CIRES Env. Chem. Division Best Student Paper Award

Past Winners

Graduate Student: Jennifer Berry, for Laser Ablation-Aerosol Mass Spectrometry-Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry for Ambient Surface Imaging. J.L. Berry, D.A. Day, T. Elseberg, B.B. Palm, W. Hu, A. Abdelhamid, J.C. Schroder, U. Karst, J.L. Jimenez, E.C. Browne. Anal. Chem. 90, 4046–4053, doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.7b05255, 2018.

Postdoc: Benjamin Nault, for Secondary Organic Aerosol Production from Local Emissions Dominates the Organic Aerosol Budget over Seoul, South Korea, during KORUS-AQ B.A. Nault, P. Campuzano-Jost, D.A. Day, J.C. Schroder, B. Anderson, A.J. Beyersdorf, D.R. Blake, W.H. Brune, Y. Choi, C.A. Corr, J.A. de Gouw, J. Dibb, J.P. DiGangi, G.S. Diskin, A. Fried, L.G. Huey, M.J. Kim, C.J. Knote, K.D. Lamb, T. Lee, T. Park, S.E. Pusede, E. Scheuer, K.L. Thornhil, J.-H. Woo, J.L. Jimenez. . Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 17769-17800, 2018. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-17769-2018.

Graduate Student: Natalie Kille, for The CU Mobile Solar Occultation Flux Instrument: structure functions and emission rates of NH3, NO2 and C2H6. Kille, N., S. Baidar, P. Handley, I. Ortega, R. Sinreich, O. R. Cooper, F. Hase, J. W. Hannigan, G. Pfister, and R. Volkamer. Atmos. Meas. Techn. 10, 363-392, 2017. doi:10.5194/amt-10-373-2017.
Postdoc: Shang Liu, for Gas-phase carboxylic acids in a university classroom: abundance, variability, and sources. S. Liu, S.L. Thompson, H. Stark, P.J. Ziemann, J.L. Jimenez. Environ. Sci. Technol., 51, 5454–5463, doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b01358, 2017.

Jordan E. Krechmer, for Quantification of gas-wall partitioning in Teflon environmental chambers using rapid bursts of low-volatility oxidized species generated in-situ. Jordan E. Krechmer, D. Pagonis, P.J. Ziemann, and J.L. Jimenez. Environmental Science & Technology, 50, 5757–5765, doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b00606, 2016.

Ryan D. Davis: Contact efflorescence as a pathway for crystallization of atmospherically relevant particles. Ryan D. Davis, , Sara Lance, Joshua A. Gordon, Shuichi B. Ushijima, and Margaret A. Tolbert. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015 112 (52) 15815-15820; doi:10.1073/pnas.1522860113

Sean Coburn: Measurements of Diurnal Variations and Eddy Covariance (EC) Fluxes of Glyoxal in the Tropical Marine Boundary Layer: Description of the Fast LED-CE-DOAS instrument. S. Coburn, I. Ortega, R. Thalman, B. Blomquist, C. W. Fairall, and R. Volkamer, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 7, 3579–3595, 2014.
Allison Reed Harris: Photochemical Kinetics of Pyruvic Acid in Aqueous Solution. A. E. Reed Harris, B. Ervens, R. K. Shoemaker, J. A. Kroll, R. J. Rapf, E. C. Griffith, A. Monod, and V. Vaida. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 118, 8505–8516, 2014.
Gregory Schill: Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation on Simulated Sea-Spray Aerosol Using Raman Microscopy. G. P. Schill, D. O. De Haan, and M. A. Tolbert, Environmental Science and Technology, 48, 1675–1682, 2014.

(1) The paper must have been published or in press during the past calendar year, after the peer-review process. Non-peer reviewed papers are not eligible, including “discussions” papers.
- But a paper that was e.g. in press in 2019 but was published in final form in 2020 (by the time the competition date closes) should be submitted to the 2020 Awards, not the 2019 ones.
(2) The first author of the paper must be (have been) a PhD or Masters student in one of the groups under CIRES Environmental Chemistry when the paper was submitted. This includes ANYL students working for faculty in other divisions, departments or in national labs. It also includes students who have graduated, as long as the paper was part of their graduate research and was published during the past calendar year. A given student can only win this competition once.
(3) The first author of the paper should submit the following materials to the ANYL Graduate Advisor via email:
- PDF of the paper in final form
- A paragraph (limited to 250 words) stating the significance and impact of the work and their role in the work described in the paper
(4) The criteria for the Award will include the novelty and importance of the results, the quality of the presentation, and the quality of the journal.
(5) The CIRES EnvChem faculty will vote to choose one paper. Details below.
(6) The Award will be presented at ANYL seminar, and will consist of $500 and a Certificate

All rules are the same as for the graduate student award, with the following exceptions:
(2) The first author of the paper must be (have been) a postdoctoral researcher or research scientist in the CHEM Anyl. Env. Atmos. Division when the paper was submitted. This includes people who have moved on from CU, as long as the paper was part of their research at CU, and was published during the past calendar year. A given person can only win this competition once.
(5) The CHEM Anyl. Env. Atmos. faculty will vote to choose one paper. Details below.

(1) Each faculty votes per the rules. As is standard to avoid conflicts-of-interest, faculty cannot vote on papers where they are coauthors. If an advisor does not vote, the papers from his/her advisees will not be eligible for the Award.
(2) The final score is calculated by summing the individual faculty scores for a paper, and then dividing by the number of faculty that voted on that paper. E.g. if a paper is ranked 1st by one faculty member and 2nd by another (and only those 2 faculty voted), it has 3 total points, and a final score of 3 / 2 = 1.5.
(3) The paper with the lowest final score wins.
(4) If one or more papers are within 10.0% of the score of the winning paper (calculated as (2nd - winner) / winner), then those papers also win. Otherwise there is only one winner.