Dr. LIU Mingyuan 劉明元
Visiting Scholar (Honorary)

Education
Ph.D. Physical Chemistry | Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
B.S. Chemistry | Xiamen University |
Academic Employments
2025 - present | Visiting Scholar, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
2023 - present | Senior Engineer, Division of Atmospheric Monitoring, China National Environmental Monitoring Centre |
2021 - 2023 | Engineer, Division of Atmospheric Monitoring, China National Environmental Monitoring Centre |
Research Fields and Current Research Interests
- Air quality assessment
- Source appointment of PM2.5 air pollution
Representative Publications
2021 | Wang, W.#, Liu, M.#, Wang, T.#, Song, Y., Zhou, L., Cao, J., Hu, J., Tang, G., Chen, Z., Li, Z., Xu, Z., Peng, C., Lian, C., Chen, Y., Pan, Y., Zhang, Y., Sun, Y., Li, W., Zhu, T., Tian, H., Ge, M.: "Sulfate formation is dominated by manganese-catalyzed SO2 oxidation on aerosol surfaces during haze events," Nat. Commun., 2021, 12, 1993. (# Co-first author) |
2022 | Liu, M., Wang, W., Li, J., Wang, T., Xu, Z., Song, Y., Zhang, W., Zhou, L., Lian, C., Yang, J., Li, Y., Sun, Y., Tong, S., Guo, Y., Ge, M.: "High fraction of soluble trace metals in fine particles under heavy haze in central China," Science of The Total Environment, 2022, 841: 156771. |
Honours and Awards
2024 | Annual Outstanding Employees, China National Environmental Monitoring Centre |
2021 | First Class Scholarship, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Selected Recent Publications
- Li, J., Lian, C., Liu, M., Zhang, H., Yan, Y., Song, Y., Chen, C., Wang, J., Zhang, H., Ren, Y., Guo, Y., Wang, W., Xu, Y., Li, H., Gao, J., and Ge, M.: Characterization of nitrous acid and its potential effects on secondary pollution in the warm season in Beijing urban areas, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2025, 2551–2568
- Liu, M., Wang, W., Li, J., Wang, T., Xu, Z., Song, Y., Zhang, W., Zhou, L., Lian, C., Yang, J., Li, Y., Sun, Y., Tong, S., Guo, Y., Ge, M.: “High fraction of soluble trace metals in fine particles under heavy haze in central China,” Science of The Total Environment, 2022, 841: 156771.
- Wang, T., Liu, M., Liu, M., Song, Y., Xu, Z., Shang, F., Huang, X., Liao, W., Wang, W., Ge, M., Cao, J., Hu, J., Tang, G., Pan, Y., Hu, M., Zhu, T.: “Sulfate Formation Apportionment during Winter Haze Events in North China,” Environmental Science & Technology, 2022, 56: 7771-7778.
- Wang, W.#, Liu, M.#, Wang, T.#, Song, Y., Zhou, L., Cao, J., Hu, J., Tang, G., Chen, Z., Li, Z., Xu, Z., Peng, C., Lian, C., Chen, Y., Pan, Y., Zhang, Y., Sun, Y., Li, W., Zhu, T., Tian, H., Ge, M.: “Sulfate formation is dominated by manganese-catalyzed SO2 oxidation on aerosol surfaces during haze events,” Nat. Commun., 2021, 12, 1993. (# Co-first author)
Patents
- 王炜罡; 刘明元; 廉超凡; 葛茂发 ; 一种在线测量大气颗粒物锰含量的方法及系统, 2022-11-18, 中国, CN202111241789.6
- 王炜罡; 刘明元 刘明元; 葛茂发; 彭超 ; 一种纳米颗粒物化学组分检测系统及检测方法, 2019-5-17, 中国, CN109991133A
Research Grants
- PI, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Science Fund, Study on the influence factor of the solubility of heavy metals and the influence of heavy metal ions on the formation mechanism of secondary aerosols (Proj. No.:42405111), 01/2025-12/2027