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(Operating ATHOS on NASA DC-8 during INTEX)

Xinrong Ren, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor
Division of Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
University of Miami
4600 Rickenbaker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149
 
Tel:  (305) 421-4786
Fax: (305) 421-4689
Email:  xren@rsmas.miami.edu

Homepage: www.rsmas.miami.edu/personal/xren

Education

   Ph.D. in Environmental Chemistry (2001)

   B.S. in Applied Chemistry (1996)

Professional Experience

08/2007 - present       Research Associate Professor, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami

10/2005 - 07/2007     Research Associate, Departmental of Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University

06/2001 - 09/2005     Postdoc Fellow, Departmental of Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University

09/1996 - 06/2001     Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Environmental Sciences, Peking University, China

Teaching Interests

        Atmospheric Chemistry; Air Pollution; Environmental Chemistry; Instrumental Analysis for Environmental Monitoring; 
Quantitative Analysis; General Chemistry

Research Interests

        Atmospheric photochemistry; atmospheric oxidation chemistry; laser spectroscopic and chromatograph methods for environmental monitoring; heterogeneous chemical reactions; model simulation of chemical oxidation processes; field measurement of atmospheric trace gases and radical species

Research Experience

01/2008 - present         NASA Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites (ARCTAS) (http://www.espo.nasa.gov/arctas/)

06/2007 - present         Biosphere Effects on Aerosols and Photochemistry Experiment at Blodgett Forest, CA (BEARPEX) (https://webfiles.berkeley.edu/~bearpex0708/)

06/2006 - 12/2007       Taxes Air Quality Study 2006 (TexAQS II) (http://www.utexas.edu/research/ceer/texaqsII/)

01/2006 - 12/2008       NASA Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment-B (INTEX-B) (http://www.espo.nasa.gov/intex-b/index.html)

01/2004 - 12/2006       NASA Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment-A (INTEX-A) (http://cloud1.arc.nasa.gov/intex-na/index.html) 

09/2002 - 07/2007       Tropospheric Oxidation Chemistry: Atmospheric Observations and Laboratory Study of OH, HO2, RO2, and OH Reactivity, and the Response of Atmospheric Air Perturbations (a 5-year NSF program)

08/2003 - 12/2004       Experimental evaluation of observation based methods for assessing the sensitivity of ozone to VOC and NOx, a U.S. EPA project collaborated with University of California at Riverside (http://pah.cert.ucr.edu/aqm/epa_obm/)

06/2001-06/2004        PM2.5 Technology Assessment and Characterization Study-New York, a project funded by U.S. EPA (http://www.asrc.cestm.albany.edu/pmtacsny/)

09/1997 - 06/2001       Ph.D. study on establishment of laser-based and HPLC-based methods for measuring hydroxyl radical in simulated and real atmosphere; investigation air pollution formation in urban areas in China. 

03/1999 - 01/2000      China-MAP Project, a collaborative project with Georgia Institute of Technology

07/1998 - 11/1998       Control of Nitric Oxides in Guangzhou City, China, a UNDP project

09/1996 - 06/1997       Investigation of isoprene reactions with O3 and OH in a simulated smog chamber using LP-FTIR

06/1996 - 08/1996       Air Quality Study in Yanshan Petroleum area, Beijing

02/1996 - 06/1996       Study on the Photochemical Pollution in Beijing

Recent Publications

  1. X. Ren, J. R. Olson, J. H. Crawford, W. H. Brune, J. Mao, R. B. Long, G. Chen, M. A. Avery, G. W. Sachse, J. D. Barrick, G. S. Diskin, L. G. Huey, A. Fried, R. C. Cohen, B. Heikes, P. Wennberg, H. B. Singh, D. R. B., Richard E. Shetter, HOx Chemistry during INTEX-A 2004: Observation, Model Calculations and comparison with previous studies, 113, D05310, doi:10.1029/2007JD009166, J. Geophys. Res., 2008 (PDF, 8.8MB).

  2. P. Venkatachari, P. K. Hopke, W. H. Brune, X. Ren, R. Lesher, J. Mao, M. Mitchell, Characterization of wintertime reactive oxygen species concentrations in Flushing, New York, Aerosol Science & Technology, 41, 97-111, 2007 (PDF, 2.3MB).

  3. X. Ren, W. H. Brune, J. Mao, M. J. Mitchell, R. L. Lesher, J. B. Simpas, A. R. Metcalf, J. J. Schwab, Y. Li, K. L. Demerjian, H. Dirk Felton, G. Boynton, A. Adams, J. Perry, Y. He, X. Zhou, and J. Hou, Behavior of OH and HO2 in the winter atmosphere in New York City, Atmos. Environ., 40, S252-S263, 2006 (PDF, 800KB).

  4. X. Ren, W. H. Brune, A. Oliger, A. R. Metcalf, R. L. Lesher, J. B. Simpas, T. Shirley, J. J. Schwab, C. Bai, U. Roychowdhury, Y. Li, C. Cai, K. L. Demerjian, Y. He, X. Zhou, H. Gao, and J. Hou, OH and HO2 during the PMTACS¨CNY Whiteface Mountain 2002 campaign: Observations and model comparison, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D10S03, 2006 (PDF, 4.6MB).

  5. Terry R. Shirley, William H. Brune, Xinrong Ren, Jingqiu Mao, Robert Lesher, Beatriz Cardenas, Rainer Volkamer, Louis T. Molina, Mario J., Molina, Brian. Lamb, Erik Velasco, Tom Jobson, Michael Alexander, Atmospheric oxidation in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA) during April 2003, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 2753-2765, 2006 (PDF, 3.3MB).

  6. X. Ren, T. Shirley, A. R. Metcalf, R. L. Lesher, W. H. Brune, C. A. Cantrell, and G. D. Edwards, Hydroxyl and peroxy radical chemistry in a rural area, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, , 2005 (PDF, 1.1MB).

  7. P. Di Carlo, W. H. Brune, M. Martinez, H. Harder, R. Lesher, X. Ren, T. Thornberry, M. A. Carroll, V. Young, P. Shepson, D. Riemer, E. Apel, Missing OH reactivity in a forest: Evidence for unknown reactive terpenes, Science, 304(5671), 722-725, 2004 (PDF, 96KB).

  8. X. Ren, H. Harder, M. Martinez, I. C. Faloona, D. Tan, R. L. Lesher, P. Di Carlo, J. B. Simpas, and W. H. Brune, Interference testing for atmospheric HOx measurements by laser-induced fluorescence, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 47(2), 169-190, 2004 (PDF, 175KB).

  9. I. C. Faloona1, D. Tan1, R. L. Lesher, N. L. Hazen, C. L. Frame, J. B. Simpas, H. Harder, M. Martinez, P. Di Carlo, X. Ren, and W. H. Brune, A Laser Induced Fluorescence Instrument for Detecting Tropospheric OH and HO2: Characteristics and Calibration, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 47(2), 139-167, 2004 (PDF, 294KB).

  10. M. Martinez, H. Harder, X. Ren, R. L. Lesher, W. H. Brune, Measuring atmospheric naphthalene with laser-induced fluorescence, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 4, 563-569 (PDF, 244KB).

  11. X. Ren, H. Harder, M. Martinez, R. L. Lesher, A. Oliger, T. Shirley, J. Adams, J. B. Simpas, W. H. Brune, HOx concentrations and OH reactivity observations in New York City during PMTACS-NY2001, Atmospheric Environment, 37(26), 3639-3651, 2003 (PDF, 2.6MB).

  12. X. Ren, H. Harder, M. Martinez, R. L. Lesher, A. Oliger, J. B. Simpas, W. H. Brune, J. J. Schwab, K. L. Demerjian, Y. He, X. Zhou, and H. Gao, OH and HO2 chemistry in the urban atmosphere of New York City, Atmospheric Environment, 37(26), 3627-3637, 2003 (PDF, 1.3MB).

  13. X. Ren, G. D. Edwards, C. A. Cantrell, R. L. Lesher, A. R. Metcalf, T. Shirley, and W. H. Brune, Intercomparison of peroxy radical measurements at a rural site using laser-induced fluorescence and Peroxy Radical Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer (PerCIMS) techniques, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 108, No. D19, 4605, doi:10.1029/2003JD003644, 2003 (PDF, 859KB).

Last update: May, 2008