Yafang Cheng#
| Membership Number: | 6216 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Affiliated section(s): | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.mpic.de/3538347/Cheng_Group |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-4912-9879 |
| Twitter: | @Yafang_Cheng |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2014 Head of Minerva Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
- 2021 - 2024 Distinguished Guest Professor, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China
- 2013 - 2014 Research group leader, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
- 2012 - 2013 Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
- 2011 - 2013 Assistant Professor, Peking University, Beijing, China
- 2009 - 2011 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
- 2007 - 2009 Postdoctoral Scholar, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Impact of aerosols on air quality, public health, and climate
- Haze chemistry and reactive nitrogen chemistry
- Atmospheric aerosols
- Aerosol formation and transformation
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Highly Cited Researcher (top 0.1%), Web of Science & Clarivate
- 2021 Science Breakthroughs of the Year 2021 in Physical Sciences, Falling Walls Foundation
- 2020 Atmospheric Science Ascent Award (mid-career), American Geophysics Union (AGU)
- 2020 Schmauss Award, German Association for Aerosol Research (GAef)
- 2020 - 2021 World's top 2% most-cited scientists, Stanford University Analysis & Mendeley
- 2019 Steering Committee member of the Exploratory Round Table Conference (ERTC) between the Max Planck Society (MPG) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- 2014 Minerva Outstanding Female Scientist Award, Max Planck Society (MPG)
- 2014 Top 10 publications, Integrated Land Ecosystem - Atmosphere Processes Study, Global Research Project of Future Earth (iLEAPS)
- 2012 Highest Impact Research Work of Chinese Scientists in 2011, Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), in total 19 works from all disciplinary
- 2011 "100 Talent" Award, Peking University
- 2004 - 2007 Daimler-Chrysler-Benz Fellowship, Peking University & Daimler-Chrysler-Benz Foundation
