Research Interests:

Topics related to: Physical and chemical properties of atmospheric aerosol particles, Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation Interactions:

• PM2.5 and low visibility issues (e.g., haze pollution)
• Aerosol optical and water uptake properties
• Biomass burning and smoke haze phenomena
• (Secondary) Organic particles and their hygroscopic properties
• Impacts of anthropogenic activities on atmospheric constituents with their physiochemical characteristics, and on regional air quality and global climate.

＊If you were majored in Environmental/Atmospheric Science, Chemistry or Interdisciplinary fields, welcome to join the group!

Social academic activities:

Reviewers for top SCI journals including Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP), Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT), and Current Pollution Reports (CPR).

Education background:

• 2014.08-2020.10, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)，Singapore, Research Fellow
• 2010.09-2014.06, Peking University (PKU), Beijing, PhD in Atmospheric Physics and Environment
• 2007.09-2009.06, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU)，Guangzhou，M.S. in Atmospheric Physics and Environment
• 2003.09-2007.06, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU)，Guangzhou，B.E. in Atmospheric Science
• 2012.10-11, Lebniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)，Germany, Visiting student
• 2008.09-12, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)，HONG KONG, Visiting student

Major Research funds/projects:

• Chongqing University ‘Hongshen Young Scholars’ start-up funds, 2020/11-, chief-in charge
• National Research Foundation (NRF) of Singapore，Tools for Managing Tropical Peatlands and Controlling Haze in Southeast Asia, 2017/11－2020/10, major researcher
• National Research Foundation (NRF) of Singapore，Atmospheric Organic Aerosol in the Changing Environment of Southeast Asia, 2013/12－2018/12, major researcher
• 973 Project of China, Experimental Observations on Aerosol-Cloud-Interactions, 2011/01-2015/12, major researcher

Major publications (top SCI):

• Chen, J., Lee, W.-C., Itoh, M., and Kuwata, M.: A Significant Portion of Water-Soluble Organic Matter in Fresh Biomass Burning Particles Does Not Contribute to Hygroscopic Growth: An Application of Polarity Segregation by 1-Octanol–Water Partitioning Method. Environ. Sci. Technol., 53, 10034-10042, 2019.
• Chen, J., Budisulistiorini, S. H., Miyakawa, T., Komazaki, Y., and Kuwata, M.: Secondary aerosol formation promotes water uptake by organic-rich wildfire haze particles in Equatorial Asia. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 7781-7798, 2018.
• Chen, J., Budisulistiorini, S. H., Itoh, M., Lee, W.-C., Miyakawa, T., Komazaki, Y., Yang, L., Kuwata, M.: Water uptake by fresh Indonesian peat burning particles is limited by water-soluble organic matter. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 11591-11604, 2017.
• Chen, J., Zhao, C. S., Ma, N., and P. Yan.: Aerosol hygroscopicity parameter derived from the light scattering enhancement factor measurements in the North China Plain. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 8105-8118, 2014.
• Chen, J., Zhao, C. S., Ma, N., Liu, P. F., Göbel, T., Hallbauer, E., Deng, Z. Z., Ran, L., Xu, W. Y., Liang, Z., Liu, H. J., Yan, P., Zhou, X. J., and Wiedensohler, A.: A parameterization of low visibilities for hazy days in the North China Plain, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 4935-4950, 2012.
• Lee, W. C., Chen, J., Budisulistiorini, S. H., Itoh, M., Shiodera, S., and Kuwata, M.: Polarity Dependent Chemical Characteristics of Water-Soluble Organic Matter from Laboratory-Generated Biomass Burning Revealed by the 1-Octanol-Water Partitioning. Environ. Sci. Technol., 53, 8047-8056, 2019.
• Budisulistiorini, S. H., Riva, M., Williams, M., Miyakawa, T., Chen, J., Itoh, M., Surratt, J. D., Kuwata, M.: Dominant contribution of oxygenated organic aerosol to haze particles from real-time observation in Singapore during an Indonesian wildfire event in 2015. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 16481-16498, 2018.
• Budisulistiorini, S. H., Riva, M., Williams, M., Chen, J., Itoh, M., Surratt, J. D., Kuwata, M.: Light-absorbing brown carbon aerosol constituents from combustion of Indonesian peat and biomass. Environ. Sci. Technol., 51: 4415-4423, 2017.
• Bian, Y. X., Zhao, C. S., Ma, N., Chen, J., and Xu, W. Y.: A study of aerosol liquid water content based on hygroscopicity measurements at high relative humidity in the North China Plain. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 6417-6426, 2014.
• Ran, L., C. S. Zhao, W. Y. Xu, M. Han, X. Q. Lu, S. Q. Han, W. L. Lin, X. B. Xu, W. Gao, Q. Yu, F. H. Geng, N. Ma, Z. Z. Deng, and J. Chen.: Ozone production in summer in the megacities of Tianjin and Shanghai, China: a comparative study, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 7531-7542, 2012.
• Deng, Z. Z., C. S. Zhao, N. Ma, P. F. Liu, L. Ran, W. Y. Xu, J. Chen, Z. Liang, S. Liang, M. Y.Huang, X. C. Ma, Q. Zhang, J. N. Quan, P. Yan, S. Henning, K. Mildenberger, E. Sommerhage, M.Schäfer, F. Stratmann, and A. Wiedensohler. Size-resolved and bulk activation properties of aerosols in the North China Plain. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 3835-3846, 2011.

Awards:

• ‘Haze in China’(HaChi) Project: the 2nd Prize of Natural Sciences Award from the Ministry of Education of China for 2017.

International conferences:

• The 11th Asian Aerosol Conference (AAC)，Hong Kong，China，2019 Oral
• Annual meeting of European Geosciences Union (EGU)，Austria, 2018 Oral
• Annual meeting of the American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR), USA, 2017 Poster
• Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), Beijing, China, 2016 Oral
• AGU Fall Meeting (AGU)，San Francisco, USA, 2015 Poster
• The 6th China-Korea-Japan Joint Conference on Meteorology, Nanjing, China, 2013 Poster
• AGU Fall Meeting (AGU), San Francisco, USA, 2011 Oral