Professor, chemical Engineering
chak.chan@kaust.edu.sa
Aerosol Science & Air Pollution (Group Webpage)
Dr. Chan's research pertains to aerosol chemistry, air pollution and the source identificationand chemical and physical characterization of atmospheric particulate matter, andunderstanding the chemical pathways involved in the formation of secondary inorganic andorganic particulate matter (PM) from sources such as cooking, traffic, biomass burning, dust,and ship emissions. His research employs both laboratory and field measurements using asuite of aerosol instrumentation techniques such as aerosol mass spectroscopy and offlinecharacterization. Current research includes atmospheric aging of PM via photochemistry ofparticulate nitrate photolysis, photosensitization reactions and chlorine chemistry.
Zhang R., Chan C.K. (2023) Simultaneous formation of sulfate and nitrate via co-uptake of SO2 and NO2 by aqueous NaCl droplets: combined effect of nitrate photolysis and chlorine chemistry. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-223
Gen M., Liang Z., Zhang R., Mabato B.R., Chan C.K (2022) Particulate nitrate photolysis in the atmosphere. RSC Environmental Science: Atmospheres. DOI: 10.1039/d1ea00087j
Mabato B.R., Lyu Y., Ji Y., Huang D.D., Li X., Nah T., Lam C.H., and Chan C.K. (2022) Aqueous secondary organic aerosol formation from the direct photosensitized oxidation of vanillin in the absence and presence of ammonium nitrate. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-273-2022
Zhou L., Salvador C.M., Priestley M., Hallquist M., Liu Q., Chan C.K., Hallquist Å.M. (2021) Emissions and formation of secondary air pollutants from modern heavy-duty trucks in real traffic – chemical characteristics using on-line mass spectrometry. Environmental Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c00412
Gen M., Zhang R., Huang D.D., Li Y., Chan C.K.(2019) Heterogeneous SO2 oxidation in sulfate formation by photolysis of particulate nitrate. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00681