Yuzhong Zhang
311 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332
Email: yzhang425@gatech.edu
Phone: (404)-791-0807
EDUCATION
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
2010 - Present
 Ph.D. student in atmospheric chemistry (GPA: 4/4)
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
2014 - Present
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Master student in statistics (GPA: 4/4)
Courses taken: regression, time series, nonparametric analysis, multivariate statistics, etc.
Peking University, Beijing, China
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2006 - 2010
Bachelor of science in environmental sciences (GPA: 3.8/4)
RESEARCH
Atmospheric chemistry model development
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
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Develop modules (coding) and incorporate them into an air pollution model called REAM
that simulates the physical and chemical processes of ozone pollution events.
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Use updated REAM to analyze 1) how varied sources of pollution contribute to ozone
pollution; 2) how natural factors such as meteorology interact with anthropogenic
pollution; and 3) how the interaction impact on a climate scale
Environmental data analysis
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
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Process data from multiple sources, including satellite, monitoring stations, and model
simulations and evaluate the ability of the model (REAM) to reproduce observations.
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Use multiple spatial-temporal statistical methods to analyze the long-term, multi-station
ozone records from EPA.
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Use factor analysis to investigate the relationship between meteorological parameters and
ozone concentrations.
Laboratory study on toxicity of pollutants
Peking University, Beijing, China
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Build a novel passive sampler to measure the soil-air flux of a group of persistent organic
pollutants called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH).
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Measure the toxicity of ambient aerosols using cultured cells and study the relationship
between toxicity and aerosol sizes.
2010 - Present
2010 - Present
2008 - 2010
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Papers
Yuzhong Zhang, Yuhang Wang, Burton Gray, Dasa Gu, Lee Mauldin, Christopher Cantrell, Alan Bandy, Surface
and free tropospheric sources of methanesulfonic acid (MSA) over the tropical Pacific Ocean, Geophysical
Research Letters, 2014, 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL060934.
Yuzhong Zhang, Shuxing Deng, Yanan Liu, Guofeng Shen, Xiqing Li, Jun Cao, Xilong Wang, Brian Reid, Shu
Tao, A passive air sampler for characterizing the vertical concentration profile of gaseous phase polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons in near soil surface air, Environmental Pollution, Volume 159, Issue 3, March 2011, P
694-699.
Kexin Li, Hongying Cao, Bin Wang, Yuzhong Zhang, Kelu Shi, Shu Tao. Oxidative Stress and Inflammatory Effect
on A549 Cell Line Induced by Three Typical Nano-Particles.Asian Journal of Ecotoxicology. 2010,5(6):787792 (In Chinese).
Bin Wang, Kexin Li, Wenjie Jin, Yan Lu, Yuzhong Zhang, Guofeng Shen, Rong Wang, Huizhong Shen, Wei Li,
Ye Huang, Yanyan Zhang, Xilong Wang, Xiqing Li, Wenxin Liu, Hongying Cao, Shu Tao. Properties and
Inflammatory Effects of Various Size Fractions of Ambient Particulate Matter from Beijing on A549 and
J774A.1 Cells. Environmental Science and Technology. 2013, 47 (18), pp 10583–10590
HONORS & AWARDS
Chun-Tsug Scholar for outstanding undergraduate research
Wusi Scholarship for academic excellence
Wusi Scholarship for academic excellence
Dean’s Award for academic excellence
Hui-Chun Chin and Tsung-Dao Lee Chinese Undergraduate Research Endowment, awarded to
support undergraduate research program
SKILLS
Programming: C, C++, FORTRAN, Python
Data analysis: Matlab, R, Python, IDL
Languages: English (fluent), Chinese (Native)
Hobby: programming, Chinese calligraphy, table tennis, reading
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