Academic Interests

• Atmospheric chemistry and physics
• Air pollution, agricultural and forest meteorology
• Biosphere-atmosphere interactions and ecoclimatology
• Ecosystem services and food security under climate change
  See http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/sci/essc/tgabi/ for more details.

Awards

• 2019: Faculty of Science Exemplary Teaching Award
• 2018: Founding Member, Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences (YASHK)
• 2015: World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Research Award for Young Scientists
• 2015: Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award
• 2015: Faculty of Science Exemplary Teaching Award
• 2014: Early Career Award, Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong

Selected Publications

• 2021
  • Tai, A. P. K.*, Ma, P. H. L., Chan, Y.-C., Chow, M.-K., Ridley, D. A., & Kok, J. F. (2021). Impacts of climate and land cover variability and trends on springtime East Asian dust emission over 1982–2010: A modeling study. Atmospheric Environment, 254, 118348.
  • Li, J., Tam, C.-Y.*, Tai, A. P. K.*, & Lau, N.-C. (2021). Vegetation-heatwave correlations and contrasting energy exchange responses of different vegetation types to summer heatwaves in the Northern Hemisphere during the 1982–2011 period. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 296, 108208.
• 2020
  • Wang, L., Tai, A. P. K.*, Tam, C.-Y.*, Sadiq, M., Wang, P., & Cheung, K. K. W. (2020). Impacts of future land use and land cover change on mid-21st-century surface ozone air quality: Distinguishing between the biogeophysical and biogeochemical effects. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20(19), 11349-11369.
  • Leung, F.*, Pang, J. Y. S., Tai, A. P. K., Lam, T., Tao, D. K. C., & Sharps, K. (2020). Evidence of ozone-induced visible foliar injury in Hong Kong using Phaseolus vulgaris as a bioindicator. Atmosphere, 11(3), 266.
• 2019
  • Fung, K. M., Tai, A. P. K., Yong, T., Liu, X., & Lam, H.-M. (2019). Co-benefits of intercropping as a sustainable farming method for safeguarding both food security and air quality. Environmental Research Letters, 14(4), 044011.
• 2018
  • Zhou, S. S., Tai, A. P. K., Sun, S., Sadiq, M., Heald, C. L., & Geddes, J. A. (2018). Coupling between surface ozone and leaf area index in a chemical transport model: strength of feedback and implications for ozone air quality and vegetation health. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18(19), 14133-14148.
  • Leung, D. M., Tai, A. P. K., Mickley, L. J., Moch, J. M., van Donkelaar, A., Shen, L., & Martin, R. V. (2018). Synoptic meteorological modes of variability for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air quality in major metropolitan regions of China. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18(9), 6733-6748.
• 2017
  • Tai, A. P. K., & Val Martin, M. (2017). Impacts of ozone air pollution and temperature extremes on crop yields: Spatial variability, adaptation and implications for future food security. Atmospheric Environment, 169, 11-21.
  • Sadiq, M., Tai, A. P. K., Lombardozzi, D., & Val Martin, M. (2017). Effects of ozone-vegetation coupling on surface ozone air quality via biogeochemical and meteorological feedbacks. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17(4), 3055-3066.
• 2016
  • Fu, Y., Tai, A. P. K., & Liao, H. (2016). Impacts of historical climate and land cover changes on fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air quality in East Asia between 1980 and 2010. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16(16), 10369-10383.
• 2015
  • Fu, Y., & Tai, A. P. K. (2015). Impact of climate and land cover changes on tropospheric ozone air quality and public health in East Asia between 1980 and 2010. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15(17), 10093-10106.
• 2014
  • Tai, A. P. K., Val Martin, M., & Heald, C. L. (2014). Threat to future global food security from climate change and ozone air pollution. Nature Climate Change, 4(9), 817-821.
• 2013
  • Tai, A. P. K., Mickley, L. J., Heald, C. L., & Wu, S. (2013). Effect of CO2 inhibition on biogenic isoprene emission: Implications for air quality under 2000 to 2050 changes in climate, vegetation, and land use. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(13), 3479-3483.
    
    For full list of publications, see http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/sci/essc/tgabi/research.html