Md Ahsan Mozaffar

Md Ahsan Mozaffar

Md Ahsan Mozaffar-Associate Professor

School of Applied Meteorology

Contact information

Email: 100078@nuist.edu.cn; ahsanmozaffar@yahoo.com

Office: Shangxian buiding 506

Education and Employment

  • Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science– 2017 – University of Liege, Belgium
  • M.Sc. in Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science – 2013 – Lund University, Sweden
  • B.Sc. in Environmental Sciences – 2009 – Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh
  • 2020-present: Associate Professor, School of Applied Meteorology, NUIST, China
  • 2018-2020: Joint Postdoctoral fellow, NUIST, China and University of Montana, USA

Research Interests

  • Atmospheric Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
  • Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (BVOCs)
  • Photochemical Box model, fates and secondary products of VOCs
  • VOCs in wildfire smokes and their secondary products
  • Isotopic analysis of BVOCs and wildfire-VOCs and their SOA

Teaching Interests

  • Atmospheric chemistry
  • Atmospheric science and meteorology
  • Climate systems and climate change

Research Grants

  • China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant # 2019M651893)

Selected Publications

  • Mozaffar, A.;  Zhang, Y.-L.*;  Lin, Y.-C.;  Xie, F.;  Fan, M.-Y.; Cao, F., Measurement report: High contributions of halocarbon and aromatic compounds to atmospheric volatile organic compounds in an industrial area. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 2021, 21 (23), 18087-18099.
  • Fan, M.;  Zhang, Y.-L.*;  Lin, Y.-C.;  Li, L.;  Xie, F.;  Hu, J.;  Mozaffar, A.; Cao, F., Source apportionments of atmospheric volatile organic compounds in Nanjing, China during high ozone pollution season. Chemosphere 2021, 263, 128025
  • Shao, S.-C.;  Zhang, Y.-L.*;  Chang, Y.-H.;  Cao, F.;  Lin, Y.-C.;  Mozaffar, A.; Hong, Y.-H., Online characterization of a large but overlooked human excreta source of ammonia in China’s urban atmosphere. Atmospheric Environment 2020, 230.
  • Mozaffar, A., Schoon, N., Bachy, A., Digrado, A., Heinesch, B., Aubinet, M., … Amelynck, C. (2018). Biogenic volatile organic compound emissions from senescent maize leaves and a comparison with other leaf developmental stages. Atmospheric Environment, 176(February 2017), 71–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.12.020
  • Mozaffar, A., Schoon, N., Digrado, A., Bachy, A., Delaplace, P., du Jardin, P., … Amelynck, C. (2017). Methanol emissions from maize: Ontogenetic dependence to varying light conditions and guttation as an additional factor constraining the flux. Atmospheric Environment, 152, 405–417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.12.041
  • Mozaffar, Ahsan, & Zhang, Y. L. (2020). Atmospheric Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in China: a Review. Current Pollution Reports, 6(3), 250–263. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40726-020-00149-1
  • Mozaffar, Ahsan, Zhang, Y. L., Fan, M., Cao, F., & Lin, Y. C. (2020). Characteristics of summertime ambient VOCs and their contributions to O3 and SOA formation in a suburban area of Nanjing, China. Atmospheric Research, 240(February). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.104923
  • Fan, M. Y., Zhang, Y. L., Lin, Y. C., Li, L., Xie, F., Hu, J., … Cao, F. (2021). Source apportionments of atmospheric volatile organic compounds in Nanjing, China during high ozone pollution season. Chemosphere, 263, 128025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128025
  • Bachy, A., Aubinet, M., Amelynck, C., Schoon, N., Bodson, B., Delaplace, P., … Heinesch, B. (2020). Dynamics and mechanisms of volatile organic compound exchanges in a winter wheat field. Atmospheric Environment, 221(February 2019), 117105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.117105
  • Digrado, A., De La Motte, L. G., Bachy, A., Mozaffar, A., Schoon, N., Bussotti, F., … Delaplace, P. (2018). Decrease in the photosynthetic performance of temperate grassland species does not lead to a decline in the gross primary production of the ecosystem. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9(February). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00067
  • Digrado, A., Bachy, A., Mozaffar, A., Schoon, N., Bussotti, F., Amelynck, C., … Delaplace, P. (2017). Long-term measurements of chlorophyll a fluorescence using the JIP-test show that combined abiotic stresses influence the photosynthetic performance of the perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) in a managed temperate grassland. Physiologia Plantarum, 161(3), 355–371. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.12594
  • Shao, S.-C., Zhang, Y.-L., Chang, Y.-H., Cao, F., Lin, Y.-C., Mozaffar, A., & Hong, Y.-H. (2020). Online characterization of a large but overlooked human excreta source of ammonia in China’s urban atmosphere. Atmospheric Environment, 230(April), 117459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117459