Ming is from China and she joined this group as a Ph.D. student in 2016. She got her bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and her M.Sc. in Industrial catalysis. She worked as research assistant in the Hubei Research Institute of chemistry for 4 years before she decided to pursue her further education as a Ph.D. Ming has been holding a great interest in photochemistry and Environmental research since college. She studied the photocatalysis of synthesized TiO2 microspheres in the wastewater treatment for her bachelor thesis and chose the utilization & purification of industrial gases as the research area for her Master’s degree. Now she is studying the atmospheric carbonaceous particles that primarily come from combustion processes, such as biomass burning and wildfires, with a focus on its chemical and optical properties.