Employment Experience 

　　2012/07 - Present, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Science, Chinese Academy of Science 

　　2011/04 - 2012/06, Project Researcher, Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, Japan 

　　Education Background 

　　2008/04–2011/03, PhD. (2011), Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, Japan, Supporting by Japanese Government Scholarship 

　　2007/10–2008/03, Research Student, Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, Japan, Supporting by Japanese Government Scholarship 

　　2004/09–2007/07, MSc. (2007), Human Geography, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China 　　  

　　2000/09–2004/07, BSc. (2004), Nature Resources and Urban Planning, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China 

　　To visit the latest publications, Please visit: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lijian_Han 

　　Han L., Zhou W., Pickett STA., Li W., and Li L., 2016. An optimum city size? The scaling relationship for urban population and fine particulate (PM_2.5) concentration. Environmental Pollution, 208(Pt A): 96-101 (SCI, IF₂₀₁₄ = 4.143) 

　　Han L., Zhou W., and Li W., 2015. Increasing impact of urban fine particles (PM2.5) on areas surrounding Chinese cities. Scientific Reports, 5, 12467 (SCI, IF₂₀₁₄ = 5.578)  

　　Han L., Zhou W., and Li W., 2015. City as a major source area of fine particulate (PM_2.5) in China. Environmental Pollution, 206, 183-187 (SCI, IF₂₀₁₄ = 4.143) 

　　Han L., Zhou W., Li W., Meshesha D., Li L., and Zheng M., 2015. Meteorological and urban landscape factors on severe air pollution in Beijing. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 65, 782-787 (SCI, IF₂₀₁₄ = 1.342) 

　　Han L., Zhou W., Li W., and Li L., 2014. Impact of urbanization level on urban air quality: A case of fine particles (PM_2.5) in Chinese cities. Environmental Pollution, 194, 163-170 (SCI, IF₂₀₁₄ = 4.143) 

　　Han L., Tsunekawa A., Tsubo M., He C., and Shen M., 2014. Spatial variations in snow cover and seasonally frozen ground over northern China and Mongolia, 1988-2010. Global and Planetary Change, 116, 139-148 (SCI, IF₂₀₁₄ = 2.766) 

　　Han L., Tsunekawa A., and Tsubo M., 2013. Shifting of frozen ground boundary in response to temperature variation at northern China and Mongolia, 2000-2007. International Journal of Climatology, 33, 1844-1848 (SCI, IF₂₀₁₄ = 3.157) 

　　Han L., Tsunekawa A., Tsubo M., and Zhou W., 2013. An Enhanced Dust Index for Asian dust monitoring with MODIS images. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 34, 6484-6495 (SCI, IF₂₀₁₄ = 1.652) 

　　Han L., Tsunekawa A., and Tsubo M., 2012. Active and passive remote sensing of springtime near-surface soil thaw at midlatitudes. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 9, 427-431 (SCI, IF₂₀₁₄ = 2.095) 

　　Han L., Tsunekawa A., and Tsubo M., 2011. Radar remote sensing of springtime near-surface soil thaw events at mid-latitudes. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 32, 8555-8574 (SCI, IF₂₀₁₄ = 1.652) 

　　Han L., Tsunekawa A., and Tsubo M., 2011. Effect of frozen ground on dust outbreaks in spring on the eastern Mongolian Plateau. Geomorphology, 129, 412-416 (SCI, IF₂₀₁₄ = 2.785) 

　　Han L., Tsunekawa A., and Tsubo M., 2010. Monitoring near-surface soil freeze-thaw cycles in northern China and Mongolia from 1998 to 2007. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 12, 375-384 (SCI, IF₂₀₁₄ = 3.470) 

　　2014.01 – 2016.12 "Spatiotemporal Pattern of Urbanized Regions' Particulate Matter (PMx) and Its Relationship with Landscape Pattern" supported by Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC41301199) 

　　2014.09 Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry 

　　 2011.04 – 2012.03 "Mechanism of climate impact on springtime near-surface soil thaw event in northern China and Mongolia" supported by Global Center of Excellence for Dryland Science (Global COE Program) 

　　 2012.12 – 2014.11 "Decadal (2000-2010) Eco-Environmental Investigation and Assessment with Remote Sensing at Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Agglomeration" Supported by the Ministry or Environmental Protection of P. R. China (ST-SN-12-01) 

　　2013.01 – 2014.12 "Decadal (2000-2010) Eco-Environmental Investigation and Assessment with Remote Sensing at Beijing" Supported by Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center