Prof. Tao Wang

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

9:00, 17 Sept, 2015

LAPC, IAP

Prof. Tao Wang

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Phone: (852) 2766-6059

Fax: (852) 2334-6389

Email: cetwang@polyu.edu.hk

Web: http://www.zn903.com/cetwang/

　　WANG Tao is a Chair Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). He received his BSc in Chemistry from Nankai University (Tianjin, China) in 1985, studied MSc in Environment Chemistry in Peking University for a year, and obtained PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1992. He then did postdoc research at the University of Michigan. He joined PolyU in 1995 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2001, Professor in 2005 and Chair Professor in 2013.

　　Professor Wang’s research addresses atmospheric chemistry, air pollution-cloud interactions, and urban and regional air quality. He has conducted field and modelling studies in Hong Kong and many other regions of China. He has published over 100 papers in international journals with an H-Index of 41 (according to Web of Science). His current research focuses on heterogeneous chemistry of nitrogen compounds and contribution to ozone and haze.

　　Professor Wang serves on the Scientific Steering Committee of the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project (IGAC), as an Associate Editor for Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere and a Guest Editor for Atmospheric Chemistry Physics. He was Chief Scientist for a China’s National Basic Research Project (‘973 programme’) on acid rain during 2005-2010 and served on the Engineering Panel of the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong in 2006-2011.