Education & Working Experience

2022.11-now, University of Science & Technology Beijing, Associate Professor.

2017.08-2022.10, Institute of Urban Safety and Environmental Science, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, Assistant researcher/ Associate Researcher

2015.08-2017.07, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, Postdoc.

2011.09-2015.07, Beijing Normal University, Doctor

2008.09-2011.07, Nankai University, Master

2004.09-2008.06, Hebei Agricultural University, Bachelor

Research projects

1. Study on whole‑chain Energy‑Carbon‑Pollutant conversion mechanism and collaborative pollution‑control evaluation system for key industries, supported by Project of the National Key R&D Program of China, 2024-2026.

2. Study on Synergistic Benefits of PollutionCarbon Mitigation and Its SimulationCharacterization Approach for the Steel Industry, supported by the Major R&D Project of Metallurgical Corporation of China Limited, 2025-2028.

3. Study on emission characteristics and migration mechanism of atmospheric toxic heavy metals from coal-fired industrial boilers in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) Region based on experimental measurements, supported by National Natural Science Foundation, 2017-2019.

4. Study on emission characteristics, transport mechanism and environmental benefit of atmospheric toxic heavy metals from coal-fired industrial boilers in 2+26 cities, supported by Beijing Natural Science Foundation, 2019-2021.

5. The subtasks of Current situation of coal burning and strengthening plan of air pollution control in medium and small boilers and industrial kilns, supported by Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China (MEE), 2017-2019.

6. Study on the emission characteristics and optical properties of organic composition of carbonaceous particulate matters from typical biomass boilers based on field measurements, supported by Beijing Natural Science Foundation, 2022-2023.

7. China Capacity Building Project to implement the Minamata Convention on Mercury "Sub-Project of Comparative activities of China flue gas Mercury Monitoring Pilot Laboratory and Capacity building Program of flue gas Mercury Monitoring Laboratory", supported by Foreign Environmental Cooperation Center, MEE, 2020-2022.

8. The National Key Research and Development Program " Study on Emission Law of Air Pollutants from Boiler and Implementation Evaluation of Emission Standards Based on Measurement”, supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, 2020-2022.

Academic Achievements

Main journal publications：

1. Hui Fang, Jiajia Gao*, Sihong Cheng, et al., Dynamic emission evolution and synergistic effect of heavy metals and primary air pollutants in China's iron and steel industry. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2026, 574, 149138.

2. Feiyan Wu, Jiajia Gao*, Yali Tong, et al., Carbon footprint characteristics and reduction strategies of the iron and steel industry: an LCA-based study of source, process, end-use and cleaner production applications. Environmental Research, 2026, 293, 123769.

3. Fenghui Guo, Tao Xie, Qianxuan Zhang, Rui Li, Jiajia Gao*, et al., A process‑level methodology for accounting carbon emissions in the entire steel production process: a case study of an iron and steel enterprise in China. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2026, 28, 48.

4. Hui Fang, Jiajia Gao*, Yali Tong, et al., Advances in the sources, chemical behaviour, and whole process distribution of Hg, As, and Pb in the iron and steel smelting industry. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024, 480, 135912.

5. Tao Yue, Qi, Liu, Yali Tong, Jiajia Gao*, et al., Analysis of emission evolution and synergistic reduction effect of air pollutants and CO2 from Chinese coal-fired power plants. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2024, 15, 102001.

6. Yali Tong, Kun Wang, Jieyu Liu, Yun Zhang, Jiajia Gao*, et al., Refined assessment and decomposition analysis of carbon emissions in high-energy intensive industrial sectors in China. Science of the Total Environment, 2023, 872, 162161.

7. Jiajia Gao, Kun Wang, Yali Tong, et al., Refined spatio-temporal emission assessment of Hg, As, Cd, Cr and Pb from Chinese coal-fired industrial boilers, Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 757, 143733.

8. Kun Wang, Yali Tong, Jiajia Gao*, et al., Impacts of LULC, FDDA, Topo-wind and UCM schemes on WRF-CMAQ over the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, China, Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2021, 12,2,292-304.

9. Yali Tong, Tao Yue*, Jiajia Gao*, et al., Partitioning and Emission Characteristics of Hg, Cr, Pb, and As Among Air Pollution Control Devices in Chinese Coal-Fired Industrial Boilers, Energy & Fuels, 2020, 34, 7067-7075.

10. Tao Yue, Kun Wang*, Chenlong Wang, Yali Tong, Jiajia Gao*, et al., Emission Characteristics of Hazardous Atmospheric P3ollutants from Ultra-low Emission Coal-fired Industrial Boilers in China, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2020, 20: 877–888.