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AEROSOL CHEMISTRY, AIR QUALITY, AND HEALTH EFFECTS

The Ng research group in the School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Tech performs work in aerosol chemistry, which includes the formation and evolution of atmospheric aerosols, the chemistry and life cycles (sources, processes, and fates) of ambient aerosols, the development and characterization of advanced aerosol instrumentation, and the health effects of aerosols.

CURRENT OPENINGS

• We are recruiting graduate students to join our team in Fall 2026. If you are interested and/or have questions, please reach out to Dr. Ng.

PRESS RELEASES:  

• • Georgia Tech press release “Watching Wildfire’s Effects in Real Time”

  • UNDARK News & Features “Wildfires Are Challenging Air Quality Monitoring Infrastructure”

  • NSF Stories “Cutting-edge air quality monitoring strengthens public health nationwide”

  • Georgia Tech press release “LA Fires Trigger Temporary Spike in Airborne Lead Levels”

  • NYT article “Airborne Lead and Chlorine Levels Soared as L.A. Wildfires Raged”

  • AJC article “Conyers chemical plant fire”

• • AJC article “Experts say health effects from BioLab fire, chemical release hard to estimate”

• • 11Alive News segment “Scientists in Atlanta monitoring air from Conyers chemical plume”
• • ChBE press release “Professor Ng is 2023 AGU Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award Recipient”
• • ChBE press release “Georgia Tech Study Sheds Light on Toxicity of Atmospheric Particulate Matter Pollution“
• • ChBE press release “Research Study Finds Unexpected Interactions in Formation of Secondary Organic Aerosol in Atmosphere”
• • ChBE press release “Georgia Tech Researchers Study Methods for Assessing Classroom Air Quality during COVID-19 Pandemic”

• • ChBE press release “Nga Lee “Sally” Ng Awarded Love Family Professorship”

  • ScienceNews article “Western wildfires’ health risks extend across the country”

• • Georgia Tech press release ASCENT “$12 Million NSF Grant Will Establish Nationwide Atmospheric Measurement Network”

• • ChBE press release “Study Shows that Electronic Air Cleaning Technology Can Generate Unintended Pollutants”
• • WHYY article “What researchers are learning about air pollution and the pandemic shutdown”
• • Georgia Tech press release “Covid-19 Mask Study Finds Layering, Material Choice Matter”
• • NOAA feature “Sharing the joy of science through academia and aerosols”
• • WABE-FM feature “Georgia Tech Study Shows Aircraft Cabins May Have Fewest Indoor Air Pollutants”
• • Georgia Tech press release “Indoor Air Quality Study Shows Aircraft in Flight May Have Lowest Particulate Levels”
• • C&EN article “COVID-19 lockdowns had strange effects on air pollution across the globe”
• • ChBE press release “Professor Sally Ng Monitoring Air Quality in Georgia Tech Classrooms”
• • Georgia Tech press release “Improving Air Quality in the Classroom”
• • Big Picture Science radio show “Something in the Air”
• • NYT article “Pandemic’s Cleaner Air Could Reshape What We Know About the Atmosphere”
• • AJC article “With fewer cars and a pandemic, Atlanta’s air quality improves”
• • College of Engineering press release “Georgia Tech Engineers and Scientists on 2019 Highly Cited Researcher List”
• • College of Science ScienceMatters Podcast “Clearing the Air About Aerosol Science”
  • C&EN article “Extreme weather will cause more air-quality related deaths in China”
• • College of Science press release “Sally Ng: 2019 Outstanding Achievement in Early Career Research Award”
• • ChBE press release “ChBE Professors Win 2019 Georgia Tech Faculty Awards”
• • ChBE press release “ChBE professors among Most Highly Cited”
• • ChBE Feature “Influential Research at CHBE”
• • DOE Feature Article “From Leaves to Clouds: Revealing How Trees’ Emissions Shape The Air Around Us”
• • ChBE press release “Professor Ng Wins Award from Dreyfus Foundation“
• • ChBE press release “Sally Ng Named Among World’s Most Highly Cited Researchers”
• • College of Science press release “Georgia Tech Faculty in 2017 Highly Cited Researchers List”
• • College of Science press release “Summer workshops in EAS is another step toward joint degree program”
• • ChBE press release “Sally Ng Wins 2016 Whitby Award for Aerosol Research”
• • College of Science press release “Rodney Weber and Sally Ng Win 2016 Aerosol Research Awards”
• • ESPN Feature “Georgia Tech Environmental Chamber Facility”
• • ChBE Front Page “Ng Wins NSF CAREER Award”
• • Georgia Tech press release “Man-made pollutants significantly influence how tree emissions form aerosol particles”
• • Georgia Tech press release “New technology tracks tiniest pollutants in real time”
• • College of Engineering press release “Sally Ng (ChBE and EAS) wins 2013 Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award”
• • Southern Oxidant and Aerosols Study (SOAS), Georgia Tech Front Page “Six Weeks in the Forest”
• • College of Engineering press release “ChBE’s Nga Lee “Sally” Ng Receives EPA STAR Early Career Award”
• • Debut Issue of “Georgia Tech Engineers” magazine and Georgia Tech Front Page “In the Air We Breathe”