Xiaoyuan “Charles” Li
Charles is a 5th year PhD student in Civil and Environmental Engineering, where he is advised by Prof. Denise Mauzerall. His research focused on the better representation of the aerosol-radiation interaction through implementation of the internal mixing between black carbon and other aerosol species in order to accurately quantify the radiative forcing of aerosols. He is now conducting interdisciplinary research that detail how air pollution affect solar energy resource, solar photovoltaics electricity generation, grid integration of renewable energy and investment return. The objective of his research is to reveal the close interaction between air pollution, climate and renewable energy resource, and that air pollution mitigation would create co-benefits for renewable resource and climate change mitigation.