Dr Guo Hai (CEE)

Biography:

Dr Hai GUO completed his PhD in Air Quality at Murdoch University, Australia. He did his postdoctoral research at New York University, the University of California at Irvine (Nobel laureate group), Queensland University of Technology, and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His major research interests include indoor and outdoor air pollution, atmospheric chemistry, regional and urban air pollution, source apportionment, photochemistry, acidic ultrafine particles and new particle formation. Dr GUO is an investigator for more than 15 research projects, with grants exceeding HK$6,000,000. He has published over 95 papers in high-quality international journals and conference proceedings with over 1000 SCOPUS citations to date. He is an editorial Board member for three international journals. He is also an active reviewer for more than 25 journals, including Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Environmental Science and Technology, Atmospheric Environment, Journal of Geophysical Research, Environmental Pollution, Indoor Air, Building and Environment, Science of the Total Environment, Environmental Chemistry, Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, Journal of Hazard Material, etc.

Future Plan:

For his future plans, he will continue to strive for excellence in all three areas of academe: research, service, and teaching. He will try to secure more external grants to address the mechanisms of air pollution and the measures of air pollution remediation. Supporting his research interests is a commitment to collaborative research (multi-disciplinary and across institutional settings). Most of his work engages multiple academic and non-academic stakeholders in the research process, which he very much enjoys and adds to the relevance and meaning of his work. He will continue to contribute to PolyU and professional communities in terms of professional service. Moreover, he hopes to advise graduate students at the doctoral and post-doctoral levels in relevant fields of study. He will also endeavor to establish a community of air specialists at PolyU, where he has been inspired by academe.