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Research Focus: The aviation industry is known to be one of the major contributors to greenhouse gases accounting for 4.9% of the global greenhouse emissions. With the ever-increasing threat of climate change to the overall survival of the planet, the exploration of new technologies and alternative energy sources that minimize greenhouse gas emissions are of […]

Research Focus: Wildfires pose severe threats to urban air quality. As a result of ongoing climate change and historical fire suppression practices, wildfires in North America became more intense, frequent, and widespread in the 2000s. These trends have significantly impacted urban air quality in the last two decades, offsetting some of the improvements from anthropogenic […]

Research Focus 1: Harmful algal blooms (HABs), which can produce cyanobacterial toxins, degrade water quality, threaten public health, harm ecosytems, and impact the economic output of industries such as fisheries and tourism. One major contribution to HABs is nutrient pollution from anthropogenic activities. To address nutrient pollution, we are developing novel mineral-hydrogel composites to effectively […]

Research Focus: One of the research directions in my lab is about climate events and human health.

Skills, Techniques, and Methods: We want passionate students who have basic skills in searching for and summarizing literature. The students should have good communication skills. It will be a plus if the students have analytical skills, but it is not a request. The students can learn analytical skills during this summer’s research work.