研究员。2013年5月于中国科学院广州地球化学研究所取得博士学位并留所工作，2022年1月起被聘用研究员。攻读博士学位期间入选香港“输入内地优秀人才计划”至香港理工大学学习一年（2008），并于2011年获国家留学基金委资助赴美国加州大学尔湾分校进行为期一年合作研究；工作后2015年获欧盟“居里夫人行动计划”资助以访问学者赴德国莱布尼茨对流层研究所工作6个月；2016年入选“香江学者”计划，于香港科技大学进行为期两年的访问研究。

主要研究方向为大气环境有机污染物和痕量有机气体生物地球化学，当前重点关注二次污染物（SOA和臭氧）重要前体物VOCs、消耗臭氧层物质（ODS）和卤代温室气体。

2017  荣获“涂光炽优秀青年学者”（A类）

2017   入选中国科学院“青年创新促进会”会员

2016   入选“香江学者计划”

2016  入选2016 年“广东特支计划”科技创新青年拔尖人才

2015   荣获广东省环境保护科学技术一等奖

2013   荣获中国科学院院长奖优秀奖

2011   荣获国家留学基金委奖学金

2011   荣获“2011年度中欧联合培养博士研究生计划”

2008   香港“引进内地优秀人才计划”

1. Yang, W.,Zhang, Y. L.*, Wang, X.*, Li, S., Zhu, M., Yu, Q., Li, G., Huang, Z., Zhang, H., Wu, Z., Song, W., Tan, J., and Shao, M.: Volatile organic compounds at a rural site in Beijing: Influence of temporary emission control and wintertime heating, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics,  18, 12663-12682, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-12663-2018, 2018.

2. Zhang, Y.L., Yang W.Q., Simpson, I., Huang, X.Y., Yu, J.Z., Huang, Z.H., Wang, Z.Y., Zhang, Z., Liu, D., Huang, Z.Z., Wang, Y.J., Pei, C.L., Shao, M., Blake, D., Wang, X.M.* (2018) Decadal changes in emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from on-road vehicles with intensified automobile pollution control: case study in a busy urban tunnel in south China.Environmental Pollution 233: 806-819.

3. Zhang, Y.L., Yang, W.Q., Huang, Z.H., Liu, D., Simpson, I., Blake, D., George, C., and Wang, X.M.*(2017). Leakage Rates of Refrigerants CFC-12, HCFC-22, and HFC-134a from Operating Mobile Air Conditioning Systems in Guangzhou, China: Tests inside a Busy Urban Tunnel under Hot and Humid Weather Conditions. Environmental Science & Technology Letters 4(11): 481-486.  DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.7b00445.

4. Huang, X., Zhang, Y.L.*, Yang, W., Huang, Z., Wang, Y., Zhang, Z., He, Q., L , S., Huang, Z., Bi, X. and Wang, X. (2017) Effect of traffic restriction on reducing ambient volatile organic compounds (VOCs): Observation-based evaluation during a traffic restriction drill in Guangzhou, China. Atmospheric Environment 161, 61-70.

5. Deng W., Liu T.Y., Zhang Y.L.*, S.P., Situ, Q.H. Hu, Q.F. He, Z. Zhang, S.J. LV, X.H., Bi, X.M. Wang, A.Boreave, C. George, X. Ding, Wang X.M.*(2017) "Secondary organic aerosol formation from photo-oxidation of toluene with NOx and SO₂: Chamber simulation with purified air versus urban ambient air as matrix." Atmospheric Environment, 150, 67-76. 

6. Zhang, Y. L., X. Wang*, S. Wen, H. Herrmann, W. Yang, X. Huang, Z. Zhang, Z. Huang, Q. He and C. George (2016). "On-road vehicle emissions of glyoxal and methylglyoxal from tunnel tests in urban Guangzhou, China." Atmospheric Environment 127: 55-60.  

7. Zhang Z., Zhang Y.L.*, Xinming Wang*, Sujun L , Zhonghui Huang, Xinyu Huang, Weiqiang Yang, Yuesi Wang, Qiang Zhang (2016) "Spatiotemporal patterns and source implication of aromatic hydrocarbons at six rural sites across China's developed coastal regions." Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 121, 6669-6687. 

8. Zhang, Y. L., X. Wang*, G. Li, W. Yang, Z. Huang, Z. Zhang, X. Huang, W. Deng, T. Liu, Z. Huang and Z. Zhang (2015). "Emission factors of fine particles, carbonaceous aerosols and traces gases from road vehicles: Recent tests in an urban tunnel in the Pearl River Delta, China." Atmospheric Environment 122: 876-884. 

9. Zhang, Y. L., X. Wang*, Z. Zhang, S. Lu, Z. Huang and L. Li (2015). "Sources of C₂-C₄ alkenes, the most important ozone nonmethane hydrocarbon precursors in the Pearl River Delta region." Science of the Total Environment 502: 236-245. 

10. Zhang, Z., X. Wang*, Y.L. Zhang*, S. Lu, Z. Huang, X. Huang and Y. Wang (2015). "Ambient air benzene at background sites in China's most developed coastal regions: Exposure levels, source implications and health risks." Science of the Total Environment 511: 792-800. 

11. Zhang, Y. L., X. Wang*, I. J. Simpson, B. Barletta, D. R. Blake, S. Meinardi, P. K. K. Louie, X. Zhao, M. Shao, L. Zhong, B. Wang and D. Wu (2014). "Ambient CFCs and HCFC-22 observed concurrently at 84 sites in the Pearl River Delta region during the 2008-2009 grid studies." Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 119(12): 7699-7717. 

12. Zhang, Y. L., X. Wang*, Z. Zhang, S. Lu, M. Shao, F. S. C. Lee and J. Yu (2013). "Species profiles and normalized reactivity of volatile organic compounds from gasoline evaporation in China." Atmospheric Environment 79: 110-118. 

13. Zhang, Y. L., X. Wang*, B. Barletta, I. J. Simpson, D. R. Blake, X. Fu, Z. Zhang, Q. He, T. Liu, X. Zhao and X. Ding (2013). "Source attributions of hazardous aromatic hydrocarbons in urban, suburban and rural areas in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region." Journal of Hazardous Materials 250: 403-411. 

14. Zhang, Y. L., X. Wang*, D. R. Blake, L. Li, Z. Zhang, S. Wang, H. Guo, F. S. C. Lee, B. Gao, L. Chan, D. Wu and F. S. Rowland (2012). "Aromatic hydrocarbons as ozone precursors before and after outbreak of the 2008 financial crisis in the Pearl River Delta region, south China." Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 117, D15306, 16 PP., doi:10.1029/2011JD017356. 

15.  Zhang, Y. L., H. Guo*, X. M. Wang*, I. J. Simpson, B. Barletta, D. R. Blake, S. Meinardi, F. S. Rowland, H. R. Cheng, S. M. Saunders and S. H. M. Lam (2010). "Emission patterns and spatiotemporal variations of halocarbons in the Pearl River Delta region, southern China." Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 115, D15309, doi:10.1029/2009 JD013726. 

主持国家自然科学青年基金、国家自然科学基金面上项目、国家重点研发计划重点专项项目课题、中国科学院战略性先导科技专项（B类）子课题、广东省自然科学基金、广州市科技计划项目各1项。