EASE
Emerging Air pollution
and Sustainable Environment
Dr. Lyu obtained his BSc from Zhejiang University of Technology in 2012, followed by an MPhil from Wuhan University in 2014, and a PhD in Environmental Engineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in 2018. Prior to his affiliation with HKBU, he held various positions at PolyU from September 2017 to January 2023, including Research Associate, Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Fellow, and Research Assistant Professor. Throughout his career, he has focused on air quality research, specifically studying atmospheric reactive organics and secondary air pollution. To date, Dr. Lyu has authored over 60 scientific papers published in renowned international journals such as One Earth, Environmental Science & Technology, and Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. His research has received a total citation count of 2,500+ and an H-index of 26. He has successfully led several competitive research grants, including 2 RGC/GRF, 1 RGC/CRF (co-PI), and 1 NSFC/Young Scientist Fund. Dr. Lyu actively contributes to the scientific community as a Youth Editor for the journal The Innovation, an Editorial Board Member for the journal Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, and as a member of the Australia-China Center for Air Quality Science and Management.
News
Recently, a research team composed of 30 scholars from 10 countries around the world led by Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology and Queensland University of Technology published a perspective article 'A synergistic ozone- Climate Control to Address Emerging Ozone Pollution Challenges' in One Earth, a sister journal of Cell. The article proposes a climate-coordinated ozone pollution control strategy to address the longstanding environmental threat of ground-level ozone pollution.Dr. Lyu Xiaopu of Hong Kong Baptist University and Professor Li Ke of Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology are the co-first authors of the paper; Professor Guo Hai of Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Professor Lidia Morawska of Queensland University of Technology are the corresponding authors of the paper.
Team Members
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Selected Publications
1. Lyu, X., Li, K., Guo, H., Morawska, L., Zhou, B., Zeren, Y., Jiang, F., Chen, C., Goldstein, A.H., Xu, X. Wang, T., and etc., 2023. A synergistic ozone-climate control to address emerging ozone pollution challenges. One Earth, 6(8), pp.964-977.
2. Lyu, X., Guo, H., Zou, Q., Li, K., Xiong, E., Zhou, B., Guo, P., Jiang, F. and Tian, X., 2022. Evidence for Reducing Volatile Organic Compounds to Improve Air Quality from Concurrent Observations and In Situ Simulations at 10 Stations in Eastern China. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(22), pp.15356-15364.
3. Lyu, X., Guo, H., Yao, D., Lu, H., Huo, Y., Xu, W., Kreisberg, N., Goldstein, A.H., Jayne, J., Worsnop, D. and Tan, Y., 2020. In situ measurements of molecular markers facilitate understanding of dynamic sources of atmospheric organic aerosols. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(18), pp.11058-11069.
4. Lyu, X., Wang, N., Guo, H., Xue, L., Jiang, F., Zeren, Y., Cheng, H., Cai, Z., Han, L. and Zhou, Y., 2019. Causes of a continuous summertime O3 pollution event in Jinan, a central city in the North China Plain. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19(5), pp.3025-3042.
5. Lyu, X.P., Guo, H., Wang, N., Simpson, I.J., Cheng, H.R., Zeng, L.W., Saunders, S.M., Lam, S.H.M., Meinardi, S. and Blake, D.R., 2017. Modeling C1–C4 alkyl nitrate photochemistry and their impacts on O3 production in urban and suburban environments of Hong Kong. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122(19), pp.10-539.
Research Projects
- HKEPD (23-00628), PI, Feedback Mechanism of Secondary Reactive Gases Generated in Photochemical Smog to Ozone Formation and Regional Photochemistry, HK$1,200,000, 08/2023 - 08/2025.
- RGC/GRF (15209223), PI, What has driven the ozone increase in Hong Kong over the past decade under stringent air pollution control?, HK$951,448, 01/2024 - 12/2026.
- RGC/GRF (15219621), PI, Rise in summertime ozone levels in South China: Impacts of long-range transport of Southeast Asia emissions, HK$911,317, 01/2022 – 12/2024.
- RGC/CRF (C5024-21G), Co-PI, Is the usual social distance sufficient to avoid airborne infection of expiratory droplets in indoor environments?, HK$4,703,090, 06/2022 – 05/2025.
- NSFC/Young Scientists Fund (42207111), PI, “華中地區高海拔背景大氣中過氧乙酰硝酸酯的化學過程及對臭氧生成的影響” (Chemical processes and impacts on ozone formation of peroxyacetyl nitrate in high-altitude background atmosphere of Central China), RMB300,000, 01/2023 – 12/2025.
- PolyU/RAP Start-up Fund (P0035690), PI, Formation mechanisms of particle-bound hydroxyl dicarboxylic acids in subtropical Hong Kong: field observation and aging experiment, HK$250,000, 03/2021 – 02/2023.
- PolyU/Projects of RILS (P0042901), PI, Emerging air pollution and land management under future climate, HK$100,000, 08/2022 – 07/2024.