Faculty

Faculty Profiles

CHEN Yilin
Position:Assistant Professor, Doctoral Supervisor
Email：ylchen2023@pku.edu.cn

Research Interests
• Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollutant Emission Assessment
• Satellite Retrieval and Data Assimilation
• Regional Air Quality Modeling and Health Risk Analysis


Education & Professional Experience
• Apr 2021 – Jun 2023
President's Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow
Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen

• Aug 2016 – Aug 2020
Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

• Sep 2013 – Jul 2016
M.S. in Environmental Science
Peking University

• Sep 2009 – Jul 2013
B.S. in Environmental Science
Peking University


Major Research Projects

  1. 2023–2025 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Program
    Tracking China's Atmospheric Ammonia Emission Trends via Satellite Observations and Hybrid Inversion Techniques (Principal Investigator, Ongoing)

  2. 2021–2023 China Postdoctoral Science Foundation General Program
    Air Quality Co-benefits and Health Gains from Carbon Mitigation: Production- vs. Consumption-based Perspectives (Principal Investigator, Completed)

  3. 2016–2020 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Project
    Integrated Land-use Policy Analysis for Air-Water Quality Improvement (Key Participant, Completed)


Selected Publications

1. Wang, L.; Du, W.; Chen, Y. *; Wang, W.; Chen, Y.; Zhu, X.; Peng, B.; Yun, X.; Li, X.; Shen, H.; Shen, G.; Liu, J.; Wang, X.; Tao, S., High PM2.5 Emission from Typical Old, Small Fishing Vessels in China. Environmental Science & Technology Letters 2022, 9, (3), 199-204.

2. Ainiwaer, S.; Chen, Y. *; Shen, G.; Shen, H.; Ma, J.; Cheng, H.; Tao, S., Characterization of the vertical variation in indoor PM2.5 in an urban apartment in China. Environmental Pollution 2022, 308, 119652.

3. Chen, Y.; Shen, H.; Kaiser, J.; Hu, Y.; Capps, S. L.; Zhao, S.; Hakami, A.; Shih, J. S.; Pavur, G. K.; Turner, M. D.; Henze, D. K.; Resler, J.; Nenes, A.; Napelenok, S. L.; Bash, J. O.; Fahey, K. M.; Carmichael, G. R.; Chai, T. F.; Clarisse, L.; Coheur, P.-F.; Damme, M. V.; Russell, A. G., High-resolution hybrid inversion of IASI ammonia columns to constrain US ammonia emissions using the CMAQ adjoint model. Atmospheric Chemistry Physics 2021, 21, (3), 2067-2082.

4. Chen, Y.; Shen, H.; Shih, J.-S.; Russell, A. G.; Shao, S.; Hu, Y.; Odman, M. T.; Nenes, A.; Pavur, G. K.; Zou, Y.; Chen, Z.; Smith, R. A.; Burtraw, D.; Driscoll, C. T., Greater contribution from agricultural sources to future reactive nitrogen deposition in the United States. Earth’s Future 2020, doi: 10.1029/2019EF001453.

5. Chen, Y.; Shen, H.; Russell, A. G., Current and future responses of aerosol pH and composition in the U.S. to declining SO2 emissions and increasing NH3 emissions. Environmental Science & Technology 2019, 53, (16), 9646-9655.

6. Shen, H. (co-1st); Chen, Y. (co-1st); Li, Y. (co-1st); Russell, A. G.; Hu, Y.; Henneman, L.R.F.; Odman, M. T.; Shih, J. S.; Burtraw, D.; Shao, S.; Yu, H.; Qin, M.; Chen, Z.; Lawal, A. S.; Pavur, G. K.; Brown, M. A.; Driscoll, C. T.; Relaxing energy policies coupled with climate change will significantly undermine efforts to attain us ozone standards. One Earth 2019, 1(2): 229-239.

7. Chen, Y.; Shen, H.; Smith, K. R.; Guan, D.; Chen, Y.; Shen, G.; Liu, J.; Cheng, H.; Zeng, E. Y.; Tao, S., Estimating household air pollution exposures and health impacts from space heating in rural China. Environment International 2018, 119, 117-124.

8. Chen, Y.; Shen, H.; Zhong, Q.; Chen, H.; Huang, T.; Liu, J.; Cheng, H.; Zeng, E. Y.; Smith, K. R.; Tao, S., Transition of household cookfuels in China from 2010 to 2012. Applied Energy 2016, 184, 800-809.

9. Chen, Y.; Wang, R.; Shen, H.; Li, W.; Chen, H.; Huang, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Chen, Y.; Su, S.; Lin, N.; Liu, J.; Li, B.; Wang, X.; Liu, W.; Coveney, R. M.; Tao, S., Global Mercury Emissions from Combustion in Light of International Fuel Trading. Environmental Science & Technology 2014, 48, (3), 1727-1735.