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Swarup China
Terrestrial-Atmospheric Processes IRP Leader

Dr. Swarup China leads the Terrestrial-Atmospheric Processes Integrated Research Platform. His significant research areas include atmospheric aerosol properties and processes, atmospheric aerosol chemistry, heterogeneous ice nucleation, and aerosol-cloud interactions. He utilizes field studies, laboratory measurements, and off-line analysis with multi-modal analytical techniques, such as microscopy, spectroscopy, and high-resolution mass spectrometry to study atmospheric processes and interactions between ecosystems. China also studies the chemical aging of atmospheric particles through multi-phase atmospheric chemistry and investigates the effect of physicochemical properties of complex atmospheric particles on aerosol microphysical properties and cloud development. He aims to better understand the physical chemistry of atmospheric particles controlling aerosol-cloud interactions.

Research Interests

  • Aerosol and cloud interaction
  • Aerosol-cloud processes
  • Heterogeneous ice nucleation
  • Aerosol morphology and optical properties
  • Heterogeneous chemistry

Education

  • PhD in Atmospheric Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 2014
  • MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2008
  • BTech in Civil Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, 2006

Awards and Recognition

  • Ronald L. Brodzinski Award for Early Career Exceptional Achievement
  • Selected to attend the Atmospheric Chemistry Colloquium for Emerging Senior Scientists (ACCESS)
  • Outstanding Scholarship Award, Michigan Technological University
  • Earth and Space Science Fellowship, NASA
  • Carollo Engineers Graduate Scholarship

Affiliations and Professional Service

  • American Association for Aerosol Research
  • American Geophysical Union
  • American Meteorological Society

Publications

2020

China, S., D. Veghte, A. H. Ahkami, J. Weis, C. Jansson, A. B. Guenther, M. K. Gilles, and A. Laskin. 2020. “Microanalysis of Primary Biological Particles from Model Grass over Its Life Cycle.” ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 4 (10): 1895-1905. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.0c00144.

Fierce, L., T. B. Onasch, C. D. Cappa, C. Mazzoleni, S. China, J. Bhandari, P. Davidovits, D. Al Fischer, T. Helgestad, A. T. Lambe, A. J. Sedlacek, III, G. D. Smith, and L. Wolff. 2020. “Radiative Absorption Enhancements by Black Carbon Controlled by Particle-to-Particle Heterogeneity in Composition.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117 (10): 5196-5203. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1919723117.

Fraund, M., D. J. Bonanno, S. China, D. Q. Pham, D. Veghte, J. Weis, G. Kulkarni, K. Teske, M. K. Gilles, A. Laskin, and R. C. Moffet. 2020. “Optical Properties and Composition of Viscous Organic Particles Found in the Southern Great Plains.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 20 (19): 11593-11606. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-11593-2020.

Jiang, W., S. R. Spurgeon, B. E. Matthews, A. K. Battu, S. China, T. Varga, A. Devaraj, E. J. Kautz, M. A. Marcus, D. D. Reilly, and W. G. Luscher. 2020. “Carbonaceous Deposits on Aluminide Coatings in Tritium-Producing Assemblies.” Nuclear Materials and Energy 25: 100797. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nme.2020.100797.

Kirpes, R. M., B. Rodriguez, S. Kim, S. China, A. Laskin, K. Park, J. Jung, A. P. Ault, and K. A. Pratt. 2020. “Emerging Investigator Series: Influence of Marine Emissions and Atmospheric Processing on Individual Particle Composition of Summertime Arctic Aerosol over the Bering Strait and Chukchi Sea.” Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts 22 (5): 1201-1213. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9em00495e.

Kirpes, R. M., B. Rodriguez, S. Kim, S. China, A. Laskin, K. Park, J. Jung, A. P. Ault, and K. A. Pratt. 2020. “Emerging Investigator Series: Influence of Marine Emissions and Atmospheric Processing on Individual Particle Composition of Summertime Arctic Aerosol over the Bering Strait and Chukchi Sea.” Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 22 (5): 1201-1213. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9EM00495E.

McNamara, S. M., K. R. Kolesar, S. Wang, R. M. Kirpes, N. W. May, M. J. Gunsch, R. D. Cook, J. D. Fuentes, R. S. Hornbrook, E. C. Apel, S. China, A. Laskin, and K. A. Pratt. 2020. “Observation of Road Salt Aerosol Driving Inland Wintertime Atmospheric Chlorine Chemistry.” ACS Central Science 6 (5): 684-694. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.9b00994.

Zaveri, R. A., J. E. Shilling, A. Zelenyuk, M. A. Zawadowicz, K. Suski, S. China, D. M. Bell, D. Veghte, and A. Laskin. 2020. “Particle-Phase Diffusion Modulates Partitioning of Semivolatile Organic Compounds to Aged Secondary Organic Aerosol.” Environmental Science and Technology 54 (5): 2595-2605. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b05514.

2019

Bhandari, J., S. China, K. K. Chandrakar, G. Kinney, W. Cantrell, R. A. Shaw, L. R. Mazzoleni, G. Girotto, N. Sharma, K. Gorkowski, S. Gilardoni, S. Decesari, M. C. Facchini, N. Zanca, G. Pavese, F. Esposito, M. K. Dubey, A. C. Aiken, R. K. Chakrabarty, H. Moosmüller, T. B. Onasch, R. A. Zaveri, B. V. Scarnato, P. Fialho, and C. Mazzoleni. 2019. “Extensive Soot Compaction by Cloud Processing from Laboratory and Field Observations.” Scientific Reports 9 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48143-y.

Bhandari, J., S. China, G. Girotto, B. V. Scarnato, K. Gorkowski, A. C. Aiken, M. K. Dubey, and C. Mazzoleni. 2019. “Optical Properties and Radiative Forcing of Fractal-Like Tar Ball Aggregates from Biomass Burning.” Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 230: 65-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2019.01.032.

Irish, V. E., S. J. Hanna, M. D. Willis, S. China, J. L. Thomas, J. J. B. Wentzell, A. Cirisan, M. Si, W. R. Leaitch, J. G. Murphy, J. P. D. Abbatt, A. Laskin, E. Girard, and A. K. Bertram. 2019. “Ice Nucleating Particles in the Marine Boundary Layer in the Canadian Arctic During Summer 2014.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 19 (2): 1027-1039. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-1027-2019.

2018

China, S., S. M. Burrows, B. Wang, T. H. Harder, J. Weis, M. Tanarhte, L. V. Rizzo, J. Brito, G. G. Cirino, P. L. Ma, J. Cliff, P. Artaxo, M. K. Gilles, and A. Laskin. 2018. “Fungal Spores as a Source of Sodium Salt Particles in the Amazon Basin.” Nature Communications 9 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07066-4.

China, S., and C. Mazzoleni. 2018. “Preface: Morphology and Internal Mixing of Atmospheric Particles.” Atmosphere 9 (7). https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9070249.

Creamean, J. M., R. M. Kirpes, K. A. Pratt, N. J. Spada, M. Maahn, G. De Boer, R. C. Schnell, and S. China. 2018. “Marine and Terrestrial Influences on Ice Nucleating Particles During Continuous Springtime Measurements in an Arctic Oilfield Location.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 18 (24): 18023-18042. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-18023-2018.

Girotto, G., S. China, J. Bhandari, K. Gorkowski, B. V. Scarnato, T. Capek, A. Marinoni, D. P. Veghte, G. Kulkarni, A. C. Aiken, M. Dubey, and C. Mazzoleni. 2018. “Fractal-Like Tar Ball Aggregates from Wildfire Smoke.” Environmental Science and Technology Letters 5 (6): 360-365. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00229.

May, N. W., M. J. Gunsch, N. E. Olson, A. L. Bondy, R. M. Kirpes, S. B. Bertman, S. China, A. Laskin, P. K. Hopke, A. P. Ault, and K. A. Pratt. 2018. “Unexpected Contributions of Sea Spray and Lake Spray Aerosol to Inland Particulate Matter.” Environmental Science and Technology Letters 5 (7): 405-412. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00254.

May, N. W., N. E. Olson, M. Panas, J. L. Axson, P. S. Tirella, R. M. Kirpes, R. L. Craig, M. J. Gunsch, S. China, A. Laskin, A. P. Ault, and K. A. Pratt. 2018. “Aerosol Emissions from Great Lakes Harmful Algal Blooms.” Environmental Science and Technology 52 (2): 397-405. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b03609.

Sharma, N., S. China, J. Bhandari, K. Gorkowski, M. Dubey, R. A. Zaveri, and C. Mazzoleni. 2018. “Physical Properties of Aerosol Internally Mixed with Soot Particles in a Biogenically Dominated Environment in California.” Geophysical Research Letters 45 (20): 11,473-11,482. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079404.

Veghte, D. P., S. China, J. Weis, P. Lin, M. L. Hinks, L. Kovarik, S. A. Nizkorodov, M. K. Gilles, and A. Laskin. 2018. “Heating-Induced Transformations of Atmospheric Particles: Environmental Transmission Electron Microscopy Study.” Analytical Chemistry 90 (16): 9761-9768. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.8b01410.

Warneke, J., M. E. McBriarty, S. L. Riechers, S. China, M. H. Engelhard, E. Aprà, R. P. Young, N. M. Washton, C. Jenne, G. E. Johnson, and J. Laskin. 2018. “Self-Organizing Layers from Complex Molecular Anions.” Nature Communications 9 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04228-2.

2017

Bateman, A. P., Z. Gong, T. H. Harder, S. S. De Sá, B. Wang, P. Castillo, S. China, Y. Liu, R. E. O'Brien, B. B. Palm, H. W. Shiu, G. G. Cirino, R. Thalman, K. Adachi, M. Lizabeth Alexander, P. Artaxo, A. K. Bertram, P. R. Buseck, M. K. Gilles, J. L. Jimenez, A. Laskin, A. O. Manzi, A. Sedlacek, R. A. F. Souza, J. Wang, R. Zaveri, and S. T. Martin. 2017. “Anthropogenic Influences on the Physical State of Submicron Particulate Matter over a Tropical Forest.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 17 (3): 1759-1773. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-1759-2017.

Bhandari, J., S. China, T. Onasch, L. Wolff, A. Lambe, P. Davidovits, E. Cross, A. Ahern, J. Olfert, M. Dubey, and C. Mazzoleni. 2017. “Effect of Thermodenuding on the Structure of Nascent Flame Soot Aggregates.” Atmosphere 8 (9). https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos8090166.

China, S., P. A. Alpert, B. Zhang, S. Schum, K. Dzepina, K. Wright, R. C. Owen, P. Fialho, L. R. Mazzoleni, C. Mazzoleni, and D. A. Knopf. 2017. “Ice Cloud Formation Potential by Free Tropospheric Particles from Long-Range Transport over the Northern Atlantic Ocean.” Journal of Geophysical Research 122 (5): 3065-3079. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JD025817.

Fraund, M., D. Q. Pham, D. Bonanno, T. H. Harder, B. Wang, J. Brito, S. S. de Sá, S. Carbone, S. China, P. Artaxo, S. T. Martin, C. Pöhlker, M. O. Andreae, A. Laskin, M. K. Gilles, and R. C. Moffet. 2017. “Elemental Mixing State of Aerosol Particles Collected in Central Amazonia During GoAmazon2014/15.” Atmosphere 8 (9). https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos8090173.

Gunsch, M. J., R. M. Kirpes, K. R. Kolesar, T. E. Barrett, S. China, R. J. Sheesley, A. Laskin, A. Wiedensohler, T. Tuch, and K. A. Pratt. 2017. “Contributions of Transported Prudhoe Bay Oil Field Emissions to the Aerosol Population in Utqiaġvik, Alaska.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 17 (17): 10879-10892. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-10879-2017.

Gyawali, M., W. P. Arnott, R. A. Zaveri, C. Song, B. Flowers, M. K. Dubey, A. Setyan, Q. Zhang, S. China, C. Mazzoleni, K. Gorkowski, R. Subramanian, and H. Moosmüller. 2017. “Evolution of Multispectral Aerosol Absorption Properties in a Biogenically-Influenced Urban Environment During the CARES Campaign.” Atmosphere 8 (11). https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos8110217.

Veghte, D. P., S. China, J. Weis, L. Kovarik, M. K. Gilles, and A. Laskin. 2017. “Optical Properties of Airborne Soil Organic Particles.” ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 1 (8): 511-521. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.7b00071.

2016

Chakrabarty, R. K., N. D. Beres, H. Moosmüller, S. China, C. Mazzoleni, M. K. Dubey, L. Liu, and M. I. Mishchenko. 2016. “Erratum: Soot Superaggregates from Flaming Wildfires and Their Direct Radiative Forcing (Scientific Reports (2016) 4:5508 doi: 10.1038/Srep05508).” Scientific Reports 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep18530.

China, S., B. Wang, J. Weis, L. Rizzo, J. Brito, G. G. Cirino, L. Kovarik, P. Artaxo, M. K. Gilles, and A. Laskin. 2016. “Rupturing of Biological Spores as a Source of Secondary Particles in Amazonia.” Environmental Science and Technology 50 (22): 12179-12186. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b02896.

Kulkarni, G., S. China, S. Liu, M. Nandasiri, N. Sharma, J. Wilson, A. C. Aiken, D. Chand, A. Laskin, C. Mazzoleni, M. Pekour, J. Shilling, V. Shutthanandan, A. Zelenyuk, and R. A. Zaveri. 2016. “Ice Nucleation Activity of Diesel Soot Particles at Cirrus Relevant Temperature Conditions: Effects of Hydration, Secondary Organics Coating, Soot Morphology, and Coagulation.” Geophysical Research Letters 43 (7): 3580-3588. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL068707.

Laskin, A., M. K. Gilles, D. A. Knopf, B. Wang, and S. China. 2016. “Progress in the Analysis of Complex Atmospheric Particles.” Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry 9: 117-143. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-anchem-071015-041521

Wang, B., T. H. Harder, S. T. Kelly, D. S. Piens, S. China, L. Kovarik, M. Keiluweit, B. W. Arey, M. K. Gilles, and A. Laskin. 2016. “Airborne Soil Organic Particles Generated by Precipitation.” Nature Geoscience 9 (6): 433-437. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2705.

Wang, B., D. A. Knopf, S. China, B. W. Arey, T. H. Harder, M. K. Gilles, and A. Laskin. 2016. “Direct Observation of Ice Nucleation Events on Individual Atmospheric Particles.” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18 (43): 29721-29731. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CP05253C.

2015

China, S., G. Kulkarni, B. V. Scarnato, N. Sharma, M. Pekour, J. E. Shilling, J. Wilson, A. Zelenyuk, D. Chand, S. Liu, A. C. Aiken, M. Dubey, A. Laskin, R. A. Zaveri, and C. Mazzoleni. 2015. “Morphology of Diesel Soot Residuals from Supercooled Water Droplets and Ice Crystals: Implications for Optical Properties.” Environmental Research Letters 10 (11). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/11/114010.

China, S., B. Scarnato, R. C. Owen, B. Zhang, M. T. Ampadu, S. Kumar, K. Dzepina, M. P. Dziobak, P. Fialho, J. A. Perlinger, J. Hueber, D. Helmig, L. R. Mazzoleni, and C. Mazzoleni. 2015. “Morphology and Mixing State of Aged Soot Particles at a Remote Marine Free Troposphere Site: Implications for Optical Properties.” Geophysical Research Letters 42 (4): 1243-1250. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062404.

Dzepina, K., C. Mazzoleni, P. Fialho, S. China, B. Zhang, R. C. Owen, D. Helmig, J. Hueber, S. Kumar, J. A. Perlinger, L. J. Kramer, M. P. Dziobak, M. T. Ampadu, S. Olsen, D. J. Wuebbles, and L. R. Mazzoleni. 2015. “Molecular Characterization of Free Tropospheric Aerosol Collected at the Pico Mountain Observatory: A Case Study with a Long-Range Transported Biomass Burning Plume.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 15 (9): 5047-5068. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-5047-2015.

Liu, S., A. C. Aiken, K. Gorkowski, M. K. Dubey, C. D. Cappa, L. R. Williams, S. C. Herndon, P. Massoli, E. C. Fortner, P. S. Chhabra, W. A. Brooks, T. B. Onasch, J. T. Jayne, D. R. Worsnop, S. China, N. Sharma, C. Mazzoleni, L. Xu, N. L. Ng, D. Liu, J. D. Allan, J. D. Lee, Z. L. Fleming, C. Mohr, P. Zotter, S. Szidat, and A. S. H. Prévôt. 2015. “Enhanced Light Absorption by Mixed Source Black and Brown Carbon Particles in UK Winter.” Nature Communications 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9435.

Scarnato, B. V., S. China, K. Nielsen, and C. Mazzoleni. 2015. “Perturbations of the Optical Properties of Mineral Dust Particles by Mixing with Black Carbon: A Numerical Simulation Study.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 15 (12): 6913-6928. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-6913-2015.

Woodward, X., A. Kostinski, S. China, C. Mazzoleni, and W. Cantrell. 2015. “Characterization of Dust Particles' 3D Shape and Roughness with Nanometer Resolution.” Aerosol Science and Technology 49 (4): 229-238. https://doi.org/10.1080/02786826.2015.1017550