Prof. LIU Xueying 劉雪穎
Research Assistant Professor
Room 903C, 9/F, Yasumoto International Academic Park
3943 0460
Education
| 2020 | Ph.D. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2016 | B.Sc. Environmental and Resources Sciences | Sichuan Agricultural University |
Academic Employments
| 2026 - present | Research Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2024 - 2026 | Research Assistant Professor, Division of Environment and Sustainability, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| 2021 - 2024 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston |
Research Fields and Current Research Interests
- Air Quality and Atmospheric Chemistry
- Sustainable Food-Environment-Health Nexus
- Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions (e.g., Agricultural Activities, Wildfires)
- Fine-Scale Field Campaign Modeling for Coastal Urban Air Quality
Professional Activities
Current
| 2026 | Session chair, International Young Scientist Workshop on Atmospheric Environment (IYSAE) |
| 2025 | Member, European Geosciences Union (EGU) |
| 2018 | Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU) |
| Journal reviewer for: | Nature Food, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP), Environmental Science & Technology (EST), Geophysical Research Letters (GRL), Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (JGR-A), IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (TGRS), Atmospheric Environment (AE), etc. |
Selected Recent Publications
- Liu, X., Tai, A. P. K.*, Chen, Y., Zhang, L., Shaddick, G., Yan, X., and Lam, H. M.: Dietary shifts can reduce premature deaths related to particulate matter pollution in China, Nature Food, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00430-6, 2021.
- Liu, X., Tai, A. P. K.*, and Fung, K. M.: Responses of surface ozone to future agricultural ammonia emissions and subsequent nitrogen deposition through terrestrial ecosystem changes, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-17743-2021, 2021.
- Liu, X., Wang, Y.*, Wasti, S., Li, W., Soleimanian, E., Flynn J., Griggs, T., Alvarez, S., Sullivan, J. T., Roots, M., Twigg, L., Gronoff, G., Berkoff, T., Walter P., Estes M., Hair, J., Shingler, T., Scarino, A. J., Fenn, M., and Judd, L.: Evaluating WRF-GC v2.0 predictions of boundary layer and vertical ozone profiles during the 2021 TRACER-AQ campaign in Houston, Texas, Geoscientific Model Development, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-5493-2023,
- Liu, X., Wang, Y.*, Wasti, S., Lee, T., Li, W., Zhou, S., Flynn, J., Sheesley, R. J., Usenko, S., and Liu, F.: Impacts of anthropogenic emissions and meteorology on spring ozone differences in San Antonio, Texas between 2017 and 2021, Science of the Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169693, 2023.
- Liu, X., Huang, Y., Chen, Y., Feng, X., Xu, Y., Chen, Y., Gu, D., Sun, H., Ning, Z., Yu, J., Chow, W. S., Lin, C., Xiang, Y., Zhang, T., Granier, C., Brasseur, G., Wang, Z.*, and Fung, J. C. H.*: Abundance of volatile organic compounds and their role in ozone pollution management: Evidence from multi-platform observations and model representations during the 2021–2022 field campaign in Hong Kong, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-17629-2025, 2025.
- Luo, B., Huang, J., Liu, X., Kwan, M. P., Tai, A. P. K.: Dietary changes are associated with an increase in air pollution-related health and environmental inequity in China. Communication Earth & Environment, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02050-5, 2025.
- Li, W., Wang, Y., Liu, X., Soleimanian, E., Griggs, T., Flynn J., and Walter P.: Understanding offshore high-ozone events during TRACER-AQ 2021 in Houston: Insights from WRR-CAMx photochemical modeling, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-13685-2023, 2023.
- Soleimanian, E., Wang, Y., Li, W., Liu, X., Wasti, S., Griggs, T., Flynn J., Walter P., and Estes M.: Understanding ozone episodes during TRACER-AQ campaign in Houston, Texas: the role of transport and ozone production sensitivity to precursors, Science of the Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165881,
- Guo, Y., Zhang, L., Liu, G., Tan, H., Zhou, M., Vira, J., Hess, P., Liu, X., Paulot, F., and Liu, X.: Global food loss and waste embodies unrecognized harms to air quality and biodiversity hotspots, Nature Food, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00810-0, 2023.
Please see Google Scholar or ORCID for full list of publications
Research Grants
- PI, Environment and Conservation Fund, Advancing Shipping Pollution Monitoring and Emission Estimates Over Coastal Waters of the Greater Bay Area: A Satellite-Based Remote Sensing Approach, 2025 – 2027
- PI, HKUST – KTH Global Knowledge Network Awards 2024, Detecting Wildfire Emissions of Greenhouse Gases and Air Pollutants Using Multi-Sensor Earth Observation and Machine Learning: Addressing the Triple Challenges of Climate Change, Air Pollution and Public Health, Co-PI: Yifang Ban (KTH), 2024 – 2025






