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Zhonghua Zheng

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Assistant Professor in Data Science & Environmental Analytics @The University of Manchester | Editor, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) | zhonghuazheng.com Urban Climate & Air Quality/Aerosol Modelling NCAR ASP Fellow, Columbia PDRA, UIUC MCS+PhD

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The University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk · Sep 5

A new study led by @zhonghuazheng.bsky.social calls for the creation of a global network of air monitoring stations to track the movement of airborne #plasticpollution.

DOI: 10.1007/s40726-025-00375-5 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Backed by Manchester-Melbourne-Toronto (MMT) research fund.

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Zhonghua Zheng

Co-Lead for Environmental Data Science & AI at Manchester Environmental Research Institute | Editor of the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP)Co-Lead for Environmental Data Science & AI at Manchester Environmental Research Institute | Editor of the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP)
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🚨 New Review: Sources & Fate of Atmospheric Micro- and Nanoplastics (AMNPs) 🌍 Excited to share our latest review on AMNPs, focusing on their emission sources and environmental fate, and how these insights can improve global modelling 🌐.

💡 Why it matters?
1. Current emission estimates vary by up to 4 orders of magnitude ⚠️
2. Huge gaps remain in understanding transport & deposition 🌬️
3. better data + better models + global coordination = more accurate models = better policies 🗺️

This study was funded by the Manchester–Melbourne–Toronto (MMT) Research Fund. @The University of Manchester

🤝 Thanks to the first author, my PhD student Fei Jiang, my collaborator Prof. Arthur Chan (MMT Fund University of Toronto Lead), and all co-authors for their contributions.

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Xinchang “Cathy” Li @cathyxinchangli.bsky.social · Aug 14

After months of planning, I am proud to introduce a new AGU Global Environmental Change (GEC) webinar series -- 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 (𝗘𝗖𝗥) 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, opening for 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 now!

Upcoming Webinars - Global Environmental Change

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Zhonghua Zheng @zhonghuazheng.bsky.social · Apr 12

🚨🆕📄 New paper out! How can we connect numerical simulations with real-world measurements? 🤔 We propose a machine learning/deep learning foundation model using pre-training (on particle-resolved simulation data) and fine-tuning (with limited real-world data) to estimate aerosol mixing states🤖

Integrating Simulations and Observations: A Foundation Model for Estimating the Aerosol Mixing State Index

Accurately predicting aerosol mixing states in real-world environments is crucial for understanding their impacts on climate change and human health. However, observational data inherently exhibit spa...

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Zhonghua Zheng @zhonghuazheng.bsky.social · Mar 20

Welcome!

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National Centre for Atmospheric Science @ncas-uk.bsky.social · Mar 19

UK Atmospheric Chemistry Science Conference 2025
📅 9–10 Sept 2025 | 📍 York, UK

The first-ever national gathering for UK atmospheric chemists! Discover. Connect. Advance.

Join us to share science, spark collaborations & build the future of atmospheric chemistry.

sites.google.com/ncas.ac.uk/u...

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Zhonghua Zheng @zhonghuazheng.bsky.social · Mar 10

🚨 We're Hiring! 🚨 The University of Manchester is seeking a Chair Professor in Air Pollution & Human Health. 🔗 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Feel free to share! #AirPollution #HumanHealth

Chair in Air Pollution & Human Health:Manchester

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Zhonghua Zheng @zhonghuazheng.bsky.social · Mar 4

Bad news…

Zhonghua Zheng @zhonghuazheng.bsky.social · Feb 13

And this paper has been selected as the Editor's highlight!

Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · Feb 13

Really excited to promote our former PhD student Shengnan Fu's work on building a county-level urban flood database by text-mining news media reports (2000–2022). @zhonghuazheng.bsky.social, Heng Lyu, Chi Zhang, @uom-ees.bsky.social

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Creating a national urban flood dataset for China from news texts (2000–2022) at the county level

Abstract. Urban floods are increasingly threatening cities across China, emphasizing the need to understand their patterns. Current flood datasets primarily offer provincial-scale insights and lack te...

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Ryan Abernathey @rabernat.bsky.social · Dec 14

My book is still out there! Please use, adapt, and help maintain if you find it helpful for teaching!

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David John Gagne II @djgagnedos.bsky.social · Dec 10

If you want to try out NCAR's new Community Research Earth Digital Intelligence Twin framework, check out the code at github.com/NCAR/miles-c....

GitHub - NCAR/miles-credit: MILES Community Research Digital Intelligence Twin (CREDIT): research platform for AI numerical weather prediction models.

MILES Community Research Digital Intelligence Twin (CREDIT): research platform for AI numerical weather prediction models. - NCAR/miles-credit

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Sue Grimmond @suegrimmond.bsky.social · Nov 29

Interested In Agent Based Modelling linked to weather and climate in cities? Linking to different disciplines? Skills in Python?
Recent relevant papers
BAMS journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
GMD gmd.copernicus.org/articles/13/...
Job:
jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Closing: 11/12/24

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Sue Grimmond @suegrimmond.bsky.social · Nov 25

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · Nov 23

One of the best lists of questions for a PhD viva or defense that I've seen.

Thank you to the original author Rebecca Ferguson (@r3beccaf.bsky.social), then a research fellow at The Open University, now a professor emerita.

eloquentscience.com/2024/06/top-...

Top 40 potential questions to be asked in a PhD viva or defense : eloquentscience.com

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James Allan @jamesallanatmos.bsky.social · Nov 22

We're in the process of specifying the long-overdue overhaul of our web presence. Regarding the supersite live feeds, is there any functionality people would like to see? Please don't expect miracles, but I'm interested in hearing ideas.

www.cas.manchester.ac.uk/restools/firs/

Manchester Air Quality Super Site (Centre for Atmospheric Science - The University of Manchester)

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · Nov 18

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Zhonghua Zheng @zhonghuazheng.bsky.social · Nov 21

I personally feel there’s no difference.😄

Zhonghua Zheng @zhonghuazheng.bsky.social · Nov 21

Could you please add me? Thanks! 😊

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Zhonghua Zheng @zhonghuazheng.bsky.social · Nov 20

Count me in! 😊