Sc.D. (Doctor of Science), 2002, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

M.S., 2000, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

B.S., 1997, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China 

The research of Dr. Ying Zhou focuses on air pollution risk assessment. This involves quantitatively assessing the human exposure to pollution from local to national scales through a combination of atmospheric fate and transport models, geographical information system, and predicative statistical models. The current project evaluates the exposure and health risk implications of aviation-related emissions. The goal is to understand the spatial heterogeneity in airport emissions and to determine whether prioritization base on maximum individual risk would correspond with prioritization based on total population risk.

Please also check out Dr. Ying Zhou's Emory website.

Peer-Reviewed Publications: 

1. Zhou, Y., Levy, J. I., Spatial Heterogeneity in Airport Emissions of Air toxics Required to Exceed Individual Cancer Risk Thresholds, 2008, in preparation.
2. Hanna, S. R. and Zhou, Y., 2008. Analysis of Sonic Anemometer Observations at Street Level and Rooftops in Manhattan. Atmospheric Environment. Submitted.
3. Zhou, Y. and Levy, J. I., 2008. The Impact of Urban Street Canyons on Population Exposure to Traffic-Related Primary Pollutants. Atmospheric Environment. 42 (13): 3087-3098.
4. Zhou, Y. and Levy, J. I., 2007. Factors influencing the spatial extent of mobile source air pollution impacts: a meta-analysis. BMC Public Health 7: 89. [pdf]
5. Zhou, Y. and Hanna, S. R., 2007. Along-Wind Dispersion of Puffs Released in a Built-Up Urban Area. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 125 (3), 469-486.
6. Hanna, S. R., White, J. and Zhou, Y., 2007. Observed winds, turbulence, and dispersion in built-up downtown areas in Oklahoma city and Manhattan. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 125 (3), 441-468.
7. Hammitt, J. and Zhou, Y., 2006. The Economic Value of Air-Pollution-Related Health Risks in China: A Contingent Valuation Study. Environmental and Resource Economics 33, 399-423.
8. Zhou, Y., Levy, J. I., Evans, J. S. and Hammitt, J. K., 2006. The influence of geographic location on population exposure to emissions from power plants throughout China. Environment International 32, 365-373.
9. Zhou, Y., Levy, J. I., Hammitt, J. K. and Evans, J. S., 2003. Estimating population exposure to power plant emissions using CALPUFF: a case study in Beijing, China. Atmospheric Environment 37, 815-826.

Other Publications:

1. Chapter 7 and 8 in Ho, Mun S., and Chris P. Nielsen (eds.), 2007. Clearing the Air: The Health and Economic Damages of Air Pollution in China. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 
2. Zhou, Y., Levy, J. I., Evans, J. S. and Hammitt, J. K., 2007. Air Pollution Risks in China. Risk in Perspective, Newsletter by Harvard Center for Risk Analysis. Volume 15, Issue 1. [pdf]