Dr. Qing Mu is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Environmental Sciences at the School of Science, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. She integrates atmospheric numerical modeling, data science, and artificial intelligence technologies to investigate the atmospheric processes of air pollutants, bioaerosols, and greenhouse gases. Her team also analyzes the impacts of extreme climate events on the atmospheric environment and public health. Dr. Mu received her education from Nanjing University, the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Germany. Prior to joining Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, she served as a tenured Scientist at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. She has got the NSFC Young Scientists Fund and Jiangsu Science and Technology Fundamental Research Plan Young-Scholar Fund, has been selected for a talent program in Jiangsu Province and serves as a committee member of the Atmospheric Environment Committee of the Jiangsu Meteorological Society. She has published more than twenty papers in leading journals such as Science Advances.

Dr. Mu is interested and actively recruiting talented PhD or Master’s students, particularly those with backgrounds in environmental science, data science, or computer science. Interested candidates are invited to send a CV and a brief statement of research interests to Qing.Mu@xjtlu.edu.cn.

Academic:

Atmospheric numerical models for airborne pollen.

Impact of extreme climate on air quality, health, agriculture, and ecosystem. 

Sources, transport, and physio-chemical processes of air pollutants and greenhouse gases.

Machine learning/deep learning, and other statistical tools in environmental science applications.

Applied/Industry:

Smart meteorology: Multi-source data assimilation and forecast for energy meteorology and avian meteorology.

Atmospheric Environment: Source apportionment and forecast forecafor air pollutant and greenhouse gases.

Consultation about carbon policy and air quality policy. 

Assistant Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 2023 - present

Scientist (permanent position), Norwegian Meteorological Institute, 2019-2023

Postdoc, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), 2018-2019

Thesis Supervision (primary supervisor if no comment)

PhD student ongoing: Jiyuan Yang, Ruixun Xia, Hanyue Zheng (co-supervisor)

Master student: Shiwen Shao (2024), Ruixun Xia (2025), Zixuan Zheng (2026), Meiwen Liu (2027)

FYP: Nan Rao (2023, co-supervisor), Xinyu Chen (2024), Jinhao Fan-Yifan Yao-Laobu Tan-Wancheng Ge (2025), Yuanyuan Zhang (2026)

SURF supervision

2025 Climate Change and Risk: Science, Mitigation, and Data Analytics.

2024 Review of numerical models for airborne pollen and relevant data collection from literature.

Module Teaching

ENV224 Climate Change and Risk (AY25-26, Module Leader, Module Developer)

ENV319 Humans and Environmental Pollution (AY23-24, AY24-25, AY25-26, Module Leader)

SCI101 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for Science (AY25-26, co-teach, content developer)

ENV316 Environmental Engineering (AY22-23, Module Leader, Module Developer)

ENV221 Introductory Statistics for Environmental Scientists (AY22-23, co-teach)

ENV301 Final Year Project (AY24-25-S2 Module Leader)

Board member of Atmospheric Environment branch of Jiangsu Meteorological Society, 2025-

Jiangsu Science and Technology Association Talent program, 2024

Member of Jiangsu Provincial Association for International Science and Technology Development, 2024-2025

Guest Editor for the journal "Sustainability", 2024-2026

Reviewer for the journal "Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", "Geoscientific Model Development", etc. 

Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad, 2018

Max Planck Society full PhD scholarship, 2014

Nanjing University Graduate with Honor, 2011