Presenter biographies listed by last name.
Jon Abbatt
Professor, University of Toronto
Jon Abbatt is a professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto. His research interests extend across a number of fields in both laboratory studies and field observations of atmospheric chemistry. Most recently, his group has been studying multiphase chemistry as it pertains to wildfire emissions, indoor chemistry, and sulfur oxidation in the troposphere. He has previously studied chemistry related to Arctic aerosols and clouds, ice nucleation, and multiphase processes relevant to halogens and NOx species in the troposphere.
Observations of Chlorinated Amines in an Urban Atmosphere in Summer and Winter
Invited Oral Presentation - Virtual
Fatima AL ALI
PhD Student, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale
I am a second year PhD student in atmospheric sciences between Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale and IMT Nord Europe, France. In my thesis I study the nighttime atmospheric reactivity between methylated-furan compounds and NO3 radical in two simulation chambers (CHARME and THALAMOS). As analytical and atmospheric chemist, my work is based on qualitative and quantitative characterization of the gaseous products of these reactions using different analytical methods and spectrometric and spectroscopic techniques. So, my research is focused on understanding the oxidative mechanisms of these reactions, besides measuring the rate coefficients and estimating their lifetimes. In my thesis, I also aim on understanding SOA formation from these reactions and their chemical composition. Before I started my thesis, I did my Bachelor's degree in chemistry and Masters degree in analytical chemistry at the Lebanese University and did my internship on PM2.5 source apportionment for a pollution campaign using positive matrix factorization at Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France
NO3 Initiated Oxidation of Furan Compounds: Rate Coefficients, Gas-Phase Chemical Mechanisms and SOA Formation
Poster Presentation, Lighting Talk, Poster Competition
Alexander Archibald
Prof., University of Cambridge
Alex Archibald is an atmospheric chemist, who focuses on using computer models and observations to understand how man-made and natural emissions affect climate and air quality. He is a Reader and group leader for the atmospheric chemistry modelling group in the Department of Chemistry and is the Science Director of the UKCA model (www.ukca.ac.uk). In addition he is the atmospheric composition theme leader for the NERC ACSIS project (www.acsis.ac.uk), which is looking at the causes and effects of climate and atmospheric composition change in the North Atlantic region.
Development and evaluation of an improved mechanism for the oxidation of dimethyl sulfide in the UKCA model
Poster Presentation, Lighting Talk
Kelley Barsanti
Adjunct Faculty; Senior Scientist, University of California Riverside; National Center for Atmospheric Research
Kelley Barsanti is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering and the Center for Environmental Research & Technology at UC Riverside. Her research interests are in improving the process-level understanding and model representation of fine particulate matter (PM) in air quality models. Her primary research tools include comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography and multi-scale mechanistic models. Current research projects include improving the speciation of organic compounds in emissions inventories for wildland fires; advancing the model representation of secondary organic PM formation in smoke plumes; and evaluating the effects of COVD-19 shelter-in-place restrictions on air quality in the Los Angeles Basin. She has authored or co-authored over 50 papers on these and related topics.
Considering Multiple Dimensions of Complexity in Atmospheric Chemistry Models
Invited Oral Presentation
Kelvin Bates
Research Associate, UC Davis
Kelvin Bates is a Research Associate at Harvard (with Daniel Jacob) and a Visiting Research Scientist at UC Davis (with Tran Nguyen). He studies the oxidation and aerosol formation mechanisms of atmospheric organic compounds using environmental chamber experiments, as well as the regional and global effects of those mechanisms using chemical transport modeling. He received his PhD in Chemistry from Caltech (with John Seinfeld and Paul Wennberg) and was previously a NOAA Climate & Global Change Postdoc at Harvard.
Sulfur radical formation from the tropospheric irradiation of aqueous sulfate aerosols
Oral Presentation
Torsten Berndt
Dr., TROPOS Leipzig
Torsten received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the Technical University of Leuna-Merseburg in 1992. He is a research chemist at the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) in Leipzig. His work is focused on laboratory studies in the field of gas-phase oxidation of organic compounds including kinetics and chemical mechanisms. Of particular interest are reactions of RO2 radicals. The field of activities also covers chemical reaction engineering and industrial synthesis routes.
Deeper insight into atmospheric reaction systems from the laboratory: RO2 isomerization and ROOOH formation
Invited Oral Presentation
Eleanor Browne
Asst. Prof., University of Colorado Boulder & Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Ellie is an Assistant Professor in the Chemistry department at the University of Colorado Boulder and a fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences. Prior, she received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California Berkeley and was a NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT. Her current research focuses on reduced nitrogen chemistry, new particle formation and growth, and atmospheric chemistry of planetary atmospheres (e.g., Titan, Archean Earth).
Trace H2S Promotes Organic Aerosol Production and Organosulfur Compound Formation in Planetary Haze Photochemistry Experiments
Poster Presentation
Rebecca Caravan
Assistant Chemist, Argonne National Laboratory
Rebecca Caravan is an Assistant Chemist at Argonne National Laboratory. Her research focuses on the fundamental chemical kinetics, reaction mechanisms, and tropospheric impacts of intermediates such as carbonyl oxide Criegee intermediates and peroxy radicals via direct laboratory studies using both tabletop and synchrotron techniques. Before joining Argonne, she received her PhD from the University of Leeds, was a postdoctoral researcher at Sandia National Laboratories (with Dr. Craig A. Taatjes) and an NPP fellow at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (with Dr. Carl Percival).
First Direct Kinetic Studies of Four-Carbon, Resonance-Stabilized Criegee Intermediates Formed from Isoprene Ozonolysis
Poster Presentation
Matthew Coggon
Research Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Matt Coggon is a research scientist at the NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory. Matt's research is focused on quantifying the emissions and chemical transformation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Matt's present research is focused on the emissions and atmospheric chemistry of VOCs emitted from biomass burning and volatile chemical products.
Characterizing the impact of volatile chemical products (VCPs) and cooking on air quality in major US cities
Invited Oral Presentation
Emma D'Ambro
Research Chemist, US EPA, ORD
Emma D’Ambro received a bachelor’s in Chemistry from Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY. She then attended the University of Washington in Seattle to study biogenic SOA formation via chemical ionization mass spectrometry, chemically explicit box modeling, and quantum rate calculations. She joined the EPA as a post-doc in 2019 to study the emissions and fate of PFAS using their flagship air quality model, CMAQ. In 2021 she became a permanent employee at the EPA, continuing her work on PFAS and SOA.
Modeling the atmospheric fate of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
Poster Presentation
Joost de Gouw
Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
Joost de Gouw is a Professor in the Chemistry Department of the University of Colorado Boulder, and a Fellow in the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES). Joost de Gouw’s research interests include the sources and chemical reactions of organic compounds and other pollutants in the atmosphere, and how these processes impact air quality and climate. Joost de Gouw’s research group uses mass spectrometry, gas chromatography and data from satellite remote sensing instruments in their work.
Volatile Organic Compounds inside Homes Impacted by Smoke from the Marshall Fire
Invited Oral Presentation
Alexandra Deal
NSF Graduate Research Fello, CU Boulder/CIRES
Alexandra M. Deal is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow and Ph.D. candidate in Prof. Veronica Vaida’s group at the University of Colorado Boulder. She received her B.S. in chemical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2014 and worked for the Boeing Company as a materials engineer on commercial, defense, and space programs until 2018, when she began her graduate career. Her research currently focuses on water-air interfaces, photochemistry, and how both may affect organic processing reactions in the contemporary environment and on the prebiotic Earth.
Atmospheric Chemical Reaction Mechanism Dependence on the Environment and Stellar Radiation
Poster Presentation, Lighting Talk, Poster Competition
Abraham Dearden
MS Student, Colorado State University
Abraham is a second year MS student working at the Colorado State University's Laboratory for Air Quality in Mechanical Engineering. He is working on two projects, both addressing Secondary Organic Aerosol formation.
Multi-day Evolution of Organic Aerosol Mass and Composition from Biomass Burning Emissions
Poster Presentation
Theodore Dibble
Professor of Chemistry, State University of New York - Environmental Science and Forestry
Theodore Dibble obtained his B.S. and Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Michigan. After postdoctoral work with Joseph Francisco and Mitchio Okumura, he started his independent career in 1996 at the Environmental Science and Forestry campus of the State University of New York (SUNY-ESF). At SUNY-ESF, his major focus is radical chemistry in the atmosphere, although he has dabbled in combustion chemistry and radiation chemistry. Mechanistic and kinetic information from his research on the redox chemistry of mercury has been incorporated into GEOS-Chem and other chemical transport models.
Reconciling Disparate Mechanisms for Oxidation of Hg(0) to Hg(II) in the Gas Phase
Oral Presentation
Louisa Emmons
Senior Scientist, NCAR
Louisa Emmons is a Senior Scientist in the Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling Laboratory of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Her research interests lie in the integration of measurements with models to investigate the impact of sources and their chemical evolution on tropospheric composition. This work includes the evaluation, and improvement, of models with observations, and the interpretation of observations with model results. Louisa has participated in numerous field campaigns, providing forecasting and flight planning support, as well as collaborating with numerous groups on analysis of observations. Louisa is part of the development team for the MUlti-Scale Infrastructure for Chemistry and Aerosols (MUSICA) and her particular interest is in improving the representation of tropospheric ozone and precursors, both for surface air quality and in the remote atmosphere.
Multi-scale modeling of air quality and mechanism comparison with MUSICA
Poster Presentation
Michelle Färber
PhD student, Forschungszentrum Jülich
Before joining the field of atmospheric science, I studied physics at the University of Cologne in Germany and graduated in Nuclear Physics. Currently, I am a PhD student at Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany working on radical measurements via the laser-induced fluorescence technique. During my PhD, I focus on investigating nighttime and daytime chemistry of different anthropogenic volatile organic compounds in the atmospheric simulation chamber SAPHIR.
Investigation of nighttime chemistry of trans-2-hexene in the atmospheric simulation chamber SAPHIR
Poster Presentation, Lighting Talk, Poster Competition
Callum Flowerday
Graduate Student, Brigham Young University (BYU)
Chemistry graduate student at Brigham Young University (BYU) focusing on atmospheric chemistry. Received a BS in Biochemistry from BYU.
Detection of Ambient Concentrations of Hydroxyl Radical using Broadband Cavity-Enhanced Absorption Spectroscopy
Poster Presentation
Lauri Franzon
PhD Student, University of Helsinki
The author is a PhD student at the University of Helsinki employed as part of the Virtual Laboratory for Molecular level Atmospheric transformations (VILMA) Finnish Academy Centre of Excellence project.
Unimolecular reactions of hydroxy-substituted Criegee Intermediates
Poster Presentation, Lighting Talk, Poster Competition
Marianne Glasius
Assoc. Prof., Aarhus University, Denmark
Marianne Glasius, Aarhus University Marianne is an Associate Professor at Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark since 2006. Her research interests include development of chemical analysis methods to investigate atmospheric processes in laboratory studies and the environment, typically using a combination of chromatography and mass spectrometry. Marianne holds a PhD from University of Southern Denmark and did part of her studies at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy. In 2014/15 she visited Prof. Allen Goldstein and his research group at UC Berkeley during a sabbatical. Current research topics include dimers of monoterpene oxidation products and studies of organosulfates in atmospheric aerosols. glasius@chem.au.dk
Ozonolysis of α-pinene and Δ3-carene – influence of molecular structure on aerosol formation and chemistry
Invited Oral Presentation
Thomas Golin Almeida
PhD Student, University of Helsinki
The author is currently in the third year of PhD studies in Chemistry and Molecular Sciences at the University of Helsinki, while conducting research at the Atmospheric Computational Chemistry Group. The author obtained his Master's Degree in Atmospheric Sciences & Biogeochemical Cycles from the Lund University (Sweden) in 2019, and his Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry from the Federal University of Paraná (Brazil) in 2016.
Atmospheric oxidation of imine derivative of piperazine initiated by OH radical.
Poster Presentation, Lighting Talk, Poster Competition
Matthew Goss
Graduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Matthew Goss got his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Williams College before joining the Kroll Group at MIT. He currently studies peroxy radical chemistry and the oxidation of organosulfur compounds.
Chamber studies of the oxidation of DMS, DMDS, and DMSO: Mechanism and aerosol formation
Oral Presentation
Lin Guo
PhD student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
Lin is a PhD student from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is working in the research group of Chris Tessum. His research interest lies in the modeling mechanisms using machine learning and statistical methods.
Chemical surrogate modeling with uncertainty quantification using a Bayesian Neural ODE
Poster Presentation, Lighting Talk, Poster Competition
Jonathan Hale
Undergraduate Student, UC Davis
Jonathan is an undergraduate student at the University of California - Davis. He is currently a third year double majoring in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. His hobbies/interests include space, hiking, and bowling. When not studying, Jonathan gives much of his time mentoring/tutoring or even lending a helping hand to those in need. As someone who has faced plenty of challenges and difficulties in his life so far, he believes in giving back to the community. After graduating college, he hopes to continue with school in order to further pursue his education in the Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering sphere. No dream is too big for Jonathan!
Impacts of Low-Level Jets on Surface Temperature
Poster Presentation
Galib Hasan
Doctoral Student, University of Helsinki
I am currently working as an early-stage researcher in the computational atmospheric chemistry research group, at the University of Helsinki. My research focuses on determining the molecular-level mechanisms of different chemical reactions, specifically atmospheric condensable vapors and their precursors using state-of-the-art high-performance computing (HPC) tools. Prior to that, I have a Master's Degree also in Computational Chemistry from the University of Eastern Finland and another specialized master's of engineering in Big Data (Data Science) from the Arcada University of Applied Science.
Computational Investigation of the Reaction Routes for 3(RO···OR′) Intermediates Formed in Peroxy Radical Self- and Cross-Reactions
Poster Presentation, Lighting Talk
Erik Hoffmann
Doctor, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)
Erik Hoffmann studied meteorology at the University of Leipzig, Germany. He received his M.Sc. in 2015. Since 2015 he is working at the Atmospheric Chemistry Department of the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) in Leipzig, Germany. He obtained his PhD in 2020 at the University of Leipzig and is presently working as a research scientist. His research expertise is in the field of atmospheric multiphase chemistry. There he focusses on mechanism development, modeling of multiphase atmospheric chemistry processes in a near-explicit way, and deviation of parameterizations for higher scale atmospheric chemistry model.
Detailed multiphase chemistry modelling of methylamines with CAPRAM
Oral Presentation
Lorrie Jacob
PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge
Lorrie is a 2nd year PhD Candidate in the Centre for Atmospheric Science, based in the Chemistry Department at the University of Cambridge. Funded through the Cambridge Australia Poynton International Scholarship, Lorrie's PhD involves improving the oxidation pathways of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in atmospheric models. This work is done through a combination of box modelling, atmospheric modelling, and fieldwork. During her Masters and Honours, conducted with the Kable group at the University of New South Wales, Lorrie's work focused on experiments to better understand the photolysis of acetone and methacrolein.
Assessing and improving the DMS oxidation mechanism in the MCM and CRI-Strat
Oral Presentation
Leif Jahn
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Texas at Austin
Leif Jahn is a postdoctoral researcher at UT Austin focusing on different aspects of indoor and outdoor oxidation chemistry and air quality with particular attention to chlorine radical chemistry. He received his PhD in chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University with his research focusing on the chemical aging and ice nucleation ability of biomass burning and volcanic ash aerosols.
Influence of application method on disinfection byproduct formation during indoor cleaning: an example of phenol chlorination during bleach cleaning
Poster Presentation, Lighting Talk, Poster Competition
Shantanu Jathar
Associate Professor, Colorado State University
Shantanu Jathar is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University (CSU). His research interests lie at the intersection of energy and the environment and at CSU he leads the Laboratory for Air Quality Research. He and his research group leverage laboratory experiments, field measurements, and numerical models to study the emissions, evolution, and properties of fine particles (or aerosols) arising from energy and combustion sources. He has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Government College of Engineering Pune, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, and a Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University. Additionally, he also worked as a postdoctoral scholar in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California Davis.
Volatile Chemical Product Contributions to the Urban Secondary Organic Aerosol Burden in the United States
Poster Presentation, Lighting Talk
Christopher Jernigan
Post-Doc Associate, CIRES
Recent graduate from University of Wisconsin - Madison where focused on the Atmospheric fate of sulfur species emitted to the marine environment.
Sulfate and carbonyl sulfide production from aqueous processing of dimethyl sulfide oxidation products
Poster Presentation, Lighting Talk, Poster Competition
Sommer Johansen
Jill Hruby Postdoctoral Fellow, Sandia National Laboratories
Sommer Johansen is a 2022 Jill Hruby Postdoctoral Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories in the Gas Phase Chemical Physics department, within the Combustion Research Facility. Her interests revolve around characterizing reactive intermediates in the gas phase using sensitive multiplexed experimental techniques and high level computational methods. Currently, she is studying the structure and reactivity relationships between C- and N-centered radicals important in the oxidation pathways of N-containing aromatics and amines. Sommer earned her PhD in Physical Chemistry from UC Davis, where she used a combination of microwave spectroscopy and computational chemistry to study the gas-phase formation of nitrogen-containing compounds relevant to the interstellar medium.
Investigating the Atmospheric Oxidation of Methylamine with Multiplexed Photoionization Mass Spectrometry: Insight into the Reactivity of C-centered and N-centered Radicals with O2
Oral Presentation
Makoto Kelp
Graduate Student, Harvard University
Makoto Kelp is a 5th-year Ph.D. student working with Daniel Jacob and Loretta Mickley in the Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group at Harvard University. His current research focuses on using machine learning to expand the capabilities of atmospheric chemistry models, developing dimensionality reduction algorithms that can determine the optimal and equitable placement of air quality sensors, and quantifying impacts of chemical data assimilation on air pollution forecasts for NASA’s GEOS Composition Forecasting model (GEOS-CF).
An Online-Learned Neural Network Chemical Solver for Stable Long-Term Global Simulations of Atmospheric Chemistry
Invited Oral Presentation
Christopher Kenseth
NSF AGS Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington
Christopher Kenseth is an NSF AGS Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington with Prof. Joel Thornton. He received his PhD in Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology with Profs. John Seinfeld, Paul Wennberg, and Brian Stoltz. His research focuses on the atmospheric oxidation and aerosol formation mechanisms of monoterpenes using a combination of laboratory studies, advanced mass spectrometric techniques, and organic synthesis. Next summer, he will participate in the NSF GreaterNY Oxidant, Trace Gas, Halogen, and Aerosol Airborne Mission (GOTHAAM).
Particle-Phase Accretion Forms Dimer Esters in Pinene Secondary Organic Aerosol
Oral Presentation
Liviana Klein
PhD Candidate, ETH Zurich
Liviana Klein is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science at ETH Zurich in Switzerland working with Ulrich Krieger and Thomas Peter. She is part of the Sinergia project "Infectivity of influenza Viruses in Expiratory Aerosols under ambient temperature and humidities" (IVEA). Her research focuses on the physico-chemical properties of expiratory aerosol particles and the interaction with trace gases such as NH3 and HNO3.
Ions diffuse slower than water in mixed organic/inorganic aerosol particles
Poster Presentation
Stephen Klippenstein
Argonne Distinguished Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory
Stephen Klippenstein is a Distinguished Fellow at Argonne, where he has been since 2005. Previously, he received a Ph. D. from Caltech. His research focusses on the development and application of high accuracy methods for predicting the kinetics and dynamics of gas phase reactions. His application work, which generally involves the coupling of high level ab initio electronic structure theory with transition state theory and the master equation, currently focusses on predicting the kinetics of combustion and atmospheric reactions.
Tunneling, Roaming, and Oligomerization Kinetics of Criegee Intermediates Elucidated through Theory and Experiment
Invited Oral Presentation
Rachana Kulkarni
PhD, self
I am Rachana Kulkarni, an air quality and fog researcher. I have 25+ research paper and book publications in the same domain. I led the Winter Fog Experiment (WiFEX) on the busiest airport of India, funded by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India and was also the part of air quality early warning system for India. I recently submitted my Ph. D Thesis and the abstract is the part of my thesis work.
WiFEX: Walk into the warm fog over Indo Gangetic Plain region
Poster Presentation
Theo Kurtén
Professor, University of Helsinki
Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry (mainly computationally-based research focusing on the reaction mechanisms forming low-volatility compounds in the gas phase)
Recent Computational Results on RO2 + R'O2 Reactions
Oral Presentation
Julia Lee-Taylor
Associate Scientist, NCAR
Julia Lee-Taylor is an associate scientist at the NCAR Atmospheric Chemical Observations and Modeling laboratory in Boulder, CO. She obtained her PhD from the University of East Anglia studying halocarbons in the Arctic stratosphere, and was an Advanced Study Program Postdoctoral Fellow at NCAR. Her current research focus is on using and adapting the GECKO-A explicit chemical modeling system to collaborate with the VOC investigations from both the lab and the field.
Comparing GECKO-A and MechGen as a basis for evaluation of simplified mechanisms
Invited Oral Presentation
Haipeng Lin
4th Year Graduate Student, Harvard University
Haipeng Lin is currently a fourth year graduate student in the Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group at Harvard University. He is co-developing the next version of the Kinetics Pre-Processor (KPP) with improved development infrastructure, diagnostics, and performance, including an adaptive auto-reduction solver option. Haipeng has previously co-led the development of coupled meteorology-chemistry model WRF-GC and multi-model emissions component, HEMCO 3.0.
An adaptive auto-reduction solver for speeding up integration of chemical kinetics in atmospheric chemistry models: implementation and evaluation within the Kinetic Pre-Processor (KPP) version 3.0.0
Invited Oral Presentation
Zhen Liu
Scientist, California Air Resources Board
Zhen Liu is a scientist specialized in computational modeling and analysis of atmospheric chemistry and air quality at California Air Resources Board. He holds a PhD in Atmospheric Sciences from Georgia Tech. Prior to joining CARB, he had worked as a Postdoc at Sandia National Labs and a senior consultant at Ramboll Corporation.
Accounting for the chemistry of reactive toxic VOCs for community level modeling
Invited Oral Presentation
Finja Löher
Master student, University of Bayreuth
B.Sc. Environmental Sciences (University of Lüneburg), focus on environmental analytical chemistry M.Sc. Environmental Chemistry (University of Bayreuth), focus on atmospheric chemistry
Decoding VOC Photooxidation on a Molecular Level – A Novel Ensemble of Methods to Generate, Analyze, and Characterize Multifunctional Oxidation Products in the Gas and Particle Phase
Poster Presentation
Emmaline Longnecker
Graduate Student, Univeristy of Colorado, Boulder - Chemisty Department
Emmy graduated with a bachelor's in chemistry from Smith College in western Massachusetts. She then worked for Pfizer before beginning her chemistry PhD with Paul Ziemann at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Comparison of Common Vapor Pressure Estimation Methods through Modeling of Alkene OH/NOx Systems
Poster Presentation, Lighting Talk, Poster Competition
Marie Luttkus
PhD Student, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)Marie Luttkus is a PhD student at the modelling department of the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) in Leipzig, Germany. She obtained a M.Sc. in meteorology in 2017 from the university of Leipzig, Germany. Her current research focus is on biosphere-atmosphere-interactions with a special interest in BVOC emissions, their chemical degradation and SOA formation potentials in clean and polluted environments.
Urban and Remote cheMistry modELLing with the new chemical mechnaism URMELL
Oral Presentation
Sneha M
Research Scholar, Kumaraguru College of Technology
Sneha M, Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India - 641049. *Sneha M graduated in the field of Civil Engineering and pursued Masters in Environmental Engineering. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Anna University, Chennai India. Recognized for conducting field experiments and modeling air quality. Adept at developing a methodological framework for performing real-world air quality problems. My research interests are Particulate Matter characterization, personal exposure assessment, occupational exposure, and health effects. *Currently, I'm working on 1) personal exposure assessment for urban commuters for different modes of transportation. 2) Characterization of ambient air quality in Auto repair garages.3) Deposition of size-segregated particulate matter in HRT by dosimetry modeling. *The initial findings of the research have been published in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Springer titled "Particulate matter exposure analysis in 12 critical urban zones of Chennai, India". The second paper titled "Characterization of ambient air quality in an auto repair garage and its dispersion mechanism" is under revision with Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Springer.
Assessment of size-segregated heavy metals dosimetry modeling in HRT: Auto repair garage. Sneha M, Ramsundram N, Elangovan R
Poster Presentation
Poonam Mangaraj
Senior Research Fellow, Utkal University
An environmental researcher with around five years of experience in understanding the urban air quality through emission sources in Indian Mega-cities. Monitoring and analyzing the sources keenly, responsible for the emission of hazardous pollutants (both Aerosols and GHGs), and further developing the latest and reliable emission inventories is my primordial interest. My research findings could also be referred for policy framework and implementation of mitigation strategies for air quality management.
A correlation between anthropogenic fine particulate matter (PM2.5) emission and COVID-19 over India
Poster Presentation, Lighting Talk, Poster Competition
Pooja Manwani
PhD Scholar, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Research scholar at Interdisciplinary Program in Climate Studies, IIT Bombay, India. Masters in Atmosphere and Ocean Science from IIT Bombay with a undergraduate degree in Statistics. Interdisciplinary approach while understanding composition of particulate matter, major sources, especially the impact of sources like open field biomass burning, informal industries, role of meteorology, health risk assessment and impact on climate. Proficient in Python, R and MATLAB, loves dealing with numbers and visualizing data that communicate science and aesthetically appealing.
Chemical characteristics, long-range transport and health risks of PM2.5-bound trace elements over a regional background location in Northern India
Poster Presentation
Alfred Mayhew
Mr, University of York
Alfred Mayhew is a PhD student studying at the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories (WACL) at the University of York. His research focusses on isoprene oxidation, with a focus on oxidation by the nitrate radical under polluted conditions. Much of Alfred’s work involves the use of box modelling to gain insight into the complex chemistry of isoprene, particularly on the potential to form highly functionalised, low-volatility products that may contribute to secondary organic aerosol formation and growth. Alfred has investigated this chemistry through chamber experiments as well as modelling of ambient environments. He also uses measurements of the concentrations of highly functionalised species in the gas and particle-phase to draw conclusions about their formation pathways.
Investigating the Chemistry of Isoprene Nitrates and Nitrooxyorganosulfates Under Polluted Urban Conditions
Poster Presentation
Max McGillen
Chargé de Recherche, CNRS
Max McGillen is an atmospheric scientist with a continued interest in observing gas-phase chemical processes. He has held positions in the UK, the USA and most recently in France, where he is a permanent member of the research faculty at the Institut de Combustion, Aérothermique, Réactivité et Environnement, at CNRS Orléans. His studies focus on gas-phase reactivity and photochemistry using whatever methods are available: spectroscopic, mass spectrometric or chromatographic; direct or indirect; absolute or relative. In addition, Max maintains a strong interest in structure-activity relationships, data collation and evaluation.
A Broad View of Structure-Activity Relationship Performance for Alkanes and Haloalkanes
Oral Presentation
Lisa Michelat
PhD student, ICARE-CNRS Orleans
I am a 2nd year Ph.D. student in atmospheric chemistry at ICARE-CNRS Orléans, France, and have a Master's degree in climate sciences from the University of Lyon, France. My work focuses on the atmospheric degradation of volatile organic compounds emitted naturally and anthopogenically. I study the reactivity of these gases using experimental measurements, theoretical and empirical predictions. My overall goal is to fill gaps in our knowledge of the kinetics and environmental fate of these compounds in order to inform atmospheric chemical models.
Structure-activity relationship to predict Arrhenius parameters of OH addition to unsaturated volatile organic compounds under atmospheric conditions
Poster Presentation, Lighting Talk, Poster Competition
Ashirbad Mishra
Junior Research Fellow, Utkal University
Working as Junior Research Fellow in the field of Environmental Sciences and having a keen interest to address current air pollution issues.
A technological emission inventory of particulate matter for megacity Mumbai
Poster Presentation
Claudia Mohr
Associate Professor, Stockholm University
My main research interest are atmospheric aerosols: Tiny airborne particles with huge impacts on climate and air quality – two topics that are of imminent importance for society and the environment. Aerosols are at the interface of the different spheres of the planet and the different phases in the atmosphere, and thus key to understanding biogeochemical processes. The characterization of the chemical composition of (organic) aerosol particles and organic trace gases by means of advanced mass spectrometric techniques, and the investigation of their sources, formation and transformation processes, and fate in the atmosphere in the field and laboratory, lie at the heart of my research.
Changes in composition and volatility of biogenic secondary organic aerosol from nitrate radical oxidation during night-to-day transition
Invited Oral Presentation - Virtual
Abdulla Moussa
PhD student, University of York
I'm a 3rd year PhD student based in Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories (WACL) at the University of York, working with Professor Jacqui Hamilton and Dr James Hopkins on understanding the changing sources of VOCs in the UK over the last two decades and implication for future research project.
Understanding The Actual Impact of the UK Lockdown Measures on VOCs Levels at London Marylebone Road Urban Traffic Site by Modelling Their Business As Usual (BAU) Levels Using Machine Learning Techniques
Poster Presentation
Sara Murphy
Graduate student, California Institute of Technology
Sara Murphy is a 5th year PhD student at Caltech studying the rates of small alkene-derived peroxy radical self-reactions. She is broadly interested in elucidating the rates and mechanisms of atmospheric chemical reactions, and in applying physical and analytical chemistry methods to the study of atmospheric chemistry.
Formation of Accretion Products in the Self-Reaction of Ethene-Derived Hydroxy Peroxy Radicals
Oral Presentation
Beth Nelson
Research Associate in Ozone Photochemistry, University of York
Dr Beth Nelson is a research associate in ozone photochemistry at the University of York, where she completed her PhD on investigating the atmospheric chemical processes in Delhi, India. Her research includes online field measurements of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), using both one- and two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC), as well as detailed chemical box modelling. Her work also includes exploring changes in ozone production under future scenarios toward Net Zero and Carbon Neutrality in Beijing, China, and investigating historical trends in ozone.
An exploration of changing ozone production under new chemical regimes in three cities
Invited Oral Presentation
Tran Nguyen
Assistant Professor of Environmental Chemistry, UC Davis
Prof. Nguyen received her BS in Chemistry at the University of Southern California and her PhD in Chemistry from the University of California at Irvine. She was an NSF and Stanback Postdoctoral Scholar at the California Institute of Technology. Since 2016, Prof. Nguyen leads an independent research group in atmospheric and aerosol chemistry at the University of California at Davis. Her research focuses on understanding fundamental oxidation mechanisms relating to gases and aerosols in a variety of chemical systems (indoor/outdoor air, electronic cigarettes, fires) and how the chemistry is linked to aerosol properties. Her group operates a photochemical chamber facility and directs a national database for chamber atmospheric research (ICARUS).
SOA and volatile product formation from the nighttime oxidation of various terpenes, and the ICARUS database
Invited Oral Presentation
Houzel Nicolas
Researcher, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale
Houzel Nicolas has studied chemistry and analytical chemistry at the Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale (ULCO) in France. In 2018, he becomes researcher at the same university in the Laboratoire de Physico Chimie de l’Atmosphère (LPCA). Attached to the atmospheric simulation division of the laboratory, his role is to provide a technical and scientific work in the researches on the atmospheric simulation chambers, especially the CHARME chamber. The main research subject is the reactivity of VOCs with atmospheric oxidants under simulated atmospheric conditions in closed chambers (Kinetic, gaseous and aerosol product identifications, SOA and gaseous yields, reactional mechanism…)
Secondary Organic Aerosol (SOA) formation from the gas-phase reaction of guaiacol with NO3 radicals
Poster Presentation
Anke C. Noelscher
Professor, University of Bayreuth
Born 03.11.1985 - Kids 2016 & 2018 - Studies of Meteorology 2005-2009 - PhD 2012 - Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry since 2019
Atmospheric Chemistry Classics: Exploring Recent Trends in Surface Ozone
Poster Presentation
Anna Novelli
Dr., Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-8: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich
I studied chemistry in the University of Torino in Italy and graduated in Environmental chemistry. I then moved to the Max Plank Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany, to do a PhD in atmospheric chemistry. My work focused on investigating the chemistry of stabilized Criegee intermediates and their impact as oxidants. I became an expert in the measurements of radicals using the laser induced fluorescence. I then moved for my postdoc to the Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, to focus on investigating the chemical degradation of biogenic and anthropogenic volatile organic compounds with targeted experiments in the atmospheric simulation chamber SAPHIR. The goal of the experiments is to gain a better understanding on how secondary pollutants such as ozone and secondary organic aerosol are formed. I remained in the Forschungszentrum Jülich and I am now a group leader focusing, among other topics, on a better understanding of the chemistry of peroxy radicals in particular in the expected future chemical regimes (low NOx).
Investigation of the OCS formation from the oxidation of DMS in marine-like conditions.
Invited Oral Presentation
Barbara Noziere
Professor, KTH, Royal Institute od Technology
PhD (on peroxy radicals), Bordeaux, France ; Post-doc NCAR, Boulder, USA ; Assistant Professor, U. of Miami, USA ; Director of Research, CNRS France; Since 2021 Professor, KTH, Sweden; Recipient US-NSF grant 2002; EU Excellence Chair 2006; ERC advanced grant 2020
Speciated Monitoring of Organic Peroxy Radicals with Proton-Transfer Mass Spectrometry: First applications in the laboratory
Invited Oral Presentation
Rachel O'Brien
Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
Dr. Rachel O’Brien joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan as an assistant professor in August 2022. Her research group targets questions on indoor and outdoor air quality with a focus on the composition and aging of complex organic mixtures. She has investigated the chemical and physical properties of indoor surface films and she probes the longer term aging and removal processes for atmospheric organic aerosol particles. Rachel obtained her PhD in Chemistry from UC Berkeley, worked as a postdoc at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab as well as at MIT in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and earned her B.A. in Chemistry from Grinnell College. Prior to joining the University of Michigan, she was an assistant professor at William & Mary.
Chemical characteristics of indoor aerosol particles and surface films
Oral Presentation
John Orlando
Senior Scientist, Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling (ACOM) Laboratory, NCAR
John Orlando is a Senior Scientist in the NCAR Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling (ACOM) Laboratory at NCAR (Boulder CO USA). He began work at NCAR in 1989. His primary interest is in the study of VOC oxidation, in particular through laboratory studies of organic alkoxy and peroxy radical chemistry. He is also involved in the development of chemical mechanisms of varying complexity, including those used in ACOM community chemistry models.
Formation yields of organic nitrates in reactions of organic peroxy radicals with NO
Oral Presentation
Use of OH/VOC ‘site-specific’ rate coefficient data to test, train and constrain structure-activity relationships.
Poster Presentation, Lighting Talk
Josue Perez
First, University of California San Diego
Master thesis student in the Chemistry and Biochemistry department.
Vibrational Photochemistry and Dissociation of Peroxyformic Acid Initiated by Visible Light
Poster Presentation
Ryan Pound
Post doctoral research associate, University of York
I am a postdoc in the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory at the University of York focusing on using models to understand the role of iodine in ocean atmosphere interactions. This work continues on from my PhD where I used the 3D chemistry transport model GEOS-Chem model to understand atmosphere interactions and the role of spatial resolution in marine environments and contribute to the development of GEOS-Chem.
Developing a new ocean-atmosphere exchange model to calculate iodine emissions and better constrain their role in tropospheric chemistry
Invited Oral Presentation
Havala Pye
Research Scientist, US Environmental Protection Agency
Dr. Pye is a research scientist in the US EPA Office of Research and Development where she uses computer models to understand what governs chemicals in air: from emissions through chemical and physical transformation and ultimately removal. Dr. Pye is currently leading efforts to build a new chemical mechanism for use in CMAQ and other models that couples gas and organic aerosol chemistry. Dr. Pye is a recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers. Dr. Pye received her PhD in 2011 in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Environmental Science and Engineering from the California Institute of Technology. More information about her work is available at https://havalapye.wordpress.com/.
Designing chemical mechanisms for ozone and secondary organic aerosol endpoints
Oral Presentation
Bernhard Reischl
University Lecturer, University of Helsinki
Bernhard is a University Lecturer in the computational aerosol physics group of the Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research at the University of Helsinki, investigating collisions of atmospheric molecules and clusters, homogeneous nucleation, as well as heterogeneous ice nucleation, by means of molecular dynamics simulations and free energy calculations.
Nonisothermal nucleation in the gas phase is driven by cool subcritical clusters
Poster Presentation
Michael Robinson
Graduate student, NOAA CSL
Mike is a third year graduate student at the University of Colorado - Boulder and NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory. He is working on chemical ionization mass spectrometry applications in atmospheric chemistry.
Ozone photochemistry and free radical budgets in the Los Angeles basin: A comparison of ground-based observations in 2021 and 2010
Oral Presentation
Rebecca Schwantes
Research Chemist, NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory
Rebecca Schwantes is a research chemist at the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Chemical Sciences Laboratory in Boulder, CO. Her research focuses on the development of reduced chemical mechanisms for use in regional and global atmospheric chemistry models to improve the simulation of air pollutants such as ozone and secondary organic aerosol. Prior, she received her PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering from the California Institute of Technology and was a Postdoctoral Fellow and then Project Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Plans For Enhanced Research Capabilities for Atmospheric Chemistry within NOAA’s Unified Forecasting System
Invited Oral Presentation
Prasenjit Seal
Project Researcher, Tampere University
I am a project researcher in the Aerosol Physics Laboratory of Tampere University, Finland. My research areas are based on computational chemistry and molecular modeling, which ranges from small organic molecules to medium-sized clusters to soft matters.
Oxidation of naphthalene in atmosphere: A computational perspective
Virtual Oral Presentation - Virtual
Saif Shahrukh
Research Fellow, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Saif Shahrukh completed his Bachelor of Science in Soil, Water and Environment and Master of Science in Environment from the Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka. Saif Shahrukh currently works at the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) as a Research Fellow.
Seasonal variation of PM2.5 and PM10 bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Source apportionment and health risk assessment
Poster Presentation, Lighting Talk, Poster Competition
Shobhna Shankar
Research Scholar, IGDTUW
I have been born and brought-up in a small but pious town, also known as 'place of wisdom' (Gaya, Bihar, India) in one of the lesser developed states of India. Me and my sister were raised by our mother, alone. Being a Bachelor (Hons.) in Zoology from Univ. of Delhi, I have interest in numerous studied papers, and highly aware of imbalancing of person's/environmental physiology. This led me to get Masters degree in Env. Sc. I would like to explore polar region and more on solution to pollution after my PhD, I really wish to get a chance. All my childhood struggles have inculcated to reach to a great conclusion in minimum resources. I have been able to achieve numerous recognition and awards since school days; I have also cleared the national entrances to get meritorious admissions in higher studies.
Short-term studies of PM2.5 characteristics using SEM-EDX over Old Delhi region, India
Poster Presentation
Aman Shrivas
Junior Research Fellow, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehradun, India
I am a Junior Research Fellow at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, currently working on morphological, chemical and optical characteristics of atmospheric aerosols, mainly black carbon in the Himalayas.
Chemical Characterization of Ambient Aerosol particles over Gangotri Glaciers, NW Himalayas, India.
Poster Presentation
Sam Silva
Assistant Professor, The University of Southern California
Sam Silva is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Southern California.
Investigating fundamental structures in atmospheric chemical reaction mechanisms
Poster Presentation, Lighting Talk
Roberto Sommariva
Research Fellow, University of Birmingham
Dr. Roberto Sommariva is Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Leicester. He obtained a Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Leeds, then worked at the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, CO (USA), at the University of East Anglia (UK) and at the University of Leicester (UK). He has worked extensively with large detailed chemical mechanisms - such as the Master Chemical Mechanism (MCM) - and is lead developer of the AtChem2 atmospheric chemistry box model.
Explicit and reduced chemical mechanisms for indoor air quality models
Poster Presentation
Obin Sturm
Scientific Programmer, NASA GMAO
Obin Sturm is a scientific programmer at the NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO). He graduated from UC Davis with a B.S. in chemical engineering in 2017, and completed M.S. degrees at TU Delft and TU Berlin in 2021 while working on projects at TNO and the UC Davis Air Quality Research Center. Obin was the project manager and programmer in 2018 and 2019 for the Index of Chamber Atmospheric Research in the United States (ICARUS), led by the Nguyen Lab at UC Davis.
Developing methods for efficient transport and chemistry calculations in forecasting applications
Poster Presentation, Lighting Talk, Poster Competition
Mads Sulbaek Andersen
Assoc. Professor, California State Univeristy
Mads Sulbaek Andersen received his Ph.D. in atmospheric chemistry from the University of Copenhagen in 2006. He was then a Comer Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California – Irvine. In 2010 he joined the Laboratory Studies and Modeling Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as a NASA postdoctoral research fellow and in 2014 he accepted a faculty position at California State University, Northridge, where he currently holds the title of associate professor of chemistry. He is also an associate professor (adjunct) at University of Copenhagen, Denmark. In his research he employs advanced laboratory techniques to investigate kinetics and mechanisms of chemical reactions relevant to our atmosphere and the environment. He has published more than 75 scientific research articles in the field of environmental science.
Atmospheric Photolysis of CF3CHO: A Source of HFC-23?
Poster Presentation
Joel Thornton
Professor, University of Washington
Joel Thornton is the chair of the UW Department of Atmospheric Sciences and an atmospheric scientist who studies the impacts of human activities on air quality and climate through changes to the atmosphere’s composition and chemistry. His focus is on the processes which regulate the formation and removal of short-lived greenhouse gases such as methane and ozone, and the formation and growth of airborne particulate matter. These atmospheric components, strongly modulated by both human activities and natural processes, have important effects of human and ecosystem health, and impact climate through the greenhouse effect and changes to cloud properties. He has received a NSF CAREER Award and a NASA New Investigator Award, given to young researchers who show exceptional promise. He also received the Houghton Award from the American Meteorological Society and the ASCENT Award from the American Geophysical Union for his research contributions to the field of atmospheric science.
Ring-opening yield and auto-oxidation rate of the first-generation hydroxy peroxy radical (C10H17O3) from OH-oxidation of ⍺-pinene and β-pinene
Oral Presentation
Andreas Tilgner
Doctor, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)
Andreas Tilgner received his diploma degree in Meteorology from the Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences of the University of Leipzig, Germany (2004). Since 2003, he worked at the atmospheric chemistry department (ACD) of the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) in Leipzig, Germany, in the field of tropospheric multiphase chemistry. There, he worked as a Ph.D. student with support of the DBU (German Federal Environmental Foundation, 2005−2007), and received his Ph.D. in 2009 from University of Leipzig with a thesis on modelling of the physico-chemical multiphase processing of tropospheric aerosols. He is currently a senior research scientist at TROPOS-ACD. His research over the past 15 years has focused on tropospheric chemistry modeling with special emphasis on the development of complex multiphase chemical mechanisms and their application in sophisticated numerical models. His research interests and expertise concern the tropospheric multiphase processing of volatile organic and inorganic compounds contributing to secondary organic and inorganic aerosol formation, and effects of multiphase chemistry processes on the tropospheric oxidation capacity.
Modeling the multiphase chemistry of isoprene-related organic hydroxy hydroperoxides and epoxides with MCM/CAPRAM
Oral Presentation
Trevor VandenBoer
Assistant Professor, York University
Trevor VandenBoer is an Assistant Professor in environmental analytical chemistry. His research program in chemistry at York University is focused on the development of new instruments and methodologies for globally pressing environmental issues around nutrient mobilization and persistent contaminants. The former currently includes reactive nitrogen atmospheric chemistry through the development of new instrumentation for studying indoor environments to better constrain sources, transformations, and occupant exposure. He is also working in collaboration with Environment and Climate Change Canada to understand the transportation, fate, and deposition quantity of ionogenic species like per- and polyfluorinated alkyl carboxylic acids (PFCAs), as oxidation end products of volatile precursors, in to at-risk whale habitat. To this end, novel sampling methods with greater selectivity and sensitivity or temporal resolution are ongoing developments in his group.
Drivers of Perfluorocarboxylic Acid (PFCA) Gas-Particle Partitioning: Modeled Properties and Observational Constraints
Oral Presentation
Luc Vereecken
Dr., Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Luc Vereecken has been working on theoretical kinetic predictions of rate coefficients, chemical mechanisms, and structure-activity relationships for most of his career. After obtaining his PhD at the University of Leuven, Belgium, and doing extended postdocs there, he worked at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany, and is currently group leader in theoretical atmospheric chemistry at the Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH in Jülich, Germany.
Recent advances in SARs for the unimolecular chemistry of peroxy radicals
Invited Oral Presentation
Chekimomi: a tool for enabling FAIR kinetic models
Poster Presentation
Rainer Volkamer
Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
Professor of Chemistry and CIRES Fellow. Research on Innovative Instrumentation to study atmospheric chemistry and environmental physics with a focus on fundamentals. Teaches Analytical Atmospheric Spectroscopy at the graduate level, and Instrumental Analysis with Environmental Emphasis at the undergraduate level.
The gas-phase formation mechanism of iodic acid: a catalytic role of iodine in particle formation
Poster Presentation
Zhizhao Wang
PhD Candidate, CEREA, ENPC
Zhizhao Wang is currently a third-year PhD candidate at the Joint laboratory of École des Ponts ParisTech and EdF R&D (CEREA, ENPC) and the French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks (INERIS). Her research focuses on developing reduced SOA mechanisms for 3D air quality models.
Reduction strategies for the automatic generation of SOA mechanism using GENOA
Poster Presentation, Lighting Talk
James Warman
Postgraduate Researcher, University of Leeds
James studied his undergraduate integrated master's degree in chemistry at the University of Leeds, graduating in the summer of 2019 to continue onto postgraduate research at the university with Professor Paul Seakins and Dr. Daniel Stone. James' PhD research focuses on the applications of a multi-instrumented atmospheric simulation chamber, HIRAC (Highly Instrumented Reactor for Atmospheric Chemistry), studying atmospherically relevant oxidation reactions that lead to formation of glyoxal and formaldehyde to enhance interpretation of satellite measurements.
New Measurements of Glyoxal Yields from Acetaldehyde Oxidation
Poster Presentation
James Weber
Dr, University of Sheffield
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Sheffield, previously PhD Student, University of Cambridge
Climate forcing from vegetation emissions strongly influenced by the chemical mechanism employed.
Virtual Oral Presentation - Virtual
Frank Winiberg
Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
My research background is in gas-phase physical chemistry; focusing on laboratory-based photochemistry research for Earth’s Troposphere and Stratosphere. More recently I have focused on atmospheric chemistry that is important to Venus and Exoplanets. Alongside the chemistry research, I am working on design and development of a miniaturized semiconductor laser-based trace gas sensor for the ISS (MiniTOCA) and the remote sensing Airborne Scanning Microwave Limb Sounder (A-SMLS) instrument which flies on the ER-2 aircraft.
Probing the DMS Oxidation Mechanism Through Measurements of the OH Radical
Poster Presentation
Forwood Wiser
PhD Candidate, Columbia University
3rd year chemical engineering PhD student in the McNeill Group at Columbia University. Currently researching automated model reduction algorithms for use on the isoprene atmospheric chemistry mechanism.
Automated Mechanism Reduction Algorithm Applied to Isoprene Chemistry
Poster Presentation
Megan Woods
PhD Student, California Institute of Technology
Megan Woods is a first year graduate student at the California Institute of Technology, studying physical chemistry.
Kinetic Studies of the Pressure and Temperature Dependence of OH+SO2 in the Presence of Water Vapor
Poster Presentation, Lighting Talk, Poster Competition
Jia Xing
Associated Professor, Tsinghua University
Dr. Jia Xing is an associate professor at Tsinghua University. He has a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering. His research mainly focuses on the emission inventory development, air quality and regional climate modeling, and control policy assessment. He worked at US EPA for 5 years from 2011 to 2016. He worked at IIASA and North Carolina State University as a visiting scholar during 2006 to 2009. He has published more than 100 English scientific articles at the peer-reviewed journals in the field of atmospheric sciences.
Optimization of air pollutant control policy based on the nonlinearity of atmospheric chemistry
Invited Oral Presentation
Ying Xiong
Postdoc Fellow, Wayne State University
I am a postdoctoral fellow from the Wayne State University. My research interests include urban air pollution, chemical transport models, and health risk assessment.
Long-term Trends of Impacts of Global Gasoline and Diesel Emissions on Air Quality and Human Health for 2000-2015
Oral Presentation
Lei Yang
PhD candidate, UC Riverside
1. University of California, Riverside (UCR) 2018-present Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry, May 2020 Principle Investigator: Prof. Jingsong Zhang 2. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) 2014-2018 B.S. in Chemistry, July 2018 Undergraduate Research Advisor: Prof. Shuiming Hu
Low-pressure yields of stabilized Criegee intermediates produced from ozonolysis of a series of alkenes
Poster Presentation, Lighting Talk, Poster Competition
Xiaokai Yang
Graduate research assistant, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Xiaokai Yang is a graduate research assistant at department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. He is working on air quality modelling in Dr. Tessum's research group. He received his master's degree in Environmental Science and Engineering from UIUC.
Multi-phase chemistry surrogate modeling with a recurrent neural network
Oral Presentation
Lei Yang
PhD candidate, UC Riverside
1. University of California, Riverside (UCR) 2018-present Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry, May 2020 Principle Investigator: Prof. Jingsong Zhang 2. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) 2014-2018 B.S. in Chemistry, July 2018 Undergraduate Research Advisor: Prof. Shuiming Hu
Low-pressure yields of stabilized Criegee intermediates produced from ozonolysis of a series of alkenes
Amber Yeoman
Postdoctoral Research Associate, The University of York
Amber is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of York. Her research focuses on the contribution of consumer products to poor indoor air quality and the use of mass spectrometry techniques to measure VOC emissions
Personal care product VOC emissions: Indoor air quality impacts and estimated inhaled dosage from use
Oral Presentation
Cora Young
Associate Professor, York University
Cora's research focuses on the development and application of new analytical techniques to increase our understanding of issues in air quality, climate change, and pollutant transport.
High time resolution ambient measurements of gas- and particle-phase perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs): Implications for sources and fate
Poster Presentation
Bin Yuan
Chemistry of Reactive Organic Gases in Mega-cities of China: Insights from Vertical Gradient and Eddy Covariance Flux Measurements, Jinan University
Bin Yuan graduated from Peking University, China, with Bachelor’s degrees in Environmental Sciences and Economics. He then received a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences at Peking University with the honor of Excellent Doctoral Dissertation in 2012. Since then, he has continued his research at NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) in United States and at Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland. He works as a faculty member at the Institute for Environment and Climate Research (ECI) of Jinan University in Guangzhou, China since 2017. His research is focused on investigations of emissions and evolution of organic compounds as well as mass spectrometric techniques in detection of organic compounds in the atmosphere.
Chemistry of Reactive Organic Gases in Mega-cities of China: Insights from Vertical Gradient and Eddy Covariance Flux Measurements
Invited Oral Presentation
Haofei Zhang
Associate Professor, University of California, Riverside
PhD (2008-2012): University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Postdoc (2012-2016): LBNL, UC Berkeley; Assistant Professor (2017-2022): UC Riverside. Associate Professor (20222-): UC Riverside
Organic Aerosol Multiphase Aging: Rethinking the Chemical Mechanism under Atmospherically Relevant Conditions
Oral Presentation
Qindan Zhu
Temporary Researcher on Chemical Mechanism Development, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and the NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory
Qindan is currently a NOAA climate & global change postdoc fellow and work with Prof. Arlene Fiore on chemistry-climate interaction at MIT. Before she started her postdoc, she worked on chemical mechanism development at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and the NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory in Boulder, CO as a temporary researcher. Qindan completed her undergraduate study in environmental science and mathematics at Peking University. She completed PhD in May this year at UC Berkeley having worked with Prof. Ron Cohen. Her research focus is on remote sensing and urban OH chemistry.
A Better Representation of VOC chemistry from VCP and Cooking emissions in WRF-Chem
Invited Oral Presentation
Anna Ziola
PhD Candidate, University of Colorado Boulder
Anna Ziola is a 4th year graduate student at the University of Colorado Boulder. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Creighton University in 2019.
Identification and Quantitation of Products Formed from the Reaction of Alkenoic Acids with OH Radicals in a Low NOx Environment
Oral Presentation