People

Xiaopu LYU

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, HKBU

Education

• Ph.D. — The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2018
• MPhil. — Wuhan University, 2014
• BSc. — Zhejiang University of Technology, 2012

Contact

• xiaopu_lyu@hkbu.edu.hk

Dr. Lyu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Hong Kong Baptist University. Prior to this role, he held various positions at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University from September 2017 to January 2023, including Research Assistant, Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Fellow, and Research Assistant Professor. Dr. Lyu's research primarily focuses on formation mechanisms of photochemical compound air pollution. His work investigates the sources and atmospheric behaviors of volatile organic compounds, regional and global studies on tropospheric ozone pollution, and the sources and formation of organic aerosols. To date, Dr. Lyu has published over 80 scientific papers in internationally renowned journals, serving as the first and corresponding author in notable publications such as One Earth (1), Environmental Science & Technology (3), and Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (3). His research has been cited over 4,300 times, reflecting an H-index of 35. Dr. Lyu has successfully secured and led numerous competitive research grants totaling over HK$8.5 million, including one NSFC/General Program, one NSFC/Youth Science Fund, two RGC/GRFs, one RGC/CRF (co-host), one PPRFSS, and Rising Star Research Grant. He is actively involved in the scientific community, serving as a Standing Committee Member of the Ozone Pollution Control Professional Committee, Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, and a Member of the Australia-China Centre for Air Quality Science and Management.