Engineer Assistant

YONG ZHOU

** ******** *****

Durham, NH *****

Phone: 603-***-****

E-mail: *****@***.***

Objective

An Air Quality Field Technician

Professional Summary

Experience working with GCs in a volatile organic compound (VOC) testing

laboratory, analyzing VOCs in source and ambient air samples using GC and

GC/MS systems. Experience using cryo-concentrating and cryo-focusing

systems to concentrate VOCs. Experience with high vacuum systems and

pressure transducers. Ability to calibrate, maintain, troubleshoot, and

repair on instruments. Development and application of automatic cryogen

free VOC analytical systems for measurements in field locations. Experience

with data record, review, and interpretation.

Professional Experience

Research Associate

University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

09/2006-present

. Collected and analyzed canister air samples for VOCs during the

Atmospheric Investigation, Regional Modeling, Analysis and Prediction

(AIRMAP) program funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA) and the Nitrogen, Aerosols, and Halogen at Tall

Tower (NAHTT, 2011) project at Boulder, CO

. Characterized, optimized, and maintained the multi-channel GC and

GC/MS system for high precision measurements of atmospheric

hydrocarbons, halocarbons, alkyl nitrates, OVOCs and reduced sulfur

gases

. Prepared qualitative/quantitative standards from stock materials

. Developed an advanced cryogen-free system for the measurements of

VOCs, which is automated for unattended operation and can be used at a

wide variety of field locations

. Developed and maintained the automatic VOC analytical system at

Thompson Farm, a monitoring site of the AIRMAP program

. Oversee all of the daily operations of the laboratory

. Write and review standard operating procedures

. Process, review and interpret data

. Prepared scientific manuscripts for peer reviewed literatures

Research Assistant

University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

08/2002-09/2006

. Set up analytical laboratory at UNH for measuring VOCs, including

nonmethane hydrocarbons, halocarbons, oxygenated VOCs, and alkyl

nitrates

. Conducted extensive VOC analysis of ambient air and exhaust samples

from various field campaigns supported by the Climate Change Research

Center, including the New England Air Quality Study (NEAQS) 2002 and

2004, the 2004 International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on

Transport and Transformation (ICARTT) campaign, Biogenic Emission

Estimates and the Application to Future Air Quality Assessments

project (EPA funded) at the FACTS-1 Research Facility at Duke Forest,

NC

. Process and review data

. Prepared scientific manuscripts for peer reviewed literatures

Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI

08/2001-08/2002

. Conducted analysis of ambient air and exhaust samples in the study of

Spatial Variation of Volatile Organic Compounds Associated with

Snowmobile Usages in Yellowstone National Park using a GC/FID/ECD

system

. Supervised undergraduate students in General Chemistry Lab

Other Professional Experience

Environmental Research Engineer, Greencool Environmental Protection

Engineering Co. Ltd., Beijing, China, 04/2000 - 08/2001

Environmental Research Engineer, Zhonghui Pharmaceutical Company, Chengdu,

China, 06/1996 - 03/2000

Assistant Researcher, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering,

Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, 07/1992 - 09/1993

Education

Master's coursework in Chemistry, 16 credits completed toward M.S., Central

Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI, 08/2001-08/2002; Ph.D. in Earth

and Environmental Science with specialty in Atmospheric Analytical

Chemistry, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2006

M. E. in Environmental Science and Engineering, Sichuan University,

Chengdu, China, 09/1993 - 03/1996

B. E. in Environmental Science and Engineering, Sichuan University,

Chengdu, China, 09/1988 - 07/1992

Selected Publications

Zhou, Y., R. Varner, D. Shively, B. Pape, R. Russo and B. Sive (2010), Air

Toxic Emissions from Snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park,

Environ. Sci. Technol., 44, 222 - 228.

Zhou, Y., R. K. Varner, H. Mao, R. S. Russo, J. Ambrose, M. White, O. W.

Wingenter, K. Haase, D. R. Blake, R. Talbot and B. C. Sive (2008),

Bromoform and dibromomethane measurements in the seacoast region of

New Hampshire, 2002-2004, J. Geophys. Res., 113, /D08212,

doi:10.1029/2007JD009103.

Zhou, Y., R. K. Varner, R. S. Russo, O. W. Wingenter, K. B. Haase, R.

Talbot and B. C. Sive (2005), Coastal water source of short-lived

halocarbons in New England, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D21302,

doi:10.1029/2004JD005603.

Sive, B. C., Y. Zhou, D. Troop, Y. Wang, L. C. Nielsen, O. W. Wingenter, R.

K. Varner, R. Russo and R. Talbot, Deployment of a novel cryogen-free

concentration system for measurements of volatile organic compounds

at Appledore Island during ICARTT, ICARTT Data Analysis Workshop,

Durham, NH, August 9-12, 2005.

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