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International Collaborators
Noted international researchers are members of our AirUCI team, including:
- Dr. Jonathan Abbatt of University of Toronto, Canada
- Dr. Hind A. Al-Abadleh of Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
- Dr. Markus Ammann of the Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
- Dr. Allan Bertram of University of British Columbia, Canada
- Dr. Nicola Carslaw of University of York, UK
- Dr. Christian George of IRCELYON, CNRS, France
- Dr. Theo Kurten of University of Helsinki, Finland
- Dr. Ole John Nielsen of University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Dr. Ulrich Pöschl of Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany
- Dr. Martina Roeselová at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic who, tragically, passed away on February 13, 2015.
- Dr. Yinon Rudich of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
- Dr. Julio Tota of Federal University of Western Pará, Brazil
- Dr. Tao Wang of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
- Dr. Bernd Winter of the Helmholtz Zentrum, Germany
- Dr. Xin Yang of Fudan University, China
- Dr. Andreas Zuend of McGill University, Canada
U.S. Collaborators
- Dr. Kirk Baker of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Dr. Pierre Baldi of University of California at Irvine
- Dr. Kelley Barsanti of University of California at Riverside
- Dr. Timothy Bertram of the University of Wisconsin at Madison
- Dr. Juliane Fry of Reed College, Oregon
- Dr. Jane Ganske of Pepperdine University, California
- Dr. Franz Geiger of Northwestern University, Illinois
- Dr. Allen Goldstein of University of California at Berkeley
- Dr. Christopher Hennigan of University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Dr. Susanne Hering of Aerosol Dynamics, Inc.
- Dr. Murray Johnston of University of Delaware
- Dr. Daniel Knopf of Stony Brook University of New York
- Dr. Alexander Laskin of Purdue University, Indiana
- Dr. Julia Laskin of Purdue University, Indiana
- Dr. Ryan Moffett of University of the Pacific, California
- Dr. Glenn Morrison of University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Dr. Jeffrey Pierce of Colorado State University
- Dr. Donghyun Rim of Pennsylvania State University
- Dr. Kirk R. Smith of University of California at Berkeley
- Dr. Michael Waring of Drexel University, Pennsylvania
- Dr. Brian Wong of University of California at Riverside
National Lab and Agency Collaborators
We collaborate closely with researchers at U.S. agencies and two U.S. National Laboratories: Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL) and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL). Our National Lab and agency partners include:
- Dr. Hendrik Bluhm of LBNL
- Dr. Steven Brown of NOAA
- Dr. Mary Gilles of LBNL
- Dr. A. Scott Lea of PNNL
- Dr. Christopher J. Mundy of PNNL
- Dr. Alla Zelenyuk-Imre of PNNL
Fulbright Scholars
Our second Fulbright Scholar, Prof. Hind al-Abadleh of Wilfrid Laurier University, joined us from December 15, 2018 through April, 2019 and conducted collaborative research projects with AirUCI groups as well as teaching an upper-level Chemistry course. Dr. Jonathan Abbatt of the University of Toronto was the inaugural Fulbright Scholar at the AirUCI Institute from January - April, 2018. Due to COVID virus concerns, we delayed our 2020 Fulbright Scholar until 2021, when we will host two fellows that year.
Senior Science Advisor 
Dr. James N. Pitts, Jr. was an additional resource for our team from AirUCI's inception until his death on June 19, 2014 at the age of 93. He was Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Riverside, co-founder and past director of the University of California Statewide Air Pollution Research Center, and was an AirUCI senior research chemist until the end. He is greatly missed. Visit the Jim Pitts memorial page
Read the Spectrum article about Jim's career
AirUCI Research Team
Much of our work is carried out by our talented research team, comprised of postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and undergraduate students. Our summer staff often includes chemistry teachers at the community college and high school levels who share with their students the latest research results from our projects. In addition, we regularly host visiting researchers from outside institutions as we build on collaborations and conduct joint research projects.
Postdoctoral Researchers | Research Specialists | Ph.D. Candidates | Undergraduates |
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Dr. Ting Fang | Dr. Murat Aydin (Associate Researcher) | Vahe Baboomian | Altay Bayrakci |
Dr. Djawhar Ferrah | Dr. Barbara Barletta (Assistant Specialist) | Mooji Boldbaatar | Joey Jo-Yee Cheng |
Dr. Clare Flynn | Mr. Zachary Cornwell (Jr. Specialist) | Alyssa Burns | Jorge Luis Fernandez |
Dr. Tommaso Galeazzo | Mr. Michael Ezell (Sr. Research Specialist) | Sabrina Chee | Syed Muhammad Hassan |
Dr. Chaopeng Hong | Dr. Alfredo Frietes (Project Scientist) | Yin Ting Chiu | Uyen Le |
Dr. Natalia Karimova | Dr. Juno Hsu (Project Scientist) | Avery Dalton | Kaden Martin |
Dr. Pascale Lakey | Dr. Michael Lawler (Project Scientist) | Michelia (Lia) Dam | Andre Paradise |
Dr. Ying Li | Dr. Shahir Masri (Research Specialist) | Danielle Draper | Danielle Rocco |
Dr. Nanna Myllys | Dr. Simone Meinardi (Associate Specialist) | Kasey Edwards | Samantha Scott |
Dr. Dan Tong | Dr. Veronique Perraud (Project Scientist) | Madison Flesch | Daniel Vite |
Dr. Eva von Domaros | Dr. Isobel Simpson (Associate Specialist) | Robert Fofrich | Claire Socorro-Weeks |
Dr. Michael von Domaros | Dr. Weihong Wang (Project Scientist) | Hayley Glicker | Teng (Terra) Wang |
Dr. Shupeng Zhu | Dr. Lisa Wingen (Project Scientist) | Shan Gu | Jiaqi Wu |
Amanda Haines | Kimberly Zhang | ||
Katherine Hopstock | |||
Brian Hwang | |||
Kyle Kabasares | |||
Sukriti Kapur | |||
Fatemah Khalaj | |||
Alexandra Klodt | |||
Vanessa Machuca | |||
Marcus Marracci | |||
Anne Mielnik | |||
Fabian Muresan | |||
Deanna Myers | |||
Brian Nguyen | |||
John Patterson | |||
Saleh Riahi | |||
Johanna Rinaman | |||
Andrea Rohrbacher | |||
Daniel Ruiz | |||
Tim Schuetz | |||
Jessica Sharpe | |||
Natalie Smith | |||
Yi Sun | |||
Adam Thomas | |||
Jeremy Wakeen | |||
Alexa Watson | |||
Jinlai Wei | |||
Cynthia Wong | |||
Support Staff
Melissa Sweet, AirUCI Project Coordinator
Victoria Stewart-Goss, AirUCI Administrative Assistant