Profile Yafang Cheng
| Nationality: | Chinese |
| Employment: |
Head of Minerva Research Group |
| Work address: | Hahn-Meitner-Weg 1, 55128 Mainz, Germany |
| Phone: | +49-6131-305-7200 |
| E-Mail: | yafang.cheng@mpic.de |
Research Interests
Aerosols are at the center of my research interests. I am developing and combining experimental methods and multi-scale modeling tools to elucidate the mechanisms of aerosol particle formation and transformation as well as the impact of aerosols on air quality and climate change.
Professional Career
Since 2014 Head of Minerva Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
2014-2017 Guest Professor, Institute of Polar Environment, University of Science and Technology of China
2013-2014 Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
2011-2013 “100 Talent” Professor, Peking University, Beijing, China
2009-2011 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
2007-2009 Postdoctoral Researcher, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Education
2001-2007 Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science, Peking University, Beijing, China
1997-2001 Bachelor of Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
Awards and Honors
2017 Invited commentator on air pollution control by Ministry of Environment Protection of China
2014 Minerva Program Award, Max Planck Society
2014 iLEAPS Top 10 publications
2012 Highest Impact Research Work of Chinese Scientists in 2011, Chinese Academy of Science
2011 “100 Talent” Award, Peking University
2004-2007 Daimler-Chrysler-Benz Fellowship, Peking University & Daimler-Chrysler-Benz Foundation
1998-2001 Bao-Gang Award (top 0.1%), Outstanding Student Awards (top 1%), Wuhan University
Research leadership
| 2019 | Steering Committee member of the Exploratory Round Table Conference (ERTC) between the Max Planck Society (MPG) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) |
| 2017-2019 | PI, key program “The key processes influence the regional emission and deposition”, funded by National Key R&D Program of China |
| 2016-2019 | Unit head, MPIC-JNU Anthropocene Research Program, funded by Jinan Univeristy |
| Since 2014 | PI, project CARIBIC-SP2 supported by Max Planck Society |
| 2014-2018 | PI, key project “The study on quantifying the sources and conversion of key carbonaceous species in the atmosphere”, founded by the National Science Foundation of China |
| 2017-2018 | PI, project AEROCARB, funded by European Space Agency |
| 2014-2018 | PI, project NanoAero (AOT-100 & nano-HTDMA), funded by Großgeräteantrag of Max Planck Society |
| 2011-2012 | Leader of WP3 of the MIX-ASIA initiative for multi-model comparison and evaluation of aerosol over East Asia |
Positions of trust and consulting
• Project reviewer for ANS (French National Research Agency) etc.
• Associate Editor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP)
• Manuscript reviewer for PNAS, Nature Geosciences, Nature Communications, Angewandte Chemie, ACP, JGR, GRL, ES&T and JPC etc.
• Keynote/invited speaker, convener and chair of international conference and meetings (AGU, EGU, CTWF, ERTC etc.)
Student supervision and teaching
Advisor of 12 Ph.D. students & 14 post-doctoral researchers
Lectures in atmospheric chemistry and physics for graduate students at Peking University, Beijing; University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei), and Jinan University (Guangzhou)
Publications
100 peer-reviewed journal articles including 4 hot papers (top 0.1%), 8 highly-cited papers (top 1%) and several publications in interdisciplinary highlight magazines (3 in Science, 2 in Science Advances, 2 in PNAS, 1 in Nature Communications) with wide international press coverage (e.g., Wired, Discovery News Channel, Chemistry World, Chemistry Views, Xinhua News, Science News etc.); several book/book chapters (English/Chinese).
Citation report ISI Web of Knowledge: h-index = 38 & 5807 citations
Citation report Google scholar: h-index = 46 & 8370 citations