CEADs Member Jiamin Ou Receives the IIASA Mikhalevich Award
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) recently announced the recipients of the 2018 Pecci Award and Mikhalevich Award. CEADs member Jiamin Ou received the Mikhalevich Award. Established in 1995, the Mikhalevich Award is named after the late Vladimir S. Mikhalevich, former chair of the IIASA Council and a renowned scientist. The award recognizes outstanding young scholars who participate each year in IIASA's Young Scientists Summer Programme (YSSP).
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is a multidisciplinary, neutral, non-governmental and non-profit international academic organization headquartered in Vienna, Austria. It has a strong reputation in the international academic community and is a major contributor to important reports such as those of the IPCC. Its research has significant influence on decision-making by international organizations and national governments, and its work on new energy has been recognized by countries including China that are actively promoting new energy development. Founded in 1972, IIASA brings together scientists and scholars from around the world to conduct policy-oriented research on complex problems that cannot be addressed by a single country or discipline alone, especially global issues such as climate change that require international cooperation. IIASA currently has member countries across Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe. With the approval of the State Council, the National Natural Science Foundation of China formally joined IIASA on behalf of China in January 2002.
Each summer, IIASA selects about 50 doctoral students from around the world to join the Young Scientists Summer Programme in Vienna, Austria, for three months of research. Jiamin Ou was a participant in 2018 and received funding from the UK Natural Environment Research Council. Under the supervision of Dr. Zbigniew Klimont and Dr. Shaohui Zhang in IIASA's Air group, Ou completed research on consumption-based ozone pollution in China. Based on the participants' research, IIASA convened the YSSP Scholarship Selection Committee and, after three rigorous rounds of review, selected two awardees. The Pecci Award went to Matt Cooper from the University of Maryland, and the Mikhalevich Award went to Jiamin Ou. CEADs members Dabo Guan and Klaus Hubacek participated in the YSSP in 2004 and 2000, respectively.
Applications for IIASA's Young Scientists Summer Programme are accepted globally from October to January each year. Eligible doctoral students may apply through the IIASA website. More information about the YSSP and the award is available at http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/education/yssp/awards.html.
Jiamin Ou
Jiamin Ou is currently a PhD student in the School of International Development at the University of East Anglia. Ou's research focuses on the accounting of consumption-based air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as the application of climate and air quality models. Ou has published more than 20 papers in international SCI journals, including five first-author papers in Environmental Science & Technology, Applied Energy, Atmospheric Environment and Science of the Total Environment.
Selected Recent Publications
1. Ou, J., Zheng, J., Yuan, Z., Guan, D., Huang, Z., Yu, F., ... & Louie, P. K. (2018). Reconciling discrepancies in the source characterization of VOCs between emission inventories and receptor modeling. Science of the Total Environment, 628, 697-706.
2. Ou, J., Meng, J., Zheng, J., Mi, Z., Bian, Y., Yu, X., ... & Guan, D. (2017). Demand-driven air pollutant emissions for a fast-developing region in China. Applied Energy, 204, 131-142.
3. Ou, J., Yuan, Z., Zheng, J., Huang, Z., Shao, M., Li, Z., ... & Louie, P. K. (2016). Ambient ozone control in a photochemically active region: short-term despiking or long-term attainment?. Environmental science & technology, 50(11), 5720-5728.
4. Ou, J., Zheng, J., Li, R., Huang, X., Zhong, Z., Zhong, L., & Lin, H. (2015). Speciated OVOC and VOC emission inventories and their implications for reactivity-based ozone control strategy in the Pearl River Delta region, China. Science of the Total Environment, 530, 393-402.
5. Ou, Jiamin, et al. "Concentrations and sources of non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) from 2005 to 2013 in Hong Kong: A multi-year real-time data analysis." Atmospheric environment 103 (2015): 196-206.
