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Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty

Dr. Jun Meng

Jun Meng

Assistant Professor

Office:

PACCAR 456

Phone:

509-335-2832

Fax:

509-335-7632

Email:

jun.meng@wsu.edu

Lab Webpage

Education

  • Ph.D., Atmospheric Science, 2021, Dalhousie University, Canada
  • B.Sc., Atmospheric Science, 2013, Nanjing University of Sci. & Tech., Nanjing, China

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Washington State University, 2024-Present
  • Research Scientist, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2022-2023
  • Postdoctoral Research Scientist, University of California, Los Angeles, 2021

Awards

  • Best Teaching Assistant Award, Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, 2017
  • Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarship, Dalhousie University, 2016 – 2020

Research Interests

  • Air Pollution and Human Health
  • Air Quality Modeling
  • Natural Aerosol Emissions and Climate

Teaching

  • Fluid Mechanics

Publications

  • Adebiyi, A. A., Kok, J. F., et al., including Meng, J., A review of coarse mineral dust in the Earth system. Aeolian Research, 2023. [Link]
  • Meng, J., Huang, Y., Leung, D. M., Li, L., Adebiyi, A. A., Ryder, C. L., et al., Improved Parameterization for the Size Distribution of Emitted Dust Aerosols Reduces Model Underestimation of Super Coarse Dust. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(8), e2021GL097287, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL097287
  • Chen, H., Quick, M., et al., including Meng, J. Impact of lowering fine particulate matter from major emission sources on mortality in Canada: a nationwide causal analysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.220949011
  • Weichenthal, S., L. Pinault, et al., including Meng J., How Low Can You Go? Air Pollution Impacts Mortality at Very Low Levels. Science Advances 2022, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abo3381
  • Meng, J., Martin, R. V., Ginoux, P., Hammer, M., Sulprizio, M. P., Ridley, D. A., van Donkelaar, A., Grid-independent high-resolution dust emissions (v1.0) for chemical transport models: application to GEOS-Chem (12.5.0). Model Dev., 14, 4249–4260. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-4249-2021
  • Zheng, B., Geng, G., Ciais, P., Davis, S.J., Martin, R.V., Meng, J. et al., (2020). Satellite-based estimates of decline and rebound in China’s CO2 emissions during COVID-19 pandemic. Science Advances. [Link]
  • Meng, J., R. V. Martin, C. Li, A. van Donkelaar, Z. A. Tzompa-Sosa, X. Yue, J.-W. Xu, C. L. Weagle, R. T. Burnett., (2019). Source Contributions to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter for Canada.,  Sci. Technol., 2019. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b02461
  • Meng, J., Li, C., Martin, R.V., van Donkelaar, A., Hystad, P., Brauer, M., (2019). Estimated Long-term (1981- 2016) Concentrations of Ambient Fine Particulate Matter across North America from Chemical Transport Modeling, Satellite Remote Sensing and Ground-based Measurements.  Sci. Technol. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b06875 (Featured by New York Times)
  • Pappin, A. J., T., Christidis, L. L. Pinault, D. L. Crouse, J. R. Brook, A. Erickson, P. Hystad, C. Li, R. V. Martin, Meng, J., S. Weichenthal, A. van Donkelaar, M. Tjepkema, M. Brauer, R. T. Burnett Richard T., (2019). Examining the Shape of the Association between Low Levels of Fine Particulate Matter and Mortality across Three Cycles of the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort. Environ. Health Perspective. [Link]
  • Xu, J.-W., Martin, R. V., Evans, G. J., Umbrio, D., Traub, A.,Meng, J., et al., (2021). Predicting Spatial Variations in Multiple Measures of Oxidative Burden for Outdoor Fine Particulate Air Pollution across Canada. Environmental Science & Technology. [Link]
  • Xu, J.-W., R. V. Martin, B. H. Henderson, Meng, J., Y. B. Öztaner, J. L. Hand, A. Hakami, M. Strum, S. B. Phillips, (2019). Simulation of airborne trace metals in fine particulate matter over North America,  Environ. [Link]
  • Weng, H., J. Lin, R. V. Martin, D. B. Millet, L. Jaeglé, D. Ridley, C. Keller, C. Li, M. Du, Meng, J., (2020). Global high-resolution emissions of soil NOx, sea salt aerosols, and biogenic volatile organic compounds. Scientific Data, 7(1), 148. [Link]
  • Full list of Publications on Google Scholar