AirUCI research team members received several awards at the annual E.K.C. Lee awards dinner on Thursday evening, May 26, 2011. Matt Dawson received the Graduate Student Award for exceptional contributions to the Chemistry department and, along with Gregory Hartt, received the Michael E. Gebel Award. At the dinner it was announced that AirUCI's Katelyn Updyke had received an American Institute of Chemists Foundation Award for 2011 and that she and our Carol Tsai were recognized by Phi Lambda Upsilon for excellent grades. Carol also graduates Cum Laude and with Honors in Chemistry. AirUCI administrative assistant Jennifer Collopy received the Chemistry Staff Award, and it was announced that PI Benny Gerber has been elected Distinguished Professor of the Finnish Academy of Sciences and the University of Helsinki. Our Adam Bateman received the Michael Zach Award for most promising future faculty member. And Emily Bruns received the Edward K.C. Lee Award for outstanding graduate student. All in all, AirUCI was well represented at the Lee Awards Banquet, and we're very proud of you all!
News
Here's the latest news from AirUCI — our events, our people, our science.
2011
On Wednesday, May 11, 2011, AirUCI PI Donald Dabdub represented UCI and our AirUCI group at the Coalition for NSF meetings with legislators and their staff in Washington DC. This meeting gave lawmakers a chance to see first-hand the kinds of things we’re doing. Our group has been singled out as representing the best in research and outreach to the public, so it’s really exciting to have Prof. Dabdub as the face of our team at this event.
"Water is going to be the oil of the 21st century," predicts AirUCI PI Bill Cooper, director of the Urban Water Research Center, in a USA Today article on water scarcity and potential solutions to this growing problem.
2010
AirUCI PI G. Scott Samuelsen was awarded the 2010 UCI Medal on October 2, 2010. The Medal, UC Irvine’s highest honor, recognizes individuals who have made remarkable contributions to the university’s mission, spirit, and vision. Congratulations, Scott!
UCI Campus Communications featured our recent Summer Teacher Workshop in a July 22 online article which followed workshop attendees through a day of lecture, lunch, and lab work. Interviews with AirUCI faculty provide details and background for the workshop.
An article in the Los Angeles Times cites the work of AirUCI PI Don Blake and Barbara Barletta of his research team on the topic of the BP oil spill entitled “As Everyone Looks Down at What Gulf Oil Spill Has Wrought, UC Irvine Researchers Look Up.”
Physorg.com has published an article in the Space & Earth/Environment section entitled “Is oil spill also fouling the air?” which includes the research results from the work AirUCI PI Don Blake has done at the site.
AirUCI faculty Don Blake’s studies on the BP oil spill of 2010 were the subject of an article in the Los Angeles Times entitled “Gulf oil spill: Air pollution a new health concern.”
Two UCI Chemistry students — Megan Warner Szyndler and Tran Nguyen in AirUCI's Nizkorodov group — were presented with the fourth annual Michael E. Gebel award at the 2010 Edward K.C. Lee dinner held at the University Club on June 4, 2010. This award is presented to second year graduate students working in environmental chemistry who have had a period of work before continuing on to graduate school. Way to go, Megan and Tran!
The OC Science section of web site for the Orange County Register has published an article entitled “UCI scientists track oil spill’s air effects” which includes details of the studies on the BP oil spill and its impact on the atmosphere conducted by AirUCI PI Don Blake and Barbara Barletta of his research team.
