Tianlang Zhao

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska, US, 99775

Hi, I am Tianlang, recently defended my Ph.D. in atmospheric chemistry at University of Alaska Fairbanks. My research interest focuses on the variation of atmospheric compositions, especially short-lived reactive trace gases (such as HCHO), and its main drivers, using integrated satellite and ground-based remote sensing, chemical transport model simulations and in-situ measurements.

I finished my undergraduate in Atmospheric Science, focusing on meteorology and climate change.

news

Sep 30, 2025	Tianlang successfully defended Ph.D. thesis !
Aug 18, 2025	Tianlang presented at the TEMPO science team workshop.

selected publications

GRL

Summertime diurnal variability of formaldehyde over the contiguous United States: Constraints from Pandonia Global Network

Tianlang Zhao, Jingqiu Mao, Xiaoyi Zhao, and 9 more authors

Geophysical Research Letters, 2025

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@article{zhao2025_diurnal_hcho_conus,
  title = {Summertime diurnal variability of formaldehyde over the contiguous United States: Constraints from Pandonia Global Network},
  author = {Zhao, Tianlang and Mao, Jingqiu and Zhao, Xiaoyi and Pandey, Apoorva and Shah, Viral and Knowland, Katherine Emma and Kaiser, Jennifer and Tiefengraber, Martin and Gebetsberger, Manuel and Cede, Alexander and Spinei, Elena and Hanisco, Thomas F.},
  journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
  year = {2025},
  volume = {52},
  number = {20},
  pages = {e2025GL116033},
  doi = {10.1029/2025GL116033},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL116033},
}

ACP

Interannual variability of summertime formaldehyde (HCHO) vertical column density and its main drivers at northern high latitudes

Tianlang Zhao, Jingqiu Mao, Zolal Ayazpour, and 3 more authors

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2024

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@article{zhao2024_interannual_hcho_highlat,
  title = {Interannual variability of summertime formaldehyde (HCHO) vertical column density and its main drivers at northern high latitudes},
  author = {Zhao, Tianlang and Mao, Jingqiu and Ayazpour, Zolal and Gonz{\'a}lez Abad, Gonzalo and Nowlan, Caroline R. and Zheng, Yiqi},
  journal = {Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics},
  year = {2024},
  volume = {24},
  pages = {6105--6121},
  doi = {10.5194/acp-24-6105-2024},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-6105-2024},
  data = {https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.23599566.v1},
}

ES&T Air

Observational constraints on the aerosol optical depth–surface PM\textsubscript2.5 relationship during Alaskan wildfire seasons

Tianlang Zhao, Jingqiu Mao, Pawan Gupta, and 2 more authors

ACS ES&T Air, 2024

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@article{zhao2024_aod_pm25_alaska,
  title = {Observational constraints on the aerosol optical depth--surface PM\textsubscript{2.5} relationship during Alaskan wildfire seasons},
  author = {Zhao, Tianlang and Mao, Jingqiu and Gupta, Pawan and Zhang, Huanxin and Wang, Jun},
  journal = {ACS ES\&T Air},
  year = {2024},
  volume = {1},
  number = {9},
  pages = {1164--1176},
  doi = {10.1021/acsestair.4c00120},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.4c00120},
}

ACP

Source and variability of formaldehyde (HCHO) at northern high latitudes: an integrated satellite, aircraft, and model study

Tianlang Zhao, Jingqiu Mao, William R. Simpson, and 12 more authors

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2022

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@article{zhao2022_hcho_sources_highlat,
  title = {Source and variability of formaldehyde (HCHO) at northern high latitudes: an integrated satellite, aircraft, and model study},
  author = {Zhao, Tianlang and Mao, Jingqiu and Simpson, William R. and De Smedt, Isabelle and Zhu, Lei and Hanisco, Thomas F. and Wolfe, Glenn M. and St. Clair, Jason M. and Gonz{\'a}lez Abad, Gonzalo and Nowlan, Caroline R. and Barletta, Barbara and Meinardi, Simone and Blake, Donald R. and Apel, Eric C. and Hornbrook, Rebecca S.},
  journal = {Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics},
  year = {2022},
  volume = {22},
  pages = {7163--7178},
  doi = {10.5194/acp-22-7163-2022},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-7163-2022},
  data = {https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19883254.v1},
}