Past Events

AirUCI will host a visit and talk in early June by Prof. Ralf Zimmermann of the University of Rostock in Germany.  Exact date, time, and lecture topic TBD but he is currently studying the health impacts of aerosols, with cell exposure studies.

Several members of the AirUCI research team will attend and present at the annual American Society for Mass Spectrometry conference in Anaheim during the week of June 2-6.

On May 29th AirUCI will host a visit from Professor Thorsten Benter of the University of Wuppertal in Germany.  He is a past member of UCI's Chemistry faculty and is an expert in mass spectrometry and atmospheric chemistry.  He will give a seminar at 2 pm in Rowland Hall 390, and the title of his talk is "Sampling and detecting ions generated in two (very) strange environments: Electrospray (ESI) plumes and Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) plasmas".

On May 22nd AirUCI will host a visit from Dr. Zachary Schiffman of the University of Colorado at Boulder.  He will be meeting with AirUCI researchers and will give a talk at 2 pm in Rowland Hall 390, talk title TBA.

AirUCI faculty Scott Samuelsen, Jack Brouwer, and Voya Stamenkovic are special invited attendees at the Off Highway Powertrain & Fuels USA 2024 conference to be held May 8-9 at the Beckman Center.  The conference is organized by Emissions Analytics of Stokenchurch, England.  Details

AirUCI faculty Andrea De Vizcaya Ruiz is organizing a meeting on May 2nd with Prof. Emeritus Alvaro Osornio Vargas of the University of Alberta, Canada, to discuss our research related to the environmental impact and health in Madison Park and Santa Ana.  Our collaborators from Green-MPNA, EcoGov Lab, and APHEL will attend along with several AirUCI faculty and researchers.  Presentations will be followed by a discussion on interdisciplinarity and our experiences as scientists from different disciplines partnering with an EJ organization.  Prof. Osornio Vargas' extensive experience in air...

AirUCI will host a visit from Dr. Ryan Reynolds of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab on April 30th.  He will be visiting our labs, meeting with researchers, and will give a lecture at 2:00 in Rowland Hall room 390 entitled “Oxidizing Organic Aerosol at Tropospheric Temperatures: Kinetic Insights From (and Into!) Model Systems”.

AirUCI will host a tour of our labs by students from the ALMA Academy on April 27th.  Operated by our partner organization, GREEN-MPNA, the ALMA Academy mentors students in STEM subjects.  The students will see Chemistry and ESS labs on their tour and will hear presentations about research and opportunities for future educational paths.

On April 25th, AirUCI faculty Jane Baldwin will be one of two featured speakers at the Dean's Climate and Energy lecture.  Along with UCI Chemistry Prof. Shane Ardo, the breakfast event will be held from 8:30 - 10 am at the Cove.  Jane's talk title is "It's Getting Hot in Here: Heat, Health and Humidity in a Changing Climate." Details and registration

AirUCI faculty Barbara Finlayson-Pitts and Jim Smith are invited to speak at the Tyre Emissions and Sustainability USA 2024 conference to be held April 24-25 at the Beckman Center.  The conference is organized by Emissions Analytics of Stokenchurch, England.  Details