Dr. Hind Al-Abadleh
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Wilfrid Laurier University Professor Al-Abadleh's research group studies environmental processes at liquid/solid and gas/solid interfaces using vibrational spectroscopy, modeling, and electronic structure calculations. She is interested in iron chemistry within multicomponent atmospheric aerosols and organic molecule complexation at the aqueous solution-hematite nanoparticle interface. Her group also studies arsenic geochemistry in aqueous environments and how it is influenced by phosphorous and soil organics. Dr. Al-Abadleh was recently awarded the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry, Air Quality, and Climate Change at the Air UCI Institute. Al-Abadleh Research Group |
Dr. Paul Edmiston
Theron L. Peterson and Dorothy R. Peterson Professor of Chemistry, College of Wooster The Edmiston group develops advanced materials for chemical separations as applied to environmental engineering. More specifically, he designs mesoporous organosilica sorbents for the removal of a wide range of perfluoroalkyl substances. Secondly, his lab studies how wastewater treatment disinfection processes reduce the discharge of endocrine disrupting compounds in wastewater effluent and how wildlife in receiving waters are affected. This project provides experimental expertise to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for future wastewater effluent evaluations. Edmiston Research Group Dr. Barbara Finlayson-Pitts
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine Founder and co-Director, AirUCI Institute Research in the Finlayson-Pitts group is directed primarily towards elucidating the kinetics, mechanisms, and photochemistry of chemical reactions at surfaces of airborne particles. Experimental approaches used include a variety of spectroscopic techniques and mass spectrometry methods. Additionally, the group is an active part of AirUCI (Atmospheric Integrated Research at University of California, Irvine). AirUCI is an Organized Research Unit (ORU) dedicated to understanding and solving issues related to air pollution, climate change, water quality, and green technology — locally and globally — and their effects on human health and well-being. Dr. Finlayson-Pitts has received numerous awards and honors for her research, and she is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Finlayson-Pitts Research Group AirUCI |
Dr. Paul Shepson
Dean, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University Director, Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook University The Shepson group is primarily interested in chemical exchanges and photochemical processes that occur at Earth interfaces. Their work has centered around Arctic halogen chemistry, airborne measurements of greenhouse gas exchange, multiphase chemistry of biogenic volatile organic compounds, and marine photochemistry. His lab uses and develops a broad variety of mass spectrometry techniques in the laboratory, such as ion trap mass spectrometry, that enables quantitative atmospheric measurements at trace levels. Additionally, the group employs cavity ring down spectroscopy and other analytical methods during field measurement campaigns. Shepson Research Group |
Dr. Margaret Tolbert
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder CIRES Co-Director, University of Colorado Boulder Research in the Tolbert group focuses on clouds and aerosols in atmospheric chemistry. The group uses simulation chambers to identify key atmospheric aerosol processes important in different environments. Determining the chemical, physical, and optical properties of atmospheric particulate matter is of interest, and recent emphasis has been the determination of aerosol phase state. Novel laboratory techniques include aerosol optical levitation, aerosol mass spectrometry, and aerosol optical techniques such as photo acoustic and Raman spectroscopies. Professor Tolbert has received a number of awards for her work including a Guggenheim Fellowship and membership in the National Academy of Sciences. Tolbert Research Group CIRES Fellow Website |
Dr. Veronica Vaida
Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder CIRES Fellow, University of Colorado Boulder Professor Vaida's research interest focuses on issues of photoreactivity in planetary atmospheres, including the contemporary and ancient Earth. The approach employed to obtain the structure and dynamics of molecules, radicals, and their complexes involves a combination of spectroscopic, photofragment and theoretical techniques. Aqueous environments, especially water-air interfaces as available at the sea surface and on atmospheric aerosols are special reaction environments investigated by surface reflection spectroscopy. Vaida Research Group CIRES Fellow Website |
Dr. Jessica Ray
Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Washington Professor Ray's research interests bridge materials science and surface chemistry with traditional water quality techniques to investigate ways to increase urban water supply sustainability. Her goal is to design, characterize, and apply low-cost engineered adsorbents for selective removal of contaminants in stormwater and wastewater. In the future, Dr. Ray plans to expand the portfolio of composite adsorbents to investigate ways to recover nutrients and other valuable materials from wastewater. Ray Research Group |
Dr. Kerri Pratt
Seyhan N. Ege Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Earth & Environmental Science, University of Michigan The Pratt Research Group studies the chemical interactions between atmospheric trace gases, particles (aerosols), clouds, and snow, primarily in the Arctic and wintertime environments, to improve understanding and prediction of air quality and climate. The group's main efforts focus on studies of: (1) trace halogen gases in the Arctic and wintertime environments, and (2) changing aerosols with Arctic sea ice loss. The Pratt Lab has also pursued additional projects investigating: atmospheric aerosols in northern Michigan, lake spray aerosols produced from wave-breaking on the Great Lakes, and aqueous-phase reactions in cloud droplets. Pratt Research Group |
Dr. Markus Petters
Associate Professor of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University Research in the Petters group focuses on the physics and chemistry of particles with diameters ranging from 10 nm to 10 µm and how these particles influence air quality and cloud formation. They use differential mobility analyzer methods to measure aerosol ambient size, cloud condensation nuclei distributions, and aerosol viscosity in particles less than 200 nm in diameter. The group examines the influence of functional group composition on organic aerosol viscosity, and they develop and constrain physical chemistry models of phase-state diagrams for organic aerosol. The differential mobility analyzer methods are also applied to water uptake measurements to better understand how haze particles transition to cloud droplets. Additionally, Dr. Petters studies biological ice nucleating particles and their concentrations within precipitation melt. Petters Research Group |
Dr. Patricia Quinn
Atmospheric Chemistry Leader at Pacific Marine Environmental Lab, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Patricia K. Quinn received her B.A. degree in chemistry from Reed College (1982) and her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Washington (1988). She has been a research chemist at NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory since 1993. Patricia’s research is focused on the effect of atmospheric aerosol particles on air quality and climate. She has participated in research cruises since 1986, studying a broad range of aerosol types including remote marine aerosol in the Arctic and Antarctic and pollution aerosol in the Houston Ship Channel and the Sacramento River. She has served as a member of the Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) Scientific Steering Committee and is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. PMEL Atmospheric Chemistry Group |