Contact Information

Education

  • Ph.D. in Science, Engineering and Environment 2015
    Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, University Paris-Est
  • M.S. in Atmosphere, Water, and Urban Environment 2012
    Ecole Centrale de Nantes
  • B.S. in Marine Physics 2010
    Ocean University of China

Research Interests

  • Atmospheric modeling, Aerosol dynamics, Atmospheric chemistry, Emission inventory, Air quality, Pollution mitigation, Energy policy and Climate change

Current Research

  • Investigating the effect of ammonia on secondary organic aerosol formation in a changing climate over the continental US
  • Studying air pollution mitigation strategies in California, and assessing the drivers of future air quality in California

Previous Research

  • Postdoctoral scholar - CEREA (Joint Lab ENPC-EDF R&D) 2016
    • Study the influence of semivolatile organic compound from different traffic emissions (Diesel or Gasoline) on secondary organic aerosol concentration over Greater Paris.
  • PhD - CEREA (Joint Lab ENPC-EDF R&D) 2012-2015
    • Developed size-composition resolved aerosol model to simulate mixing process of multiple aerosol populations
    • Investigated influence of mixing state on particle properties with simulations over Greater Paris
  • Master Research Internship IETR (INSA Rennes) 2012
    • Developed method for automatic camera pose recognition and feature registration between street view photo and 3D urban model based on city skyline

Selected Honors and Awards

  • The Bricard Award 2016 - French Association for Research on Aerosols 2016
  • STANDEM - Erasmus Mundus Scholarship - European Commission 2010-2012
  • Outstanding Student - Ocean University of China 2007-2009

Professional Affiliations

  • Member of the "Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)"

Profiles

Publications

  1. Comprehensively assessing the drivers of future air quality in California.
    Zhu, S., Horne, J. R., Mac Kinnon, M., Samuelsen, G.S., and Dabdub, D.
    Environment International 125, (2019) 386-398. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.02.007 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.02.007

  2. An uncertainty for clean air: Air quality modeling implications of underestimating VOC emissions in urban inventories.
    Zhu, S., Mac Kinnon, M., Shaffer, B. P., Samuelsen, G.S., Brouwer, J. and Dabdub, D.
    Atmospheric Environment 211, (2019) 256-267. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.05.019 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.05.019

  3. Considering future regional air quality impacts of the transportation sector.
    Mac Kinnon, M., Zhu, S., Carreras-Sospedra, M., Soukup, J.V., Dabdub, D., Samuelsen, G.S. and Brouwer, J.
    Energy Policy 124, (2019) 63-80. DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.09.011 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.09.011

  4. Modeling reactive ammonia uptake by secondary organic aerosol in CMAQ: application to the continental US.
    Zhu, S., Horne, J. R., Montoya-Aguilera, J., Hinks, M. L., Nizkorodov, S., and Dabdub, D.
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, (2018) 18, pp.3641-3657. DOI: 10.5194/acp-18-3641-2018. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-3641-2018

  5. Reactive uptake of ammonia by biogenic and anthropogenic organic aerosols.
    Montoya-Aguilera, J., Hinks, M. L., Aiona, P. K., Wingen, L. M., Horne, J. R., Zhu, S., Dabdub, D., Laskin, A., Laskin, J., Lin, P., and Nizkorodov, S. A.
    ACS Symposium Series volume 1299, Chapter 7, pp.127-147 in "Multiphase Environmental Chemistry in the Atmosphere", Hunt S., Laskin A., Nizkorodov S.A. Eds., 2018; ISBN13: 9780841233638.(2018). DOI: 10.1021/bk-2018-1299.ch007. https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2018-1299.ch007

  6. Reactive uptake of ammonia by secondary organic aerosols: implications for air quality.
    Horne, J. R., Zhu, S., Montoya-Aguilera, J., Hinks, M. L., Wingen, L., Nizkorodov, S., and Dabdub, D.
    Atmospheric Environment 185, (2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.06.021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.06.021

  7. The air quality impacts of implementing emission reduction strategies at southern california airports.
    Benosa, G., Zhu, S., Mac Kinnon, M., and Dabdub D.
    Atmospheric Environment, (2018) 185, pp.121-127. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.04.048.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.04.048

  8. Emissions of semi-volatile organic compounds from traffic and their impact on air quality.
    Sartelet, K. N., Zhu, S., Moukhtar, S., Andre, M., Andre, J. M., Gros, V., Favez, O., Brasseur, A., and Redaelli, M.
    Atmospheric Environment, (2018) 180, pp.126-137. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.02.031 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.02.031

  9. Three-dimensional modeling of the mixing state of particles over Greater Paris.
    Zhu, S., Sartelet, K., Zhang, Y. and Nenes, A.
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, (2016) 121(10), pp.5930-5947. DOI: 10.1002/2015JD024241. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024241

  10. Simulation of particle diversity and mixing state over Greater Paris: a model-measurement inter-comparison.
    Zhu, S., Sartelet, K.N., Healy, R.M. and Wenger, J.C.
    Faraday discussions, (2016) 189, pp.547-566. DOI: 10.1039/C5FD00175G. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00175G

  11. Numerical modelling strategies for the urban atmosphere: general discussion.
    MacKenzie, R., Tomlin, A., Kleffmann, J., Karl, T., Hewitt, C.N., Heard, D., Zhu, S., Sartelet, K., Sommariva, R., Baltensperger, U., Harrison, R. and Madronich, S.
    Faraday discussions, (2016) 189, pp.635-660. DOI: 10.1039/C6FD90022D. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6FD90022D

  12. Modelling of Externally-Mixed Particles in the Atmosphere.
    Zhu, S., Sartelet N. S.
    Air pollution modeling and its applications XXIV., (2016) pp.43-48. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-24478-5_7. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24478-5_7

  13. A size-composition resolved aerosol model for simulating the dynamics of externally mixed particles: SCRAM (v 1.0).
    Zhu, S., Sartelet, K.N. and Seigneur, C.
    Geoscientific Model Development, (2015) 8(6), p.1595-1612. DOI: 10.5194/gmd-8-1595-2015. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-1595-2015

  14. Video/GIS registration system based on skyline matching method.
    Zhu, S., Morin, L., Pressigout, M., Moreau, G. and Servieres, M.
    2013 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing , Melbourne, VIC, (2013), pp. 3632-3636. DOI: 10.1109/ICIP.2013.6738749. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIP.2013.6738749

  15. Skyline Matching: A robust registration method between Video and GIS.
    Zhu, S., Pressigout, M., Servieres, M., Morin, L. and Moreau, G.
    Usage, Usability, and Utility of 3D City Models-European COST Action, (2012) TU0801 (p. 03007). EDP Sciences. DOI : 10.1051/3u3d/201203007. https://doi.org/10.1051/3u3d/201203007