Education

Harvard University Cambridge, MA 2021-2026 Doctor of Philosophy, Environmental Science & Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA August 2016-December 2020 Bachelor of Science, Environmental Engineering
GPA: 4.0/4.0 (overall)

Publications

Peer-reviewed

• 3. Yang, L.H., Takeuchi, M., Chen, Y. and Ng, N.L., 2021. Characterization of thermal decomposition of oxygenated organic compounds in FIGAERO-CIMS, Aerosol Science and Technology, DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2021.1945529

• 2. Yang L.H., Han B.A., 2018. Data-driven predictions and novel hypotheses about zoonotic tick vectors from the genus Ixodes. BMC Ecology. 18(1), pp. 1-6. DOI: 10.1186/s12898-018-0163-2

• 1. Han B.A., Yang L.H., 2016. Predicting novel tick vectors of zoonotic disease. Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Machine Learning(ICML) Workshop on #Data4Good: Machine Learning in Social Good Applications, New York, NY, USA. arXiv preprint: arXiv:1606.06323

Report

• 1. Yang L.H., Kim J., Ahn D.H., 2021. Air pollution: an introduction to its causes, effects, and solutions. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea & National Council on Climate and Air Quality of the Republic of Korea. Government Publications Registration Number: 11-1262000-000285-01.

Prsentations

• 3. Yang, L.H., Hagan, D., Rivera-Rios, J., Kelp, M., Cross, E., Peng, C., Kaiser, J., Ng, N.L., 2021. Understanding the Sources of Urban Air Quality Using Low-Cost Air Quality Sensors. 39th AAAR Conference, Virtual.

• 2. Yang, L.H., Takeuchi, M., Ng, N.L., 2019. Thermal Decomposition Characterization of Filter Inlet for Gases and AEROsols (FIGAERO) coupled with Chemical Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (ToF-CIMS). 37th AAAR Conference, Portland, OR, USA.

• 1. Han B.A., Yang L.H., 2016. Predicting novel tick vectors of zoonotic disease. Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) Workshop on #Data4Good: Machine Learning in Social Good Applications, New York, NY, USA.

Experience

Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA Spring 2019-Summer 2021 Research Assistant, Dr. Nga Lee (Sally) Ng’s Lab - Atmospheric Chemistry


• -Characterized the organic aerosol compounds’ degree and pathways of thermal decomposition in FIGAERO-CIMS
• -Conducted a source apportionment analysis using the non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) technique on the low-cost sensor data
• -Compared the performance of a nephelometer and an optical particle counter in detecting particles in the atmosphere

Yonsei University Seoul, Korea Fall 2019-Summer 2020 Global Internship Program Intern, Dr. Jhoon Kim’s Lab - Atmospheric Radiation


• -Prepared the North-East Asia Clean Air Partnership (NEACAP) air quality assessment report in collaboration with the UN ESCAP ENEA division
• -Prepared the Handbook of Air Pollution in collaboration with the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UN ESCAP ENEA division

Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA Summer 2017-Fall 2018 Research Assistant, Dr. Kostas Konstantinidis’ Lab - Environmental Microbial Genomics


• -Led the 16S genomics project of Ecologia, Desarollo, Sociedad y Salud (EcoDess)
• -Developed a protocol for retrieving genomic information of uncultivated microbes from bioaerosols

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Millbrook, NY 2015-2016 High School Research Intern, Dr. Barbara Han’s Lab - Predictive Analytics of Infectious Disease


• -Predicted Ixodes tick species that may carry zoonotic diseases using a machine learning technique called Boosted Regression Tree (BRT)