Profile
Assoc Prof Liya YU
Principal Investigator
Dr. Yu’s teaching and research interests focus on air quality and aerosol sciences, with emphasis on characterization of aerosols emitting from combustion sources, and behavior of oxygenated organic compounds in atmospheric particulates, in particular, processes of photooxidation and chemical transformation of dicarboxylic acids. Dr. Yu’s research group also strives to better understand impacts of transboundary biomass burning smoke on urban atmospheric environment.
In collaboration with Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at NUS, Dr. Yu expands her research interests to explore potential health effects of engineered nanomaterials. Dr. Yu also works with a multi-disciplinary team at NUS to examine potential impacts of engineered nanomaterials on environment and biological systems.
Dr Yu is currently a Principal Investigator on the C4T and HD4 programme.
Singapore - NUS
Researchers
C4T extended projects
Research Interest
Google Scholar Link
Tham J, Sarkar S, Jia S, Reid JS, Mishra S, Sudiana IM, Swarup S, Ong CN, Yu LE. “Impacts of peat-forest smoke on urban PM2.5 in the Maritime Continent during 2012–2015: Carbonaceous profiles and indicators”, Environ. Pollut. 248:496–505 (2019)
Krishnan P, Zhang MH, Yu LE “Removal of Black Carbon Using Photocatalytic Silicate-Based Coating: Laboratory and Field Studies Journal of Cleaner Production”, J. Clean Prod. 183:436–448 (2018)
Krishnan P, Liu M, Itty PA, Liu Z, Rheinheimer V, Zhang M-H, Monteiro PJM, Yu LE, “Characterization of photocatalytic TiO2 powder under varied environments using near ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy”, Sci. Rep. 7-43298 (2017).
Reid JS, Lagrosas ND, Jonsson HH, Reid EA, Atwood SA, Boyd TJ, Ghate VP, Xian P, Posselt DJ, Simpas JB, Uy SN, Zaiger K, Blake DR, Bucholtz A, Campbell JR, Chew BN, Cliff SS, Holben BN, Holz RE, Hyer EJ, Kreidenweis SM, Kuciauskas AP, Lolli S, Oo M, Perry KD, Salinas SV, Sessions WR, Smirnov Al, Walker AL, Wang Q, Yu L, Zhang J, Zhao Y. “Aerosol meteorology of Maritime Continent for the 2012 7SEAS southwest monsoon intensive study – Part 2: Philippine receptor observations of fine-scale aerosol behavior”, Atmos. Chem. Phys. 16:14057–14078 (2016)
Reid JS, Lagrosas ND, Jonsson HH, Reid EA, Sessions WR, Simpas JB, Uy SN, Boyd TJ, Atwood SA, Blake DR, Campbell JR, Cliff SS, Holben BN, Holz RE, Hyer EJ, Lynch P, Meinardi S, Posselt DJ, Richardson KA, Salinas SV, Smirnov A, Wang Q, Yu L, Zhang J. “Observations of the temporal variability in aerosol properties and their relationships to meteorology in the summer monsoonal South China Sea/East Sea: the scale-dependent role of monsoonal flows, the Madden–Julian Oscillation, tropical cyclones, squall lines and cold pools”, Atmos. Chem. Phys. 15:1745–1768 (2015).