2022.1-now, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor

2017.1-2021.12, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor

2017.11-2019.10, University of Helsinki, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research，Postdoc Researcher

2013.7-2016.12, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Assistant Professor

2008.8-2013.7 , School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Ph.D.

2004.8-2008.7, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Bachelor

Biwu Chu is a member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences since 2018, and was supported by Excellent Young Scholars of the National Natural Science Foundation of China in 2021. His main research topics include: (1) Multi-phase formation of secondary inorganic and organic aerosol, (2) New particle formation in polluted city environment, (3) Coordinated control of fine particles and ozone

Atmospheric pollution chemistry

Representative journal articles 

1. Guangzhi He#, Jinzhu Ma#, Biwu Chu#, Renzhi Hu, Hao Li, Meng Gao, Yuan Liu, Yonghong Wang, Qingxin Ma, Pinhua Xie, Guoxian Zhang, Xiao Cheng Zeng*, Joseph S. Francisco*, Hong He*. "Generation and Release of OH Radicals from the Reaction of H2O with O2 over Soot" Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2022, 10.1002/anie.202201638

2. Chu Biwu#, Chen Tianzeng#, Liu Yongchun, Ma Qingxin, Mu Yujing, Wang Yonghong, Ma Jinzhu, Zhang Peng, Liu Jun, Liu Chunshan, Gui Huaqiao, Hu Renzhi, Hu Bo, Wang Xinming, Wang Yuesi, Liu Jianguo, Xie Pinhua, Chen Jianmin, Liu Qian, Jiang Jingkun, Li Junhua, He Kebin, Liu Wenqing, Jiang Guibin, Hao Jiming, He Hong*, Application of Smog Chambers in Atmospheric Process Studies, National Science Review, 2022, 10.1093/nsr/nwab103

3. Biwu Chu, Yan Ding Xiang Gao, Junhua Li, Tingyu Zhu, Yunbo Yu*, Hong He*, Coordinated Control of Fine-Particle and Ozone Pollution by the Substantial Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides, Engineering, 2022, 10.1016/j.eng.2021.09.006

4. Liu Jun, Chu Biwu*, Chen Tianzeng, Zhong Cheng, Liu Changgeng, Ma Qingxin, Ma Jinzhu, Zhang Peng, He Hong, Secondary organic aerosol formation potential from ambient air in Beijing: effects of atmospheric oxidation capacity at different pollution levels, Environmental Science & Technology, 2021, 55(8): 4565-4572.

5. Qingxin Ma, Cheng Zhong, Jinzhu Ma, Chunxiang Ye, Yaqi Zhao, Yuan Liu, Peng Zhang, Tianzeng Chen, Chang Liu, Biwu Chu* and Hong He, Comprehensive Study about the Photolysis of Nitrates on Mineral Oxides." Environmental Science & Technology 2021, 55(13): 8604-8612.

6. Chu Biwu, Ma Qingxin, Liu Jun, Ma Jinzhu, Zhang Peng, Chen Tianzeng, Feng Qingcai, Wang Chunying, Yang Na, Ma Hongnan, Ma Jingjin, Russell Armistead G., He Hong*, Air pollutant correlations in China: secondary air pollutant responses to NOx and SO2 control, Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2020, 7(10): 695-700.

7. Biwu Chu, Qingxin Ma, Fengkui Duan, Jinzhu Ma, Jingkun Jiang, Kebin He*, Hong He*, Atmospheric “Haze Chemistry”: Concept and Research Prospects, Progress in Chemistry, 2020, 32(1): 1-4. 

8. Chu Biwu, Wang Yali, Yang Weiwei, Ma Jinzhu, Ma Qingxin*, Zhang Peng, Liu Yongchun, He Hong, Effects of NO2 and C3H6 on the heterogeneous oxidation of SO2 on TiO2 in the presence or absence of UV-Vis irradiation, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2019, 19(23): 14777-14790. 

9. Chu Biwu*, Kerminen Veli Matti, Bianchi Federico, Yan Chao, Petaja Tuukka, Kulmala Markku, Atmospheric new particle formation in China, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2019, 19(1): 115-138. 

10. Chen Tianzeng, Chu Biwu*, Ge Yanli, Zhang Shuping, Ma Qingxin, He Hong, Li Shao-Meng, Enhancement of aqueous sulfate formation by the coexistence of NO2/NH3 under high ionic strengths in aerosol water, Environmental Pollution, 2019, 252: 236-244. 

Books:

1. Jiming Hao, Zifeng Lv, Biwu Chu, Shan Wu, Zhe Zhao, Characterization, Experimental Study and Modeling of Atmospheric Secondary Aerosol. The Science Publishing Company. Beijing, 2015. ISBN: 978-7-03-043079-3 (A book in Chinese)

2. Chu Biwu, Jiang Jingkun*, Lu Zifeng, Wang Kun, Li Junhua, Hao Jiming, Effects of inorganic seeds on secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation, InTech, 2012. 

Aerosol Chemistry, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2022-2024

Investigation of secondary organic aerosol formation potential of urban air in Beijing, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2019-2022

Atmospheric new particle formation mechanism based on particle thermodynamics, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, 2017-2019

Heterogeneous formation mechanism and control factors of secondary organic species in heavy pollution, Ministry of Environmental Protection, 2017-2019

Aging of primary aerosol and explosive growth of secondary aerosol under complex air pollution, Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2016-2017

Investigation about the synergistic effects of multiple pollutants in secondary inorganic particle formation, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2015-2017

2018: Member of Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS
2015: Key Member of Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, CAS
2014: Core Member of Innovation Team in Key Field of Innovative Talents Promotion Plan, Missions of the Ministry of Science and Technology