Publications

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Z. Mao, P. Zheng, B. Fu, S. Zhou*. A Performance Evaluation Framework for Continuous Methane Monitoring: Effects of Event Association and Metric Choice, ACS ES&T Air, 2026.
  2. J. Zhang, R.K.Y. Cheung, Z.C.J. Decker, M. Surdu, S. Bogler, K. Li, T. Wang, R.L. Modini, J.G. Slowik, D. Pagonis, H. Guo, P. Campuzano-Jost, J.L. Jimenez, M.M. Coggon, G.I. Gkatzelis, C. Warneke, S.R. Hall, K. Ullmann, G.S. Diskin, J.P. Digangi, J. Peischl, C.D. Holmes, S. Zhou, Q. Zhang, D.M. Bell, I. El Haddad, and A.S.H. Prevot. Photo-induced intraparticle chemistry drives the rapid atmospheric oxidation of biomass-burning organic aerosol, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2026, 60 (34): 24206–24216.
  3. F. Cheng, J. Wei, F. Weng, S. Zhou, Z. Yang, Y. Cheng, et al. iTransformer-informed hourly surface ozone forecasting using geostationary satellite observations, Geophys. Res. Lett, 2026, 53, e2026GL123448.
  4. S. Shrestha, F. Guo, M. Mehra, S. Zhou, S. Alvarez, S. Yoon, C.Y. Chao, J.H. Flynn, Y. Wang, R.J. Griffin, R. J. Sheesley. Interannual variability in biogenic and oxidized VOC concentrations driven by post-drought rewetting in the urban atmosphere of San Antonio, Texas, Atmos. Environ, 2026, 375, 121965.
  5. J. Wang, X. Zhou, N. Fu, S. Zhou, S. Yang, J. Liu, W. Du, B. Pan. New contaminants in indoor environments: occurrence, transformation, and health risks, N Contam, 2025, 1 (1): e017.
  6. J. Zhang, T. Zhu, Q. Zhang, N.L. Ng, A. Catena, M.J. Schwab, J. Gonzalez-Cruz, S. Zhou, J. Xu, J. Stuart, A. Teora, D. Felton, J.J. Schwab. Tracking variations in heatwave-induced aerosol concentration and chemical composition following emission reductions in NYC’s downwind region, ACS ES&T Air, 2025, 2 (5): 797–807.
  7. R. Farley, S. Zhou, S. Collier, W. Jiang, T.B. Onasch, J.E. Shilling, L. Kleinman, A.J. Sedlacek Iii, Q. Zhang. Chemical evolution of biomass burning aerosols across wildfire plumes in the Western U.S.: from near-source to regional scales, ACS ES&T Air, 2025, 2 (4): 677–691.
  8. F.F. Østerstrøm, T.J. Carter, D.R. Shaw, J.P.D. Abbatt, A. Abeleira, C. Arata, B.P. Bottorff, F.J. Cardoso-Saldaña, P.F. DeCarlo, D.K. Farmer, A.H. Goldstein, L.H. Ruiz, T.F. Kahan, J.M. Mattila, A. Novoselac, P.S. Stevens, E. Reidy, C.M.F. Rosales, C. Wang, S. Zhou, N. Carslaw. Modelling indoor radical chemistry during the HOMEChem campaign, Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2025, 27, 188-201.
  9. P.A.F. Souza, C.R. Kroptavich, S. Zhou, T.F. Kahan. Oxidant concentrations and photochemistry in a vehicle cabin, Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2025, 27 (6), 1573-1582.
  10. X. Liu, Y. Wang, S. Wasti, T. Lee, W. Li, S. Zhou, J.H. Flynn, R.J. Sheesley, S. Usenko, F. Liu. Impacts of anthropogenic emissions and meterology on spring ozone differences in San Antonio, Texas between 2017 and 2021, Sci. Total Environ, 2024, 914, 169693.
  11. S. Shrestha, S. Zhou, M. Mehra, M.C. Guagenti, S. Yoon, S. Alvarez, F. Guo, C. Y, J.H. Flynn, Y. Wang, R. Griffin, S. Usenko, R.J. Sheesley. Evaluation of aerosol-and gas-phase tracers for identification of transported biomass burning emissions in an industrially influenced location in Texas, USA, Atmos. Chem. Phys, 2023, 23, 10845–10867.
  12. A.F.P. Souza, S. Zhou, F.T. Kahan. Hydrogen peroxide emissions from surface cleaning in a single-family residence, Environ. Sci: Processes Impacts, 2023, 25 (4), 781-790
  13. S. Zhou*, F. Guo, C.Y. Chao, S. Yoon, S. Alvarez, S. Shrestha, J. Flynn, S. Usenko, R. Sheesley, R. Griffin*. Marine submicron aerosols from the Gulf of Mexico: polluted and acidic with rapid production of sulfate and organosulfates, Environ Sci Technol, 2023, 57 (13), 5149-5159. (News Coverages)
  14. E. Reidy, P.B. Bottorff, M.C. Rosales, J.F. Cardoso-Saldaña, C. Arata, S. Zhou, C. Wang, A. Abeleira, L. Hildebrandt Ruiz, H.A. Goldstein, A. Novoselac, F.T Kahan, P.D.J. Abbatt, E.M. Vance, K.D. Farmer, S.P Stevens*. Measurements of hydroxyl radical concentrations during indoor cooking events: evidence of an unmeasured photolytic source of radicals, Environ Sci Technol, 2023, doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c05756.
  15. J. Zhang, J. Wang, Y. Sun, S. Zhou, M. Shrivastava, A. Catena, N.L. Ng, Q. Zhang, J. Schwab. The response of summertime organic aerosol composition to emission controls in the northeastern United States.J, Geophys. Res. Atmos, 2022, 127(20): e2022JD037056.
  16. S. Zhou*, R.J. Griffin, A. Bui, M. Bravo, C. Osgood, M.L. Miranda. Disparities in air quality downscaler model uncertainty across socioeconomic and demographic indicators in North Carolina, Environ. Res, 2022, 212, 113418.
  17. R. Farley, N. Bernays, D. Jaffe, D. Ketcherside, L. Hu, S. Zhou, S. Collier, Q. Zhang*. Persistent influence of biomass burning aerosols during clean air conditions in the western United States, Environ Sci Technol, 2022, 56, 3645-3657.
  18. S. Zhou*, T.F. Kahan*. Spatiotemporal characterization of irradiance and photolysis rate constants of indoor gas- phase species in the UTest house during HOMEChem, Indoor Air, 2022, 32:e12966.
  19. F. Mei*, J. Wang, S. Zhou, Q. Zhang, S. Collier, J. Xu. Measurement report: CCN activity and its variation withorganic oxidation level and volatility observed during aerosol life cycle intensive operational period (ALC-IOP), Atmos. Chem. Phys, 2021, 21 (17), 13019–13029.
  20. P.S.J. Lakey, Y. Won, D. Shaw, F.F. Østerstrøm, J. Mattila, E. Reidy, B. Bottorff, C. Rosales, C. Wang, L. Ampollini, S. Zhou, A. Novoselac, T. Kahan, P.F. DeCarlo, J.P.D. Abbatt, P. Stevens, D. Farmer, N. Carslaw, D. Rim*, M. Shiraiwa*. Spatial and temporal scales of variability for indoor air constituents, Commun. Chem, 2021, 4 (1), 110.
  21. J. Li, W. Xu, Z. Li, M. Duan, B. Ouyang, S. Zhou, L. Lei, Y. He, J. Sun,, Z. Wang, L. Du, Y. Sun*. Real-time characterization of aerosol particle composition, sources and influences of increased ventilation and humidity in an office. Indoor Air, 2021, 31 (5), 1364-1376.
  22. S. Zhou, S.F. Kowal, A.R. Cregan, T. F. Kahan. Factors affecting wavelength-resolved ultraviolet irradiance indoors and their impacts on indoor photochemistry, Indoor Air, 2021, 31 (4), 1187-1198.
  23. S. Zhou, Z. Liu, Z. Wang, C.J. Young, T. Vandenboer, J. Zhang, N. Carslaw, T.F. Kahan,*. Hydrogen peroxide emission and fate indoors during non-bleach cleaning: a chamber and modeling study, Environ Sci Technol, 2020, 54 (24), 15643-15651. (News Coverages)
  24. L. I. Kleinman*, A.J. Sedlacek Iii, K. Adachi, P.R. Buseck, S. Collier, M.K. Dubey, A.L. Hodshire, E. Lewis, T.B. Onasch, J.R. Pierce, J. Shilling, S.R. Springston, J. Wang, Q. Zhang, S. Zhou, R.J Yokelson. Rapid evolution of aerosol particles and their optical properties downwind of wildfires in the western US, Atmos. Chem. Phys,2020, 20 (21), 13319-13341.
  25. J. Mattila, C. Arata, C. Wang, E. Katz, A. Abeleira, Y. Zhou, S. Zhou, A. Goldstein, J. Abbatt, P. DeCarlo, D. Farmer*. Dark chemistry during bleach cleaning enhances oxidation of organics and secondary organic aerosol production indoors, Environ. Sci. Technol Letters, 2020, 7 (11), 795-801.
  26. C. Kroptavich, S. Zhou, S. Kowal, T. Kahan*. Physical and chemical characterization of urban grime sampled from two cities, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2020, 4, 10, 1813–1822.
  27. J. Mattila, P. Lakey, M. Shiraiwa, C. Wang, J. Abbatt, C. Arata, A. Goldstein, L. Ampollini, E. Katz, P. DeCarlo, S. Zhou, T. Kahan, F. Cardoso Saldaña, L. Hildebrandt Ruiz, A. Abeleira, E. Boedicker, M. Vance, D. Farmer*. Multiphase chemistry controls inorganic chlorinated and nitrogenated compounds in indoor air during bleach cleaning, Environ. Sci. Technol, 2020, 54 (3), 1730-1739. (ESI Highly Cited)
  28. D.K. Farmer*, M.E. Vance, J.P. Abbatt, A. Abeleira, M.R. Alves, C. Arata, E. Boedicker, S. Bourne, F. Cardoso-Saldaña,, R. Corsi, P.F. DeCarlo, A.H. Goldstein, V.H. Grassian, L. Hildebrandt Ruiz, J.L. Jimenez, T.F. Kahan, E.F. Katz, J.M. Mattila, W.W. Nazaroff, A. Novoselac, V.W. Or, R.E. O’Brien, S. Atel, S. Sankhyan, P.S. Stevens, Y. Tian, M. Wade, C. Wang, S. Zhou, Y. Zhou. Overview of HOMEChem: House Observations of Microbial and Environmental Chemistry, Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2019, 21, 1280-1300. (RSC ESPI 2019 Best Papers)
  29. S. Zhou, C.J. Young, T.C. VandenBoer, T.F. Kahan*. Role of location, season, occupant Activity, and chemistry on indoor ozone and nitrogen oxide mixing ratios, Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2019, 21, 1374-1383.
  30. C.J. Young*, S. Zhou, J.A. Siegel, T.F. Kahan. Illuminating the dark side of indoor oxidants, Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2019, 21, 1229-1239. (RSC ESPI 2019 Best Papers)
  31. S. Zhou, S. Collier, D.A. Jaffe, Q. Zhang*. Free tropospheric aerosols at the Mt. Bachelor Observatory: more oxidized and higher sulfate content compared to boundary layer aerosols, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2019, 19 (3), 1571-1585.
  32. D.D. Huang, Q. Zhang*, H.H.Y. Cheung, L. Yu, S. Zhou, C. Anastasio, J.D. Smith, C.K. Chan*. Formation and evolution of aqSOA from aqueous-phase reactions of phenolic carbonyls: comparison between ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate solutions, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2018, 52 (16), 9215-9224.
  33. S. Zhou, C.J. Young, T.C. VandenBoer, S.F. Kowal, T.F. Kahan*. Time-resolved measurements of nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, and nitrous acid in an occupied New York home, Environ. Sci. Technol, 2018, 52 (15), 8355-8364.
  34. J. Wang, Q. Zhang, M. Chen, S. Collier, S. Zhou, X. Ge*, J. Xu*, J. Shi, C. Xie, J. Hu, S. Ge, Y. Sun, H. Coe. First chemical characterization of refractory black carbon aerosols and associated coatings over the Tibetan Plateau (4730 m a.s.l), Environ. Sci. Technol, 2017, 51 (24), 14072-14082. (ES&T Letters 2017 Best Papers)
  35. H. Li, Q. Zhang, Q. Zhang*, C. Chen, L. Wang, Z. Wei, S. Zhou, C. Parworth, B. Zheng, F. Canonaco, A.S.H. Prevot, P. Chen, H. Zhang, T.J. Wallington, K. He*. Wintertime aerosol chemistry and haze evolution in an extremely polluted city of the North China Plain: significant contribution from coal and biomass combustion, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2017, 17 (7), 4751-4768. (ESI highly cited)
  36. S. Zhou, S. Collier, D.A. Jaffe, N.L. Briggs, J. Hee, A.J. Sedlacek III, L. Kleinman, T.B. Onasch, Q. Zhang*. Regional influence of wildfires on aerosol chemistry in the western US and insights into atmospheric aging of biomass burning organic aerosol, Atmos. Chem. Phys, 2017, 17 (3), 2477-2493. (ESI highly cited)
  37. S. Collier, S. Zhou, T.B. Onasch, D.A. Jaffe, L. Kleinman, A.J. Sedlacek III, N.L. Briggs, J. Hee, E. Fortner, J.E. Shilling, D. Worsnop, R.J. Yokelson, C. Parworth, X. Ge, J. Xu, Z. Butterfield, D. Chand, M.K. Dubey, M.S. Pekour, S. Springston, Q. Zhang*. Regional influence of aerosol emissions from wildfires driven by combustion efficiency: insights from the BBOP campaign, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2016, 50 (16), 8613-8622.
  38. N.L Briggs*, D.A. Jaffe, H. Gao, J.R. Hee, P.M. Baylon, Q. Zhang, S. Zhou, S.C. Collier, P.D. Sampson, R.A. Cary. Particulate matter, ozone, and nitrogen species in aged wildfire plumes observed at the Mount Bachelor Observatory, Aerosol Air Qual. Res, 2016, 16 (12), 3075-3087.
  39. S. Zhou, S. Collier, J. Xu, F. Mei, J. Wang, Y.N. Lee, A.J. Sedlacek, S.R. III, Springston, Y. Sun, Q. Zhang*. Influences of upwind emission sources and atmospheric processing on aerosol chemistry and properties at a rural location in the Northeastern US, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos, 2016, 121 (10), 6049-6065.
  40. D.E. Young, H. Kim, C. Parworth, S. Zhou, X. Zhang, C.D. Cappa, R. Seco, S. Kim, Q. Zhang*. Influences of emission sources and meteorology on aerosol chemistry in a polluted urban environment: results from DISCOVER-AQ California, Atmos. Chem. Phys, 2016, 16 (8), 5427-5451.
  41. S. Collier, S. Zhou, T. Kuwayama, S. J. Forestieri, Brady, M. Zhang, M. Kleeman, C. Cappa, T. Bertram, Q. Zhang*. Organic PM emissions from vehicles: composition, O/C ratio, and dependence on PM concentration, Aerosol Sci. Technol, 2015, 49 (2), 86-97.
  42. D.V. Vladutescu*, B.L. Madhavan, B.M. Gross, Q. Zhang, S. Zhou. Aerosol transport and source attribution using sunphotometers, models and in-situ chemical composition measurements, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens, 2013, 51 (7), 3803-3811.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. T.F. Kahan*, C.J. Young, S. Zhou. Indoor Photochemistry. In: Y. Zhang, P.K. Hopke, C. Mandin(eds). Handbook of Indoor Air Quality, Springer, Singapore, 2022, doi:10.1007/978-981-10-5155-5-30-1.
  2. Q. Zhang*, S. Zhou, S. Collier, D. Jaffe, T. Onasch, J. Shilling, L. Kleinman, A. Sedlacek. Understanding composition, formation, and aging of organic aerosols in wildfire emissions via combined mountain top and airborne measurements In Multiphase Environmental Chemistry in the Atmosphere, American Chemical Society, 2018, 1299, 363-385.