Publications

(Bold: Postdoc/Graduate student/UG student under my supervision at NUS)

Book Chapter

  • Zhao, R.,  Lee, A. K. Y., Wang, C., Wania, F., Wong, J. P. S., Zhou, S.-M., and Abbatt, J. P. D.: “The Role of Water in Organic Aerosol Multiphase Chemistry: Focus on Partitioning and Reactivity” in  Advances in Atmospheric Chemistry (Volume 1), Barker, J. R., Steiner, A. L., and Wallington, T. J., World Scientific, pp. 95-184, 2017. (Link)
  • Lee, A.K.Y. and Chan, C.K.: “Raman spectroscopy of single particles levitated by electrodynamic balance in atmospheric studies” in Fundamentals and Applications of Aerosol Spectroscopy, Signorell, R. and Reid, J.R., Boca Raton, Taylor and Francis Group, pp. 155-191, 2011. (Link)

Journal Articles

In preparation/Submitted/Accepted

  • Rivellini, L.-H., Adam, M. G., Kasthuriarachchi, N. Y., and Lee, A. K. Y.: : Characterization of carbonaceous aerosols in Singapore: insight from black carbon fragments and trace metal ions detected by a soot-particle aerosol mass spectrometer, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2019-857, in review, 2019. (Link)
  • Davis, Z. Y. W., Frieβ, U., Strawbridge, K. B., Aggarwaal, M., Baray, S., Schnitzler, E. G., Lobo, A., Fioletov, V. E., Abboud, I., McLinden, C. A., Whiteway, J., Willis, M. D., Lee, A. K. Y., Brook, J., Olfert, J., O’Brien, J., Staebler, R., Osthoff, H. D., Mihele, C., and McLaren, R.: Validation of MAX-DOAS retrievals of aerosol extinction, SO2 and NO2 through comparison with lidar, sun photometer, Active-DOAS and aircraft measurements in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2019-296, in review, 2019. (Link)
  • Kasthuriarachchi, N. Y., Rivellini, L.-H., Adam, M. G., and Lee, A. K. Y.: Strongly absorbing primary and secondary brown carbon in an urban environment, submitted.
  • Kasthuriarachchi, N. Y., Rivellini, L.-H., Chen, X., Li, Y. J. and Lee, A. K. Y.: Effects of relative humidity on secondary brown carbon formation in evaporating droplets, in preparation.

2019

  • Lee, A. K. Y., Adam, M. G., Liggio, J., Li, S.-M., Li, K., Willis, M. D., Abbatt, J. P. D., Tokarek, T. W., Odame-Ankrah, C. A., Osthoff, H. D., Strawbridge, K., and Brook, J. R.: A large contribution of anthropogenic organo-nitrates to secondary organic aerosol in the Alberta oil sands, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 12209–12219, 2019.(Link)
  • Saliba, G., Chen, C.-L., Lewis, S., Russell, L. M., Rivellini, L.-H., Lee, A. K. Y., Quinn, P. K., Bates, T. S., Haëntjens, N., Boss, E. S., Karp-Boss, L., Baetge, N., Carlson, C. A., and Behrenfeld, M. J.: Factors Driving the Seasonal and Hourly Variability of Sea-Spray Aerosol Number in the North Atlantic, Proc Natl Acad Sci, 201907574; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1907574116, 2019. (Link)
  • Lee, A. K. Y., Rivellini, L.-H., Chen, C.-L., Liu, J., Price, D. J., Betha, R., Russell, L. M., Zhang, X., and Cappa, C. D.: Influences of primary emission and secondary coating formation on the particle diversity and mixing state of black carbon particles, Environ. Sci. Technol., 53, 9429-9438, 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b03064 (Link).
  • Chu, Y. Cheng, T. F., Gen, M., Chan, C. K., Lee, A. K. Y., Chan, M. N.,: Effect of Ozone Concentration and Humidity on the Heterogeneous Oxidation of Linoleic Acid Particles by Ozone: An Insight into the Interchangeability of Ozone Concentration and Time, ACS Earth Space Chem., 3, 779-788, 2019. (Link)
  • Cappa, C. D., Zhang, X., Russell, L. M., Collier, S., Lee, A. K. Y., Chen, C.-L., Betha, R., Chen, S., Liu, J., Price, D. J., Sanchez, K. J., McMeeking, G., Worsnop, D., Williams, L., Onasch, T., Abbatt, J. P. D., Zhang, Q.:  Light absorption by ambient black and brown carbon and black carbon coating state in winter and summer in two urban CA cities, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 124, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD029501 (Link).
  • Willis, M. D., Bozem, H., Kunkel, D., Lee, A. K. Y., Schulz, H., Burkart, J., Aliabadi, A. A., Herber, A. B., Leaitch, W. R., and Abbatt, J. P. D.: Aircraft-based measurements of High Arctic springtime aerosol show evidence for vertically varying sources, transport and composition, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 57-76, 2019. (Link)

2018

  • Tokarek, T. W., Odame-Ankrah, C. A., Huo, J. A., McLaren, R., Lee, A. K. Y., Adam, M. G., Willis, M. D., Abbatt, J. P. D., Mihele, C., Darlington, A., Mittermeier, R. L., Strawbridge, K., Hayden, K. L., Olfert, J. S., Schnitzler, E. G., Brownsey, D. K., Assad, F. V., Wentworth, G. R., Tevlin, A. G., Worthy, D. E. J., Li, S.-M., Liggio, J., Brook, J. R., and Osthoff, H. D.: Principal component analysis of summertime ground site measurements in the Athabasca oil sands with a focus on analytically unresolved intermediate-volatility organic compounds, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 17819-17841, 2018. (Link)
  • Betha, R., Russell, L. M., Chen, C.-L., Liu, J., Price, D. J., Sanchez, K. J., Chen, S., Lee, A. K. Y., Collier, S. C., Zhang, Q., Zhang, X., and Cappa, C. D.: Larger submicron particles for emissions with residential burning in wintertime San Joaquin Valley (Fresno) than for vehicle combustion in summertime South Coast Air Basin (Fontana), J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 123, 10,526-10,545, 2018, doi.org/10.1029/2017JD026730. (Link)
  • Chen, C.-L., Chen, S., Russell, L. M., Liu, J., Price, D. J., Betha, R., Sanchez, K. J., Lee, A. K. Y., Collier, S. C., Zhang, Q., Kumar, A., Kleeman, M., Zhang, X., and Cappa, C. D.: Organic aerosol particle chemical properties associated with residential burning and fog in wintertime San Joaquin Valley (Fresno) and with vehicle and firework emissions in summertime South Coast Air Basin (Fontana), J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 123, 10,707-10,731, 2018, doi.org/10.1029/2018JD028374. (Link)
  • Ye, Q., Gu, P., Li, H. Z., Robinson, E. S., Lipsky, E., Kaltsonoudis, C., Lee, A. K. Y., Apte, J. J., Robinson, A. L., Sullivan, R. C., Presto, A. A., Donahue, N. M. : Spatial Variability of Sources and Mixing State of Atmospheric Particles in a Metropolitan Area, Environ. Sci. Technol., 52 (12), 6807–6815, 2018 (Link).
  • Sanchez, K. J., Chen, C.-L., Russell, L. M., Betha, R., Liu, J., Price, D. J., Massoli, P., Ziemba, L. D., Crosbie, E. C., Moore, R.H., Mueller, M., Schiller, S.A., Wisthaler, A., Lee, A. K. Y., Quinn, P. K., Bates, T. S., Porter, J., Bell, T. G., Saltzman, E. S., Vaillancourt, R. D., and Behrenfeld, M. J.: Substantial Seasonal Contribution of Observed Biogenic Sulfate Particles to Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Scientific Report, 8 (1), 3235, 2018. (Link)

2017

  • Lee, A. K. Y., Chen, C.-L., Liu, J., Price, D. J., Betha, R., Russell, L. M., Zhang, X., and Cappa, C. D.: Formation of secondary organic aerosol coating on black carbon particles near vehicular emissions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 15055-15067, 2017.(Link)
  • Burkart, J., Hodshire, A. L., Mungall, E. L., Pierce, J. R., Collins, D. B., Ladino, L. A., Lee, A. K. Y., Irish, V., Wentzell, J. J. B., Liggio, J., Papakyriakou, T., Murphy, J., Abbatt, J. P.D.: Organic condensation and particle growth to CCN sizes in the summertime marine Arctic is driven by materials more semi-volatile than at continental sites, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 10725–10734, 2017,  doi:10.1002/2017GL07567. (Link)
  • Liu, J., Russell, L. M., Lee, A. K. Y., McKinney, K. A., Surratt, J. D. and Ziemann, P. J.: Observational evidence for pollution-influenced selective uptake contributing to biogenic secondary organic aerosols in the southeastern U.S., Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 8056–8064, 2017, doi:10.1002/2017GL074665. (Link)
  • Mungall, E. L., Abbatt, J. P.D., Wentzell, J. J. B., Lee, A. K. Y., Thomas, J. L., Blaise, M., Gosselin, M., Miller, L., Papakyriakou, T., Willis M. D. and Liggio, J.: Microlayer source of oxygenated volatile organic compounds in the summertime marine Arctic boundary layer, Proc Natl Acad Sci, 114, 6203–6208, 2017. (Link)
  • Zhao, R., Aljawhary, D., Lee, A. K. Y. and Abbatt, J.P.D: Rapid aqueous-phase photo-oxidation of dimer in α-pinene secondary organic aerosol, Environ. Sci. Techno. Lett., 4, 205-210, 2017. (Link)
  • Faust, J. A., Wong, J. P. S., Lee, A. K. Y., and Abbatt, J. P. D.: Role of Aerosol Liquid Water in Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Volatile Organic Compounds, Environ. Sci. Technol., 51, 1405–1413, 2017. (Link)
  • Price, D. J., Chen, C.L. , Russell, L. M., Lamjiri, M. A., Betha, R., Sanchez, K., Liu, J., Lee, A. K. Y., and Cocker, D. R.: More unsaturated, cooking-type hydrocarbon-like organic aerosol particle emissions from renewable diesel compared to ultra low sulfur diesel in at sea operations of a research vessel, Aerosol Sci. Technol., 51, 135-146., 2017. (Link)

2016

  • Lee, A. K. Y., Abbatt, J. P. D., Leaitch, W. R., Li, S.-M., Sjostedt, S. J., Wentzell, J. J. B., Liggio, J., and Macdonald, A. M.: Substantial secondary organic aerosol formation in a coniferous forest: observations of both day- and nighttime chemistry, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 6721-6733, 2016. (Link)
  • Lee, A. K. Y., Willis, M. D., Healy, R. M., Wang, J. M., Jeong, C.-H., Wenger, J. C., Evans, G. J., and Abbatt, J. P. D.: Single-particle characterization of biomass burning organic aerosol (BBOA): evidence for non-uniform mixing of high molecular weight organics and potassium, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5561-5572, 2016. (Link)
  • Willis, M. D., Healy, R. M., Riemer, N., West, M., Wang, J. M., Jeong, C.-H., Wenger, J. C., Evans, G. J., Abbatt, J. P. D., and Lee, A. K. Y., Quantification of black carbon mixing state from traffic: implications for aerosol optical properties, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4693-4706, 2016. (Link)
  • Sanchez, K. J., Russell, L. M., Modini, R. L., Frossard, A. A., Ahlm, L., Corrigan, C. E., Roberts, G. C., Hawkins, L. N., Schroder, J. C., Bertram, A. K., Zhao, R., Lee, A. K. Y., Lin, J. J., Nenes, A., Wang, Z., Wonaschütz, A., Sorooshian, A., Noone, K. J., Jonsson, H., Toom, D., Macdonald, A. M., Leaitch, W. R. and Seinfeld, J. H.: Meteorological and aerosol effects on marine cloud microphysical properties, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 121, 4142-4161, 2016, doi: 10.1002/2015JD024595. (Link)
  • Aljawhary, D., Zhao, R., Lee, A.K.Y., Wang, C. and Abbatt, J.P.D., Kinetics, mechanism and secondary organic aerosol yield of aqueous phase photo-oxidation of α-pinene oxidation products, J. Phys. Chem. A, 120,1395-1407, 2016. (Link)

2015

  • Wong, J. P. S., Lee, A. K. Y. and Abbatt, J. P. D.: Impacts of Sulfate Seed Acidity and Water Content on Isoprene Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation, Environ. Sci. Technol., 49, 13215-13221, 2015. (Link)
  • Lee, A. K. Y.: Haze formation in China: Importance of secondary aerosol, J. Environ. Sci., 33, 261-262, 2015. (Link)
  • Healy, R. M., Wang, J. M., Jeong, C. -H., Lee, A. K. Y., Willis, M. D., Jaroudi, E., Zimmerman, N., Hilker, N., Murphy, M., Eckhardt, S., Stohl, A., Abbatt, J. P. D., Wenger, J. C. and Evans, G. J.: Light-absorbing properties of ambient black carbon and brown carbon from fossil fuel and biomass burning sources, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, 6619-6633, 2015. (Link)
  • Zhao, R., Lee, A. K. Y., Huang, L., Li, X., Yang, F. and Abbatt, J. P. D.: Photochemical processing of aqueous atmospheric brown carbon, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 6087-6100, 2015. (Link)
  • Modini, R. L., Frossard, A. A., Ahlm, L., Russell, L. M., Corrigan, C. E., Roberts, G. C., Hawkins, L. N., Schroder, J. C., Bertram, A. K., Zhao, R., Lee, A. K. Y., Abbatt, J. P. D., Lin, J., Nenes, A., Wang, Z., Wonaschuetz, A., Sorooshian, A., Noone, K. J., Jonsson, H., Seinfeld, J. H., Toom-Sauntry, D., Macdonald, A. M. and Leaitch, W. R.: Primary marine aerosol-cloud interactions off the coast of California, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, 4282-4303, 2015. doi: 10.1002/2014JD022963. (Link)
  • Chen, Q., Heald, C. L., Jimenez, J. L., Canagaratna, M. R., Zhang, Q., He, L., Huang, X., Campuzano-Jost, P., Palm, B. B., Poulain, L., Kuwata, M., Martin, S. T., Abbatt, J. P. D., Lee, A. K. Y. and Liggio, J.: Elemental composition of organic aerosol: The gap between ambient and laboratory measurements, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 4182-4189, 2015, doi:10.1002/2015GL063693. (Link)
  • Lee, A. K. Y., Willis, M. D., Healy, R. M., Onasch, T. B. and Abbatt, J. P. D.: Mixing state of carbonaceous aerosol in an urban environment: single particle characterization using the soot particle aerosol mass spectrometer (SP-AMS), Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 1823-1841, 2015. (Link)

2014

  • Willis, M. D., Lee, A. K. Y., Onasch, T. B., Fortner, E. C., Williams, L. R., Lambe, A. T., Worsnop, D. R. and Abbatt, J. P. D.: Collection efficiency of the soot-particle aerosol mass spectrometer (SP-AMS) for internally mixed particulate black carbon, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 7, 4507-4516, 2014. (Link)
  • Zhao, R., Lee, A. K. Y., Wentzell, J. J. B., Mcdonald, A. M., Toom-Sauntry, D., Leaitch, W. R., Modini, R. L., Corrigan, A. L., Russell, L. M., Noone, K. J., Schroder, J. C., Bertram, A. K., Hawkins, L. N., Abbatt, J. P. D. and Liggio, J.: Cloud partitioning of isocyanic acid (HNCO) and evidence of secondary source of HNCO in ambient air, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 6962-6969, 2014, doi: 10.1002/2014GL061112. (Link)
  • Zhao, R., Mungall, E. L., Lee, A. K. Y., Aljawhary, D. and Abbatt, J. P. D.: Aqueous-phase photooxidation of levoglucosan – a mechanistic study using aerosol time-of-flight chemical ionization mass spectrometry (Aerosol ToF-CIMS), Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 9695-9706, 2014. (Link)
  • Li, Y. J., Huang, D. D., Cheung, H. Y., Lee, A. K. Y. and Chan, C. K.: Aqueous-phase photochemical oxidation and direct photolysis of vanillin – a model compound of methoxy phenols from biomass burning, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 2871-2885, 2014. (Link)

2013

  • Lee, A. K. Y., Zhao, R., Li, R., Liggio, J., Li, S. and Abbatt, J. P. D.: Formation of Light Absorbing Organo-Nitrogen Species from Evaporation of Droplets Containing Glyoxal and Ammonium Sulfate, Environ. Sci. Technol., 47, 12819-12826, 2013. (Link)
  • Aljawhary, D., Lee, A. K. Y. and Abbatt, J. P. D.: High-resolution chemical ionization mass spectrometry (ToF-CIMS): application to study SOA composition and processing, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 6, 3211-3224, 2013. (Link)
  • Zhao, R., Lee, A. K. Y., Soong, R., Simpson, A. J. and Abbatt, J. P. D.: Formation of aqueous-phase alpha-hydroxyhydroperoxides (alpha-HHP): potential atmospheric impacts, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 5857-5872, 2013. (Link)

2012

  • Lee, A. K. Y., Hayden, K. L., Herckes, P., Leaitch, W. R., Liggio, J., Macdonald, A. M. and Abbatt, J. P. D.: Characterization of aerosol and cloud water at a mountain site during WACS 2010: secondary organic aerosol formation through oxidative cloud processing, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 7103-7116, 2012. (Link)
  • Zhou, S., Lee, A. K. Y., McWhinney, R. D. and Abbatt, J. P. D.: Burial Effects of Organic Coatings on the Heterogeneous Reactivity of Particle-Borne Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) toward Ozone, J. Phys. Chem. A, 116, 7050-7056, 2012. (Link)
  • Abbatt, J. P. D., Lee, A. K. Y. and Thornton, J. A.: Quantifying trace gas uptake to tropospheric aerosol: recent advances and remaining challenges, Chem. Soc. Rev., 41, 6555-6581, 2012. (Link)
  • Zhao, R., Lee, A. K. Y. and Abbatt, J. P. D.: Investigation of Aqueous-Phase Photooxidation of Glyoxal and Methylglyoxal by Aerosol Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry: Observation of Hydroxyhydroperoxide Formation, J. Phys. Chem. A, 116, 6253-6263, 2012. (Link)
  • Pierce, J. R., Leaitch, W. R., Liggio, J., Westervelt, D. M., Wainwright, C. D., Abbatt, J. P. D., Ahlm, L., Al-Basheer, W., Cziczo, D. J., Hayden, K. L., Lee, A. K. Y., Li, S. -., Russell, L. M., Sjostedt, S. J., Strawbridge, K. B., Travis, M., Vlasenko, A., Wentzell, J. J. B., Wiebe, H. A., Wong, J. P. S. and Macdonald, A. M.: Nucleation and condensational growth to CCN sizes during a sustained pristine biogenic SOA event in a forested mountain valley, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 3147-3163, 2012. (Link)

2011

  • Lee, A. K. Y., Zhao, R., Gao, S. S. and Abbatt, J. P. D.: Aqueous-Phase OH Oxidation of Glyoxal: Application of a Novel Analytical Approach Employing Aerosol Mass Spectrometry and Complementary Off-Line Techniques, J. Phys. Chem. A, 115, 10517-10526, 2011. (Link)
  • Wong, J. P. S., Lee, A. K. Y., Slowik, J. G., Cziczo, D. J., Leaitch, W. R., Macdonald, A. and Abbatt, J. P. D.: Oxidation of ambient biogenic secondary organic aerosol by hydroxyl radicals: Effects on cloud condensation nuclei activity, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L22805, 2011, doi:10.1029/2011GL049351. (Link)
  • Lee, A. K. Y., Herckes, P., Leaitch, W. R., Macdonald, A. M. and Abbatt, J. P. D.: Aqueous OH oxidation of ambient organic aerosol and cloud water organics: Formation of highly oxidized products, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L11805, 2011, doi:10.1029/2011GL047439. (Link)

2010

  • Chan, L. P., Lee, A. K. Y. and Chan, C. K.: Gas-Particle Partitioning of Alcohol Vapors on Organic Aerosols, Environ. Sci. Technol., 44, 257-262, 2010. (Link)

2009

  • Yeung, M. C., Lee, A. K. Y. and Chan, C. K.: Phase Transition and Hygroscopic Properties of Internally Mixed Ammonium Sulfate and Adipic Acid (AS-AA) Particles by Optical Microscopic Imaging and Raman Spectroscopy, Aerosol Sci. Technol., 43, 387-399, 2009. (Link)

2008

  • Lee, A. K. Y., Li, Y. J., Lau, A. P. S. and Chan, C. K.: A re-evaluation on the atmospheric significance of octanal vapor uptake by acidic particles: Roles of particle acidity and gas-phase octanal concentration, Aerosol Sci. Technol., 42, 992-1000, 2008. (Link)
  • Li, Y. J., Lee, A. K. Y., Lau, A. P. S. and Chan, C. K.: Accretion reactions of octanal catalyzed by sulfuric acid: Product identification, reaction pathways, and atmospheric implications, Environ. Sci. Technol., 42, 7138-7145, 2008. (Link)
  • Lee, A. K. Y., Ling, T. Y. and Chan, C. K.: Understanding hygroscopic growth and phase transformation of aerosols using single particle Raman spectroscopy in an electrodynamic balance, Faraday Discuss., 137, 245-263, 2008. (Link)

2007

  • Lee, A. K. Y. and Chan, C. K.: Heterogeneous reactions of linoleic acid and linolenic acid particles with ozone: Reaction pathways and changes in particle mass, hygroscopicity, and morphology, J. Phys. Chem. A, 111, 6285-6295, 2007. (Link)
  • Lee, A. K. Y. and Chan, C. K.: Single particle Raman spectroscopy for investigating atmospheric heterogeneous reactions of organic aerosols, Atmos. Environ., 41, 4611-4621, 2007. (Link)
  • Lee, A. K. Y., Lau, A. P. S., Cheng, J. Y. W., Fang, M. and Chan, C. K.: Source identification analysis for the airborne bacteria and fungi using a biomarker approach, Atmos. Environ., 41, 2831-2843, 2007. (Link)

2006

  • Chan, M. N., Lee, A. K. Y. and Chan, C. K.: Responses of ammonium sulfate particles coated with glutaric acid to cyclic changes in relative humidity: Hygroscopicity and Raman characterization, Environ. Sci. Technol., 40, 6983-6989, 2006. (Link)
  • Lau, A. P. S., Lee, A. K. Y., Chan, C. K. and Fang, M.: Ergosterol as a biomarker for the quantification of the fungal biomass in atmospheric aerosols, Atmos. Environ., 40, 249-259, 2006. (Link)

2004

  • Lee, A. K. Y., Chan, C. K., Fang, M. and Lau, A. P. S.: The 3-hydroxy fatty acids as biomarkers for quantification and characterization of endotoxins and Gram-negative bacteria in atmospheric aerosols in Hong Kong, Atmos. Environ., 38, 6307-6317, 2004. (Link)