Full list of publication: Google Scholar: Xiao HE, Research Gate
Highlighted Publications:
1. Field Observations
In situ derivatization combined with automated online monitoring of complex organic aerosols. This technique significantly expands the measurable scope of atmospheric aerosols and enables real-time molecular tracer concentration profiles for dynamic and continuous source apportionment
Also see: Prof. Qiongqiong Wang @ CUG

Xiao He, X.H. Hilda Huang, Ka Shing Chow, Jian Zhen Yu*. Tracking secondary organic aerosol formation with molecular Tracers: Contributions from biogenic and anthropogenic precursors. Atmospheric Environment, 2025, 360, 121410.
Xiao He, Qiongqiong Wang, X.H. Hilda Huang, Dan Dan Huang, Min Zhou, Liping Qiao, Shuhui Zhu, Ying-ge Ma, Hong-li Wang, Li Li, Cheng Huang, Wen Xu, Douglas R. Worsnop, Allen H. Goldstein, Jian Zhen Yu*. Hourly Measurements of Organic Molecular Markers in Urban Shanghai, China: Observation of Enhanced Formation of Secondary Organic Aerosol during Particulate Matter Episodic Periods. Atmospheric Environment, 2020, 240 (1).
Xiao He, X.H. Hilda Huang, Ka Shing Chow, Qiongqiong Wang, Ting Zhang, Dui Wu, Jian Zhen Yu*. Abundance and Sources of Phthalic Acids, Benzene Tricarboxylic Acids, and Phenolic Acids in PM2.5 at Urban and Suburban Sites in Southern China. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2018, 2, 147-158.
2. Development of GC×GC-MS Technology and Data-Driven Algorithms
Integration of machine-learning strategies with GC×GC-MS to establish a novel method for extracting key mass spectral information based on characteristic fragmentation patterns, enabling comprehensive qualitative and quantitative characterization of organic species across the full volatility range in two-dimensional chromatograms

Xiao He, Xuan Zheng*, Shuwen Guo, Lewei Zeng, Ting Chen, Bohan Yang, Shupei Xiao, Qioingqiong, Wang, Zhiyuan Li, Yan You, Shaojun Zhang, and Ye Wu. Automated compound speciation, cluster analysis, and quantification of organic vapors and aerosols using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2024, 10655–10666.
Xiao He, Xuan Zheng*, Shaojun Zhang, Xuan Wang, Ting Chen, Xiao Zhang, Guanghan Huang, Yihuan Cao, Liqiang He, Xubing Cao, Yuan Cheng, Shuxiao Wang, Ye Wu*. Comprehensive characterization of the particulate IVOCs and SVOCs from heavy-duty diesel vehicles using two-dimensional gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2022, 22, 13935–13947.
Xiao He, Xuan Zheng*, Yan You, Shaojun Zhang, Bin Zhao, Xuan Wang, Guanghan Huang, Ting Chen, Yihuan Cao, Liqiang He, Xing Chang, Shuxiao Wang, Ye Wu. Comprehensive chemical characterization of gaseous I/SVOC emissions from heavy-duty diesel vehicles using two-dimensional gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Environmental Pollution, 2022, 305, 119284. (Editor Recommendation)
Xiao Zhang#, Xiao He#, Yihuan Cao, Ting Chen, Xuan Zheng, Shaojun Zhang*, Ye Wu. Comprehensive characterization of speciated volatile organic compounds (VOCs), gas-phase and particle-phase intermediate- and semi-volatile volatility organic compounds (I/S-VOCs) from Chinese diesel trucks. Science of The Total Environment, 2024, 912, 168950
Ting Chen, Xuan Zheng*, Xiao He*, Yan You, Guanghan Huang, Yihuan Cao, Liqiang He, Ye Wu. Comprehensive characterization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emissions from heavy-duty diesel vehicles utilizing GC×GC-ToF-MS. Science of The Total Environment, 2022, 833, 155127.
3. Development of Ultra-High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry (UHRMS) Techniques and Algorithms
UHRMS-based identification of unknown organic aerosol constituents through non-target screening across atmospheric environments and multiple emission sources, providing insights into species distributions, chemical structures, and emission signatures

Xiao He*, Xiaohui Hilda Huang, Ying-ge Ma, Cheng Huang, Jian Zhen Yu*. Unambiguous analysis and systematic mapping of oxygenated aromatic compounds in atmospheric aerosols using ultra-high-resolution mass spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry, 2024, 96, 5, 1880–1889.
4. Structure–Chromophore Relationships of Brown Carbon
Application of fluorescence spectroscopy coupled with UHRMS to elucidate the molecular composition and chromophore characteristics of brown carbon, thereby advancing understanding of its optical behavior at the molecular level

Xiao He, Xuan Zheng*, Bin Jiang, Xubing Cao, Ting Chen, Shuwen Guo, Zhiyuan Li, Yan Ding, Shaojun Zhang*, Yuan Cheng, Jingkun Jiang, Shuxiao Wang, and Ye Wu. Significant N-containing brown carbon emission from heavy-duty diesel vehicles revealed by the molecular and chromophore analysis using ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2025, 8, 200.
5. Air–Sea CO₂ Flux
Quantifying air–sea CO₂ fluxes through vertical profiling of atmospheric CO₂ concentrations using differential lidar measurements to understand global carbon cycles and assess carbon budget

Yao Hu, Xiao He#, Kai Zhou, Yu Hong, Xiaohui Zhai, Huihui Zhang, Xiangcheng Chen, Xitao Wang, Qiao Wen#. High-resolution vertical profiling and source apportionment of CO2 using coherent differential absorption lidar in coastal urban atmosphere, Atmospheric Research, 2026, 330, 108556.
专利:
何潇,全二维气相色谱质谱联用数据分析方法、系统及应用,ZL 2021 11092563.4
何潇、郑轩、郭淑雯,基于超高分辨质谱仪的有机物确定方法及终端设备,ZL2023 1 0526447.1