emitted from Residential Coal and Biomass Combustion.

    Yaoqiang Huo;Zihua Guo;Qing Li;Di Wu

  • Contribution of Primary and Secondary Sources to Organic Aerosol and PM2.5 at SEARCH Network Sites

    Tadeusz E Kleindienst;Michael Lewandowski;John H Offenberg;Edward O Edney

  • Aerosol scattering coefficients and major chemical compositions of fine particles observed at a rural site in the central Pearl River Delta, south China.

    Xinming Wang;Xiang Ding;Xiaoxin Fu;Quanfu He

Frequent Co-Authors

Xinming Wang
Xinming Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xinhui Bi
Xinhui Bi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mei Zheng
Mei Zheng Peking University
Jian Zhen Yu
Jian Zhen Yu Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Eric S. Edgerton
Eric S. Edgerton Durham University
Yuesi Wang
Yuesi Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhouqing Xie
Zhouqing Xie University of Science and Technology of China
Gan Zhang
Gan Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yele Sun
Yele Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Christian George
Christian George Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

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