Yixin Li | Texas A&M University College of Arts and Sciences

Research Interests

Atmospheric aerosol formation via multiphase chemistry
Climate and health effects of aerosols
Heat waves
Instrument development: chemical ionization mass spectrometry, interfacial techniques

- Dow Chemical Graduate Scholars Award
- Texas A&M University Dissertation Fellowship
- First place in student presentation, The American Meteorology Society’s 100th Annual Meeting
- F. A. Cotton Graduate Travel Award for Summer/Fall 2019
- Hagler Institute for advanced study HEEP Graduate Fellowship

1. Li, Y.; Lakey, P. S. J.; Ezell, M. J.; Johnson, K. N.; Shiraiwa, M.; Finlayson-Pitts, B. J. Distinct temperature Trends for the Uptake of Gaseous n-Butylamine on Two Solid Diacids. ACS ES&T Air. 1(1), 52–61 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.3c00032. (Selected as journal’s Front Cover).
2. Li, Y.; Zhao, J.; Gomez-Hernandez, M.; Lavallee, M.; Johnson, N. M.; Zhang, R. Functionality-Based Formation of Secondary Organic Aerosol from m-Xylene Photooxidation. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 22, 9843–9857 (2022). https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2021-951.
3. Li, Y.; Zhao, J.; Wang, Y.; Seinfeld, J. H.; Zhang, R. Multi-generation Production of Secondary Organic Aerosol from Toluene Photooxidation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 55(13), 8592–8603 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c02026.
4. Li, Y.; Ji, Y.; Zhao, J.; Wang, Y.; Shi, Q.; Peng, J.; Wang, Y.; Wang, C.; Zhang, F.; Wang, Y.; Seinfeld, J. H.; Zhang, R. Unexpected Oligomerization of Small α-dicarbonyls for Secondary Organic Aerosol and Brown Carbon Formation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 55 (8), 4430–4439 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c08066.
5. Li, Y.; Zhang, R.; Zhao, J.; Molina, M. J. Understanding Transmission and Intervention for the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States. Sci. Total Environ. 748, 141560 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141560.