PhD Student,
Division of Climate System Research,
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute,
The University of Tokyo
Email: ctcheng(at)aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp
2016 – present
PhD student, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Research Topic: Development of size-resolving aerosol microphysics scheme for use in a global non-hydrostatic cloud-resolving model, supervised by Prof. Suzuki Kentaroh
2014 – 2016
MPhil, Earth & Atmospheric Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Thesis: Heterogeneous OH Chemistry of Submicron-sized Aqueous Organic Aerosols: Role of Molecular Structure, supervised by Prof. Man Nin Chan
2010 – 2014
BSc, Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Minor in Earth System Science; Minor in Japanese
Chim, M. M., Cheng, C. T., Davies, J. F., Berkemeier, T., Shiraiwa, M., Zuend, A., & Chan, M. N. (2017). Compositional evolution of particle-phase reaction products and water in the heterogeneous OH oxidation of model aqueous organic aerosols. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17(23), 14415-14431, DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-14415-2017
Cheng, C. T, Chan, M. N., & Wilson, K. R. (2016). Importance of Unimolecular HO2 Elimination in the Heterogeneous OH Reaction of Highly Oxygenated Tartaric Acid Aerosol. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 120, 5887, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b05289
Cheng, C. T., Chan, M. N., & Wilson, K. R. (2015). The role of alkoxy radicals in the heterogeneous reaction of two structural isomers of dimethylsuccinic acid. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17, 25309, DOI: 10.1039/c5cp03791c.
Cheng, C. T., Suzuki, K., Development of size-resolving aerosol microphysics scheme for use in NICAM-SPRINTARS, the Meteorological Society of Japan Autumn Meeting, Fukuoka, Japan, Oct 2019 (Oral)
Cheng, C. T., Suzuki, K., Development of size-resolving aerosol microphysics scheme for use in a global non-hydrostatic cloud-resolving model, The 2019 University Allied Workshop on Climate and Extreme Weather, Kashiwa, Japan, Aug 2019 (Poster)
Cheng, C. T., Suzuki, K., Development of size-resolving aerosol microphysics scheme for use in a global non-hydrostatic cloud-resolving model, Asian Aerosol Conference, Hong Kong, May 2019 (Oral)
Cheng, C. T., Suzuki, K., Development of size-resolving aerosol microphysics scheme for use in a global non-hydrostatic cloud-resolving model, American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, San Francisco, California, December 2018 (Poster)
Cheng, C. T., Chow, C.T., Chan, M. N., Zuend, A., Berkemeier, T., & Shiraiwa, M. Competition between functionalization and fragmentation pathways in the OH-initiated oxidation of aqueous tartaric acid droplets: Reaction products and model simulations, American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, San Francisco, California, December 2015 (Poster)
Cheng, C. T., Role of molecular structure in heterogeneous chemistry: Insights from two structural isomers of dimethylsuccinic acid, Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research (SOCAAR), Toronto, Canada, December 2015 (Seminar)
Chan, M. N., Cheng, C. T., & Wilson, K. R. Heterogeneous OH Oxidation of Two Structural Isomers of Dimethylsuccinic Acid Aerosol: OH Reactivity and Oxidation Products, American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, San Francisco, California, December 2014 (Poster)