Xu-Cheng He, PhD 
EDUCATION
2018 - 2021, PhD in Atmospheric Sciences (Distinction), University of Helsinki
- Advisors: Prof. Markku Kulmala, Prof. Jasper Kirkby, Prof. Mikko Sipilä, Prof. Matti Rissanen, Prof. Theo Kurtén
2015 - 2017, MSc in Atmospheric Sciences, University of Helsinki
- Advisors: Prof. Mikko Sipilä, Prof. Matti Rissanen
2011 - 2015, BSc in Meteorology, Yunnan University
- Advisor: Dr. Di Zhao
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023.01 - present, visiting researcher at University of Cambridge (simulation of aerosols)
2017.09 - present, run coordinator for marine particle formation studies at the CLOUD project at CERN and University of Helsinki (3 mos. per year)
AWARDS
2023, Atmospheric Chemistry Colloquium for Emerging Senior Scientists (ACCESS XVII) participant
2022, Extraordinary Potential Prize of 2021 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad (20 recipients globally, 10,000 $)
2022, Dissertation price, all faculties (4/500), University of Helsinki (4,000 €)
2022, NOSA ECS Aerosologist award (Early Career Scientist), Nordic Society of Aerosol Research
2021, Outstanding thesis award, Doctoral School of Natural Sciences, University of Helsinki (2,000 €)
2015, International student grant, University of Helsinki (1,500 €)
2015, Best thesis award (1/43), Yunnan University
2012, Campus star in science and innovation (10/4000), Yunnan University
FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
2018-2021, Doctoral school fellowship, University of Helsinki (ca. 108,000 €)
SERVICE
TEACHING AND SUPERVISION
Course Assistance
2019. Course assistant for the 3rd course on climate science at high latitudes: eScience for linking Arctic measurements and modeling in Abisko
Supervision
Wenjuan Yu(2023.02-present), co-supervised doctoral researcher at University of Helsinki. Topic related to Arctic particle formation processes.
Jiali Shen(2018.05-2023.04), co-supervised doctoral researcher at University of Helsinki. Topic related to dimethyl sulfide oxidation and marine particle formation. I started mentoring her as a senior student and now as a researcher. I work tightly with her since the beginning, conveying my knowledge on instrumentation, kinetic modeling, chamber experiments, scientific writing and other elements needed to be an independent researcher.
Mentorship
Birte Rörup(2018.05-present), doctoral researcher at University of Helsinki. Topic related to iodine particle formation and aerosol measurements.
Ying Zhang(2018.09-2022.05), graduated MSc student at Beijing University of Chemical Technology. Thesis title: Contribution of inorganic acids containing oxygen in gas-particle process to particle number concentration in urban Beijing
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
Selected Invited Talks
2024.03. Invited seminar, University of Cambridge, UK
2024.01. Invited seminar, University of Birmingham, UK
2022.08. Invited speaker, Measurement of Nucleating Clusters at the CLOUD Chamber, Gordon Research Conference, Italy
2021.01. Role of iodine in the atmosphere. Nanjing University, China
Conference and workshop participation
American Meteorological Society annual meeting (session co-chair, 2023, 2024)
Atmospheric Chemistry Colloquium for Emerging Senior Scientists (Invited, 2023)
Gordon Research Conference - Atmospheric Chemistry (Poster, 2022)
European Geosciences Union General Assembly (Talk, 2020, 2021)
International Aerosol Conference (Talk, 2023; Poster, 2017)
European Aerosol Conference (Talk, 2022; Poster, 2019)
International Conference on Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols (Talk, 2023; Poster, 2017)
International Conference on Aerosol Cycle (Talk, 2017)
Free Radical Symposium (Poster, 2017)
Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study (Poster, 2019)
Cryosphere and Atmospheric Chemistry (Poster, 2017)
OUTREACH
Ca. 2016 - present. Science & society Q&A website (Zhihu.com, in Chinese) content provider (currently anonymous). 800 followers.