Draft:Nga Lee (Sally) Ng

Nga Lee Ng
Alma materHong Kong University of Science and Technology, California Institute of Technology
Known forOrganic Aerosols, Air Quality, Climate Change
AwardsAscent Award, Robert W. Vaughan Lectureship, Sigma Xi Best Paper Award, ISI Highly Cited Researcher, Outstanding Achievement in Early Career Research, Dreyfus Foundation Fellowship, Kenneth T. Whitby Award, Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award, CAREER Award, Walter W. Rosenblith New Investigator Award, Early Career Award
Scientific career
FieldsAtmospheric Chemistry
InstitutionsGeorgia Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisorJohn H. Seinfeld

Nga Lee Ng is the Love Family Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, holding appointments in both the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.[1][2][3] She is renowned for her research in atmospheric chemistry, particularly in the study of organic aerosols and their effects on air quality, climate, and human health.[4][5][6][7][8]

Education and Career

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Education

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Ng earned her Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical and Environmental Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2002.[9] She was an exchange student in Chemical Engineering at the University of Minnesota from 2000 to 2001. She then pursued her graduate studies at the California Institute of Technology, where she completed her M.S. in Chemical Engineering in 2004 and her Ph.D. in 2007 under the supervision of John H. Seinfeld.

Career

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Following her Ph.D., Ng worked as a postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology (2007-2008) and then as a postdoctoral scientist at Aerodyne Research (2008-2010). She continued at Aerodyne Research as a senior scientist from 2010 to 2011.[1]

Ng has held several editorial positions, including Editor-in-Chief of ACS Environmental Science & Technology Air since 2023, and she has served on various editorial boards such as those of ACS Earth and Space Chemistry and Scientific Reports.[10]

Research

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Ng's research focuses on the chemistry of atmospheric aerosols, including their formation, transformation, and impacts.[11][12][13] Her work has provided significant insights into the role of organic aerosols in air quality and climate change. She employs advanced analytical techniques and modeling approaches to study the sources, processes, and effects of particulate matter and other air pollutants. Her group uses a synergistic approach, performing both laboratory chamber experiments and ambient field measurements using advanced mass spectrometry techniques.[2]

Awards and Honors

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Ng's contributions to atmospheric chemistry have been recognized with numerous awards, including:

  • Ascent Award, American Geophysical Union (2023)[14]
  • Robert W. Vaughan Lectureship, California Institute of Technology (2021)[10]
  • ISI Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate Analytics (2017-2019)[1]
  • Dreyfus Foundation Fellowship in Environmental Chemistry (2017)[1]
  • Kenneth T. Whitby Award, American Association for Aerosol Research (2016)[15]
  • Walter W. Rosenblith New Investigator Award, Health Effects Institute (2013)[1]
  • Early Career Award, Environmental Protection Agency (2013)[1]


References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Nga Lee Sally Ng". Georgia Tech School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Nga Lee Sally Ng". Georgia Tech Research. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  3. ^ "Nga Lee Sally Ng". Ng Lab. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  4. ^ "Pandemic's Cleaner Air Could Reshape What We Know About the Atmosphere". The New York Times. June 25, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  5. ^ "Properly fitted multilayer masks can reduce particle transmission: Study". Business Standard. April 3, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  6. ^ Ng, N. L., Canagaratna, M. R., Zhang, Q., Jimenez, J. L., Tian, J., Ulbrich, I. M., Kroll, J. H., Docherty, K. S., Chhabra, P. S., Bahreini, R., Murphy, S. M., Seinfeld, J. H., Donahue, N. M., Hildebrandt, L., Decarlo, P. F., Lanz, V. A., Prevot, A. S. H., Dinar, E., Rudich, Y., Worsnop, D. R. (2010). "Organic aerosol components observed in Northern Hemispheric datasets from Aerosol Mass Spectrometry". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 10 (10): 4625–4641. Bibcode:2010ACP....10.4625N. doi:10.5194/acp-10-4625-2010. Retrieved June 10, 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Ng, N. L., Kroll, J. H., Chan, A. W. H., Chhabra, P. S., Flagan, R. C., Seinfeld, J. H. (2007). "Secondary organic aerosol formation from m-xylene, toluene, and benzene". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 7 (14): 3909–3922. Bibcode:2007ACP.....7.3909N. doi:10.5194/acp-7-3909-2007. Retrieved June 10, 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Ng, N. L., Herndon, S. C., Trimborn, A., Canagaratna, M. R., Croteau, P. L., Onasch, T. B., Sueper, D., Worsnop, D. R., Zhang, Q., Sun, Y. L., Jayne, J. T. (2011). "An Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM) for Routine Monitoring of the Composition and Mass Concentrations of Ambient Aerosol". Aerosol Science and Technology. 45: 770–784. doi:10.1080/02786826.2011.591041 (inactive 2024-06-11). Retrieved June 10, 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of June 2024 (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Atmospheric Scientist Alumna Advances Sustainability Through Leading-Edge Air Quality Research". HKUST School of Engineering. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Meet Nga Lee (Sally) Ng, Inaugural Editor-in-Chief of ACS ES&T Air". ACS Axial. 26 July 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  11. ^ "Nga Lee Sally Ng". Georgia Tech School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  12. ^ "Professor Sally Ng Monitoring Air Quality in Georgia Tech Classrooms". Georgia Tech School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. September 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  13. ^ "Nga Lee Sally Ng - Google Scholar Profile". Google Scholar. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  14. ^ "Nga Lee Sally Ng Receives 2023 AGU Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award". Georgia Tech Research. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  15. ^ "Whitby Award HEI Rosenblith Investigator Sally Ng". Health Effects Institute. 8 November 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2024.