2009年于河南农业大学取得学士学位，
2011年于中国农业大学取得硕士学位，
2017年于中国科学院大学取得博士学位。
大气中重要痕量气体在生物圈与大气圈的交换通量、迁移转化及时空分布特征。
主持的科研项目：
国家自然科学基青年基金项目，42105105：华北农田氨排放及其精细化排放清单研究。
参加的科研项目：
1. 国家自然科学基金重大研究计划重点项目，91544211：HONO在大气NO光氧化过程中的形成和农田土壤排放。
2. 国家自然科学基金面上项目，21477142：华北地区农村面源大气污染排放对区域空气质量的影响。
3. 中国科学院战略性先导科技专项（B类），XD05010100：实际大气中典型污染物对二次颗粒物生成的贡献。
4. 中国科学院重点部署项目：节能环保炉氨挥发减排技术与示范。
代表性论文：
1. Tian, D., Zhang, Y., Mu, Y.*, Liu, J., He, K., 2020. Effect of N fertilizer types on N2O and NO emissions under drip fertigation from an agricultural field in the North China Plain. Science of the Total Environment. 715, 136903.
2. Tian, D., Zhang, Y., Zhou, Y., Mu, Y.*, 2017. Effect of nitrification inhibitors on mitigating N2O and NO emissions from an agricultural field under drip fertigation in the North China Plain Science of the Total Environment. 598, 87-96.
3. Tian, D., Zhang, Y., Mu, Y.*, Zhou, Y., Zhang, C., Liu, J., 2017. The effect of drip irrigation and drip fertigation on N2O and NO emissions, water saving and grain yields in a maize field in the North China Plain. Science of the Total Environment. 575, 1034-1040.
4. Karim, M.R., Tian, D., Zhang, Y., Chen, F., Zou, C., 2018. Fine roots for uptake and translocation of zinc into young leaves as important traits for zinc efficiency of maize genotypes. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 49, 2345-2356.
5. Zhou, Y., Zhang, Y., Tian, D., Mu, Y.*. 2017. The influence of straw returning on N2O emissions from a maize-wheat field in the North China Plain. Science of the Total Environment.584-585,935-941.
6. Zhou, Y., Zhang, Y., Tian, D., Mu, Y.*, 2016. Impact of dicyandiamide on emissions of nitrous oxide, nitric oxide and ammonia from agricultural field in the North China Plain. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 40, 20-27.
7. Karim, M.R., Zhang, Y.,Tian, D., Chen, F., Zhang, F., Zou, C.*, 2012. Genotypic differences in zinc efficiency of Chinese maize evaluated in a pot experiment. Journal of the science of food and agriculture 92, 2552–2559.
8. Zhang, Y., Mu, Y.*, Zhou, Y., Tian, D., Liu, J., Zhang, C., 2016. NO and N2O emissions from agricultural fields in the North China Plain: Origination and mitigation. Science of the Total Environment. 551-552, 197-204.
9. Qianqian Du, Chenglong Zhang, Yujing Mu*, Ye Cheng, Yuanyuan Zhang, Chengtang Liu, Min Song, Di Tian, Pengfei Liu, Junfeng Liu, Chaoyang Xue, Ye, Can, 2016. An important missing source of atmospheric carbonyl sulfide: Domestic coal combustion. Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 8720-8727.
10. Pengfei Liu, Chenglong Zhang, Chaoyang Xue, Yujing Mu*, Junfeng Liu, Yuanyuan Zhang, Di Tian, Can Ye, Hongxing Zhang, Jian Guan, The contribution of residential coal combustion to atmospheric PM2.5 in northern China during winter. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 17, 11503-11520.