Tengyu Liu

Associate Professor

Email: tengyu.liu@nju.edu.cn




Education
2015.07Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2010.07B.Sc. in Environmental Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University
Employment
2020.12-PresentAssociate Professor, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University
2018.09-2020.10Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
2016.01-2018.08Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong
2014.11-2015.05Research Assistant, Institut de Combustion, Aérothermique, Réactivité et Environnement, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Areas of Interest

   Multiphase Chemistry of Atmospheric Aerosols
   Sources and Evolution of Atmospheric Organics, Secondary Organic Aerosols

Publications

2024

Fu, X.; Wang, X.; Liu, T.; He, Q.; Zhang, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Song, W.; Dai, Q.; Chen, S.; Dong, F., Secondary inorganic aerosols and aerosol acidity at different PM2.5 pollution levels during winter haze episodes in the Sichuan Basin, China. Sci. Total Environ. 2024, 918, 170512.

Liu, R.; Liu, T.*; Huang, X.; Ren, C.; Wang, L.; Niu, G.; Yu, C.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, J.; Qi, X.; Nie, W.; Chi, X.; Ding, A., Characteristics and sources of atmospheric ammonia at the SORPES station in the western Yangtze river delta of China. Atmos. Environ. 2024, 318, 120234.

Cai, S.; Liu, T. *; Huang, X.*; Song, Y.; Wang, T.; Sun, Z.; Gao, J.; Ding, A., Important Role of Low Cloud and Fog in Sulfate Aerosol Formation During Winter Haze Over the North China Plain. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2024, 51, (3), e2023GL106597.

2023

Liu, T.*; Ma, L.; Yang, Y.; Ding, A., Kinetics of the Reaction MSI + O3 in Deliquesced Aerosol Particles: Implications for Sulfur Chemistry in the Marine Boundary Layer. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2023, 50, (24), e2023GL105945.

Nie, W.; Yan, C.; Yang, L.; Roldin, P.; Liu, Y.; Vogel, A. L.; Molteni, U.; Stolzenburg, D.; Finkenzeller, H.; Amorim, A.; Bianchi, F.; Curtius, J.; Dada, L.; Draper, D. C.; Duplissy, J.; Hansel, A.; He, X.-C.; Hofbauer, V.; Jokinen, T.; Kim, C.; Lehtipalo, K.; Nichman, L.; Mauldin, R. L.; Makhmutov, V.; Mentler, B.; Mizelli-Ojdanic, A.; Petäjä, T.; Quéléver, L. L. J.; Schallhart, S.; Simon, M.; Tauber, C.; Tomé, A.; Volkamer, R.; Wagner, A. C.; Wagner, R.; Wang, M.; Ye, P.; Li, H.; Huang, W.; Qi, X.; Lou, S.; Liu, T.; Chi, X.; Dommen, J.; Baltensperger, U.; El Haddad, I.; Kirkby, J.; Worsnop, D.; Kulmala, M.; Donahue, N. M.; Ehn, M.; Ding, A., NO at low concentration can enhance the formation of highly oxygenated biogenic molecules in the atmosphere. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, (1), 3347.

Wang, J.; Wang, J.; Cai, R.; Liu, C.; Jiang, J.; Nie, W.; Wang, J.; Moteki, N.; Zaveri, R. A.; Huang, X.; Ma, N.; Chen, G.; Wang, Z.; Jin, Y.; Cai, J.; Zhang, Y.; Chi, X.; Holanda, B. A.; Xing, J.; Liu, T.; Qi, X.; Wang, Q.; Pöhlker, C.; Su, H.; Cheng, Y.; Wang, S.; Hao, J.; Andreae, M. O.; Ding, A., Unified theoretical framework for black carbon mixing state allows greater accuracy of climate effect estimation. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, (1), 2703.

Wang, J.; Wang, J.; Nie, W.; Chi, X.; Ge, D.; Zhu, C.; Wang, L.; Li, Y.; Huang, X.; Qi, X.; Zhang, Y.; Liu, T.; Ding, A., Response of organic aerosol characteristics to emission reduction in Yangtze River Delta region. Front Env. Sci. Eng. 2023,17, (9), 114.

Jorga, S. D.; Liu, T.; Wang, Y.; Hassan, S.; Huynh, H.; Abbatt, J. P. D., Kinetics of hypochlorous acid reactions with organic and chloride-containing tropospheric aerosol. Environ Sci Process Impacts, 25, (10), 1645-1656.

Zhang, Y.; Wu, N.; Wang, J.; Huang, X.; Wang, Z.; Liu, T.; Geng, G.; Qi, X.; Nie, W.; Chi, X.; Zhang, Q.; Ding, A., Strong Haze-Black Carbon-Climate Connections Observed Across Northern and Eastern China. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 2023, 128, (16).

Yu, C.; Liu, T.*; Ge, D.; Nie, W.; Chi, X.; Ding, A., Ionic Strength Enhances the Multiphase Oxidation Rate of Sulfur Dioxide by Ozone in Aqueous Aerosols: Implications for Sulfate Production in the Marine Atmosphere. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2023, 57, (16), 6609-6615.

Wang, S.; Gallimore, P. J.; Liu-Kang, C.; Yeung, K.; Campbell, S. J.; Utinger, B.; Liu, T.; Peng, H.; Kalberer, M.; Chan, A. W. H.; Abbatt, J. P. D., Dynamic Wood Smoke Aerosol Toxicity during Oxidative Atmospheric Aging. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2023, 57, (3), 1246-1256.

Ren, C.; Huang, X.; Liu, T.; Song, Y.; Wen, Z.; Liu, X.; Ding, A.; Zhu, T., A dynamic ammonia emission model and the online coupling with WRF–Chem (WRF–SoilN–Chem v1.0): development and regional evaluation in China. Geosci. Model Dev. 2023, 16, (6), 1641-1659.

Lu, J.; Lou, S.; Huang, X.; Xue, L.; Ding, K.; Liu, T.; Ma, Y.; Wang, W.; Ding, A., Stratospheric Aerosol and Ozone Responses to the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Volcanic Eruption. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2023, 50, (4).

Liu, Y.; Liu, C.; Nie, W.; Li, Y.; Ge, D.; Chen, L.; Zhu, C.; Wang, L.; Zhang, Y.; Liu, T.; Qi, X.; Wang, J.; Huang, D.; Wang, Z.; Yan, C.; Chi, X.; Ding, A., Exploring condensable organic vapors and their co-occurrence with PM2.5 and O3 in winter in Eastern China. Environ. sci. Atmos. 2023, 3, (2), 282-297.

2022

Xu, W. Q.; Li, Z. J.; Lambe, A. T.; Li, J. J.; Liu, T. Y.; Du, A. D.; Zhang, Z. Q.; Zhou, W.; Sun, Y. L., Secondary organic aerosol formation and aging from ambient air in an oxidation flow reactor during wintertime in Beijing, China. Environ. Res. 2022, 209.

Xing, L.; Fu, T. M.; Liu, T. Y.; Qin, Y. M.; Zhou, L. Y.; Chan, C. K.; Guo, H.; Yao, D. W.; Duan, K. Q., Estimating organic aerosol emissions from cooking in winter over the Pearl River Delta region, China. Environ. Pollut. 2022, 292.

Liu-Kang, C.; Gallimore, P. J.; Liu, T. Y.; Abbatt, J. P. D., Photoreaction of biomass burning brown carbon aerosol particles. Environ. sci. Atmos. 2022, 2, (2), 270-278.

Ge, D. F.; Nie, W.; Sun, P.; Liu, Y. L.; Wang, T. Y.; Wang, J. B.; Wang, J. P.; Wang, L.; Zhu, C. J.; Wang, R. X.; Liu, T. Y.; Chi, X. G.; Ding, A. J., Characterization of particulate organic nitrates in the Yangtze River Delta, East China, using the time-of-flight aerosol chemical speciation monitor. Atmos. Environ. 2022, 272.

2021

Zhou, L. Y.; Liu, T. Y.*; Yao, D. W.; Guo, H.; Cheng, C. L.; Chan, C. K.*, Primary emissions and secondary production of organic aerosols from heated animal fats. Sci. Total Environ. 2021, 794.

Yao, D. W.; Lyu, X. P.; Lu, H. X.; Zeng, L. W.; Liu, T. Y.; Chan, C. K.; Guo, H., Characteristics, sources and evolution processes of atmospheric organic aerosols at a roadside site in Hong Kong. Atmos. Environ. 2021, 252.

Wang, S. Y.; Liu, T. Y.; Jang, J.; Abbatt, J. P. D.; Chan, A. W. H., Heterogeneous interactions between SO2 and organic peroxides in submicron aerosol. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2021, 21, (9), 6647-6661.

Tao, Y.; Liu, T. Y.; Yang, X. Y.; Murphy, J. G., Kinetics and Products of the Aqueous Phase Oxidation of Triethylamine by OH. ACS Earth Space Chem. 2021, 5, (8), 1889-1895.

Liu, T. Y.*; Chan, A. W. H.; Abbatt, J. P. D., Multiphase Oxidation of Sulfur Dioxide in Aerosol Particles: Implications for Sulfate Formation in Polluted Environments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2021, 55, (8), 4227-4242.

Liu, T.*; Abbatt, J. P. D.*, Oxidation of sulfur dioxide by nitrogen dioxide accelerated at the interface of deliquesced aerosol particles. Nat. Chem. 2021, 13, (12), 1173-1177. (Nature Chemistry News&Views)

Li, S.; Liu, T. Y.; Song, W.; Pei, C. L.; Huang, Z. Z.; Wang, Y. J.; Chen, Y. N.; Yan, J. H.; Zhang, R. Q.; Zhang, Y. L.; Wang, X. M., Emission factors of ammonia for on-road vehicles in urban areas from a tunnel study in south China with laser-absorption based measurements. Environ. Pollut. 2021, 280.

Before 2021

Schnitzler, E. G.; Liu, T. Y.; Hems, R. F.; Abbatt, J. P. D., Emerging investigator series: heterogeneous OH oxidation of primary brown carbon aerosol: effects of relative humidity and volatility. Environ Sci Process Impacts 2020, 22, (11), 2162-2171.

Liu, T.*; Clegg, S. L.; Abbatt, J. P. D.*, Fast oxidation of sulfur dioxide by hydrogen peroxide in deliquesced aerosol particles. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2020, 117, (3), 1354-1359. (ESI highly cited paper)

Liu, T.*; Abbatt, J. P. D.*, An Experimental Assessment of the Importance of S(IV) Oxidation by Hypohalous Acids in the Marine Atmosphere. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2020, 47, (4), e2019GL086465.

Huang, X. Y.; Zhang, Y. L.; Wang, Y. J.; Ou, Y. B.; Chen, D. H.; Pei, C. L.; Huang, Z. Z.; Zhang, Z.; Liu, T. Y.; Luo, S. L.; Huang, X. Q.; Song, W.; Ding, X.; Shao, M.; Zou, S. C.; Wang, X. M., Evaluating the effectiveness of multiple emission control measures on reducing volatile organic compounds in ambient air based on observational data: A case study during the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games. Sci. Total Environ. 2020, 723.

Trofimova, A.; Hems, R. F.; Liu, T. Y.; Abbatt, J. P. D.; Schnitzler, E., Contribution of Charge-Transfer Complexes to Absorptivity of Primary Brown Carbon Aerosol. Acs Earth and Space Chem. 2019, 3, (8), 1393-1401.

Liu, T.; Zhou, L.; Liu, Q.; Lee, B. P.; Yao, D.; Lu, H.; Lyu, X.; Guo, H.; Chan, C. K.*, Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Urban Roadside Air in Hong Kong. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2019, 53, (6), 3001-3009.

Liu, Q. Y.; Hallquist, Å.; Fallgren, H.; Jerksjö, M.; Jutterström, S.; Salberg, H.; Hallquist, M.; Le Breton, M.; Pei, X. Y.; Pathak, R. K.; Liu, T. Y.; Lee, B.; Chan, C. K., Roadside assessment of a modern city bus fleet: Gaseous and particle emissions. Atmos. Environ. 2019, 3.

Li, J. J.; Liu, Q. Y.; Li, Y. J.; Liu, T. Y.; Huang, D. D.; Zheng, J.; Zhu, W. F.; Hu, M.; Wu, Y. S.; Lou, S. R.; Hallquist, Å.; Hallquist, M.; Chan, C. K.; Canonaco, F.; Prévôt, A. S. H.; Fung, J. C. H.; Lau, A. K. H.; Yu, J. Z., Characterization of Aerosol Aging Potentials at Suburban Sites in Northern and Southern China Utilizing a Potential Aerosol Mass (Go:PAM) Reactor and an Aerosol Mass Spectrometer. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 2019, 124, (10), 5629-5649.

Liu, T.; Wang, Z.; Wang, X.*; Chan, C. K.*, Primary and secondary organic aerosol from heated cooking oil emissions. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2018, 18, (15), 11363-11374.

Liu, T.; Wang, Z.; Huang, D. D.; Wang, X.*; Chan, C. K.*, Significant Production of Secondary Organic Aerosol from Emissions of Heated Cooking Oils. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 2018, 5, (1), 32-37.

Liu, T.; Huang, D. D.; Li, Z.; Liu, Q.; Chan, M.; Chan, C. K.*, Comparison of secondary organic aerosol formation from toluene on initially wet and dry ammonium sulfate particles at moderate relative humidity. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2018, 18, (8), 5677-5689.

Mackenzie-Rae, F. A.; Liu, T.; Deng, W.; Saunders, S. M.; Fang, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, X., Ozonolysis of α-phellandrene – Part 1: Gas- and particle-phase characterisation. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2017, 17, (11), 6583-6609.

Liu, T.; Liu, Q.; Li, Z.; Huo, L.; Chan, M.; Li, X.; Zhou, Z.; Chan, C. K.*, Emission of volatile organic compounds and production of secondary organic aerosol from stir-frying spices. Sci. Total Environ. 2017, 599–600, 1614-1621.

Liu, T.; Li, Z.; Chan, M.; Chan, C. K.*, Formation of secondary organic aerosols from gas-phase emissions of heated cooking oils. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2017, 17, (12), 7333-7344.

Deng, W.; Liu, T.; Zhang, Y.; Situ, S.; Hu, Q.; He, Q.; Zhang, Z.; Lü, S.; Bi, X.; Wang, X.; Boreave, A.; George, C.; Ding, X.; Wang, X., Secondary organic aerosol formation from photo-oxidation of toluene with NOx and SO2: Chamber simulation with purified air versus urban ambient air as matrix. Atmos. Environ. 2017, 150, 67-76.

Deng, W.; Hu, Q.; Liu, T.; Wang, X.; Zhang, Y.; Song, W.; Sun, Y.; Bi, X.; Yu, J.; Yang, W.; Huang, X.; Zhang, Z.; Huang, Z.; He, Q.; Mellouki, A.; George, C., Primary particulate emissions and secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation from idling diesel vehicle exhaust in China. Sci. Total Environ. 2017, 593–594, 462-469.

Liu, T.; Wang, X.*; Hu, Q.; Deng, W.; Zhang, Y.; Ding, X.; Fu, X.; Bernard, F.; Zhang, Z.; Lü, S.; He, Q.; Bi, X.; Chen, J.; Sun, Y.; Yu, J.; Peng, P.; Sheng, G.; Fu, J., Formation of secondary aerosols from gasoline vehicle exhaust when mixing with SO2Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2016, 16, (2), 675-689.

Fu, X.; Wang, X.; Hu, Q.; Li, G.; Ding, X.; Zhang, Y.; He, Q.; Liu, T.; Zhang, Z.; Yu, Q.; Shen, R.; Bi, X., Changes in visibility with PM2.5 composition and relative humidity at a background site in the Pearl River Delta region. J. Environ. Sci. 2016, 40, 10-19.

Zhao, X.; Hu, Q.; Wang, X.; Ding, X.; He, Q.; Zhang, Z.; Shen, R.; Lü, S.; Liu, T.; Fu, X.; Chen, L., Composition profiles of organic aerosols from Chinese residential cooking: case study in urban Guangzhou, south China. J. Atmos. Chem. 2015, 72, (1), 1-18.

Zhang, Y.; Wang, X.; Li, G.; Yang, W.; Huang, Z.; Zhang, Z.; Huang, X.; Deng, W.; Liu, T.; Huang, Z.; Zhang, Z., Emission factors of fine particles, carbonaceous aerosols and traces gases from road vehicles: Recent tests in an urban tunnel in the Pearl River Delta, China. Atmos. Environ. 2015, 122, 876-884.

Liu, T.; Wang, X.*; Deng, W.; Zhang, Y.; Chu, B.; Ding, X.; Hu, Q.; He, H.; Hao, J., Role of ammonia in forming secondary aerosols from gasoline vehicle exhaust. Sci. China Chem. 2015, 58, (9), 1377-1384.

Liu, T.; Wang, X.*; Deng, W.; Hu, Q.; Ding, X.; Zhang, Y.; He, Q.; Zhang, Z.; Lü, S.; Bi, X.; Chen, J.; Yu, J., Secondary organic aerosol formation from photochemical aging of light-duty gasoline vehicle exhausts in a smog chamber. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2015, 15, (15), 9049-9062.

Gao, B.; Wang, X.-M.; Zhao, X.-Y.; Ding, X.; Fu, X.-X.; Zhang, Y.-L.; He, Q.-F.; Zhang, Z.; Liu, T.-Y.; Huang, Z.-Z.; Chen, L.-G.; Peng, Y.; Guo, H., Source apportionment of atmospheric PAHs and their toxicity using PMF: Impact of gas/particle partitioning. Atmos. Environ. 2015, 103, (0), 114-120.

Fu, X.; Guo, H.; Wang, X.; Ding, X.; He, Q.; Liu, T.; Zhang, Z., PM2.5 acidity at a background site in the Pearl River Delta region in fall-winter of 2007–2012. J. Hazard. Mater. 2015, 286, (0), 484-492.

Chu, B.; Liu, T.; Zhang, X.; Liu, Y.; Ma, Q.; Ma, J.; He, H.; Wang, X.; Li, J.; Hao, J., Secondary aerosol formation and oxidation capacity in photooxidation in the presence of Al2O3 seed particles and SO2. Sci. China Chem. 2015, 58, (9), 1426-1434.

Zhao, X.; Wang, X.; Ding, X.; He, Q.; Zhang, Z.; Liu, T.; Fu, X.; Gao, B.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Deng, X.; Wu, D., Compositions and sources of organic acids in fine particles (PM2.5) over the Pearl River Delta region, south China. J. Environ. Sci. 2014, 26, (1), 110-121.

Wang, X.; Liu, T.; Bernard, F.; Ding, X.; Wen, S.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, Z.; He, Q.; Lü, S.; Chen, J.; Saunders, S.; Yu, J., Design and characterization of a smog chamber for studying gas-phase chemical mechanisms and aerosol formation. Atmos. Meas. Tech. 2014, 7, (1), 301-313.

Liu, T. Y.; Wang, X. M.*; Wang, B. G.*; Ding, X.; Deng, W.; Lü, S. J.; Zhang, Y. L., Emission factor of ammonia (NH3 ) from on-road vehicles in China: tunnel tests in urban Guangzhou. Environ. Res. Lett. 2014, 9, (6), 064027.

He, Q. F.; Ding, X.; Wang, X. M.; Yu, J. Z.; Fu, X. X.; Liu, T. Y.; Zhang, Z.; Xue, J.; Chen, D. H.; Zhong, L. J.; Donahue, N. M., Organosulfates from Pinene and Isoprene over the Pearl River Delta, South China: Seasonal Variation and Implication in Formation Mechanisms. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2014, 48, (16), 9236-9245.

Fu, X.; Wang, X.; Guo, H.; Cheung, K.; Ding, X.; Zhao, X.; He, Q.; Gao, B.; Zhang, Z.; Liu, T.; Zhang, Y., Trends of ambient fine particles and major chemical components in the Pearl River Delta region: Observation at a regional background site in fall and winter. Sci. Total Environ. 2014, 497–498, (0), 274-281.

Zhang, Y.; Wang, X.; Barletta, B.; Simpson, I. J.; Blake, D. R.; Fu, X.; Zhang, Z.; He, Q.; Liu, T.; Zhao, X.; Ding, X., Source attributions of hazardous aromatic hydrocarbons in urban, suburban and rural areas in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region. J. Hazard. Mater. 2013, 250–251, (0), 403-411.

Gao, B.; Guo, H.; Wang, X.-M.; Zhao, X.-Y.; Ling, Z.-H.; Zhang, Z.; Liu, T.-Y., Tracer-based source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in PM2.5 in Guangzhou, southern China, using positive matrix factorization (PMF). Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 2013, 20, (4), 2398-2409.

Gao, B.; Guo, H.; Wang, X.-M.; Zhao, X.-Y.; Ling, Z.-H.; Zhang, Z.; Liu, T.-Y., Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in PM2.5 in Guangzhou, southern China: Spatiotemporal patterns and emission sources. J. Hazard. Mater. 2012, 239–240, (0), 78-87.

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