Zongwei Ma

Zongwei Ma, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

School of the Environment, Nanjing University

Tel: +86-25-8968-1526

Email: zma@nju.edu.cn

ORCID: 0000-0003-0257-5695

Websites: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zongwei-Ma-3

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PDLo3OMAAAAJ&hl=en

Education

2010.09-2015.06

Ph.D. in Environmental Science (Environmental Planning and Management), School of the Environment, Nanjing University

2012.12-2014.09

China Scholarship Council Joint PhD Program, Department of Environmental Health in Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

2004.09-2006.06

M.S. in Physical Geography, Department of Urban and Resources Sciences, Nanjing University

2000.09-2004.06

B.S. in Resources Environment and Urban and Rural Planning Management, Department of Urban and Resources Sciences, Nanjing University

Professional Experience

2017.11-Present

Associate Professor, School of the Environment, Nanjing University

2015.07-2017.10

Assistant Researcher, School of the Environment, Nanjing University

Postdoc Fellow, School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University

2006.07-2010.03

Environmental impact assessment engineer, Guangxi Research Academy of Environmental Protection Science, Nanning, China.

Research Interests

Environmental risk assessment and management, air pollution exposure and health effects

Academic Service

Member of Specialized Committee of Environmental Information System and Remote Sensing, Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences (2021-Present)

Peer reviewer for journals of Environmental Science & Technology, Remote Sensing of Environment, Atmospheric Environment, and Science of the Total Environment etc.

Teaching

Environmental Information System (Undergraduate)

Environmental Investigation and Statistical Analysis (Master)

Earth System Science (Undergraduate, responsible for the teaching of "impact assessment of earth system change"

Projects

Study on regional environmental risk assessment and control coupled with natural disasters, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Principal Investigator, 2022.01-2025.12

Development of risk situation analysis and early warning, and healthy Yangtze River index optimization modules for the big data platform of "Taizhou Action for Healthy Yangtze River", Taizhou Ecological Environment Bureau, Principal Investigator, 2021.07-2022.12

Study on methods for environmental risk zoning and mapping, the third-party technical support project of second pollution source census of China, Principal Investigator, 2019.05-2020.06

Study on performance evaluation and improvement countermeasures of pollutant discharge permit system for key industries in Taihu Basin, A subject of the Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment, Principal Investigator, 2018.01-2021.06

Study on evaluation of industrial technology and pollution control technology of enterprises in printing and dyeing, and chemical industries in Taihu Basin, A subject of the Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment, Principal Investigator, 2018.01-2021.06

Study on environmental risk assessment and driving forces of regional short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), National Natural Science Foundation of China (41601546), Principal Investigator, 2017-2019.

Refined exposure assessment of regional PM2.5 using satellite remote sensing, Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation of China (BK20160624), Principal Investigator, 2016.07-2018.06.

Selected Publications (1 authors contributed equally; * corresponding authors)

2021

Litiao Hu, Qin Huang, Jun Bi, Zongwei Ma*. Achievement of efficiency evaluation and early warning of the management indicators of aquatic ecological environment functional zoning in the Taihu Basin. Environmental Monitoring and Forewarning, 2021, 13(4): 6-13, 29. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-6732.2021.04.002 (in Chinese with English Abstract)

Wangjinyu Shi, Jun Bi, Riyang Liu, Miaomiao Liu*, Zongwei Ma*. Decrease in the chronic health effects from PM2.5 during the 13th Five-Year Plan in China: impacts of air pollution control policies, Journal of Cleaner Production, 317 (2021): 128433. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128433

Yue Gao, Guozhi Cao, Ping Ni, Yue Tang, Yetong Liu, Jun Bi*, Zongwei Ma*. Natural hazard triggered technological risks in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China. Scientific Reports, 11 (2021): 13842. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-93353-y

Qiuyue Zhao, Wei Zhao, Jun Bi, Zongwei Ma*. Climatology and calibration of MERRA-2 PM2.5 components over China. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 12 (2021): 357-366. DOI: 10.1016/j.apr.2020.11.016

Qin Huang, Fen Yang, Jing Dai, Fen Yi, Zongwei Ma*. Collaborative mechanism of environmental risks control in Nanjing Metropolitan Area. Environmental Monitoring and Forewarning, 2021, 13(1): 14-19. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-6732.2021.01.003 (in Chinese with English Abstract)

2020

Yanchuan Shao, Zongwei Ma*, Jianghao Wang*, Jun Bi. Estimating daily ground-level PM2.5 in China with random-forest-based spatiotemporal kriging. Science of the Total Environment, 740 (2020): 139761. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139761

Riyang Liu, Zongwei Ma*, Yang Liu, Yanchuan Shao, Wei Zhao, Jun Bi*. Spatiotemporal distributions of surface ozone levels in China from 2005 to 2017: a machine learning approach. Environment International, 142 (2020): 105823. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105823

Zongwei Ma, Yue Gao, Jun Bi*. Natech risk research: status, theory and prospect. Chinese Journal of Environment Management, 2020, 12(2): 69-75. DOI: 10.16868/j.cnki.1674-6252.2020.02.069 (in Chinese with English Abstract)

2019

Miaomiao Liu, Xinya Zhao, Jun Bi, Zongwei Ma*. DPSR-based index system for comprehensive evaluation of regional river health. Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae, 2019, 39(10): 3542-3550. DOI: 10.13671/j.hjkxxb.2019.0267 (in Chinese with English Abstract)

Zongwei Ma, Riyang Liu, Yang Liu, Jun Bi*: Effects of air pollution control policies on PM2.5 pollution improvement in China from 2005 to 2017: a satellite-based perspective. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19 (2019): 6861-6877. DOI: 10.5194/acp-19-6861-2019 (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

Guozhi Cao, Jun Bi, Zongwei Ma*, Zhijuan Shao*, Jinnan Wang. Seasonal characteristics of the chemical composition of fine particles in residences of Nanjing, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (2019): 1066. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16061066

Jing Dai, Shu Li, Jun Bi*, Zongwei Ma*. The health risk-benefit feasibility of nuclear power development. Journal of Cleaner Production, 224 (2019): 198-206. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.03.206

Guozhi Cao, Yue Gao, Jinnan Wang, Xiafei Zhou, Jun Bi*, Zongwei Ma*. Spatially resolved risk assessment of environmental incidents in China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 219 (2019): 856-864. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.130

Sisi Pu, Zhijuan Shao, Lei Yang, Riyang Liu, Jun Bi, Zongwei Ma*. How much will the Chinese public pay for air pollution mitigation? A nationwide empirical study based on a willingness-to-pay scenario and air purifier costs. Journal of Cleaner Production, 218 (2019): 51-60. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.01.270

Zhijuan Shao, Xiangjun Yin, Jun Bi, Zongwei Ma*, Jinnan Wang. Spatiotemporal variations of indoor PM2.5 concentrations in Nanjing, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (2019): 144. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16010144

Sisi Pu, Zhijuan Shao, Minrui Fang, Lei Yang, Riyang Liu, Jun Bi*, Zongwei Ma*. Spatial distribution of the public's risk perception for air pollution: A nationwide study in China. Science of the Total Environment, 655 (2019): 454-462. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.232

2018

Guozhi Cao, Lei Yang, Lingxuan Liu, Jun Bi, Zongwei Ma*, Jinnan Wang*. Environmental incidents in China: lessons from 2006 to 2015. Science of the Total Environment, 633 (2018): 1165-1172. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.271

Peichen Lv, Shu Li, Zongwei Ma*, Jun Bi*. Improvement of China's environmental rsk assessment system: experience and enlightenment from the United States. Environmental Monitoring and Forewarning, 2018, 10(2):1-5. DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1674-6732.2018.02.001 (in Chinese with English Abstract)

2017

Miaomiao Liu, Jun Bi, Zongwei Ma*. Visibility-Based PM2.5 Concentrations in China: 1957−1964 and 1973−2014. Environmental Science & Technology, 51 (2017): 13161-13169. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b03468

Wenxi Yu, Yang Liu, Zongwei Ma*, Jun Bi*. Improving satellite-based PM2.5 estimates in China using Gaussian processes modeling in a Bayesian hierarchical setting. Scientific Reports, 7 (2017): 7048. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07478-0

Miaomiao Liu, Xingyu Liu, Yining Huang, Zongwei Ma*, Jun Bi*. Epidemic transition of environmental health risk during China’s urbanization. Science Bulletin, 62 (2017): 92-98. DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2016.12.004

Ting Wen, Jigan Wang, Zongwei Ma*, Jun Bi*. Driving forces behind the Chinese public's demand for improved environmental safety. Science of the Total Environment, 603-604 (2017): 237–243. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.086

Zhijuan Shao , Jun Bi, Zongwei Ma *, Jinnan Wang *. Seasonal trends of indoor fine particulate matter and its determinants in urban residences of Nanjing, China. Building and Environment, 125(2017): 319-325. DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.09.002

Jing Dai, Zongwei Ma*, Jun Bi, Liping Zou, Hongfei Hu. Strategy research on the complementary and collaborative development of environmental impact assessment and whole-process environmental risk management. Environmental Impact Assessment, 2017, 39(1): 1-4. DOI: 10.14086/j.ceia.2017.01.01 (in Chinese with English Abstract)

2016

Zongwei Ma, Xuefei Hu, Andrew M. Sayer, Robert C. Levy, Qiang Zhang, Yingang Xue, Shilu Tong, Jun Bi, Lei Huang*, Yang Liu*. Satellite-based spatiotemporal trends in PM2.5 concentrations: China, 2004–2013. Environmental Health Perspectives, 124 (2016): 184-192. DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1409481 (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

Zongwei Ma, Yang Liu, Qiuyue Zhao, Miaomiao Liu, Yuanchun Zhou, Jun Bi*. Satellite-derived high resolution PM2.5 concentrations in Yangtze River Delta Region of China using improved linear mixed effects model. Atmospheric Environment, 133 (2016): 156-164. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.03.040

Zongwei Ma, Kai Chen, Zhiyuan Li, Jun Bi, Lei Huang*. Heavy metals in soils and road dusts in the mining areas of Western Suzhou, China: A preliminary identification of contaminated sites. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 16 (2016): 204-214. DOI: 10.1007/s11368-015-1208-1

Yang Liu, Zongwei Ma*, Jianshu Lv*, Jun Bi. Identifying sources and hazardous risks of heavy metals in topsoils of rapidly urbanizing East China. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 26 (2016): 735-749. DOI: 10.1007/s11442-016-1296-x

Jing Dai, Jun Bi, Zongwei Ma*. Risk ranking and its application in environmental risk management. Environmental Monitoring and Forewarning, 2016, 8(1): 1-4, 18. (in Chinese with English Abstract)

2014

Zongwei Ma, Xuefei Hu, Lei Huang, Jun Bi*, Yang Liu*. Estimating ground-level PM2.5 in China using satellite remote sensing. Environmental Science & Technology, 48 (2014): 7436−7444, DOI: 10.1021/es5009399 (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

Zongwei Ma, Tiantian Li, Changsheng Qu, Jun Bi*, Lei Huang*. Evaluation and source identification of trace element contamination of soils in the Qixia lead-zinc mining area, Jiangsu, China. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 14 (2014):1703–1712, DOI: 10.1007/s11368-014-0900-x

2013

Zongwei Ma, Kai Chen, Zengwei Yuan, Jun Bi*, Lei Huang*. Ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in surface sediments of six major Chinese freshwater lakes. Journal of Environmental Quality, 42 (2013):341–350, DOI: 10.2134/jeq2012.0178

Before 2013

Zongwei Ma, Youpeng Xu, Shanjin Zhong. Influence of river network fractal characteristic on runoff: Case study in the basin of upper and middle courses of Gan River. Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin, 2009, 18(2):163-169. (in Chinese with English Abstract)

Zongwei Ma, Youpeng Xu, Jiajun Li. River fractal dimension and the relationship between river fractal dimension and river flood: Taking the middle and lower course of the Yangtze River as an example. Advances in Water Science, 2005, 16(4): 530-534. (in Chinese with English Abstract)

Patents and software copyrights

Performance evaluation system of discharge permits management in Taihu Basin V1.0, software copyright, 2021SR0177857

Smart auxiliary system software for technology assessment of chemical industry in Taihu Lake Basin V1.0, software copyright, 2021SR0524813

Smart auxiliary system software for technology assessment of printing and dyeing industry in Taihu Lake Basin V1.0, software copyright, 2021SR0524814

Smart auxiliary system software for performance evaluation of water ecological function zoning management in Taihu Basin V1.0, software copyright, 2021SR0459846

Jun Bi, Zongwei Ma, Yanchuan Shao et al., A satellite-based inversion method for PM2.5 particle size components, patent, ZL201911240283.6

Awards

Environmental Impairment Liability Insurance (EIL) System, The International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, gold medal (4/7), 2021

Research on health risk management of air pollution, The 6th Award for Management Science of Society of Management Science of China (2/8), 2018.

Optimized Whole Process Management Tools for Environmental Risks. Award for Science and Technology Progress of the Ministry of Education, First Prize (12/18), 2016.

Excellent Ph.D. Dissertation, 2016, Nanjing University

Opportunities

Students with backgrounds in environmental science, geography, risk analysis, and data mining are welcome to apply for the master program of environmental planning and management.