Yaoxian Huang
Dow 609
1400 Townsend Dr
Houghton, MI 49931
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1-906-370-9706
http://yxhuang.weebly.com
RESEARCH EXPERTISE
Over 4 yrs atmospheric chemistry modeling; source, transformation, transport and deposition of aerosols;
impacts of natural/anthropogenic emissions on air quality; ozone and ozone precursors; air pollution
meteorology; impacts of climate change on global wildfires and air quality; statistical data analysis;
satellite data retrievals.
EDUCATION
PhD Michigan Technological University, Environmental Engineering, 2014
MS East China University of Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, 2009
BS East China University of Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, 2006
PUBLICATIONS
1. Huang, Y., S. Wu, M. K. Dubey, and N. H. F. French, Impact of aging mechanism on model
simulated carbonaceous aerosols, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 6329–6343, doi:10.5194/acp-13-63292013, 2013.
2. Huang, Y., S. Wu and L. J. Kramer, Understanding tropospheric ozone and its precursors in the
Arctic: comparisons between measurements and model simulations, Geophys. Res. Lett., to be
submitted, 2014.
3. Hickman, J. E., Y. Huang, C. A. Palm, S. Wu, W. Diru, and P. M. Groffman, Impacts of African
agricultural intensification for nitric oxide fluxes and tropospheric ozone, PNAS (Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America), in revision, 2014.
4. Huang, Y., S. Wu and J. O. Kaplan, Sensitivity of global wildfire occurrences to various factors in
the context of global change, Atmos. Environ., in review, 2014.
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5. Zhang, H., S. Wu, Y. Huang, and Y. Wang, Effects of stratospheric ozone recovery on
photochemistry and ozone air quality in the troposphere, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 4079-4086,
doi:10.5194/acp-14-4079-2014, 2014.
6. Huang, Y., F. Lin, S. Li, and Z. Xu, Effects of lipase and Mn2+ on the treatment of soluble oil
wastewater by SBR, J. Water Purification Tech., 28, 2, 40-44, 2009.
HONORS AND AWARDS
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US NSF Early Career Scientist Travel Award, 2014
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MTU Outstanding Graduate Award (highest honor), 2014
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MTU Doctoral Finishing Fellowship (highest honor), 2014
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MTU graduate teaching assistantship, 2013
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MTU graduate research assistantship, 2010-2014
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Shanghai Outstanding Graduate (highest honor), 2009
PRESENTATIONS
1. Telling, J., S. Carn and Y. Huang, Improving the volcanic SO2 emission source term in chemical
transport models, Cities on Volcanoes 8, Indonesia, September, 2014.
2. Huang, Y., and S. Wu, Implications of 2000-2050 changes in climate, land cover and land use on
global wildfires, The World Weather Open Science Conference, Montreal, Canada, August 2014.
3. Huang, Y., S. Wu, and R. Page, Effects of updated aging scheme on the model simulation of global
carbonaceous aerosols, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, December 2011.
4. Wu, S., R. Page, Y. Huang, R. Honrath, and L. Kramer, Arctic NOx spikes – chemistry or transport?
5th GEOS-Chem User's Meeting, Cambridge, USA, May 2011.
5. Huang, Y., S. Wu, and R. Page, Sensitivity of atmospheric transport of carbonaceous aerosols to
aging mechanism, 5th GEOS-Chem User's Meeting, Cambridge, USA, May 2011.
6. Huang, Y., F. Lin, and Z. Xu, The effect of lipase and Mn2+ on the treatment of soluble oil by SBR.
12th Asia Pacific Conference of Chemical Engineering, Dalian, China, 2008.
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Graduate Research Assistant
2010-present
Dept. of GMES, Michigan Technological University
Research Scientist
2009-2010
GE Water Process & Technology
Graduate Research Assistant
2006-2009
Dept. of Environmental Engineering, East China University of Sci. and Tech.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
2005-2006
Dept. of Environmental Engineering, East China University of Sci. and Tech.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Graduate Teaching Assistant
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EnvE4504-Air Quality Engineering & Science, 2013 Fall (33 students)
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EnvE3501- Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering, 2013 Fall (53 undergraduates)
COACHING EXPERIENCE
Mentor two postdoctoral associates, one graduate and two undergraduates to conduct research by
employing GEOS-Chem model, which includes
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GEOS-Chem model introduction
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IDL interpretation
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Research project guidance
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COMPUTER EXPERIENCE
Numerical models: GEOS-Chem Chemical transport model;
Programming languages: Fortran 77/90; C
Software and operation systems: IDL; MatLab; Unix; Linux; MS Word; MS Excel; MS Powerpoint
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Geophysical Union, 2011-present
European Geophysical Union, 2012-present
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