Group
Group leader
Jintai Lin (林金泰)
Boya Distinguished Professor, PhD
Physics Building Mid-502, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871.
Education
2003—2008 PhD, Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois (UIUC, advisor: Donald J. Wuebbles)
1999—2003 B.A., Economics, Peking University
1999—2003 B.S., Atmospheric Sciences, Peking University
Professional Experience
2023/09- Boya Distinguished Professor, Department Chair (2019/09-2025/10), Peking University
2023/08 Professor, Department Chair (2019/09-2025/10), Peking University
2016—2023 Associate Professor with Tenure, Department Chair (2019/09-2025/10), Peking University
2010—2016 “Bai Ren” Professor, Peking University
2008—2010 Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University (advisor: Michael B. McElroy)
2003—2008 Research Assistant, University of Illinois (UIUC, advisor: Donald J. Wuebbles)
Grants
2025—2029 Kilometer-resolution synergistic emission inversion of nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide based on satellite measurements, NSFC, PI
2023—2027 Multi-source atmospheric environmental data assimilation, MOST, Co-I
2021—2024 NOx pollution over China at high spatial and temporal resolutions, NSFC, PI
2019—2024 The Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program, Co-I
2018—2021 Globalizing air pollution, National Young Talent Support Program, PI
2018—2021 Remote sensing and environmental impact studies of nitrogen oxides over China based on TropOMI and OMI, NSFC, PI
2015—2017 Emissions and atmospheric transport of air pollution, NSFC Excellent Young Scientist Foundation, PI
2014—2018 High-resolution modeling studies of chemistry-climate interactions over China, 973 Project Subject III, Co-I
2012—2015 Observational constraint of direct radiative forcing of aerosols over global land during the past 40 years, NSFC, PI
2011—2013 Satellite-based retrieval of anthropogenic nitrogen oxides emissions over China, NSFC, PI
Honors
2026 Selected in “World’s Top 2% Scientists” (single-year impact list)
2025 Selected in “World’s Top 2% Scientists” (single-year impact list)
2024 Selected in “Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Cross-Field” by Clarivate Web of Science
2024 Selected in “World’s Top 2% Scientists” (single-year impact list)
2024 Top Ten Meteorological Scientific and Technological Advances in China for 2023 (Nomination, 1/2)
2023 Selected in “Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Cross-Field” by Clarivate Web of Science
2023 Ministry of Education Changjiang Distinguished Professor
2023 Selected in “World’s Top 2% Scientists” (single-year impact list)
2022 Selected in “World’s Top 2% Scientists” (single-year impact list)
2022 Science Bulletin 2021 Best Editor Award
2021 Science Bulletin 2020 Best Reviewer Award
2021 Selected in “World’s Top 2% Scientists” (single-year impact list)
2020 Selected in “World’s Top 2% Scientists” (single-year impact list)
2020 Outstanding Undergraduate Mentor Award for 2019, School of Physics, Peking University
2018 “WANG Xuan” Young Scholar Fellowship, Peking University
2018 Enrolled in the National Young Talent Support Program
2017 American Geophysical Union Global Environmental Change Early Career Award, among four awardees
2017 Rising Scientist Outstanding Contribution Award, among 60 awardees in all fields
2016 Outstanding Research Funded by NSFC (2011-2015), among 25 works in geosciences
2016 Featured in NSFC magazine < Science Foundation in China>
2015 PNAS Cozzarelli Prize for 2014, among six out of 3500 papers published in PNAS
2014 Excellent Young Scientist Foundation, National Natural Science Foundation of China
2014 National Science and Technology Award for Young Meteorologist, Chinese Meteorological Society, among 10 awardees under the age of 40
2014 National Excellent Young Meteorologist, Chinese Meteorological Society, among 100 awardees under the age of 40
2013 “CHEN Huxiong” Young Teacher Award, Peking University School of Physics
2008 Ogura student research paper award honorable mention, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Atmospheric Sciences (paper)
Editorial Service
2025-present Member of Editorial Board of Meteorological Monthly (常务编委)
2025-present Member of Editorial Board of Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research (OLAR, Science Partner Journal)
2024—2025 Guest Editor of Remote Sensing Special Issue on Satellite Observations for Particulate Matter and Gaseous Pollutants Research
2023—2024 Guest Editor of Environmental Research Letters Focus Issue on Nature-based Solutions Toward Sustainability
2023—2024 Guest Editor of Environmental Research Letters Focus Issue on Atmospheric Remote Sensing and Environmental Change
2023—2024 Guest Editor of Frontiers of Earth Science Special Issue honoring the outstanding scientific contributions of Prof. Donald James Wuebbles
2023—2027 Member of Editorial Board of Plateau Meteorology (常务青年编委)
2021—2022 Guest Editor of Environmental Research Letters Focus Issue on Towards carbon-neutral sustainable development of China
2021 Guest Editor of National Remote Sensing Bulletin Special Issue on Remote Sensing and Synergic Anaysis on Atmospheric Environment
2020—2021 Guest Editor of Environmental Research Letters Focus Issue on Satellite Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Environment over Asia
2020-present Member of Executive Board of Environmental Research Letters
2019—2022 Member of Science Bulletin Editorial Board Executive Board
2018-present Member of Editorial Board of Advances in Climate Change Research
2018—2019 Member of Advisory Board of Environmental Research Letters
2016—2018 Invited Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Meteorological Research Special Issue on Plateau Meteorology and Environment
2016-present Member of Editorial Board of the Transactions of Atmospheric Sciences
2015—2025 Member of Editorial Board of the Journal of Meteorological Research
Organization Service
2025—2027 Member of AGU Public Outreach, Engagement & Service Awards Committee
2025-present Chair of Atmospheric Environmental Remote Sensing Society (AERSS) Awards Committee
2024-present Member of Chinese Meteorological Society Committee on Artificial Intelligence for Meteorology
2024-present Member of World Young Scientist Summit Academic Committee
2022-present Council Member of Atmospheric Environmental Remote Sensing Society (AERSS)
2022-present Member of Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences Committee on Pollutant Emissions and Control
2021-present Member of Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences Committee on Environmental Information System and Remote Sensing
2021-present Member of Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences Committee on Ozone
2020—2028 Member of the IAMAS China National Committee
2017-present Co-Director of Peking University AOS - Harvard University EPS Climate and Environment Collaborative
2014-present Member of Chinese Meteorological Society Committee on Atmospheric Composition
2013-present Member of GEOS-Chem Steering Committee
2013-present Co-Chair of GEOS-Chem “Emissions and Surface Deposition” Working Group
Meeting Organization
2027 Convener of EGU General Assembly Session “Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) in Atmospheric, Climate, and Environmental Sciences: Application and Development”
2026 Chair of Environmental Research 2026
2026 Session Convener of AOGS Annual Meeting Session “Carbon Neutrality, Clean Air and Regional Interactions” (merged)
2026 Convener of EGU General Assembly Session “Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) in Atmospheric, Climate, and Environmental Sciences: Application and Development”
2025 Primary Convener of AGU Fall Meeting Session “Air Pollution, Greenhouse Gases, and Emissions in Asia and Its Interactions with the World”
2025 Chair of Remote Sensing and Synergic Analysis on Atmospheric Environment Meeting
2025 Session Convener of the Second National Conference on Information Geography
2025 Session Convener of AOGS Annual Meeting Session “Carbon Neutrality, Clean Air and Regional Interactions”
2025 Session Convener and Chair of the Forum on Emerging Pollutants Prevention, Control and Mitigation
2025 Session Chair of GEOS-Chem Asia Meeting
2025 Convener of EGU General Assembly Session “Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) in Atmospheric, Climate, and Environmental Sciences: Application and Development”
2024 Primary Convener of AGU Fall Meeting Session “Air Pollution, Greenhouse Gases, and Emissions in Asia and Its Interactions with the World”
2024 Convener of AGU Fall Meeting Session “Machine Learning and Other Novel Techniques in Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences: Application and Development”
2024 Session Chair of the AERSS Annual Meeting
2024 Convener of EGU General Assembly Session “Machine Learning and Other Novel Techniques in Atmospheric and Environmental Science: Application and Development”
2023 Primary Convener and Chair of AGU Fall Meeting Session “Air Pollution, Greenhouse Gases, and Emissions in Asia and Its Interactions with the World”
2023 Session Convener and Chair of the Forum on Emerging Pollutants Prevention, Control and Mitigation
2023 Session Convener and Chair of the AERSS Annual Meeting
2023 Session Convener, Chair and Organizing Committee Member of the Third Forum on Remote Sensing and Synergic Analysis on Atmospheric Environment
2023 Session Convener of the Eighth Young Earth Scholar Forum
2022 Primary Convener and Chair of AGU Fall Meeting Session “Air Pollution, Greenhouse Gases, and Emissions in Asia and Its Interactions with the World”
2022 Session Primary Convener and Chair of the 28th Conference on China Atmospheric Environmental Science and Technology
2022 Session Convener of AOGS Annual Meeting Session “Carbon Neutrality, Clean Air and Regional Interactions”
2021 Primary Convener and Chair of AGU Fall Meeting Session “Air Pollution, Greenhouse Gases, and Emissions in Asia and Its Interactions with the World”
2021 Co-Chair of Environmental Research 2021 Conference
2021 Chair of Environmental Research Workshop: Towards Carbon-Newtral Sustainable Development in China
2021 Member of the Organizing Committee of the Second Forum on Remote Sensing and Synergic Analysis on Atmospheric Environment
2020 Primary Convener and Chair of AGU Fall Meeting Session “Air Pollution, Greenhouse Gases, and Emissions in Asia and Its Interactions with the World”
2020 Session Primary Convener and Chair of the 26th Conference on China Atmospheric Environmental Science and Technology
2020 Member of the Organizing Committee of the First Young Scientist Forum on Remote Sensing and Synergic Anaysis on Atmospheric Environment
2020 Scientific Committee member of ISPRS Workshop on Remote Sensing and Synergic Analysis on Atmospheric Environment (postponed)
2019 Primary Convener and Chair of AGU Fall Meeting Session “Air Pollution, Greenhouse Gases, and Emissions in Asia and Its Interactions with the World”
2019 Session Primary Convener and Chair of the 25th Conference on China Atmospheric Environmental Science and Technology (Invited)
2019 Session Convener and Chair of ISPRS Workshop on Remote Sensing and Synergic Analysis on Atmospheric Environment (Invited)
2018 Primary Convener of AGU Fall Meeting Session “Air Pollution, Greenhouse Gases, and Emissions in Asia and Its Interactions with the World”
2018 Member of Academic Board of China Graduate Forum on Global Change
2017 Primary Convener and Chair of AGU Fall Meeting Session “Air Pollution, Greenhouse Gases, and Emissions in Asia and Its Interactions with the World”
2017 Convener and Chair of Peking University-Harvard University Graduate Summer School on Climate and Atmospheric Environmental Change
2016 Primary Convener and Chair of AGU Fall Meeting Session “Air Pollution, Greenhouse Gases, and Emissions in East Asia and Its Interactions with the World”
2015 Primary Convener and Chair of AGU Fall Meeting Session “Air Pollution, Greenhouse Gases, and Emissions in East Asia and Its Interactions with the World”
2015 Chair of AOGS Annual Meeting Oral Session (Invited)
2014 Convener and Chair of AGU Fall Meeting Session
2013 Convener and Chair of AGU Fall Meeting Session
2012 Convener and Chair of AGU Fall Meeting Session
International Review
2025 2026 WMO/UNEP Ozone Assessment (Chapter 7)
2021 2022 WMO/UNEP Ozone Assessment (Chapter 7)
2021 Israel Science Foundation grant
2017 2018 WMO/UNEP Ozone Assessment (Chapter 6)
2016 SPARC CCl4 Assessment Report
2016 Netherlands Space Office grant
2013 2014 WMO/UNEP Ozone Assessment (Chapter 5)
2012 Israel Science Foundation grant
2012 Swedish National Space Board grant
Invited Presentations at International Conferences
2025 AERSS Annual Meeting (Keynote)
2025 EGU General Assembly
2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (Panelist)
2023 AOGS Annual Meeting
2025 EGU General Assembly
2016 AOGS Annual Meeting
2015 AGU Fall Meeting
2015 AOGS Annual Meeting (two sessions)
2012 EGU General Assembly
Group Members
Hao Kong
Postdoctoral Fellow
Satellite remote sensing & Emission constraint
Sijie Wang
PhD student, 2022–present
Satellite-based NOx emission inversion
Wanshan Tan
PhD student, 2023–present
Satellite-based NOx emission inversion
Mengying Wang
PhD student, 2024–present
Satellite remote sensing of NO2
Haitian Gao
PhD student, 2025–present
AI-based satellite carbon emission inversion
Guofeng Tang
PhD student, 2025–present
Satellite-based NOx emission inversion
Ruilong Dong
Master's student, 2025–present
AI trace gas satellite retrieval
Tian Zhou
Undergraduate, 2024–2027
AI-based satellite tracking of rapid changes in pollution sources
Zhilang Chen
Undergraduate, 2026–2027
AI-based diagnosis of particulate matter pollution
Boyang Liu
Undergraduate, 2024–2028
Satellite-based construction of atmospheric composition emission datasets
Zhiyuan Chi
Undergraduate, 2026
Satellite-based NOx emission inversion
Visiting Scholars
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Visiting scholar information
| Name | Institute | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Shuaiwen Wu | Lanzhou University | 2025– |
| Yongli Liu | Capital Normal University | 2025– |
| Yang Yun | Inner Mongolia Big Data Center | 2023—2024 |
| Yingnan Zhang | Shandong University | 2021 |
| Chunjiang Zhou | IAP/CAS | 2017—2022 |
| Su Wang | IAP/CAS | 2017—2018 |
| Sixuan Li | IAP/CAS | 2017—2020 |
| Lei Sun | Shandong University | 2016—2017 |
| Zhilin Liu | NICE | 2016—2017 |
| Yuanzheng Cui | The Chinese University of Hong Kong | 2015—2018 |
| Sophia Szu | A high school in California | Summer 2014 |
| Sabrina Szu | A high school in California | Summer 2014 |
Alumni
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Alumni information
| Name | Relationship | Period | Next Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yiwen Hu 胡译文 | Postdoc | 2024—2025 | Lecturer, National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) 讲师，国防科技大学 |
| Chenghao Xu 徐呈浩 | Graduate | 2021—2026 | State-Owned Company in Nantong, Jiangsu Province 国企，江苏省南通市 |
| Fangxuan Ren 任芳萱 | Graduate | 2021—2026 | Postdoc, Ocean University of China 博士后，中国海洋大学 |
| Yuhang Zhang 张宇航 | Graduate | 2020—2025 | McGill University Postdoc |
| Chunin Li 李春锦 | Graduate | 2018—2024 | State-Owned Company in Fujian Province 福建引进（国企） |
| Junwei Xu 许俊玮 | Postdoc | 2021—2024 | |
| Hongjian Weng 翁宏健 | Graduate | 2017—2023 | Engineer, China Satellite Network Group Co., Ltd 工程师，中国卫星网络集团有限公司 |
| Lulu Chen 陈璐璐 | Graduate | 2016—2021 | Postdoc at Peking University (Advisor: Shu Tao) 博士后，北京大学 |
| Xiaomiao Jiao 焦小淼 | Postdoc | 2019—2020 | Associate researcher, China Coal Research Institute 副研究员，煤炭科学研究总院 |
| Jamiu Adeniran | Postdoc | 2019—2021 | Lecturer, University of Ilorin |
| Mingxi Du 杜鸣溪 | Postdoc | 2018—2020 | Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong University 教授，西安交通大学 |
| Jingxu Wang 王旌旭 | Graduate | 2015—2020 | Lecturer, Ocean University of China 讲师，中国海洋大学 |
| Ruijing Ni 倪睿婧 | Graduate | 2014—2019 | Postdoc at MPI-C (Advisor: Hang Su and Yafang Cheng) 博士后，MPI-C |
| Mengyao Liu 刘梦瑶 | Graduate | 2014—2019 | Research Scientist (tenured) at KNMI 研究员，KNMI |
| Yingying Yan 燕莹莹 | Graduate | 2013—2018 | Associate Professor, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) 副教授，中国地质大学（武汉） |
| Ziwei Wang 王子维 | Undergraduate | 2016—2018 | PhD student Univ. Chicago |
| Jiawei Zhuang 庄佳威 | Undergraduate | 2014—2016 | PhD student Harvard Univ. |
| Yi Zhang 张祎 | Undergraduate | 2014—2016 | PhD, Princeton U. Miller Postdoc Fellow at UC Berkeley |
| Yuchen Wang 王宇晨 | Undergraduate | 2014—2015 | PhD, Tokyo U. Postdoc at JAMSTEC, Japan |
| Chenggong Wang 王成功 | Undergraduate | 2014—2015 | PhD student Peking Univ. |
| Lingxiao Wang 王凌霄 | Graduate | 2012—2015 | MS student Industry |
| Yinrui Li 李尹睿 | Undergraduate | 2013—2014 | PhD student UIUC |
| Xu Chen 陈旭 | Undergraduate | 2012—2013 | PhD student Princeton Univ. |
| Zhen Qu 曲珍 | Undergraduate | 2012—2013 | PhD, U. Colorado Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University |
| Da Pan 潘达 | Undergraduate | 2011—2013 | PhD, Princeton U. Postdoc at Colorado State University |
| Ruixiong Zhang 张睿雄 | Undergraduate | 2010—2013 | PhD, Georgia Tech Data and Applied Scientist Manager at Microsoft |
| Qian Cheng 程倩 | Undergraduate | 2011—2012 | PhD student Peking Univ. |
| Zhaoyi Shen 沈肇怡 | Undergraduate | 2011—2012 | PhD student Princeton Univ. |
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