Nga Lee (Sally) Ng
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| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Atmospheric Chemistry, Organic Aerosols |
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| Fields | Chemical Engineering, Atmospheric Sciences |
| Institutions | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | John H. Seinfeld |
Nga Lee Ng is the Love Family Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, holding appointments in both the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. She is renowned for her research in atmospheric chemistry, particularly in the study of organic aerosols and their effects on air quality, climate, and human health.
Education and Career
Education
Ng earned her Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical and Environmental Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2002. She was an exchange student in Chemical Engineering at the University of Minnesota from 2000 to 2001. She then pursued her graduate studies at the California Institute of Technology, where she completed her M.S. in Chemical Engineering in 2004 and her Ph.D. in 2007 under the supervision of John H. Seinfeld.
Career
Following her Ph.D., Ng worked as a postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology (2007-2008) and then as a postdoctoral scientist at Aerodyne Research (2008-2010). She continued at Aerodyne Research as a senior scientist from 2010 to 2011.
In 2011, Ng joined the faculty at the Georgia Institute of Technology as an Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2017 and to Professor in 2021. In 2022, she was appointed the Love Family Professor. She also holds a courtesy appointment in the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech.
Ng has held several editorial positions, including Editor-in-Chief of ACS Environmental Science & Technology Air since 2023, and she has served on various editorial boards such as those of ACS Earth and Space Chemistry and Scientific Reports.
Research
Ng's research focuses on the chemistry of atmospheric aerosols, including their formation, transformation, and impacts. Her work has provided significant insights into the role of organic aerosols in air quality and climate change. She employs advanced analytical techniques and modeling approaches to study the sources, processes, and effects of particulate matter and other air pollutants. Her group uses a synergistic approach, performing both laboratory chamber experiments and ambient field measurements using advanced mass spectrometry techniques.
Selected Publications
- Ng, N. L., Canagaratna, M. R., Zhang, Q., Jimenez, J. L., Tian, J., Ulbrich, I. M., Kroll, J. H., Docherty, K. S., Chhabra, P. S., Bahreini, R., Murphy, S. M., Seinfeld, J. H., Donahue, N. M., Hildebrandt, L., Decarlo, P. F., Lanz, V. A., Prevot, A. S. H., Dinar, E., Rudich, Y., and Worsnop, D. R.: Organic aerosol components observed in Northern Hemispheric datasets from Aerosol Mass Spectrometry, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 4625-4641, 2010. Link to publication
- Ng, N. L., Kroll, J. H., Chan, A. W. H., Chhabra, P. S., Flagan, R. C., and Seinfeld, J. H.: Secondary organic aerosol formation from m-xylene, toluene, and benzene, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 3909-3922, 2007. Link to publication
- Ng, N. L., Herndon, S. C., Trimborn, A., Canagaratna, M. R., Croteau, P. L., Onasch, T. B., Sueper, D., Worsnop, D. R., Zhang, Q., Sun, Y. L., and Jayne, J. T.: An Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM) for Routine Monitoring of the Composition and Mass Concentrations of Ambient Aerosol, Aerosol Sci. Technol., 45, 770-784, 2011.
Awards and Honors
Ng's contributions to atmospheric chemistry have been recognized with numerous awards, including:
- Ascent Award, American Geophysical Union (2023)
- Robert W. Vaughan Lectureship, California Institute of Technology (2021)
- Sigma Xi Best Paper Award, Georgia Institute of Technology (2021)
- ISI Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate Analytics (2017-2019)
- Outstanding Achievement in Early Career Research, Georgia Institute of Technology (2019)
- Dreyfus Foundation Fellowship in Environmental Chemistry (2017)
- Kenneth T. Whitby Award, American Association for Aerosol Research (2016)
- Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award, Georgia Institute of Technology (2016)
- CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (2015)
- Walter W. Rosenblith New Investigator Award, Health Effects Institute (2013)
- Early Career Award, Environmental Protection Agency (2013)
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