ANYL Award

CHEM ANYL and CIRES Env. Chem. Divisions Best Student Paper Award

Past Winners

Best Paper of 2016

• 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.

Best Paper of 2015

• 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

Best Paper of 2014 (shared 3-ways)

• 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.

Rules for the Competition

• (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.
• (2) The first author of the paper must be (have been) a PhD or Masters student (a) in one of the groups under CIRES Environmental Chemistry or (b) be in the CHEM Division of Analytical & Environmental Chemistry (ANYL) 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 ANYL & 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

CHEM ANYL Division Best Postdoc & Research Scientist Paper Award

Rules for the Competition

• 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 Division of Analytical & Environmental Chemistry (ANYL) 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 ANYL faculty will vote to choose one paper. Details below.

Detailed Rules for Faculty Voting (for both competitions)

• (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) A score is calculated by summing the votes. 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 points.
• (3) The scores are normalized by the number of voting faculty. E.g. if 3 faculty voted in total, but only 2 could vote in the above paper because it was from a student of the 3rd faculty member. So in that case the corrected scored would be 3 x 3 / 2 = 4.5
• (4) The paper with the lowest score wins.
• (5) 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.