Faculty Profiles - BHATTARAI Hemraj | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Hemraj BHATTARAI

PhD in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2024

Research Assistant Professor
Division of Environment and Sustainability

(852) 3469 2413
hemraj@ust.hk
Room 4363
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ORCID

0000-0002-7132-6660

ResearcherID

ABA-8995-2021

Scopus ID

57205363413

Research Interest Publications Projects

Research Interest

Air pollution measurement and modeling
Atmospheric chemistry
Air pollution exposure and health impact assessment

Publications

All Years 13 2026 1 2025 1 2024 4 2023 1 2022 1 2021 2 2020 3

2026 1

Ozone mitigates extended growing season and enhanced vegetation greenness driven by environmental change

Nature Communications, v. 17, (1), article number 5445
Yin, Hao; Meng, Lin; Richardson, Andrew D.; Martin, Maria Val; Mao, Jiafu; Li, Huidong; Gilligan, Jonathan M.; Bhattarai, Hemraj; Tai, Amos P.K.
Article

2025 1

Global wildfire patterns and drivers under climate change

Biogeosciences, v. 22, (23), p. 7591-7610
Bhattarai, Hemraj; Val Martin, Maria; Sitch, Stephen; Yung, David H.Y.; Tai, Amos P.K.
Article

2024 4

A systematic review of spatial and temporal epidemiological approaches, focus on lung cancer risk associated with particulate matter

BMC Public Health, v. 24, (1), article number 2945
Neupane, Basanta Kumar; Acharya, Bipin Kumar; Cao, Chunxiang; Xu, Min; Bhattarai, Hemraj; Yang, Yujie; Wang, Shaohua
Article

Impacts of changes in climate, land use, and emissions on global ozone air quality by mid-21st century following selected shared socioeconomic pathways

Science of the Total Environment, v. 906, article number 167759
Bhattarai, Hemraj; Tai, Amos P.K.; Val Martin, Maria; Yung, David H.Y.
Article

Nitrogen aerosols in New Delhi, India: Speciation, formation, and sources

Atmospheric Research, v. 304, article number 107343
Pei, Qiaomin; Wan, Xin; Widory, David; Ram, Kirpa; Adhikary, Bhupesh; Wu, Guangming; Diao, Xing; Bhattarai, Hemraj; Zhang, Yan Lin; Loewen, Mark; Cong, Zhiyuan
Article

Responses of fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) air quality to future climate, land use, and emission changes: insights from modeling across shared socioeconomic pathways

Science of the Total Environment, v. 948, article number 174611
Bhattarai, Hemraj; Tai, Amos P.K.; Val Martin, Maria; Yung, David H.Y.
Article

2023 1

Wildfire-derived nitrogen aerosols threaten the fragile ecosystem in Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau

Environmental Science and Technology, v. 57, (25), p. 9243-9251
Bhattarai, Hemraj; Wu, Guangming; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Zhu, Hongxia; Gao, Shaopeng; Zhang, Yan Lin; Widory, David; Ram, Kirpa; Chen, Xintong; Wan, Xin; Pei, Qiaomin; Pan, Yuepeng; Kang, Shichang; Cong, Zhiyuan
Article

2022 1

Nitrogenous and carbonaceous aerosols in PM_2.5 and TSP during pre-monsoon: characteristics and sources in the highly polluted mountain valley

Journal of Environmental Sciences, v. 115, p. 10-24
Bhattarai, Hemraj; Tripathee, Lekhendra; Kang, Shichang; Chen, Pengfei; Sharma, Chhatra Mani; Ram, Kirpa; Guo, Junming; Rupakheti, Maheswar
Article

2021 2

Concentration, sources and wet deposition of dissolved nitrogen and organic carbon in the Northern Indo-Gangetic Plain during monsoon

Journal of Environmental Sciences, v. 102, p. 37-52
Bhattarai, Hemraj; Tripathee, Lekhendra; Kang, Shichang; Sharma, Chhatra Mani; Chen, Pengfei; Guo, Junming; Ghimire, Prakriti Sharma
Article

Water-soluble organic and inorganic nitrogen in ambient aerosols over the Himalayan middle hills: Seasonality, sources, and transport pathways

Atmospheric Research, v. 250, article number 105376
Tripathee, Lekhendra; Kang, Shichang; Chen, Pengfei; Bhattarai, Hemraj; Guo, Junming; Shrestha, Kundan Lal; Sharma, Chhatra Mani; Sharma Ghimire, Prakriti; Huang, Jie
Article

2019 3

Aromatic acids as biomass-burning tracers in atmospheric aerosols and ice cores: A review

Environmental Pollution, v. 247, p. 216-228
Wan, Xin; Kawamura, Kimitaka; Ram, Kirpa; Kang, Shichang; Loewen, Mark; Gao, Shaopeng; Wu, Guangming; Fu, Pingqing; Zhang, Yanlin; Bhattarai, Hemraj; Cong, Zhiyuan
Article

Bioaccumulation of mercury in fishes of Jagadishpur Reservoir, Nepal

Nepal Journal of Environmental Science, v. 7, p. 17-23
Acharya, Prakash; Sharma, Chhatra Mani; Kang, Shichang; Tripathee, Lekhendra; Guo, Junming; Paudyal, Rukumesh; Zhang, Qianggong; BHATTARAI, Hemraj; Sillanpää, Mika
Article

Levoglucosan as a tracer of biomass burning: Recent progress and perspectives

Atmospheric Research, v. 220, p. 20-33
Bhattarai, Hemraj; Saikawa, Eri; Wan, Xin; Zhu, Hongxia; Ram, Kirpa; Gao, Shaopeng; Kang, Shichang; Zhang, Qianggong; Zhang, Yulan; Wu, Guangming; Wang, Xiaoping; Kawamura, Kimitaka; Fu, Pingqing; Cong, Zhiyuan
Article

Article 1

Ozone mitigates extended growing season and enhanced vegetation greenness driven by environmental change

Nature Communications, v. 17, (1), article number 5445
Yin, Hao; Meng, Lin; Richardson, Andrew D.; Martin, Maria Val; Mao, Jiafu; Li, Huidong; Gilligan, Jonathan M.; Bhattarai, Hemraj; Tai, Amos P.K.

Article 1

Global wildfire patterns and drivers under climate change

Biogeosciences, v. 22, (23), p. 7591-7610
Bhattarai, Hemraj; Val Martin, Maria; Sitch, Stephen; Yung, David H.Y.; Tai, Amos P.K.

Article 4

A systematic review of spatial and temporal epidemiological approaches, focus on lung cancer risk associated with particulate matter

BMC Public Health, v. 24, (1), article number 2945
Neupane, Basanta Kumar; Acharya, Bipin Kumar; Cao, Chunxiang; Xu, Min; Bhattarai, Hemraj; Yang, Yujie; Wang, Shaohua

Impacts of changes in climate, land use, and emissions on global ozone air quality by mid-21st century following selected shared socioeconomic pathways

Science of the Total Environment, v. 906, article number 167759
Bhattarai, Hemraj; Tai, Amos P.K.; Val Martin, Maria; Yung, David H.Y.

Nitrogen aerosols in New Delhi, India: Speciation, formation, and sources

Atmospheric Research, v. 304, article number 107343
Pei, Qiaomin; Wan, Xin; Widory, David; Ram, Kirpa; Adhikary, Bhupesh; Wu, Guangming; Diao, Xing; Bhattarai, Hemraj; Zhang, Yan Lin; Loewen, Mark; Cong, Zhiyuan

Responses of fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) air quality to future climate, land use, and emission changes: insights from modeling across shared socioeconomic pathways

Science of the Total Environment, v. 948, article number 174611
Bhattarai, Hemraj; Tai, Amos P.K.; Val Martin, Maria; Yung, David H.Y.

Article 1

Wildfire-derived nitrogen aerosols threaten the fragile ecosystem in Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau

Environmental Science and Technology, v. 57, (25), p. 9243-9251
Bhattarai, Hemraj; Wu, Guangming; Zheng, Xiaoyan; Zhu, Hongxia; Gao, Shaopeng; Zhang, Yan Lin; Widory, David; Ram, Kirpa; Chen, Xintong; Wan, Xin; Pei, Qiaomin; Pan, Yuepeng; Kang, Shichang; Cong, Zhiyuan

Article 1

Nitrogenous and carbonaceous aerosols in PM_2.5 and TSP during pre-monsoon: characteristics and sources in the highly polluted mountain valley

Journal of Environmental Sciences, v. 115, p. 10-24
Bhattarai, Hemraj; Tripathee, Lekhendra; Kang, Shichang; Chen, Pengfei; Sharma, Chhatra Mani; Ram, Kirpa; Guo, Junming; Rupakheti, Maheswar

Article 2

Concentration, sources and wet deposition of dissolved nitrogen and organic carbon in the Northern Indo-Gangetic Plain during monsoon

Journal of Environmental Sciences, v. 102, p. 37-52
Bhattarai, Hemraj; Tripathee, Lekhendra; Kang, Shichang; Sharma, Chhatra Mani; Chen, Pengfei; Guo, Junming; Ghimire, Prakriti Sharma

Water-soluble organic and inorganic nitrogen in ambient aerosols over the Himalayan middle hills: Seasonality, sources, and transport pathways

Atmospheric Research, v. 250, article number 105376
Tripathee, Lekhendra; Kang, Shichang; Chen, Pengfei; Bhattarai, Hemraj; Guo, Junming; Shrestha, Kundan Lal; Sharma, Chhatra Mani; Sharma Ghimire, Prakriti; Huang, Jie

Article 3

Aromatic acids as biomass-burning tracers in atmospheric aerosols and ice cores: A review

Environmental Pollution, v. 247, p. 216-228
Wan, Xin; Kawamura, Kimitaka; Ram, Kirpa; Kang, Shichang; Loewen, Mark; Gao, Shaopeng; Wu, Guangming; Fu, Pingqing; Zhang, Yanlin; Bhattarai, Hemraj; Cong, Zhiyuan

Bioaccumulation of mercury in fishes of Jagadishpur Reservoir, Nepal

Nepal Journal of Environmental Science, v. 7, p. 17-23
Acharya, Prakash; Sharma, Chhatra Mani; Kang, Shichang; Tripathee, Lekhendra; Guo, Junming; Paudyal, Rukumesh; Zhang, Qianggong; BHATTARAI, Hemraj; Sillanpää, Mika

Levoglucosan as a tracer of biomass burning: Recent progress and perspectives

Atmospheric Research, v. 220, p. 20-33
Bhattarai, Hemraj; Saikawa, Eri; Wan, Xin; Zhu, Hongxia; Ram, Kirpa; Gao, Shaopeng; Kang, Shichang; Zhang, Qianggong; Zhang, Yulan; Wu, Guangming; Wang, Xiaoping; Kawamura, Kimitaka; Fu, Pingqing; Cong, Zhiyuan

2019 3

Aromatic acids as biomass-burning tracers in atmospheric aerosols and ice cores: A review

Environmental Pollution, v. 247, p. 216-228
Wan, Xin; Kawamura, Kimitaka; Ram, Kirpa; Kang, Shichang; Loewen, Mark; Gao, Shaopeng; Wu, Guangming; Fu, Pingqing; Zhang, Yanlin; Bhattarai, Hemraj; Cong, Zhiyuan
Article

Bioaccumulation of mercury in fishes of Jagadishpur Reservoir, Nepal

Nepal Journal of Environmental Science, v. 7, p. 17-23
Acharya, Prakash; Sharma, Chhatra Mani; Kang, Shichang; Tripathee, Lekhendra; Guo, Junming; Paudyal, Rukumesh; Zhang, Qianggong; BHATTARAI, Hemraj; Sillanpää, Mika
Article

Levoglucosan as a tracer of biomass burning: Recent progress and perspectives

Atmospheric Research, v. 220, p. 20-33
Bhattarai, Hemraj; Saikawa, Eri; Wan, Xin; Zhu, Hongxia; Ram, Kirpa; Gao, Shaopeng; Kang, Shichang; Zhang, Qianggong; Zhang, Yulan; Wu, Guangming; Wang, Xiaoping; Kawamura, Kimitaka; Fu, Pingqing; Cong, Zhiyuan
Article

Projects

From January 2024 to December 2026

All Projects 1

No Projects.
Ultrafine resolution accurate source apportionment technology to study air pollution in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, topic 1: Development of Integrated Mesoscale Air Pollution Source Apportionment Methods

京津冀大氣污染超高分辨率精準溯源模擬技術課題1：中尺度融合式溯源模擬技術開發 Participating

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China
Project Team (HKUST)
YING Qi (Lead)

BHATTARAI Hemraj

CHEN Fei

TANG Rongzhi

WANG Zhe
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2024 4

2023 1

2022 1

2021 2

2019 3

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