Prof. CHAN Man Nin

Prof. CHAN Man Nin 陳文年

Associate Professor

Room 318, 3/F, Mong Man Wai Building
3943 9863
Prof. CHAN Man Nin

Education

2012 Ph.D. Environmental Science and Engineering California Institute of Technology
2004 M.Phil. Environmental Engineering The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2002 M.Sc. Environmental Engineering The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2000 B.S. Chemical Engineering The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Academic Employments

2020 – Present Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2020 – 2022 Director, Earth System Science Programme, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2014 – 2020 Assistant Professor, Earth System Science Programme, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2012 – 2013 Chemist Postdoctorate, Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2004 – 2007 Research Assistant, Chemical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Research Fields and Current Research Interests

  • Chemical Transformation of Organosulfur Compounds via Heterogeneous Oxidation: Implications for Atmospheric Aerosol Sulfur Cycle
  • Chemical Transformation of Isoprene derived Secondary Organic Aerosols via Heterogeneous Oxidation during Daytime and Nighttime
  • Evolution of Heterogeneous Reactivity of Atmospheric Aerosols over Time
  • If students are interested in atmospheric science and aerosol chemistry, they are encouraged to contact Prof. Chan to discuss research opportunities. 

Representative Publications

Lai, D., Schaefer, T., Zhang, Y., Li, Y.J., Xing, S., Herrmann, H.* and Chan, M.N.* (2024) “Deactivating Effect of Hydroxyl Radicals Reactivity by Sulfate and Sulfite Functional Groups in Aqueous Phase─Atmospheric Implications for Small Organosulfur Compounds” ACS EST Air, doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.4c00033.
Ng, S.I.M.* and Chan, M. N.* (2023) “Beyond the Formation: Unveiling the Chemical Transformation of Organosulfates via Heterogeneous Oxidation in the Atmosphere”, Chemical Communications, 59,13919–13938
Xu, R., Ng, S. I. M., Chow, W. S., Wong, Y. K., Wang, Y., Lai, D., Yao, Z., So, P.-K., Yu, J. Z.*, and Chan, M. N.* (2022) “Chemical Transformation of α-Pinene-derived Organosulfate via Heterogeneous OH Oxidation: Implications for Sources and Environmental Fates of Atmospheric Organosulfates”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22, 5685–5700.

Honours and Awards

2018 Exemplary Teaching Award, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2015 Exemplary Teaching Award, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2014 The Best Young Researcher Award, 4th International Workshop on Regional Air Quality Management in Rapidly Developing Economic Regions, Hong Kong

Professional Activities

Current

Member, American Geophysical Union
Member, American Association for Aerosol Research
Associate Editor, Frontier in Earth Science (Atmospheric Science Section)
Guest Editor, Atmosphere: Special Issue on Heterogeneous Reactivity of Atmospheric Aerosols
Guest Editor, Environmental Science: Atmospheres: Atmospheres themed collection on 'Levitated Particles'

Teaching

Current

ESSC1000 – Exploring Earth System Science
ESSC2800 – Introduction to Environmental Engineering
ESSC3220 – Atmospheric Chemistry
ESSC3800 – Global Environmental Change
ESSC4230 – Introduction to the Physics and Chemistry of Aerosols
ESSC4240 – Air Pollution Science and Engineering
EASC5001 – Research Frontiers of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
EASC5103 – Aerosols Physic and Chemistry
EASC5240 – Air Pollution Science and Engineering

College Affiliation in CUHK

  • New Asia College 
  • Warden, Mei Yun Tang, New Asia College 

Selected Recent Publications

Full Publications in Google Scholar

(An asterisk * indicates corresponding author and group members are labeled in blue)

  • Lai, D., Schaefer, T., Zhang, Y., Li, Y.J., Xing, S., Herrmann, H.* and Chan, M.N.* (2024) “Deactivating Effect of Hydroxyl Radicals Reactivity by Sulfate and Sulfite Functional Groups in Aqueous Phase─Atmospheric Implications for Small Organosulfur CompoundsACS EST Air, doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.4c00033. 
  • Ng, S.I.M.* and Chan, M. N.* (2023) “Beyond the Formation: Unveiling the Chemical Transformation of Organosulfates via Heterogeneous Oxidation in the Atmosphere”, Chemical Communications, 59,13919–13938 
  • Lai, D., Wong, Y. K., Xu, R., Xing, S., Ng, S.I.M., Kong, L., Yu, J.Z. Huang, D. D.* and Chan, M. N.* (2023) “Significant Conversion of Organic Sulfur from Hydroxymethanesulfonate (HMS) to Inorganic Sulfate and Peroxydisulfate Ions upon Heterogeneous OH Oxidation”, Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 10, 773–778. 
  • Ng, S. I. M., Ng, K. H., Yeung, P. W. F., Xu, R., So, P.-K., Huang, Y., Yu, J. Z., Choi, C. K. K., Tse, Y.-L. S.* and Chan, M. N.* (2022) “Chemical Transformation of a Long-chain Alkyl Organosulfate via Heterogeneous OH Oxidation: A Case Study of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate”, Environmental Science: Atmosphere, 2, 1060–1075. 
  • Xu, R., Ng, S. I. M., Chow, W. S., Wong, Y. K., Wang, Y., Lai, D., Yao, Z., So, P.-K., Yu, J. Z.*, and Chan, M. N.* (2022) “Chemical Transformation of α-Pinene-derived Organosulfate via Heterogeneous OH Oxidation: Implications for Sources and Environmental Fates of Atmospheric Organosulfates”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22, 5685–5700. 
  • Lam, H. K., Xu, R., Choczynski, J., Davies, J. F., Ham, D., Song, M., Zuend, A., Li, W., Tse, Y.-L. S., Chan, M. N.* (2021) “Effects of Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation and Relative Humidity on the Heterogeneous OH Oxidation of Inorganic–Organic Aerosols: Insights from Methylglutaric Acid/Ammonium Sulfate Particles”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 2053–2066. 
  • Xu, R., Ge, Y., Kwong, K. C., Poon, H. Y., Wilson, K. R., Yu, J. Z. Chan, M. N.* (2020) “Inorganic Sulfur Species formed upon Heterogeneous OH Oxidation of Organosulfates: A Case Study of Methyl Sulfate”, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 4, 2041–2049. 
  • Chen, Y., Zhang, Y., Lambe, A., Xu, R., Lei, Z., Olson, N., Zhang, Z., Szalkowski, T., Cui, T., Vizuete, W., Gold, A., Turpin, B., Ault, A.*, Chan, M. N.*, Surratt, J.D.* (2020) “Heterogeneous Hydroxyl Radical Oxidation of Isoprene Epoxydiol-Derived Methyltetrol Sulfates: Plausible Formation Mechanisms of Previously Unexplained Organosulfates in Ambient Fine Aerosols”, Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 2020, 7, 460–468. 
  • Xu, R., Lam, H. K., Wilson, K. R., Davies, J. F., Song, M., Li, W., Tse, Y.-L. S., Chan, M. N.* (2020) “Effect of Inorganic-to-Organic Mass Ratio on the Heterogeneous OH Reaction Rates of Erythritol”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20, 3879–3893. 
  • Brüggemann, M., Xu, R., Tilgner, A., Kwong, K. C., Mutzel, A., Poon, H.Y., Otto, T., Schaefer, T., Poulain, L., Chan, M. N.*, Herrmann, H.* (2020) “Organosulfates in Ambient Aerosol: State of Knowledge and Future Research Directions on Formation, Abundance, Fate, and Importance”, Environmental Science and Technology, 54, 3767–3782. 
  • Yin, B., Chan, C.K.W., Liu, S., Hong, H., Wong, S.H.D., Lee, K.C.L., Ho, L.W.C., Zhang, L., Leung, K.C.F., Choi, P.C.L, Bian, L.*, Tian, X.Y.*, Chan, M.N.*, Choi, C.H.J.* (2019) “Intrapulmonary Cellular-level Distribution of Inhaled Nanoparticles with Defined Functional Groups and its Correlations with Protein Corona and Inflammatory Response”, ACS Nano, 13, 14048–14069. 
  • Lam, H. K., Shum, S. M., Davies, J. F., Song, M., Zuend, A., Chan, M. N. * (2019) “Effects of Inorganic Salts on the Heterogeneous OH Oxidation of Organic Compounds: Insights from Methylglutaric Acid–Ammonium Sulfate”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19, 9581–9593. 
  • Lam, H.K., Kwong, K.C., Poon, H.Y., Davies, J.F., Zhang, Z., Gold, A., Surratt, J.D., Chan, M.N.* (2019) “Heterogeneous OH Oxidation of Isoprene Epoxydiol-Derived Organosulfates: Kinetics, Chemistry and Formation of Inorganic Sulfate”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19, 2433–2440. 
  • Chim, M.M., Lim, C.Y., Kroll, J.H., Chan, M.N.* (2018) “Evolution in the Reactivity of Citric Acid towards Heterogeneous Oxidation by Gas-Phase OH Radicals” ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2, 1323–1329. 
  • Kwong, K.C., Chim, M.M., Hoffmann, E.H., Tilgner, A., Herrmann, H., Davies, J.F., Wilson, K.R., Chan, M.N.* (2018) “Chemical Transformation of Methanesulfonic Acid and Sodium Methanesulfonate through Heterogeneous OH Oxidation” ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2, 895–903. 
  • Kwong, K.C., Chim, M.M., Davies, J.F., Wilson, K.R., Chan, M.N.* (2018) “Importance of Sulfate Radical Anion Formation and Chemistry in Heterogeneous OH Oxidation of Sodium Methyl Sulfate, the Smallest Organosulfate”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics,18, 2809–2820. 
  • Chim, M.M., Cheng, C.T., Davies, J.F., Berkemeier, T., Shiraiwa, M., Zuend, A., Chan, M.N.* (2017) “Compositional Evolution of Particle Phase Reaction Products and Water in the Heterogeneous OH Oxidation of Aqueous Organic Droplets”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17, 14,415–14,431. 
  • Chim, M.M., Chow, C.Y., Davies, J.F., Chan, M.N.* (2017) “Effects of Relative Humidity and Particle Phase Water on the Heterogeneous OH Oxidation of 2-Methylglutaric Acid Aqueous Droplets”, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 121, 1666–1674. 
  • Cheng, C.T., Chan, M.N.,* Wilson, K.R.* (2016) “Importance of Unimolecular HO2 Elimination in the Heterogeneous OH Reaction of Highly Oxygenated Tartaric Acid Aerosol”, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 118, 28,978–28,992. 
  • Cheng, C.T., Chan, M. N.,* Wilson, K.R.* (2015) “The Role of Alkoxy Radicals in the Heterogeneous Reaction of Two Structural Isomers of Dimethylsuccinic Acid”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17, 25,309–25,321. 

Research Grants

  • General Research Fund, 2023/24, ” Investigating the Effects of Organosulfates and the Sulfur Ester Group on the Hygroscopicity of Atmospheric Aerosols”
  • General Research Fund, 2021/22, “Aqueous-Phase Processing of Organosulfates: Implications for their Environmental Fates and Impacts”
  • General Research Fund, 2018/2019, “Chemical Transformation of IEPOX-SOA from Isoprene through Heterogeneous OH Oxidation”
  • Early Career Scheme, 2016/2017, “Investigating the Effects of Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation on the Molecular Transformation of Aqueous Inorganic-Organic Droplets oxidized by Gas-Phase Hydroxyl (OH) Radicals”

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Adjunct Professor
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Project Coordinator
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Postdoctoral Fellow
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