Prof. Nathanael JIN Ling, Member of Research Institute for Future Food (RiFood), Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development (RISUD) and Mental Health Research Centre (MHRC), and Assistant Professor of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Department of Health Technology and Informatics, received the 2025 TSI Asian Young Aerosol Scientist Award from the Asian Aerosol Research Assembly, recognising his contributions to advancing mixture-toxicity modelling and uncovering chemical-microbial drivers of PM2.5 health risks.
He has also been named one of the four winners of the 2026 James J. Morgan Early Career Award. The award, presented by Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T), Environmental Science & Technology Letters, and the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Environmental Chemistry (ENVR), recognises early career scholars who are pioneering new directions in environmental science and technology through innovative approaches.
Prof. Jin’s research integrates environmental chemistry, microbiology, and toxicology to examine the ecological and health impacts of air and marine pollution, as well as solid waste. His notable achievements include developing the first full-length 18S rRNA database for harmful algae, establishing cell lines of the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Chinese white dolphin) to study pollutant effects, and advancing PM2.5 mixture-toxicity modelling to inform regulatory policies. He also created a global atlas of plastic-associated bacteria and introduced the concept of the “microplastome”, deepening our understanding of the multifaceted impacts of plastic pollution.
未來食品研究院、可持續城市發展研究院及精神健康研究中心成員兼土木及環境工程學系及醫療科技及資訊學系助理教授金靈，獲亞洲氣溶膠學會頒發「2025年TSI亞洲青年氣溶膠科學家獎」，以表揚其在推動混合物毒性建模及揭示細懸浮微粒（PM2.5） 健康風險之化學—微生物驅動因素方面的貢獻。
他近日亦榮獲「2026年James J. Morgan早期職業獎」，本年度共有四位學者獲此殊榮。該獎項由《Environmental Science & Technology》（ES&T）、《Environmental Science & Technology Letters》及美國化學學會（ACS）環境化學部（ENVR）頒發，旨在表彰以創新方法開拓環境科學與技術領域新方向的早期學者。
金教授的研究融合環境化學、毒理學及微生物學，致力於探討空氣與海洋污染及固體廢棄物對環境生態及健康的影響。他的重要成就包括：構建首個有害藻類的全長18S rRNA基因數據庫、培殖印度太平洋駝背豚（中華白海豚）細胞株，以促進往後的污染物影響研究，以及透過推進PM2.5混合毒性建模，支持完善監管政策。他亦創建了全球塑膠際細菌圖譜，並提出「微塑膠組」概念，深化大眾對塑膠污染多重影響的理解。
