Prof. Dr. Zhanqing Li

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsMeteorology,Atmospheric Physics
Keywordsaerosol, cloud, radiation budget, environment, biomass burning

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityCollege Park
InstitutionUniversity of Maryland at College Park
InstituteDepartment of Atomspheric and Oceanic Science

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Guy BrasseurMax-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg
Dr. Johannes SchmetzEuropean Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Darmstadt
Prof. Dr. Meinrat O. AndreaeAbteilung Biogeochemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie (Otto-Hahn-Institut), Mainz
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2015

Programme(s)

2015Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Li is an international authority in the study of remote sensing of aerosols and their role in the climate system. He made outstanding contributions to the development of satellite algorithms that revolutionized the conventional understanding of shortwave radiative transfer in the earth’s atmosphere. In Germany, Professor Li works on the chemical and physical mechanisms that are responsible for the formation of stagnant air pollution episodes in northern China and analyzes space observations to quantify the role of weather patterns in the formation of these pollution events.