Past Events

AirUCI postdoc,Zhaomin Yang will give a presentation on her recent research from 12-1 pm on Friday, June 27, in Rowland Hall room 390.  The topic is NO2, SO2, NH3, and RH effects on SOA formation.

AirUCI Project Scientists Dr. Lisa Wingen and Dr. Veronique Perraud have organized regular meetings for researchers to discuss using the Igor lab apparatus.  The next meeting will be held on June 25th from 3:30-5:00 PM in Rowland Hall room 390.

AirUCI's AAAR Student Chapter will host a picnic to celebrate the end of the academic year on June 13th on the ISEB 4th floor patio from noon to 2 pm. Pizza and snacks will be provided. 

AirUCI will host a tour of our labs during the Chemistry Department's tenth Annual Research Saturday. This event allows chemistry majors and honors students to visit prospective research labs, and is an opportunity for our faculty and researchers to meet potential undergraduates who may want to join one of the AirUCI groups. AirUCI Project Scientist Veronique Perraud and undergrad Maryam Parvinian will show the Finlayson-Pitts and Nizkorodov labs that day. Along with Maryam (Finlayson-Pitts group), AirUCI grad student Anthony Jue and undergrad Avisa Charmchi (Nizkorodov group) gave...

AirUCI faculty Sarah Finkeldei has organized a meeting to discuss the Nuclear Energy Workforce Pipeline Program to be held on April 25th in Natural Sciences building 2, room 1201.  This day-long event will discuss facilitating pathways for students to pursue careers in nuclear energy and will feature four experts from Lawrence Livermore National Lab.

AirUCI Project Scientists Dr. Lisa Wingen and Dr. Veronique Perraud have organized regular meetings for researchers to discuss using the Igor lab apparatus.  The previous meeting was a tutorial on using the MzMine feature of Igor, presented by AirUCI grad student Lena Gerritz.  Part 2 of the MzMine tutorial will be hosted by Adam Thomas on April 23rd from 3:30-5:00 PM in Rowland Hall room 390 for a post-processing analysis of the data generated at the last meeting.

The Department of Earth System Science is hosting Earth Day events on April 22nd for a Poster Presentation & Coffee Session where attendees can connect and learn about the insightful research conducted by our graduate and postdoctoral community. AirUCI grad student Lena Gerritz (Nizkorodov+Shiraiwa groups) will represent AirUCI and our AAAR student chapter at this event, to be be held in Croul Hall from 11 am to 2 pm.

On April 17th, AirUCI hosted a group of high school students from Godinez High School who visited campus so they could learn more about nuclear energy research from AirUCI  faculty Sarah Finkeldei. The visit, supported by the Nicholas Endowment, included a tour of the UCI Nuclear Reactor Facility as well as the school’s Nuclear Materials Synthesis Laboratory.

AirUCI graduate students Sage Lauper-Cook (Shiraiwa group) and Berenice Rojas (Smith group) have volunteered as judges in the 2025 UC Irvine Undergraduate Research Symposium, which celebrates undergraduate research and creative activities.  The competition runs from April 8 - May 16 and about 30 video, oral, and poster presentations will be submitted by UCI undergrads for judging across many disciplines.

AirUCI Project Scientists Dr. Lisa Wingen and Dr. Veronique Perraud have organized regular meetings for researchers to discuss using the Igor lab apparatus..  The next meeting will be held on April 2nd from 3:30 - 5:30 pm in Rowland Hall room 390.  AirUCI grad students Lena Gerritz (Nizkorodov group) and Adam Thomas (Smith group) will be demonstrating the features of MzMine.