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Jingqiu Mao

Associate Research Scholar

201 Forrestal Road
Princeton, NJ 08628
Email: jingqium at Princeton.edu
Phone: 609-452-5358

Personal Website

EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, 2008
M.S. in Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Beijing, China, 2002
B.S. in Applied Chemistry, Shenzhen University , Shenzhen, China, 1999

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Visiting Scientist, Princeton University/GFDL, Princeton, NJ, 2010-Present
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2008-2010
Research Assistant, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 2002-2008
Graduate Researcher, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Beijing, China, 1999-2002

HONORS AND AWARDS
NASA Group achievement award for ARCTAS  2009
NASA Group achievement award for INTEX-B 2008
NASA Group achievement award for INTEX-A 2005

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Co-chair of GEOS-Chem Oxidants and Chemistry working group & GEOS-Chem steering committee (2011-)
Journal reviewer: Science, Nature, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheric Environment, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letter, Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere.
Review panelist: NASA ACMAP, NOAA Climate Program Office
Session Chair: AGU Fall meeting, 2008/2012
Member: American Geophysical Union, American Chemical Society, European Geophysical Union

PUBLICATIONS

  1. J. Mao, F. Paulot, D.J. Jacob, R.C. Cohen, J.D. Crounse, P.O. Wennberg, C.A. Keller, R.C. Hudman, M.P. Barkley, and L.W. Horowitz : Ozone and organic nitrates over the eastern United States : sensitivity to isoprene chemistry, submitted to J. Geophys. Res., 2013 (pdf).
  2. Worton, D., ..., Mao, J., ..., Goldstein, A.: Observational constraints on high- and low-NOx aerosol formation from isoprene, submitted to Environ. Sci. Technol., 2013.
  3. Ren, X., ... Mao, J., ...Brune, W. H. ...et al., Atmospheric Oxidation Chemistry and Ozone Production: Results from SHARP 2009 in Houston, Texas, J. Geophys. Res., 2013, in press (link).
  4. J. Mao, Horowitz, L., Naik V., Fan, S., Liu, J., and Fiore, A.: Sensitivity of tropospheric oxidants to biomass burning emissions: implications for radiative forcing, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1002/grl.50210, 2013 (GFDL research highlight) (link).
  5. J. Mao, Fan, S., Jacob, D. J., and Travis, K. R.: Radical loss in the atmosphere from Cu-Fe redox coupling in aerosols, Atmos. Chem. Phys.,  13, 509-519, doi:10.5194/acp-13-509-2013, 2013 (link). 
  6. Naik V., Horowitz H., Fiore A., Ginoux P., Mao J., Aghedo A., Levy H., Preindustrial to Present day Impact of Changes in Short-lived Pollutant Emissions on Atmospheric Composition and Climate Forcing, submitted to J. Geophys. Res., 2013 (pdf).
  7. Barkley M., ...Mao J.:Top-down isoprene emissions over tropical South America inferred from SCIAMACHY and OMI formaldehyde columns,  submitted to J. Geophys. Res., 2013.
  8. J. Mao, Ren, X., Zhang, L., Van Duin, D. M., Cohen, R. C., Park, J.-H., Goldstein, A. H., Paulot, F., Beaver, M. R., Crounse, J. D., Wennberg, P. O., DiGangi, J. P., Henry, S. B., Keutsch, F. N., Park, C., Schade, G. W., Wolfe, G. M., Thornton, J. A., and Brune, W. H.: Insights into hydroxyl measurements and atmospheric oxidation in a California forest, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 8009-8020, doi:10.5194/acp-12-8009-2012, 2012 (Most cited paper in ACP in 2012, out of 738 papers) (link).  
  9. Lin, J.-T., Liu, Z., Zhang, Q., Liu, H., Mao, J., and Zhuang, G.: Model uncertainties affecting satellite-based inverse modeling of nitrogen oxides emissions and implications for surface ozone simulation, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 12255-12275, doi:10.5194/acp-12-12255-2012, 2012 (link).
  10. Olson, J. R., Crawford, J. H., Brune, W., Mao, J., Ren, X., Fried, A., Anderson, B., Apel, E., Beaver, M., Blake, D., Chen, G., Crounse, J., Dibb, J., Diskin, G., Hall, S. R., Huey, L. G., Knapp, D., Richter, D., Riemer, D., Clair, J. St., Ullmann, K., Walega, J., Weibring, P., Weinheimer, A., Wennberg, P., and Wisthaler, A.: An analysis of fast photochemistry over high northern latitudes during spring and summer using in-situ observations from ARCTAS and TOPSE, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 6799-6825, doi:10.5194/acp-12-6799-2012, 2012 (link).
  11. Ren, X., Mao, J., Brune, W. H., Cantrell, C. A., Mauldin III, R. L., Hornbrook, R. S., Kosciuch, E., Olson, J. R., Crawford, J. H., Chen, G., and Singh, H. B.: Airborne intercomparison of HOx measurements using laser-induced fluorescence and chemical ionization mass spectrometry during ARCTAS, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 5, 2025-2037, doi:10.5194/amt-5-2025-2012, 2012 (link). 
  12. Marais, E. A., Jacob, D. J., Kurosu, T. P., Chance, K., Murphy, J. G., Reeves, C., Mills, G., Casadio, S., Millet, D. B., Barkley, M. P., Paulot, F., and Mao, J.: Isoprene emissions in Africa inferred from OMI observations of formaldehyde columns, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 6219-6235, doi:10.5194/acp-12-6219-2012, 2012 (link).
  13. Fischer, E. V., D. J. Jacob, D. B. Millet, R. M. Yantosca, and J. Mao , The role of the ocean in the global atmospheric budget of acetone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L01807, doi:10.1029/2011GL050086, 2012 (link).
  14. Wang, Q., Jacob, D. J., …, Mao, J., … : Sources of carbonaceous aerosols and deposited black carbon in the Arctic in winter–spring: implications for radiative forcing, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 12453-12473, doi:10.5194/acp-11-12453-2011, 2011 (link). 
  15. Barkley, M., ... J. Mao,...: Can a \"state of the art\" chemistry transport model simulate Amazonian tropospheric chemistry? J. Geophys. Res., 116, D16302,. (link)
  16. Huisman, A. J.,... Mao, J., Brune, W. H., and Keutsch, F. N.: Photochemical modeling of glyoxal at a rural site: observations and analysis from BEARPEX 2007, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 8883-8897, 2011 (link).
  17. Fried, ... J. Mao, W.H. Brune, ...: Detailed comparisons of airborne formaldehyde measurements with box models during the 2006 INTEX-B campaign: potential evidence for unmeasured and multi-generation volatile organic carbon oxidation processing, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 11867-11894, doi:10.5194/acp-11-11867-2011, 2011 (link). 
  18. Browne, E. C., ..., J. Mao, ... Cohen, R. C.: Global and regional effects of the photochemistry of CH3O2NO2: evidence from ARCTAS, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 4209-4219, doi:10.5194/acp-11-4209-2011, 2011 (link).
  19. G. M. Wolfe, J. A. Thornton, …, J. Mao, W. H. Brune, … :The Chemistry of Atmosphere-Forest Exchange (CAFE) Model – Part 2: Application to BEARPEX-2007 observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 1269-1294, doi:10.5194/acp-11-1269-2011, 2011(link).
  20. Holmes, C.D., D.J. Jacob, E.S. Corbitt, J. Mao, X. Yang, R. Talbot, and F. Slemr, Global atmospheric model for mercury including oxidation by bromine atoms,  Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 12037-12057, doi:10.5194/acp-10-12037-2010, 2010 (link).
  21. M. J., Alvarado, J. A. Logan, J. Mao, …: Nitrogen oxides and PAN in plumes from boreal fires during ARCTAS-B and their impact on ozone: an integrated analysis of aircraft and satellite observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 9739-9760, doi:10.5194/acp-10-9739-2010, 2010 (link). 
  22. W. Choi, I. C. Faloona, … J. Mao, W. H. Brune, …: Observations of elevated formaldehyde over a forest canopy suggest missing sources from rapid oxidation of arboreal hydrocarbons, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 8761-8781, doi:10.5194/acp-10-8761-2010, 2010 (link).
  23. H.B. Singh, … D. J. Jacob,..J. Mao, …: Pollution influences on atmospheric composition and chemistry at high northern latitudes: Boreal and California forest fire emissions. Atmos. Environ., doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.08.026, 2010 (link).
  24. X. Ren, H. Gao, X. Zhou, …, and J. Mao: Measurement of Atmospheric Nitrous Acid in Blodgett Forest during BEARPEX2009, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 6283-6294, doi:10.5194/acp-10-6283-2010, 2010 (link).
  25. J. Mao, D. J. Jacob, M. J. Evans, J. R. Olson, X. Ren, W. H. Brune, … : Chemistry of hydrogen oxide radicals (HOx) in the Arctic troposphere in spring, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 5823-5838, doi:10.5194/acp-10-5823-2010, 2010. (Featured in Nature News & Views, “Atmospheric chemistry: A missing sink for radicals”, Nature, 466, 925-926, 2010) (link).
  26. J. Mao, X. Ren, S. Chen, W. H. Brune, Z. Chen, M. Martinez, H. Harder, B. Lefer, B. Rappenglück, J. Flynn : Atmospheric oxidation capacity in the summer of Houston 2006: Comparison with Summer Measurements in Other Metropolitan Studies, Atmos. Environ., doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.01.013, 2010 (7th most cited paper in Atmospheric Environment in 2010, out of 597 papers) (link).
  27. S. Chen, X. Ren, J. Mao, … : A comparison of chemical mechanisms based on TRAMP-2006 field data, Atmos. Environ., doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.05.027, 2009 (link).
  28. Flynn J., B. Lefer, …, W. Brune, X. Ren, J. Mao, …: Impact of clouds and aerosols on ozone production in Southeast Texas, Atmos. Environ., doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.09.005, 2009 (link).
  29. LaFranchi, B. W., … J. Mao, and R.C. Cohen: Closing the peroxy acetyl (PA) radical budget: observations of acyl peroxy nitrates (PAN, PPN, and MPAN) during BEARPEX 2007, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 7623-7641, 2009 (link).
  30. J. Mao., C. Carouge, M. Evans, D. Millet et al.: GEOS-Chem Chemical Mechanism v8-02-04, 2009 (link).
  31. J. Mao, X. Ren, W. H. Brune, J. R. Olson, J. H. Crawford, A. Fried, L. G. Huey, R. C. Cohen, B. Heikes, H. B. Singh, D. R. Blake, G. W. Sachse, G. S. Diskin, S. R. Hall, and R. E. Shetter: Airborne measurement of OH reactivity during INTEX-B, Atmos. Chem. Phys.,9, 163-173, 2009. (Highlighted in "Real-time atmospheric chemistry instrumentation", Analytical chemistry, 2010) (link).
  32. X. Ren, J. R. Olson, J. H. Crawford, W. H. Brune, J. Mao, … : HOx Chemistry during INTEX-A 2004: Observation, Model Calculations and comparison with previous studies, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D05310, 2008 (link).
  33. J. Mao, Measurement and modeling of the hydroxyl radical reactivity in the atmosphere, Ph.D. Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, 2007, ProQuest Publication number: 3393789.
  34. P. Venkatachari, P. K. Hopke, W. H. Brune, X. Ren, R. Lesher, J. Mao, M. Mitchell: Characterization of wintertime reactive oxygen species concentrations in Flushing, New York, Aerosol Sci. Technol., 41, 97-111, 2007 (link).
  35. X. Ren, W. H. Brune, J. Mao, M. Mitchell, R. Lesher, J. Simpas, A. Metcalf, J. Schwab, C. Cai, Y. Li et al.: Behavior of OH and HO2 in the winter atmosphere in New York City, Atmos. Environ., Volume 40, Supplement 2, 252-263, 2006 (link).
  36. Shirley T.R., W.H. Brune, X. Ren, J. Mao, R. Lesher, B. Cardenas, R. Volkamer, L.T. Molina, M. J. Molina, B. Lamb, E. Velasco, T. Jobson, and M. Alexander: Atmospheric oxidation in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA) during April 2003, Atmos. Chem. Phys. ,6: 2753-2765, 2006 (link).

FIELD PHOTOS
  1. MCMA2003 (Mexico City, 2003) pictures

  2. UC-Riverside Chamber Experiment (Riverside,2003) pictures 

  3. PMTACS-2004 (New York City, 2004) pictures 

  4. INTEX-NA (California, St. Louis/Mid-America, New Hampshire, 2004) picture 

  5. Rockspring (State College, 2005) picture

  6. INTEX-B (Grand Forks in North Dakota, Houston, Hawaii, Alaska,2006) picture

  7. TEXAQS II (Houston) picture

  8. BEARPEX (Georgetown, CA)  picture BEARPEX: Bitter Experimentalists Always Repairing Pieces of Equipment eXperiment, baring-your-pecs!!!

  9. ARCTAS (Palmdale, Fairbanks(AK), Thule(Greenland), Iqaluit (Canada) ,2008) picture

  10. BEARPEXII (Georgetown, CA)  picture   

  11. IGAC (Halifax, Canada ,2010) picture

  12. DC3 (Palmdale, CA, and Salina, Kansas, 2012) picture
My pic on NASA website