About Jiayu

Research Interest:

• Low-cost air quality sensors
• Aerosol and air quality
• Bioaerosol generation and transmission
• Exposure estimation

Education:

• Ph. D., Washington University in St. Louis, Aerosol and Air Quality Research Laboratory, Department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering (2014-2019)
• B. S. Tsinghua University, Environmental Engineering School (2010-2014)

Professional Experience:

• Assistant Professor, University of Miami, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (2022-present)
• Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering (2020-2022)
• Postdoc, Carnegie Mellon Univeristy, Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies (2019-2020)

Funding:

• Safe evaluation of HPAI airborne transmission risk from surfaces, lead PI, Mionnesota Agriculture Experiment Station (MAES), $160,000, 2021-2024
• Integrating Multi-Source Data for Landfill Methane Emission Quantification, PI, EPA early career, $594,550, 2022-2025
• Impact of Sargassum Decomposition on Air Quality in South Florida, lead PI, NSF-RAPID, $199,530, 2022-2023

Teaching:

• BBE 4753/5753Air Quality and Pollution Control and Engineering
• BBE 4023/5023 Process Controll and instrumentation
• BBE 3033 (001) Material and Energy Balances in Biological Systems
• MAE 508/608 Advanced Heat Transfer
• MAE 309 Fluid Mechanics

Publication:

• Daniel, Furuta, Tofigh Sayahi, Jinsheng Li, Bruce Wilson, Albert A. Presto, and Jiayu Li. "Characterization of inexpensive MOx sensor performance for trace methane detection." Atm. Meas. Tech. (2022)
• Nana Amoako Amoah, Guang Xu, Yang Wang, Jiayu Li, Yongming Zou, and Baisheng Nie, “The application of low-cost particulate matter sensors for air quality monitoring and exposure assessment in underground mines - A review”, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-021-2378-z
• Jiayu Li, Aliaksei Hauryliuk, Carl Malings, S Rose Eilenberg, R Subramanian, Albert A Presto “Characterizing the Aging of Alphasense NO2 Sensors in Long-Term Field Deployments.” ACS sensors.doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.1c00729
• Zhang, Huang, Yu Zhan, Jiayu Li, Chun-Ying Chao, Qianfeng Liu, Chunying Wang, Shuangqing Jia, Lin Ma, and Pratim Biswas (2021). “Using Kriging incorporated with wind direction to investigate ground-level PM2. 5 concentration”. Sci. Total Environ. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141813
• Hao, Weixing, Andrew Parasch, Stephen Williams, Jiayu Li, Hongyan Ma, Joel Burken, and Yang Wang (2020). “Filtration performances of non-medical materials as candidates for manufacturing facemasks and respirators”. Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2020.113582
• Tanzer-Gruener, Rebecca, Jiayu Li, S. Rose Eilenberg, Allen L. Robinson, and Albert A. Presto (2020). “Impacts of modifiable factors on ambient air pollution: A case study of COVID-19 shutdowns.” Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00365
• Jiayu Li, Huang Zhang, Chun-Ying Chao, Ling-Jyh Chen, Pratim Biswas (2020). “Combining Ground Measurement, Low-cost Sensor, and Aerosol Optical Depth for high-resolution pollution mapping”. Atmos. Environ. doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117293
• Jiayu Li, Simar K. Mattewal, Sameer Patel, Pratim Biswas (2019). “Evaluation of Nine Low-cost Sensor Based Personal PM Monitors”. Aerosol Air Qual. Res. doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2018.12.0485.
• Abhay Cashikar, Jiayu Li, Pratim Biswas (2019). “Combining a Low-Cost Particulate Matter Sensor with a Robot for Field Measurements”. J Environ Eng. doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EE.19437870.0001569.
• Jiayu Li, Haoran Li, Yehan Ma, Yang Wang, Ahmed Abokifa, Chenyang Lu, and Pratim Biswas (2018). “Spatiotemporal 3D Measurements of Particle Mass Concentrations with a Distributed Sensor Network Platform”. Build. Environ. doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.11.001.
• Jiayu Li and Pratim Biswas (2017). “Optical Characterization Studies of a Low-Cost Particle Sensor”. Aerosol Air Qual. Res. doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2017.02.0085.
• Sameer Patel, Jiayu Li, Apoorva Pandey, Shamsh Perves, Rajan K. Chakrabarty, and Pratim Biswas (2017). “Spatio-temporal measurement of indoor particulate matter concentrations using a wireless network of low-cost sensors in households using solid fuels”. Environ. Res. doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2016.10.001.
• Jiayu Li, Anna Leavey, Yang Wang, Caroline O’Neil, Meghan A. Wallace, Carey-Ann D. Burnham, Adrianus CM Boon, Hilary Babcock, and Pratim Biswas (2017). “Comparing the Performance of 3 Airborne Virus Samplers for Influenza Virus”. J. Aerosol Sci. doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2017.08.007.
• Carrie O’Neil, Jiayu Li, Anna Leavey, Yang Wang, Meghan Wallace, Carey-Ann D. Burnham, Pratim Biswas, and Hilary Babcock, (2017). “Characterization of Aerosols Generated During Patient Care Activities”. Clin. Infect. Dis. doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix535.
• Yang Wang, Jiayu Li, Anna Leavey, Hilary Babcock, and Pratim Biswas (2016). “Comparative Study on the Size Distributions and Respiratory Deposition of Particles Generated from Commonly Used Medical Nebulizers”. J. Aerosol Med. Pulm. Drug Deliv.doi.org/10.1089/jamp.2016.1340.
• Yang Wang, Jiayu Li, He Jing, Qiang Zhang, Jingkun Jiang, and Pratim Biswas (2015). “Laboratory Evaluation of Three Low-Cost Particle Sensors for Particulate Matter Measurement”. Aerosol Sci. Technol. doi.org/10.1080/02786826.2015.1100710. (Editor’s selection of notable 2015 papers in Aerosol Sci. Technol. Featured in AAAR 2015 Winter Newsletter).