Education
2015 – 2020, Ph. D in Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA.
2011 – 2015, B.E. in Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China.
Academic Experience
2025 – Present, Team Leader, Department of Aerosol Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany.
2024 – 2025, Postdoc, Minerva Research Group & Aerosol Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany.
2021 – 2024, Postdoc, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland.
2023, Responsible Lecturer for the Fluid Mechanics course, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland
2022, Affiliated Researcher, Atomistic Simulation Research Line, Italian Institute of Technology, Genova, Italy.
Honors and Awards
Selected Young Scientist, The 74th Lindau Nobel Laurant Meeting, Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, 2025
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Ph. D Abroad, China Scholarship Council, 2020
3M Science and Technology Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2015 – 2019
Outstanding Undergraduate, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2015
Multiple Scholarships for Outstanding Academic Performance, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2012 – 2015 (top 1%)
Selected Publications
Yang H.*, Raucci U, Iyer S, Hasan G., Almeida T.G., Barua S., Savolainen A., Kangasluoma J., Rissanen M., Vehkamäki H., Kurtén T. “Molecular dynamics-guided reaction discovery reveals endoperoxide-to-alkoxy radical isomerization as key branching point in α-pinene ozonolysis.” Nature Communications. 16.1 (2025): 661.
Yang H.*, Neefjes I., Tikkanen V., Kubečka J., Kurtén T., Vehkamäki H., Reischl B. “Collision-sticking rates of acid–base clusters in the gas phase determined from atomistic simulation and a novel analytical interacting hard-sphere model.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 23 (2023): 5993-6009.
Yang H.*, Häkkinen E., Ding D., Cai R., and Kangasluoma J. “Beyond size classification: the dynamic-aerosol-size electrical mobility analyzer.” Journal of Aerosol Science. 170 (2023): 106141.
Yang H., Drossinos Y., & Hogan C. J. “Excess thermal energy and latent heat in nanocluster collisional growth.” The Journal of Chemical Physics 151.22 (2019): 224304.
Yang H., Goudeli E., & Hogan C. J. “Condensation and dissociation rates for gas phase metal clusters from molecular dynamics trajectory calculations.” The Journal of chemical physics 148.16 (2018): 164304.
Yang H., & Hogan C. J. “Collision rate coefficient for charged dust grains in the presence of linear shear.” Physical Review E 96.3 (2017): 032911.