KAUST Research Conference:
Atmospheric Chemistry & Air Pollution
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
KAUST is pleased to invite experts and stakeholders to the Atmospheric Chemistry & Air Pollution Conference (ACAP 2025). This conference will serve as a leading platform for international air quality specialists to engage in critical discussions on air pollution and its impact. The event’s main topics will be:
- Chemical Speciation and Transformation of Aerosols
- Advances in Atmospheric Aqueous-Phase Chemistry
- Urban Air Quality and Megacity Pollution Dynamics
- Innovative Techniques in Air Pollution Monitoring
- Climate and Health Impacts of Atmospheric Pollutants
In 2025, the ACAP Conference will team up with WISE 2025, an initiative designed to inspire female students to pursue careers in science and engineering across academia, corporate sectors, and government roles. Through a series of talks and panel discussions featuring scientists, and experts, WISE2025's goal is to spread awareness and inspire the next generation of young women ensuring a more inclusive future in science and engineering.
Organized by the PSE Division, this conference served as a platform for researchers to exchange insights and foster collaboration.
AGENDA
18:30 – 21:30
Ice-breaker Dinner
Al Khozama Hotel Rooftop outdoors
09:00 - 09:15
Opening remarks
09:15 - 10:00
PM2.5 in Health and Atmospheric Science
10:00 - 10:30
Chemistry, Biology, and Microphysics in the Atmospheric Multiphase System: A Modeling Perspective
10:30 – 10:45
10:45 - 11:15
Towards Understanding of the Changes in Aerosol Sources, Trends, and Composition in the Southeastern and Continental United States
11:15 - 11:45
New Technologies and Methods to Characterize the Chemical Composition and Sources of Urban Aerosol Pollution: First Results from the Eastern Mediterranean & Middle Region and Future Plans
11:45 - 12:15
Sulfate Formation in Biomass Burning Organic Aerosols
12:15 – 13:15
12:00 - 14:00
13:15 - 13:30
Intro to WISE
13:30 - 13:50
The Empowering Role of Nanotechnology in Medicine
13:50 - 14:10
A Crystallographer's Journey from Small Molecules to Macromolecules and Supramolecular Assemblies
14:10 - 14:30
Trianglimine: A Multifaceted Macrocycle
14:30 - 14:50
From Molecular Sensors to Smart Materials: A Little Journey in Anion Supramolecular Chemistry
14:50 – 15:05
15:05 - 15:25
Macrocycles: from Natural Products to Biomimetic Compounds
15:25 - 15:45
From Knowledge to Action: How Women in Science Are Innovating to Tackle Global Health Challenges
15:45 - 16:05
The Journey of a Marine Natural Products Researcher from Pharmacy to Academia: Personal Experience.
16:05 - 16:25
The Self-Care Myth: How to Truly Nourish Your Mind, Body, and Spirit
18:30 – 20:05
(Al Khozama Hotel La Brasserie outdoors)
08:15 - 9:00
Aerosol Particle Chemistry: Woodburning SOA, Viruses and Nanoplastics
09:00 - 09:30
Rates and Mechanisms of Photochemical Processes in Atmospheric Aerosol Particles
09:30 - 10:00
Phase Behavior and Viscosity Within Biomass Burning Organic Aerosol
10:00 - 10:30
Short-Lived Halogens and their Impact on Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality in Polluted Regions
10:30 – 10:40
10.40 – 11:10
Machine Learning-Enhanced Laser Sensing for Environmental Monitoring
11:10 – 11:40
Development and Application of Air Benefit, Cost and Attainment Assessment System
11:40 – 12:10
Impacts of Dust on Air Quality and Human Health in Urbanized Arid Regions
12:10 – 12:55
12:55 – 13:25
Does Air Pollution Impact Health by Modifying RNA Binding Protein (RBP) Expression and Function?
13:25 – 13:55
National Air Pollution Management Program for Saudi Arabia
13:55 – 14:05
14:05 – 14:35
Plastic Particles in the Atmosphere
14:35 – 15:05
Atmospheric Reactive Organic Compounds and Their Impacts on Photochemical Air Pollution
15:05 – 15:35
Heterogeneous Production of Reactive Chlorine Species on Sea Surface
15:35 – 16:00
16:00 – 22:30
09:00 - 09:45
Why Volatility Matters: It’s Turtles All the Way Down
09:45 - 10:15
Protonation of Organic Acids at the Aqueous Interface and Implications for Droplet Chemistry and Cloud-Climate Effects
10:15 - 10:45
The Role of Fugitive Hydrogen Emissions in the Future Low-Carbon Economy
10:45 – 10:55
10:55 – 11:25
PM2.5 Chemical Composition and Oxidative Potential in Hong Kong
11:25 – 11:55
Particulate Nitrosamines in Korea: Formation Mechanisms and their Health Impact
11:55 – 12:25
Busting the Myth of a Spontaneous Formation of Hydrogen Peroxide in Water Microdroplets
12:25 – 13:10
13:10 – 13:40
Understanding the Driving Forces of Summer PM1 Composition in Seoul, Korea, with Explainable Machine Learning
13:40 – 14:10
Organic Aerosol in Polluted Urban Atmosphere and the Heat-wave Impacts
14:10 – 14:40
Sustained Low Acidity of Ammonium Sulfate Particles Revealed by the Online Fluorescence Spectroscopy
14:40 – 15:10
Aqueous-Phase Co-Photolysis of Nitrate and Brown Carbon (BrC) Chromophores
SPEAKERS
ALLAN BERTRAM
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
ARTHUR CHAN
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
CHAK K. CHAN
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
QI CHEN
Peking University, Beijing, China
NEIL DONAHUE
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, US
BARBARA ERVENS
University of Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
AAMIR FAROOQ
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
RICK FLAGAN
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, US
IMED GALLOUZI
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
HARTMUT HERRMANN
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Berlin, Germany
KUO-WEI HUANG
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
HWAJIN KIM
Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
YONG PYO KIM
Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
MIKINORI KUWATA
Peking University, Beijing, China
YONGJIE LI
University of Macau, Macau, China
HIMANSHU MISHRA
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Nga Lee Ng
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, US
SERGEY NIZKORODOV
University of California, Irvine, US
NØNNE PRISLE
University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
JEAN SCIARE
The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus
Yee Jun Tham
Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
SHUXIAO WANG
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
ZHE WANG
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
JIAN ZHEN YU
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
TAO WANG
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
FATMA H. AL-AWADHI
Kuwait University, Sabah Al Salem University City, Kuwait
SHAHAD KHALID ALSAIARI
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
SARAH AL OTAIBI
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
FRANCESCA BOMBELLI
Milan Polytechnic, Milan, Italy
AGNIESZKA JANIAK
University of Poznan, Poznan, Poland
CONSIGLIA TEDESCO
University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
IRENE IZZO
University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
CLAUDIA CALTAGIRONE
University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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