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Meng Gao is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Hong Kong Baptist University. Before joining HKBU, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University (2016-2019). He received Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Iowa in 2015. His research interests include air quality modeling/forecasting, chemistry-climate interactions, environmental health, and artificial intelligence in atmospheric sciences. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed papers in top-tier journals including Science Advances. He was awarded the Atmospheric Science Division Outstanding Young Scientist by EGU in 2020, and was invited to attend ACCESS XIV (14th Atmospheric Chemistry Colloquium for Emerging Senior Scientists) in 2017. He is also a member of World Meteorological Organization Global Air Quality Forecasting and Information System (GAFIS) Steering Committee.
His research is motivated by better understandings of processes that determine the spatiotemporal variations of air pollutants, and their implications for public health and climate. His research uses numerical atmospheric chemistry/weather/climate models (WRF-Chem, GEOS-Chem, WRF, CESM, etc.) and advanced statistical methods (machine learning, etc.) to interpret observed air pollution/climate phenomena, to assess their health impacts, and to prepare for the future.
Research Interests
chemistry-climate interactions, climate change mitigation
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- GE Environmental Sciences
- GB Physical geography
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Climate- and environment-conscious urban growth in the Guangdong-Hong Kong- Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA): solutions and co-benefits
GAO, M., CHEN, B., HUANG, B., Jin, L. & YUNG, K. L.
30/06/23 → 29/06/26
Project: Research project
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Optimal planning of greenhouse gas monitoring sites in Hong Kong
GAO, M. & Guo, Y.
1/06/23 → 31/05/25
Project: Research project
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Improving predictions of ground-level PM2.5 concentrations in Asia with deep learning and the world’s first geostationary air pollution satellite
1/10/21 → 30/09/24
Project: Research project
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Assimilating surface PM2.5 and ozone measurements to improve health exposure assessment and air quality forecasting in South China
1/01/21 → 31/12/23
Project: Research project
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Reducing uncertainties in predictions of future air pollution, heat extremes, and associated health risks in Asia with dynamical downscaling and machine learning
GAO, M., Guo, Y. & Li, J.
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Research project
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Aggravated air pollution and health burden due to traffic congestion in urban China
Wang, P., Zhang, R., Sun, S., Gao, M., Zheng, B., Zhang, D., Zhang, Y., Carmichael, G. R. & Zhang, H., 7 Mar 2023, In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 23, 5, p. 2983-2996 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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A new perspective to satellite-based retrieval of ground-level air pollution: Simultaneous estimation of multiple pollutants based on physics-informed multi-task learning
Yang, Q., Yuan, Q., Gao, M. & Li, T., Jan 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 857, Part 2, 159542.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Impact of lake-atmosphere exchange on summertime ozone in the Lake Taihu region
Wang, F., Wang, Y. & Gao, M., 1 May 2023, In: Atmospheric Environment. 300, 11 p., 119664.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Individual and joint associations of long-term exposure to air pollutants and cardiopulmonary mortality: a 22-year cohort study in Northern China
Huang, W., Zhou, Y., Chen, X., Zeng, X., Knibbs, L. D., Zhang, Y., Jalaludin, B., Dharmage, S. C., Morawska, L., Guo, Y., Yang, X., Zhang, L., Shan, A., Chen, J., Wang, T., Heinrich, J., Gao, M., Lin, L., Xiao, X., Zhou, P., & 3 others , Jul 2023, In: The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 36, 13 p., 100776.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
Open Access5 Citations (Scopus) -
Large-scale climate patterns offer preseasonal hints on the co-occurrence of heat wave and O3 pollution in China
Gao, M., Wang, F., Ding, Y., Wu, Z., Xu, Y., Lu, X., Wang, Z., Carmichael, G. R. & McElroy, M. B., 27 Jun 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120, 26, 9 p., e2218274120.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
Activities
- 1 Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
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Urban Climate (Journal)
Meng GAO (Associate editor)
1 Jan 2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)