July Harshita and Yang presented a poster at the 1st Canadian Aerosol Conference in Ottawa.
June Dr. Yu gave an invited talk at the 2026 Canadian Societies for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 2026 Conferences and Exhibition in Toronto, titled "Connecting Ambient Levels and Chemical Speciation with Oxidative Potential of Ambient PM2.5".
May Dr. Yu gave an invited talk at CPANS annual conference in Calgary, titled "Predicting Fine Particulate Matter Oxidative Potential with Machine Learning: A Review for A Methodological Framework".
Jan 20 Marziyeh Jahani has joined the ALOHA group as an MSc student. Welcome, Marziyeh!
Jan 5 Yongqian Liu has joined the ALOHA group as a PhD student. Welcome, Yongqian!
Dec 2025 Dr. Yu visited Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Southern University of Science and Technology, and Tianjin Normal University and delivered a seminar titled "Beyond Concentration: Health Implications of Atmospheric Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5)" in HKUST (Guangzhou).
Sep 30 Book chapter Atmospheric Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species and Their Effects on Air Quality and Human Health has been published in Elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/bs.coac.2025.08.005.
Sep 1 Mingchen Guo and Harshita Arora has joined ALOHA group as MSc students. Harshita will be co-supervised by Dr. Ran Zhao and Dr. Haoran Yu. Welcome, Mingchen and Harshita!
Jul 28 Dr. Yu gave an invited talk at the Asia Oceania Geoscience Society (AOGS). Yang Wang also attended the conference.
May 21 Dr. Yu gave an invited talk to the College of Ecology and Environment at Chengdu Institute of Technology.
Jan 6 Yang Wang has joined ALOHA group as a PhD student and is supervised by Dr. Haoran Yu. Welcome, Yang!
Dec 8 Dr. Yu attended the Annual American Geophysical Union (AGU) Conference at Washington D.C., United States.
Oct 22 Dr. Yu gave an invited talk to the School of Safety Engineering China University of Mining and Technology.
Sep 16 Stefan Marano has joined ALOHA group as an undergraduate research volunteer. Stefan will be co-supervised by Dr. Ran Zhao and Dr. Haoran Yu. Welcome Stefan!
Sep 16 Dr. Behzad Heibati has joined ALOHA group as a part-time Postdoctoral Researcher. Welcome Behzad!
Apr 10 Dr. Yu gave an invited talk at AWMA CPANS luncheon, titled "Connecting the Chemical Composition of Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) with Its Oxidative Potential: The Role of Redox-active Components".
Jan 15 Dr. Haoran Yu has officially joined the University of Alberta as an Assistant Professor. His research focuses on the health effect of ambient atmospheric pollutants.