Qinyi Li, PhD, Professor. Dr Li obtained his Bachelor degree in Sun Yat-sen University, Master degee in Peking University, and PhD degree in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). He was a Postdoc Researcher in Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) from 2018 to 2022 in collaboration with Prof. Alfonso Saiz-Lopez, and a Research Fellow in PolyU working with Prof. Tao Wang. 

His research focuses on atmospheric environmental chemistry, reactive halogen chemistry, reactive nitrogen chemistry. He has been developing multiscale models, including regional chemical transport model (WRF-Chem), global chemistry-climate model (CAM-Chem), and Earth System model (CESM), to reveal the underlying causes of air pollution and climate change. 

He has published 16 papers as a first/corresponding author (including equal-contribution) on Nature Communications (4), National Science Review (2), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1), Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene (1), etc. 

He has also applied his expertise (e.g., developing multiscale atmospheric models) and cooperated with international research teams to analyse and comprehend field observation and numerical modelling results, leading to the publication of >40 SCI papers, including Nature (1), NC (4), NCC (1), NG (2), NSR (2), PNAS (5), and SA (4). 

His publications have >1900 SCI citations with an H-index of 26 (Web of Science). 

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5146-5831 

ResearcherID: https://webofscience.clarivate.cn/wos/author/record/F-4348-2010     

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XOOG1koAAAAJ 

Please contact through email: qinyi.li@sdu.edu.cn.

First/corresponding author (including equal contribution) publications (selected):

(5) Wang T.*, Li Q.*, Tham Y.J.*. Reactive halogens in polluted atmospheres: Sources, processes, and impacts on secondary pollutants. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 2026.

(4) Shen H.#, Li Q.#, Xu F.#, Xue L.*, Hu Y., Saiz-Lopez A.*, Wang  W., and Wang T.*. Aerosol iodide accelerates reactive nitrogen cycling in the marine atmosphere, Nature Communications, 2025.

(3) Wang Y.#, Li Q.#, Wang Y., Ren C., Saiz-Lopez A., Xue L., and Wang T.*. Increasing soil nitrous acid emissions driven by climate and fertilization change aggravate global ozone pollution, Nature Communications, 2025.

(2) Wang S.#, Li Q.#, Zhang R., Mahajan A.S., Inamdar S., Benavent N., Zhang S., Xue R., Zhu J., Jin C., Zhang Y., Fu X., Badia A., Fernandez R.P., Cuevas C.A., Wang T., Zhou B.*, and Saiz-Lopez A.*. Typhoon- and pollution-driven enhancement of reactive bromine in the mid-latitude marine boundary layer. National Science Review, 2024.

(1) Li Q.*, Fernandez R.P., Hossaini R., Iglesias-Suarez F., Cuevas C.A., Apel E.C., Kinnison D.E., Lamarque J.F., and Saiz-Lopez A*. Reactive halogens increase the global methane lifetime and radiative forcing in the 21st century. Nature Communications, 2022.

Co-author publications (selected):

(5) Zong Z.#, Xia M.#, Lin C.#, Chen X.#, Xue L.*, Li Q., et al. Isotopic constraints on the origin of reactive chlorine inthe troposphere. Science Advances, 2026. 

(4) Saiz-Lopez A.#,*, Fernandez R.P.#, Li Q., et al. Natural short-lived halogens exert an indirect cooling effect on climate. Nature, 2023.

(3) Cuevas C.A., Fernandez R.P., Kinnison D.E., Li Q., et al. The influence of iodine on the Antarctic stratospheric ozone hole. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022.

(2) Benavent N., Mahajan A.S.*, Li Q., et al. Substantial contribution of iodine to Arctic ozone destruction. Nature Geoscience, 2022.

(1) Tham Y.J., He X., Li Q., et al. Direct field evidence of autocatalytic halogen iodine release from atmospheric aerosol. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021.