Yun Hang
Post Doctoral Fellow
PostDoctoral
Post Doctoral Fellow, Environmental Health
Dr. Yun Hang is broadly interested in the intersection of climate change, air quality, and human health. She completed her PhD training in Environment and Resources with an MS degree in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and a Graduate Certificate in Energy Analysis and Policy. She has been sponsored by NASA for over 8 years on using satellite remote sensing to study Earth's energy budget, air pollution, and environmental justice. Currently, she is working on applying remote sensing techniques, machine learning algorithms, and low-cost sensors in environmental exposure modeling (i.e., PM2.5 constituents, extreme heat, wildfire). Her project team has been selected by the NASA Applied Sciences Equity and Environmental Justice program to test the feasibility of using satellite data to support underserved communities in Atlanta. She is a partner of Emory Climate and Health Research Incubator, a member of the NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team, and a contributor to the Lancet Countdown.
SELECTED GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND AWARDS
2022 NASA ROSES Equity and Environmental Justice Grant (Role: Sole PI)
2022 Emory Staff Fest 3K Run Competition Winner (3rd Place), Emory University
2021 Emory OSI Sustainability and Social Justice Incentives Fund (Role: Sole PI)
2020 PhD Thesis Award, Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy
2019 Student Research Grants Competition Award (1st Level), University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW)
2019 Graduate Student Travel Award, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UW
2019 Professional Development Award, Energy Analysis and Policy Program, UW
2019 Student Travel Award, Energy Analysis and Policy Program, UW
2018 Selected and awarded for training in Sustainable Climate Risk Management at PSU, NSF
2017-19 3-Year tuition and stipends awarded by NASA CloudSat and CALIPSO Science Team
2016 Selected and awarded for training in Satellite Observations and Climate Models at Caltech/JPL, NASA
2016 Featured by the TV show "Weather Geeks" as “Future Geek”, The Weather Channel
2016 Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences Best Student Presentation Award (1st Place), UW
2016 Reid Bryson Scholarship for Excellent Research, UW
2014-16 3-Year tuition and stipends awarded by NASA Energy and Water Cycle Study (NEWS)
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
2021- 23 Emory EH 586 (graduate-level): Advanced Seminar in Climate Change and Health (Co-Instructor)
2020 UW ENVIR ST 956 (graduate-level): Advanced Environmental Remote Sensing (Co-Instructor)
2019 UW AOS 101 (undergraduate-level): Climate and Weather Lab (Instructor)
2019 UW AOS 100 (undergraduate-level): Climate and Weather (Teaching Assistant)
2019 UW AOS 102 (undergraduate-level): Climate and Climate Change (Teaching Assistant)
Areas of Interest
- Air Pollution
- Climate and Health
- Exposure Assessment
- Health Disparities
- Machine Learning
- Remote Sensing
Education
- Ph.D. 2020, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Affiliations & Activities
AFFILIATIONS
Co-Chair, American Geophysical Union GeoHealth Early Career Committee
Member, Emory University DEI Institutional Strategic Planning Committee
ACTIVITIES
Rollins Magazine featured our work on environmental justice in its Cover Story
Publications
- Meng and Hang et al., 2023, A satellite-driven model to estimate long-term particulate sulfate levels and attributable mortality burden in China, Environment International, ,
- Hang et al., 2023, Atmospheric elemental carbon pollution and its regional health disparities in China, Environmental Research Letters, ,
- Shi et al., 2023, Optimizing modeling windows to better capture the long-term variation of PM2.5 concentrations in China during 2005–2019, Science of The Total Environment, ,
- Romanello et al., 2023, The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms, The Lancet, ,
- Wu et al., 2023, The reduced Siberian spring snow cover modulation on southward northernmost margin of East Asia Summer Monsoon, Climate Dynamics, ,
- Napoli et al., 2023, The role of global reanalyses in climate services for health: Insights from the Lancet Countdown, Meteorological Applications, ,
- Zhang et al., 2023, Wildland Fires Worsened Population Exposure to PM2.5 Pollution in the Contiguous United States, Environmental Science & Technology, ,
- Hang et al., 2022, Assessment of long-term particulate nitrate air pollution and its health risk in China, iScience, ,
- Henderson et al., 2022, Emory University Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategic Plan, , ,
- Romanello et al., 2022, The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels , The Lancet, ,
- Dzambo et al., 2021, Improving Climate Literacy through an Interactive Online Undergraduate Course, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, ,
- Salas et al., 2021, The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Policy Brief for the United States of America, , ,
- Dzambo et al., 2020, An Interactive Online Course in Climate and Climate Change: Advancing Climate Literacy for Non–Atmospheric Science Majors, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, ,
- Hang Y., 2020, New light on Earth’s energy budget and Its implication for solar energy potential, , ,
- L’Ecuyer and Hang et al., 2019, Reassessing the effect of cloud type on Earth’s energy balance in the age of active spaceborne observations. Part I: Top of atmosphere and surface, Journal of Climate , ,
- Hang et al., 2019, Reassessing the effect of cloud type on Earth’s energy balance in the age of active spaceborne observations. Part II: Atmospheric heating, Journal of Climate , ,