About the group

The ACE Lab at Stony Brook University studies air pollution and climate change — their interconnections, their impacts on humans and societies, and how to design effective policies to address these challenges. We are jointly affiliated with the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and the Program in Public Health.

We combine observational data, atmospheric chemistry modeling, statistical models, remote sensing, and energy-system analysis. Current work focuses on (1) the impacts of wildfires on air quality and human health under historical and future climate change, (2) the influence of climate change on air pollutant emissions, atmospheric composition, and resulting health effects, and (3) the effects of energy transitions and climate policies on pollutant emissions, air quality, and exposure disparities.

We are recruiting. The group is looking for 1–2 PhD students (Fall 2027). See the Openings page for details, including funding routes for prospective postdocs.

We also care about getting this science out to the public: our work has been covered by the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, NPR, and others, and we host and guest on podcasts in English and Chinese. See the Outreach page.

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Minghao Qiu (邱明昊) is an Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University, jointly appointed between the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and the Program in Public Health.

He received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2021, advised by Noelle Selin. Before Stony Brook, he was a Planetary Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford’s Doerr School of Sustainability and the Center for Innovation in Global Health, working primarily with Marshall Burke. He was a Martin Family Fellow of Sustainability at MIT and a fellow of the Young Scientist Summer Program at IIASA. He received bachelor’s degrees in environmental sciences and economics from Peking University.