Jing Li

Assistant Professor
jing.li@bjmu.edu.cn
38 College Road, Beijing, China, 100191
Peking University

Personal profile

Dr. Jing Li is an Assistant Professor, Researcher, and Doctoral Supervisor in the Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University. She currently serves as Assistant to the Director. Dr. Li holds a bachelor degree from Jilin University (2012); and a Ph.D. degree from the College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University (2017). Dr. Li has been a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (2017-2021) and and was selected for the 9th Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program by the China Association for Science and Technology. Her research primarily focuses on the formation, sources, and control of air pollution and its impacts on human health. Aiming to improve air quality and public health, she uses big data approaches, such as ground monitoring, satellite remote sensing, and machine learning, to investigate the relationship between pollution sources, exposure, and health. She pays special attention to the impacts of environmental factors, such as air pollution and climate change, on child and adolescent health. Dr. Li has published over 50 SCI papers as first or corresponding author in journals such as The Innovation, Nature Communications, ES&T, and JAMA Network Open, with several recognized as ESI Highly Cited Papers. We welcome collaboration with students, scholars, and clinicians from backgrounds in preventive medicine, environmental science, atmospheric science, computer science, and statistics.

Prospective postdoctoral researchers, Ph.D. students, and research assistants are encouraged to contact us.

Main research directions

1. Impacts of air pollution and climate change on child and adolescent health

2. Formation, sources, and control of atmospheric pollution

3. Artificial intelligence-based monitoring and early warning for air pollutants and population health

Representative scientific research projects

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Youth Science Fund Project, Inversion of ambient VOCs concentrations in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region based on multi-source data fusion, 2024-2026, PI.

2. National Key R&D Program of China (14th Five-Year Plan), Quantitative study on coupling mechanism of regional secondary pollution in complex terrain, 2023-2027, PI.

3. National Key R&D Program of China (14th Five-Year Plan), Key technology R&D and application demonstration for ozone pollution prevention and control in the petrochemical cluster around Hangzhou Bay, 2022-2026, Sub-project PI.

4. China Association for Science and Technology, Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program, 2024-2026, PI.

5. Capital's Funds for Health Improvement and Research, Construction and application demonstration of an integrated platform for multi-modal monitoring, early warning, and intervention of depression and anxiety among children and adolescents in Beijing, 2026-2028, PI.

6. Beijing Education Science "14th Five-Year" Planning Project, Research on mental health intervention strategies for primary school students in Beijing based on family-school-hospital-community collaboration, 2024-2026, PI.

7. Commissioned Project by Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, Research on measurement of VOCs emission factors in typical chemical industries based on whole-process accounting, 2025, PI.

8. Open Project of the National Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, The influence of indoor and outdoor VOCs exposure on the onset of depression in adolescents and its related mechanisms, 2023, PI.

9. Talent Special Project, Peking University, 2022-2024, PI.

10 representative papers

1. Li, Jing*; Wang, Yifan; Steenland, Kyle; Liu, Pengfei; Donkelaar, van Aaron; Martin, V. Martin; Chang, H. Howard; Caudle, W. Michael; Schwartz, Joel, Koutrakis, Petros; Shi, Liuhua*; Long-term effects of PM2.5 components on incident dementia in the Northeastern United States, The Innovation, 2022, 3(2): 100208. (IF=32.1)

2. Li, Jing; Shi, Yuqi; Wu, Rongrong; Xie, Shaodong*; Variations of Wintertime Ambient Volatile Organic Compounds in Beijing, China, from 2015 to 2019, Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2023, 10 (2): 131-136. (IF=8.9)

3. Li, Jing; Dong, Yanhui; Song, Yi; Dong, Bin; van Donkelaar, Aaron; Martin, Randall V; Shi, Liuhua; Ma, Yinghua; Zou, Zhiyong*; Ma, Jun*; Long-term effects of PM2.5 components on blood pressure and hypertension in Chinese children and adolescents, Environment International, 2022, 161:107134. (IF=11.8)

4. Li, Jing; Garshick, Eric; Hart, Jaime E.; Li, Longxiang; Shi, Liuhua; Al-Hemoud, Ali; Huang, Shaodan*; Koutrakis, Petros; Estimation of ambient PM2.5 in Iraq and Kuwait from 2001 to 2018 using machine learning and remote sensing, Environment International, 2021, 151: 106445. (IF=13.4)

5. Li, Jing; Hao, Yufang; Simayi, Maimaiti; Shi, Yuqi; Xi, Ziyan; Xie, Shaodong*; Verification of anthropogenic VOC emission inventory through ambient measurements and satellite retrievals, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2019, 19(9): 5905-5921. (IF=5.4)

6. Guo, Jianhui; Koutrakis, Petros; Zilli, Vieira, Carolina, L; Fan, Yi; Wang, Yaqi; Lian, Xinyao; Wang, Zhaokun; Tang, Ziqi; Huang, Shaodan; Li, Jing*; Modifiable influencing factors and their joint effects on early- and late-onset coronary heart disease, Nature Communications, 2025, 16(1): 10930. (IF=15.7)

7. Guo, Jianhui; Ruan, Yanping; Wang, Yaqi; Wang, Huan; Ma, Sheng; Wan, Xiaoyu; Zhou, Xiaoxue; Tang, Ziqi; He, Yihua*; Zou, Zhiyong*; Li, Jing*; Maternal Exposure to Extreme Cold Events and Risk of Congenital Heart Defects: A Large Multicenter Study in China, Environmental Science & Technology, 2024, 58(8): 3737-3746. (IF=11.3)

8. Guo, Jianhui; Zhou, Jinyi; Han, Renqiang; Wang, Yaqi; Lian, Xinyao; Tang, Ziqi; Ye, Jin; He, Xueqiong; Yu, Hao*; Huang, Shaodan*; Li, Jing*; Association of Short-Term Co-Exposure to Particulate Matter and Ozone with Mortality Risk, Environmental Science & Technology, 2023, 57(42): 15825-15834. (IF=10.8)

9. Guo, Jianhui; Garshick, Eric; Si, Feifei; Tang, Ziqi; Lian, Xinyao; Wang, Yaqi; Li, Jing*; Koutrakis, Petros; Environmental Toxicant Exposure and Depressive Symptoms, JAMA Network Open, 2024, 7(7): e2420259. (IF=9.7)

10. Chen, Xindou; Si, Feifei; Lian, Xinyao; Guo, Jianhui; Wang, Yaqi; Lu, Junyu; Li, Jing*; Moderating Effects of Physical Activity on PM2.5-Associated Depressive Symptom Risk Among College Students, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2025, 500:140354. (IF=11.3)