Faculty by Department
LU Keding
Associate Professor Department: Environmental Science Tel/fax: +86-10-62758118 E-mail: k.lu@pku.edu.cn Websites: http://scholar.pku.edu.cn/lukeding
ACADEMIC SERVICES

lSteering Committee Member, Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report; Chinese National Committee for Ozone Studies (vice chief secretary); National Committee for Environmental Chemistry.

lJournal Editor, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques.

lJournal Reviewer, Nature Geoscience, Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheric Environment, Scientific Reports, Atmospheric Research, Journal of Environmental Sciences, et al.

lReviewer, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Doctoral Thesis of Peking University, Doctoral Thesis of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

lMeeting Convener, special sessions on the annual meetings of both European Geosciences Union and American Geophysical Union, the National Conference on Environmental Chemistry, the International Symposium on Environmental Geochemistry and the National Conference of Atmospheric Environment Science and Technology in China.  

EDUCATION

PhD, Environmental Science, Peking University, 2004.09 - 2010.06

BSc, Environmental Engineering, Nanjing University, 2000.09 - 2004.06

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

2021.05 - current, Peking University, founding director of the State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Ozone Pollution Control

2019.01 - current, Peking University, deputy executive director of College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering

2018.08 – current, Peking University, Associate Professor (Changjiang Youth Scholar)

2012.09 – 2018.06, Peking University, Assistant Professor (Hundred Talents Program)

2010.08 – 2012.08, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Postdoctoral Research Fellow

RESEARCH INTERESTS

High Sensitivity Optical Instrumentation: carrying out accurate measurements of OH, total OH reactivity, HO2, RO2, O3, NO, NO2, NO3, N2O5 and HONO in chemical complex air environments as well as laboratory simulated conditions.   

Atmospheric Free-radical Chemistry: comprehensive field measurement for the closure study of atmospheric radical budget, sources and transformation mechanisms of atmospheric free radicals; impacts of the heterogeneous reactions on the free-radical chemistry; and formation mechanism of secondary aerosols driven by gas-phase oxidation.

Urban Ozone Photochemistry and Control Strategy: urban ozone formation mechanism; reactivity metrics for volatile organic compounds, chemical reaction mechanisms, model studies of source attribution and science-into-policy processes for urban ozone control.

RESEARCH GRANTS

Time Duration

Funding Sources

Grant Title (Type, No), Budge in RMB

Role

2019-2021

Ministry of Science and Technology

Principles and Technical Approaches of Regional Air Quality Control

PI

2020-2023

National Natural Science Foundation in China

The impact of organic aerosol on N2O5 heterogeneous uptake (General program)

PI

2019-2022

National Natural Science Foundation in Beijing

The diagnosis of the vertical structure of the radical chemistry in the urban boundary layer (Fund for Distinguished Young Scientist in Beijing)

PI

2016-2018

National Natural Science Foundation in China

Atmospheric Radical Chemistry (Fund for Excellent Young Scientist, 21522701)

PI

2016-2019

National Natural Science Foundation in China

Atmospheric Oxidation in Yangtze River Delta: Quantitative Characterization and Chemical Mechanism Development (Key Project, 91544225)

PI

2014-2017

National Natural Science Foundation in China

Observation and Modelling of nighttime radical concentrations in Beijing (General program, 41375124)

PI

2017-2020

The Prime Minister fund in China

Constitution of atmospheric oxidation capacity and the haze formation potential through gas phase oxidation channels (DQGG0103-01)

PI

2015-2018

National Natural Science Foundation in China

Trace Gas Oxidation Mechanism and Secondary Transformation of Nanoparticles (Projects of International Cooperation and Exchanges, 41571130021)

Core Member

2013-2015

National Natural Science Foundation in China

Atmospheric Chemical Processes and Environmental Effects in Regional and Global Scales (Innovation Research Groups, 41121004)

Core Member

2012-2017

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Formation and recycling mechanism of atmospheric free radicals (Subproject of the Strategic Priority Research Program B, XDB05010500)

Core Member

AWARDS AND HONORS

lGold medal of Young Scientist Award of Chinese Academy of Environmental Sciences, 2019

lNatural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scientist in Beijing, Natural Science Foundation in Beijing, 2019

lChangjiang Youth Scholar, Ministry of Education of China, 2017

lNatural Science Fund for Excellent Young Scientist, National Natural Science Foundation in China (NSFC), 2015

lThe New-Star of Science and Technology supported by Beijing Metropolis (Beijing Nova program), Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission, 2015

lThe state environmental protection professional young talents, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, 2016

lThe First Prize of Natural Science of Ministry of Education, Ministry of Education of China, 2016 (3rd of 5 co-laureates)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Wang, H.; Ma, X.; Tan, Z.; Wang, H.; Chen, X.; Chen, S.; Gao, Y.; Liu, Y.; Liu, Y.; Yang, X.; Yuan, B.; Zeng, L.; Huang, C.; Lu, K.; Zhang, Y., Anthropogenic monoterpenes aggravating ozone pollution. National Science Review 2022, 9, (9).

2. Wang, H.; Liu, Y.; Chen, X.; Gao, Y.; Qiu, W.; Jing, S.; Wang, Q.; Lou, S.; Edwards, P. M.; Huang, C.; Lu, K., Unexpected fast radical production emerges in cool seasons: implications for ozone pollution control. Natl Sci Open 2022, 1, (2), 20220013.

3. Xuefei, M.; Zhaofeng, T.; Keding, L.; Xinping, Y.; Yuhan, L.; Shule, L.; Xin, L.; Shiyi, C.; Anna, N.; Changmin, C.; Limin, Z.; Andreas, W.; Yuanhang, Z., Winter photochemistry in Beijing: Observation and model simulation of OH and HO2 radicals at an urban site. Science of The Total Environment 2019, 685, 85-95.

4. Lu, K.; Fuchs, H.; Hofzumahaus, A.; Tan, Z.; Wang, H.; Zhang, L.; Schmitt, S. H.; Rohrer, F.; Bohn, B.; Broch, S.; Dong, H.; Gkatzelis, G. I.; Hohaus, T.; Holland, F.; Li, X.; Liu, Y.; Liu, Y.; Ma, X.; Novelli, A.; Schlag, P.; Shao, M.; Wu, Y.; Wu, Z.; Zeng, L.; Hu, M.; Kiendler-Scharr, A.; Wahner, A.; Zhang, Y., Fast Photochemistry in Wintertime Haze: Consequences for Pollution Mitigation Strategies. Environmental Science & Technology 2019, 53, (18), 10676-10684.

5. Zhaofeng, T.; Keding, L.; Huabin, D.; Min, H.; Xin, L.; Yuhan, L.; Sihua, L.; Min, S.; Rong, S.; Haichao, W.; Yusheng, W.; Andreas, W.; Yuanhang, Z., Explicit diagnosis of the local ozone production rate and the ozone-NOx-VOC sensitivities. Science Bulletin 2018, 63, (16), 1067-1076.

6. Tan, Z.; Rohrer, F.; Lu, K.; Ma, X.; Bohn, B.; Broch, S.; Dong, H.; Fuchs, H.; Gkatzelis, G. I.; Hofzumahaus, A.; Holland, F.; Li, X.; Liu, Y.; Liu, Y.; Novelli, A.; Shao, M.; Wang, H.; Wu, Y.; Zeng, L.; Hu, M.; Kiendler-Scharr, A.; Wahner, A.; Zhang, Y., Wintertime photochemistry in Beijing: observations of ROx radical concentrations in the North China Plain during the BEST-ONE campaign. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2018, 18, (16), 12391-12411.

7. Lu, K.; Guo, S.; Tan, Z.; Wang, H.; Shang, D.; Liu, Y.; Li, X.; Wu, Z.; Hu, M.; Zhang, Y., Exploring atmospheric free-radical chemistry in China: the self-cleansing capacity and the formation of secondary air pollution. National Science Review 2018, 6, (3), 579-594.

8. Wang, H.; Lu, K.; Chen, X.; Zhu, Q.; Chen, Q.; Guo, S.; Jiang, M.; Li, X.; Shang, D.; Tan, Z.; Wu, Y.; Wu, Z.; Zou, Q.; Zheng, Y.; Zeng, L.; Zhu, T.; Hu, M.; Zhang, Y., High N2O5 Concentrations Observed in Urban Beijing: Implications of a Large Nitrate Formation Pathway. Environmental Science & Technology Letters 2017, 4, (10), 416-420.

9. Tan, Z.; Fuchs, H.; Lu, K.; Hofzumahaus, A.; Bohn, B.; Broch, S.; Dong, H.; Gomm, S.; Häseler, R.; He, L.; Holland, F.; Li, X.; Liu, Y.; Lu, S.; Rohrer, F.; Shao, M.; Wang, B.; Wang, M.; Wu, Y.; Zeng, L.; Zhang, Y.; Wahner, A.; Zhang, Y., Radical chemistry at a rural site (Wangdu) in the North China Plain: observation and model calculations of OH, HO2 and RO2 radicals. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2017, 17, (1), 663-690.

10. Rohrer, F.; Lu, K.; Hofzumahaus, A.; Bohn, B.; Brauers, T.; Chang, C.-C.; Fuchs, H.; Häseler, R.; Holland, F.; Hu, M.; Kita, K.; Kondo, Y.; Li, X.; Lou, S.; Oebel, A.; Shao, M.; Zeng, L.; Zhu, T.; Zhang, Y.; Wahner, A., Maximum efficiency in the hydroxyl-radical-based self-cleansing of the troposphere. Nature Geoscience 2014, 7, (8), 559-563.

11. Lu, K. D.; Rohrer, F.; Holland, F.; Fuchs, H.; Brauers, T.; Oebel, A.; Dlugi, R.; Hu, M.; Li, X.; Lou, S. R.; Shao, M.; Zhu, T.; Wahner, A.; Zhang, Y. H.; Hofzumahaus, A., Nighttime observation and chemistry of HO<sub>x</sub> in the Pearl River Delta and Beijing in summer 2006. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2014, 14, (10), 4979-4999.

12. Lu, K. D.; Hofzumahaus, A.; Holland, F.; Bohn, B.; Brauers, T.; Fuchs, H.; Hu, M.; Häseler, R.; Kita, K.; Kondo, Y.; Li, X.; Lou, S. R.; Oebel, A.; Shao, M.; Zeng, L. M.; Wahner, A.; Zhu, T.; Zhang, Y. H.; Rohrer, F., Missing OH source in a suburban environment near Beijing: observed and modelled OH and HO<sub>2</sub> concentrations in summer 2006. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2013, 13, (2), 1057-1080.

13. Lu, K. D.; Rohrer, F.; Holland, F.; Fuchs, H.; Bohn, B.; Brauers, T.; Chang, C. C.; Häseler, R.; Hu, M.; Kita, K.; Kondo, Y.; Li, X.; Lou, S. R.; Nehr, S.; Shao, M.; Zeng, L. M.; Wahner, A.; Zhang, Y. H.; Hofzumahaus, A., Observation and modelling of OH and HO<sub>2</sub> concentrations in the Pearl River Delta 2006: a missing OH source in a VOC rich atmosphere. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2012, 12, (3), 1541-1569.

14. Lu, K.; Zhang, Y.; Su, H.; Brauers, T.; Chou, C. C.; Hofzumahaus, A.; Liu, S. C.; Kita, K.; Kondo, Y.; Shao, M.; Wahner, A.; Wang, J.; Wang, X.; Zhu, T., Oxidant (O3 + NO2) production processes and formation regimes in Beijing. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 2010, 115, (D7).

15. Hofzumahaus, A.; Rohrer, F.; Lu, K.; Bohn, B.; Brauers, T.; Chang, C.-C.; Fuchs, H.; Holland, F.; Kita, K.; Kondo, Y.; Li, X.; Lou, S.; Shao, M.; Zeng, L.; Wahner, A.; Zhang, Y., Amplified Trace Gas Removal in the Troposphere. Science 2009, 324, (5935), 1702-1704.

Currently about 140 journal publications, H-index 43, citations > 6000, all publications see

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&user=HXK9g2MAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

NATIONAL INVENTION PATENT OF CHINA

1. Lu, K. D., Li, C. M., Wang, H. C., Chen, X. R., Zhai, T. Y., 2021. Classification measurement method and system for atmospheric organic nitrates. 202110135215.4

2. Lu, K. D., Li, S. L., 2020. Online detection device and method for organic peroxy radicals in the atmosphere. 202010104205.X

3. Lu, K. D., Wang, H. C., Zhang, Y. H., 2017. Online measurement device and measurement method for NO concentration in high-NO2 and low-NO atmosphere. 201611261453.5.

4. Lu, K. D., Wang, H. C., Zhang, Y. H., Chen, X. R., 2017. On-line measuring system and on-line measuring method for concentration of NO3 free radicals in atmosphere. 201611259481.3.

5. Lu, K. D., Liu, Y. H., Yang, X. P., Zhang, Y. H., 2017. On-line measurement method and device for atmospheric gaseous nitric acid based on flow injection analysis. 201611166834.5.

CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

1. Measurement and Modelling of the Organic Peroxy Radicals in China. NOAA CSL. 2022.05.26 (Invited Seminar talk)

2. Exploration and Study on the Unclassical Regeneration Mechanism of Hydroxyl Radicals. Harvard University. 2021.04.02 (Invited Seminar talk)  

3. Atmospheric radical chemistry studies in China: science, technology and policy Implications. Leeds International Summer School. 2020.07.21 (Invited Seminar talk)

4. Fast Photochemistry Discovered in Winter Beijing: Evidences, Reasons and Impacts. AQUARIUS meeting, Salt Lake City, 2019.09. (Invited talk)

5. A review of the O3-NOx-VOCs sensitivity analysis in China. The founding meeting of Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences: Ozone Pollution Control, Chengdu, 2019.03. (Invited talk) 

6. Fast Photochemistry Discovered in Winter Beijing: Current Haze and Future Ozone Pollutions, ACM, Davis, 2018.12. (Invited talk)

7. Future Directions: HOx and NOx Chemistry under Chemical Complex Environments, The 24th National Conference of Atmospheric Environment Science and Technology in China. Qingdao, China, 2018.09. (Invited talk)

8. The Progress and Outlook of Atmospheric Radical Chemistry in China. The strategic meeting of NSFC. Dalian, 2018.07. (Invited talk)

9. Regional ozone pollution control: science and policy. The 23rd National Conference of Atmospheric Environment Science and Technology in China, Beijing, 2017. 12. (Invited talk)

10. Chemical characteristics and formation mechanism of heavy air pollution in Jing-Jin-Ji area. The 34th General Conference of the Chinese Meteorological Society, Zhengzhou, 2017. 09. (Invited talk)

11. Atmospheric radical chemistry in eastern Chinese megacity regions. Telluride Gas Phase Atmospheric Chemistry Meeting. Telluride, USA. 2016.07. (Invited talk)

12. Observation and modelling of OH-HO2-RO2 at a rural site in North China Plain. The 30th general conference of Chinese Chemical Society. Dalian, 2016.07. (Invited talk)

13. Intercomparison of Nitrous Acid (HONO) Detection Instruments at a Rural Site in the North China Plain in Summer 2014. The 4th International Conference on Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control. Beijing, 2015. 11. (Invited talk)

14. Formation mechanism of the atmospheric oxidation capacity in the North China Plain. General conference (2014-2015) of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Beijing, 2015. 9. (Invited talk)

15. Nighttime observation and chemistry of HOx in the Pearl River Delta and Beijing in summer 2006. Seminar talk at IEK-8 (Troposphere) of Forschungszentrum Juelich. Juelich, Germany. 2014.03. (Invited talk)