Chunmao Zhu

• Atmospheric chemistry, remote sensing of wildfires, organic aerosols
• Aerosol chemical compositions and optical properties
• Emissions of organic components from land/oceacosn eystem and their climatic effects
• Source apportionment of aerosols/gases based on Flexpart and remote sensing
• Dynamics of microplastics in the ocean and the effects on ecosystem

• Since 2023, Associate Editor, Discover Atmosphere (Springer Nature)
• Since 2022, Young Editorial Board Member, Journal of Remote Sensing (Science Partner Journal)

• 1. Japan Society of Atmospheric Chemistry Young Scientist Award (日本大気化学会第16回奨励賞). Source apportionment of carbonaceous aerosols in land based on observations, remote sensing and transport model (現場・リモート観測および大気輸送モデルを用いた炭素性エアロゾル発生に関する陸域生態系変動との統合的研究). Chiba University (online), November 2020
• 2. IGAC Young Scientist Award. The 12^th International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Open Science Conference: Chunmao Zhu et al., Continuous estimates of soil CO₂ effluxes under seasonal snowpack on Rishiri Island. Beijing, China, September 2012

• 40. Chunmao Zhu, Takuma Miyakawa, Fumikazu Taketani, Bhagawati Kunwar, Dhananjay Kumar, Kimitaka Kawamura, Yugo Kanaya. Both emissions and ageing altered brown carbon aerosols in the East Asian outflow. Scientific Reports, 16, 4774, 2026, doi:10.1038/s41598-026-35012-8
• 39. Chunmao Zhu, Fumikazu Taketani, Takuma Miyakawa, Masayuki Takigawa, Yugo Kanaya. Latitudinal gradient of brown carbon aerosols from the western north Pacific to the Arctic. Prog Earth Planet Sci, 12, 2025, doi:10.1186/s40645-025-00785-5
• 38. Makoto Koike, Masayuki Takigawa, Shinji Morimoto, …, Chunmao Zhu, et al. (2025). Studies of atmospheric climate forcers in the Arctic during the ArCS II project. Polar Science, 101216, 2025, doi:10.1016/j.polar.2025.101216.
• 37. Fumikazu Taketani, Yutaka Tobo, Takuma Miyakawa, Masayuki Takigawa, Chunmao Zhu, Yugo Kanaya. Impact of Siberian wildfires on ice-nucleating particle concentrations over the Northwestern Pacific, Environmental Science & Technology, 49, 2339–2886, 2025, doi:10.1021/acs.est.4c04889
• 36. Takeshi Kinase, Fumikazu Taketani, Masayuki Takigawa, Chunmao Zhu, Yongwon Kim, Petr Mordovskoi, Yugo Kanaya. Long-term observations of black carbon and carbon monoxide in the Poker Flat Research Range, central Alaska, with a focus on forest wildfire emissions, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 25, 143–156, 2025, doi: 10.5194/acp-25-143-2025
• 35. Takuma Miyakawa, Akinori Ito, Chunmao Zhu, Atsushi Shimizu, Erika Matsumoto, Yusuke Mizuno, Yugo Kanaya. Trace elements in PM2.5 aerosols in East Asian outflow in the spring of 2018: Emission, transport, and source apportionment, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23, 14609–14626, 2023, doi:10.5194/acp-23-14609-2023
• 34. Chunmao Zhu and Yugo Kanaya. Eliminating the interference of water for direct sensing of submerged plastics using hyperspectral near-infrared imager. Scientific Reports, 13, 15991, 2023, doi:10.1038/s41598-023-39754-7
• 33. Fumikazu Taketani, Takuma Miyakawa, Masayuki Takigawa, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Yuichi Komazaki, Petr Mordovskoi, Hisahiro Takashima, Chunmao Zhu, Shigeto Nishino, Yasunori Tohjima, Yugo Kanaya. Characteristics of atmospheric black carbon and other aerosol particles over the Arctic Ocean in early autumn 2016: Influence from biomass burning as assessed with observed microphysical properties and model simulations. Science of The Total Environment, 848, 157671, 2022, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157671
• 32. Jinbo Liu, Weidong Kong, Pinhua Xia, Chunmao Zhu, Xiangzhen Li. Prokaryotic community succession in bulk and rhizosphere soils along a high-elevation glacier retreat chronosequence on the Tibetan Plateau. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 2021, doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.736407
• 31. Yugo Kanaya, Kazuyo Yamaji, Takuma Miyakawa, Fumikazu Taketani, Chunmao Zhu, Yongjoo Choi, Kohei Ikeda, Hiroshi Tanimoto, Daichi Yamada, Daiju Narita, Yutaka Kondo, Zbigniew Klimont. Dominance of the residential sector in Chinese black carbon emissions as identified from downwind atmospheric observations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Reports, 11, 1238, 2021, doi:10.1038/s41598-021-02518-2
• 30. Chunmao Zhu, Takuma Miyakawa, Hitoshi Irie, Yongjoo Choi, Fumikazu Taketani, Yugo Kanaya. Light-absorption properties of brown carbon aerosols in the Asian outflow: Implications of a combination of filter and ground remote-sensing observations at Fukue Island, Japan. Science of The Total Environment, 797, 149155, 2021, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149155
• 29. Tomo Kitahashi, Ryota Nakajima, Hidetaka Nomaki, Masashi Tsuchiya, Akinori Yabuki, Sojiro Yamaguchi, Chunmao Zhu, Yugo Kanaya, Dhugal J Lindsay, Sanae Chiba, Katsunori Fujikura. Development of robust models for rapid classification of microplastic polymer types based on near infrared hyperspectral images. Analytical Methods, 13, 2215–2222, 2021, doi:10.1039/D1AY00110H
• 28. Chunmao Zhu, Yugo Kanaya, Masashi Tsuchiya, Ryota Nakajima, Hidetaka Nomaki, Tomo Kitahashi, Katsunori Fujikura. Optimization of a hyperspectral imaging system for rapid detection of microplastics down to 100 µm. MethodsX, 8, 101175, 2021, doi:10.1016/j.mex.2020.101175
• 27. Suresh K. R. Boreddy, Fahmida Parvin, Kimitaka Kawamura, Chunmao Zhu, Chung-Te Lee. Influence of forest fires on the formation processes of low molecular weight dicarboxylic acids, ω-oxocarboxylic acids, pyruvic acid and α-dicarbonyls in springtime fine (PM2.5) aerosols over Southeast Asia. Atmospheric Environment, 2020, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.118065
• 26. Yongjoo Choi, Yugo Kanaya, Masayuki Takigawa, Chunmao Zhu, Seung-Myung Park, Atsushi Matsuki, Yasuhiro Sadanaga, Sang-Woo Kim, Xiaole Pan, Ignacio Pisso. Investigation of the wet removal rate of black carbon in East Asia: validation of a below- and in-cloud wet removal scheme in FLEXible PARTicle (FLEXPART) model v10.4. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20, 13655–13670, 2020, doi:10.5194/acp-20-13655-2020
• 25. Yugo Kanaya, Kazuyo Yamaji, Takuma Miyakawa, Fumikazu Taketani, Chunmao Zhu, Yongjoo Choi, Yuichi Komazaki, Kohei Ikeda, Yutaka Kondo, Zbigniew Klimont. Rapid reduction in black carbon emissions from China: evidence from 2009–2019 observations on Fukue Island, Japan. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20, 6339–6356, 2020, doi: 10.5194/acp-20-6339-2020
• 24. Chunmao Zhu, Yugo Kanaya, Ryota Nakajima, Masashi Tsuchiya, Hidetaka Nomaki, Tomo Kitahashi, Katsunori Fujikura. Characterization of microplastics on filter substrates based on hyperspectral imaging: Laboratory assessments. Environmental Pollution, 263, 114296, 2020, doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114296
• 23. Chunmao Zhu, Yugo Kanaya, Masayuki Takigawa, Kohei Ikeda, Hiroshi Tanimoto, Fumikazu Taketani, Takuma Miyakawa, Hideki Kobayashi, and Ignacio Pisso. Flexpart v10.1 simulation of source contributions to Arctic black carbon. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20, 1641–1656, 2020, doi:10.5194/acp-20-1641-2020
• 22. Takuma Miyakawa, Yuichi Komazaki, Chunmao Zhu, Fumikazu Taketani, Xiaole Pan, Zifa Wang, and Yugo Kanaya. Characterization of carbonaceous aerosols in Asian outflow in the spring of 2015 : importance of non-fossil fuel sources. Atmospheric Environment, 214, 116858, 2019, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.116858
• 21. Xiaoyan Liu, Yan-Lin Zhang, Yiran Peng, Lulu Xu, Chunmao Zhu, Fang Cao, Xiaoyao Zhai, Mozammel Haque, Chi Yang, Yunhua Chang, Tong Huang, Zufei Xu, Mengying Bao, Wenqi Zhang, Meiyi Fan, and Xuhui Lee. Impacts of Regional-transported Biomass Burning Emissions on Chemical and Optical Properties of Carbonaceous Aerosols in Nanjing, East China. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19, 11213–11233, 2019, doi:10.5194/acp-19-11213-2019
• 20. Chunmao Zhu, Yugo Kanaya, Hisayuki Yoshikawa-Inoue, Tomohisa Irino, Osamu Seki, Yasunori Tohjima. Sources of atmospheric black carbon and related carbonaceous components at Rishiri Island, Japan: The roles of Siberian wildfires and of crop residue burning in China. Environmental Pollution, 247, 55–63, 2019, doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2019.01.003
• 19. Hanqing Kang, Bin Zhu, Ronald J.van der A, Chunmao Zhu, Gerrit de Leeuw, Xuewei Hou, Jinhui Gao. Natural and anthropogenic contributions to long-term variations of SO2, NO2, CO, and AOD over East China. Atmospheric Research, 215, 284–293, 2019, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.09.012
• 18. Suresh K.R.Boreddy, Fahmida Parvina, Kimitaka Kawamura, Chunmao Zhu, Chung-Te Lee. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions of fine aerosols (PM2.5) during an intensive biomass burning over Southeast Asia: Influence of SOA and aging. Atmospheric Environment, 191, 478–489, 2018, doi:110.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.08.034
• 17. Chunmao Zhu, Hideki Kobayashi, Yugo Kanaya, Masahiko Saito. Size-dependent validation of MODIS MCD64A1 burned area over six vegetation types in boreal Eurasia: Large underestimation in croplands. Scientific Reports, 7, 4181, 2017, doi:10.1038/s41598-017-03739-0
• 16. Kohei Ikeda, Hiroshi Tanimoto, Takafumi Sugita, Hideharu Akiyoshi, Yugo Kanaya, Chunmao Zhu, Fumikazu Taketani. Tagged tracer simulations of black carbon in the Arctic: Transport, source contributions, and budget, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17, 10515–10533, 2017, doi:10.5194/acp-17-10515-2017
• 15. Chunmao Zhu, Kimitaka Kawamura, Yasuro Fukuda, Michihiro Mochida, Yoko Iwamoto. Fungal spores overwhelm biogenic organic aerosols in a mid-latitudinal forest. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 7497–7506, 2016, doi:10.5194/acp-16-7497-2016
• 14. Chunmao Zhu, Kimitaka Kawamura, Pingqing Fu. Seasonal variations of biogenic secondary organic aerosol tracers in Cape Hedo, Okinawa. Atmospheric Environment, 130, 113–119, 2016, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.08.069
• 13. Yele Sun, Wei Du, Pingqing Fu, Qingqing Wang, Jie Li, Xinlei Ge, Qi Zhang, Chunmao Zhu, Lujie Ren, Weiqi Xu, Jian Zhao, Tingting Han, Douglas R. Worsnop, Zifa Wang. Primary and secondary aerosols in Beijing in winter: sources, variations and processes. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 8309–8329, doi:10.5194/acp-16-8309-2016, 2016
• 12. Bhagawati Kunwar, Kimitaka Kawamura, Chunmao Zhu. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions of ambient aerosols collected from Okinawa Island in the western North Pacific Rim, an outflow region of Asian dusts and pollutants. Atmospheric Environment, 131, 243–253, 2016, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.01.035
• 11. Bhagawati Kunwar, K. Torii, Chunmao Zhu, Pingqing Fu, Kimitaka Kawamura. Springtime variations of organic and inorganic constituents in submicron aerosols (PM1.0) from Cape Hedo, Okinawa. Atmospheric Environment, 130, 84–94, 2016, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.09.002
• 10. Jinbo Liu, Weidong Kong, Guoshuai Zhang, Ajmal Khan, Guangxia Guo, Chunmao Zhu, Xiaojie Wei, Shichang Kang, Rachael Morgan-Kiss. Diversity and succession of autotrophic microbial community in high-elevation soils along deglaciation chronosequence. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 92, fiw160, 2016, doi:10.1093/femsec/fiw160
• 9. Chunmao Zhu, Kimitaka Kawamura, Bhagawati Kunwar. Organic tracers of primary biological aerosol particles at subtropical Okinawa Island in the western North Pacific Rim. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmosphere, 120, 5504–5523, 2015, doi:10.1002/2015JD023611
• 8. Santosh Kumar Verma, Kimitaka Kawamura, Jing Chen, Pingqing Fu, Chunmao Zhu. Thirteen years of observations on biomass burning organic tracers over Chichijima Island in the western North Pacific: An outflow region of Asian aerosols, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 120, 4155–4168, 2015, doi:10.1002/2014JD022224
• 7. Chunmao Zhu, Kimitaka Kawamura, Bhagawati Kunwar. Effect of biomass burning over the western North Pacific Rim: wintertime maxima of anhydrosugars in ambient aerosols from Okinawa. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15, 1959–1973, 2015, doi:10.5194/acp-15-1959-2015
• 6. Chunmao Zhu, Hisayuki Yoshikawa-Inoue. Seven years of observational atmospheric CO₂ at a maritime site in northernmost Japan and implications. Science of the Total Environment, 524–525, 331–337, 2015, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.044
• 5. Chunmao Zhu, Hisayuki Yoshikawa-Inoue, Yasunori Tohjima, Tomohisa Irino. Temporal variations in black carbon recorded on Rishiri Island, northern Japan. Geochemical Journal, 49, 283–294, 2015, doi:10.2343/geochemj.2.0356
• 4. Momoko Nakayama, Chunmao Zhu, Jun Hirokawa, Tomohisa Irino, Hisayuki Yoshikawa-Inoue. Ozone depletion in the interstitial air of the seasonal snowpack in northern Japan, Tellus B, 67, 24934, 2015, doi:10.3402/tellusb.v67.24934
• 3. Chunmao Zhu, Momoko Nakayama, Hisayuki Yoshikawa-Inoue. Continuous measurement of CO₂ flux through the snowpack in a dwarf bamboo ecosystem on Rishiri Island, Hokkaido, Japan. Polar Science, 8, 218–231, 2014, doi:10.1016/j.polar.2014.04.003
• 2. Hisayuki Yoshikawa-Inoue, Chunmao Zhu. Ecosystem respiration derived from 222Rn measurements on Rishiri Island, Japan, Biogeochemistry, 115, 185–194, 2013, doi:10.1007/s10533-013-9827-3
• 1. Chunmao Zhu, Hisayuki Yoshikawa-Inoue, Hidekadzu Matsueda, Yosuke Sawa, Yosuke Niwa, Akira Wada, Hiroshi Tanimoto. Influence of Asian outflow on Rishiri Island, northernmost Japan: Application of radon as a tracer for characterizing fetch regions and evaluating a global 3D model. Atmospheric Environment, 50, 174–181, 2012, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.12.043

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• 1. Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (2019-2021), Light absorption properties of brown carbon aerosols in East Asia and source apportionment (Principal Investigator)
• 2.Steel Foundation for Environmental Protection Technology (2018), Dynamics of light absorbing organic aerosols properties in East Asia (Principal Investigator)
• 3.Joint Research Program of CEReS, Chiba University (2018), SKYNET ground remote sensing of light absorbing organic aerosols in East Asia (Principal Investigator)
• 4. Ocean Resource Use Promotion Technology Development Program, MEXT (2018-2022),Development of automatic detection system for microplastics based on hyperspectral imaging (Co-Investigator)
• 5. ArCSⅡ：Arctic Challenge for Sustainability Ⅱ (2020-2025) (Co-Investigator)
• 6. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (2023-2025), What are the dominant sources of brown carbon aerosols in East Asia?  (Principal Investigator)