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| [[File:fac_Avallone.jpg]] || '''Linnea M. Avallone''' <br>Associate Professor, Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences <br> Ph.D., Harvard University, 1993 <br> ''Interests:'' Stratospheric and tropospheric halogen chemistry, <br> field studies, instrumentation and cloud processes. <br> [http://paos.colorado.edu/people/avallone.php homepage]
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| align="center" bgcolor="lightgrey"| [[File:fac_Avallone.jpg]] || '''Linnea M. Avallone''' <br>Associate Professor, Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences <br> Ph.D., Harvard University, 1993 <br> ''Interests:'' Stratospheric and tropospheric halogen chemistry, <br> field studies, instrumentation and cloud processes. <br> [http://paos.colorado.edu/people/avallone.php homepage]
 
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| [[File:fac_Bierbaum.jpg]] || '''Veronica M. Bierbaum''' <br>Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry <br> Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1974 <br> ''Interests:'' Development of new techniques in physical and organic chemistry <br> and their application to studies of gas phase ion chemistry. <br> [http://www.colorado.edu/chemistry/people/bierbaumv.html homepage]
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|align="center" bgcolor="lightgrey"| [[File:fac_Bierbaum.jpg]] || '''Veronica M. Bierbaum''' <br>Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry <br> Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1974 <br> ''Interests:'' Development of new techniques in physical and organic chemistry <br> and their application to studies of gas phase ion chemistry. <br> [http://www.colorado.edu/chemistry/people/bierbaumv.html homepage]
 
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| [[File:fac_Birks.jpg]] || '''John W. Birks''' <br>Professor Emeritus, Chemistry and Biochemistry <br> Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1974 <br> ''Interests:'' Development of light-weight instruments for vertical profiling <br> of atmospheric species using kites, balloons, and light aircraft. <br> [http://cires.colorado.edu/people/birks/ homepage]
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|align="center" bgcolor="lightgrey"| [[File:fac_Birks.jpg]] || '''John W. Birks''' <br>Professor Emeritus, Chemistry and Biochemistry <br> Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1974 <br> ''Interests:'' Development of light-weight instruments for vertical profiling <br> of atmospheric species using kites, balloons, and light aircraft. <br> [http://cires.colorado.edu/people/birks/ homepage]
 
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| [[File:fac_Daily.jpg]] || '''John W. Daily''' <br>Professor, Mechanical Engineering <br> Ph.D., Stanford University, 1975 <br> ''Interests:'' Biomass gasification, wild land fire chemistry, MEMS for propulsion, <br> optical cancer detection, laser diagnostics of reacting flows, combustion.<br> [http://spot.colorado.edu/~daily/index.html homepage]
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| align="center" bgcolor="lightgrey"|[[File:fac_Collins.jpg]] || '''William D. Collins''' <br>Adjunct Professor, Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences<br> Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1988 <br> ''Interests:'' Interactions of clouds and aerosols with solar and terrestrial radiation, <br> and modeling their impacts on global climate change. <br> [http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cms/wcollins/index_files/frame.htm homepage]
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| align="center" bgcolor="lightgrey"|[[File:fac_Daily.jpg]] || '''John W. Daily''' <br>Professor, Mechanical Engineering <br> Ph.D., Stanford University, 1975 <br> ''Interests:'' Biomass gasification, wild land fire chemistry, MEMS for propulsion, <br> optical cancer detection, laser diagnostics of reacting flows, combustion.<br> [http://spot.colorado.edu/~daily/index.html homepage]
 
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| [[File:fac_Hannigan.jpg]] || '''Michael Hannigan''' <br> Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering <br> Ph.D., Caltech, 1997 <br> ''Interests:'' Characterization of air pollution, impact of air quality on health, <br> energy links to air quality. <br> [http://spot.colorado.edu/~hannigan/index.html homepage]
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| align="center" bgcolor="lightgrey"|[[File:fac_Fall.jpg]] || '''Ray R. Fall''' <br>Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry <br> Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1970 <br> ''Interests:'' VOC  production, biosynthesis and emission, <br> biological rationales for formation of organic compounds.<br> [http://www.colorado.edu/chemistry/people/fallr.html homepage]
 
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| [[File:Henze.jpg]] || '''Daven K. Henze''' <br> Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering <br> Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Caltech, 2007 <br> ''Interests:'' Aerosols and air quality, climatology and atmospheric chemistry, <br> adjoint sensitivity analysis, aata assimilation and remote sensing. <br> [http://spot.colorado.edu/~henzed/index.html homepage]
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| align="center" bgcolor="lightgrey"|[[File:fac_Hannigan.jpg]] || '''Michael Hannigan''' <br> Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering <br> Ph.D., Caltech, 1997 <br> ''Interests:'' Characterization of air pollution, impact of air quality on health, <br> energy links to air quality. <br> [http://spot.colorado.edu/~hannigan/index.html homepage]
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| align="center" bgcolor="lightgrey"|[[File:fac_Jimenez.jpg]] || '''Jose-Luis Jimenez''' <br> Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry <br> Ph.D., M.I.T, 1999 <br> ''Interests:'' Atmospheric particle characterization (e.g., composition, size distributions, <br>particle morphology), aerosol climatology, advanced aerosol instrumentation. <br> [http://www.colorado.edu/chemistry/people/jimenezjl.html homepage]
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| align="center" bgcolor="lightgrey"|[[File:Henze.jpg]] || '''Daven K. Henze''' <br> Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering <br> Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Caltech, 2007 <br> ''Interests:'' Aerosols and air quality, climatology and atmospheric chemistry, <br> adjoint sensitivity analysis, aata assimilation and remote sensing. <br> [http://spot.colorado.edu/~henzed/index.html homepage]
 
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| [[File:fac_Milford.jpg]] || '''Jana B. Milford''' <br> Professor, Mechanical Engineering <br> Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1988 <br> ''Interests:'' Photochemical air quality modeling, source apportionment of air pollution, <br> air quality management. <br> [http://spot.colorado.edu/~milford/index.html homepage]   
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| align="center" bgcolor="lightgrey"|[[File:fac_Milford.jpg]] || '''Jana B. Milford''' <br> Professor, Mechanical Engineering <br> Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1988 <br> ''Interests:'' Photochemical air quality modeling, source apportionment of air pollution, <br> air quality management. <br> [http://spot.colorado.edu/~milford/index.html homepage] 
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| align="center" bgcolor="lightgrey"|[[File:fac_Miller.jpg]] || '''Shelly L. Miller''' <br> Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering <br> Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1996<br> ''Interests:'' Indoor air quality, engineering controls for air pollutants, <br>aerosols and bioaerosols, source apportionment methods. <br> [http://spot.colorado.edu/~milford/index.html homepage]   
 
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| [[File:fac_Miller.jpg]] || '''Shelly L. Miller''' <br> Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering <br> Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1996<br> ''Interests:'' Indoor air quality, engineering controls for air pollutants, <br>aerosols and bioaerosols, source apportionment methods. <br> [http://spot.colorado.edu/~milford/index.html homepage]
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| align="center" bgcolor="lightgrey"|[[File:fac_Tolbert.jpg]] || '''Margaret Tolbert''' <br> Professor, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry <br> Ph.D.,  Caltech, 1986<br> ''Interests:'' Heterogeneous atmospheric chemistry, focusing on the chemical, <br> physical and optical properties of atmospheric particulate. <br> [http://www.colorado.edu/chemistry/people/tolbertm.html homepage]
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| align="center" bgcolor="lightgrey"|[[File:fac_Volkamer.jpg]] || '''Rainer Volkamer''' <br> Assistant Professor, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry <br> Ph.D.,   Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, 1996<br> ''Interests:'' Laboratory investigations of heterogeneous chemistry, instumentation, <br> field campaigns, organic aerosol. <br> [http://www.colorado.edu/chemistry/people/volkamerr.htm homepage]
 
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** G: gas-phase species and kinetics
 
** G: gas-phase species and kinetics
 
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** HC: Heterogenous chemistry
 
** HC: Heterogenous chemistry
 
* By location in the atmosphere
 
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Revision as of 02:54, 9 March 2009

Overview

Boulder is arguably one of the world's centers in the fields of Atmospheric Chemistry & Air Pollution Research, thanks to the high concentration and quality of faculty and researchers at the University of Colorado (CU), the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), and the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory ESRL, plus the added critical mass from researchers at nearby Colorado State University (CSU) and the University of Denver (DU) .

This page attemps to summarize the opportunities available to beginning graduate students (and postdocs) at the University of Colorado.

Paths to a PhD in Atmospheric Chemistry / Air Pollution at CU Boulder

There are three main paths to a Ph.D. at the University of Colorado with research in the areas of atmospheric chemistry & air pollution:

CU Faculty Carrying Out Atmospheric Chemistry / Air Pollution Research

  • Faculty (Table in progress)
Fac Avallone.jpg Linnea M. Avallone
Associate Professor, Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1993
Interests: Stratospheric and tropospheric halogen chemistry,
field studies, instrumentation and cloud processes.
homepage
Fac Bierbaum.jpg Veronica M. Bierbaum
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1974
Interests: Development of new techniques in physical and organic chemistry
and their application to studies of gas phase ion chemistry.
homepage
Fac Birks.jpg John W. Birks
Professor Emeritus, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1974
Interests: Development of light-weight instruments for vertical profiling
of atmospheric species using kites, balloons, and light aircraft.
homepage
Fac Collins.jpg William D. Collins
Adjunct Professor, Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1988
Interests: Interactions of clouds and aerosols with solar and terrestrial radiation,
and modeling their impacts on global climate change.
homepage
Fac Daily.jpg John W. Daily
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1975
Interests: Biomass gasification, wild land fire chemistry, MEMS for propulsion,
optical cancer detection, laser diagnostics of reacting flows, combustion.
homepage
Fac Fall.jpg Ray R. Fall
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1970
Interests: VOC production, biosynthesis and emission,
biological rationales for formation of organic compounds.
homepage
Fac Hannigan.jpg Michael Hannigan
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., Caltech, 1997
Interests: Characterization of air pollution, impact of air quality on health,
energy links to air quality.
homepage
Fac Jimenez.jpg Jose-Luis Jimenez
Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D., M.I.T, 1999
Interests: Atmospheric particle characterization (e.g., composition, size distributions,
particle morphology), aerosol climatology, advanced aerosol instrumentation.
homepage
Henze.jpg Daven K. Henze
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Caltech, 2007
Interests: Aerosols and air quality, climatology and atmospheric chemistry,
adjoint sensitivity analysis, aata assimilation and remote sensing.
homepage
Fac Milford.jpg Jana B. Milford
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1988
Interests: Photochemical air quality modeling, source apportionment of air pollution,
air quality management.
homepage
Fac Miller.jpg Shelly L. Miller
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1996
Interests: Indoor air quality, engineering controls for air pollutants,
aerosols and bioaerosols, source apportionment methods.
homepage
Fac Tolbert.jpg Margaret Tolbert
Professor, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D., Caltech, 1986
Interests: Heterogeneous atmospheric chemistry, focusing on the chemical,
physical and optical properties of atmospheric particulate.
homepage
Fac Volkamer.jpg Rainer Volkamer
Assistant Professor, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ph.D., Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, 1996
Interests: Laboratory investigations of heterogeneous chemistry, instumentation,
field campaigns, organic aerosol.
homepage
  • Table of faculty sortable by research interests and affiliations
In alphabetical order by last name, with key to main areas of research. See below for key to abbreviations.
Faculty Member CU Department and/or Research Institute G A C HC EM U Tr St CM Lab F F-A ID Sat Th
Avallone, Linnea ATOC & LASP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Bierbaum, Veronica Chemistry 1 1 1 1 1
Birks, John W. Chemistry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Collins, William D. ATOC & NCAR 1 1 1 1 1
Daily, John W. Mechanical Eng. 1 1 1 1 1
Fall, Ray Chemistry 1 1 1 1 1
Gille, John C. ATOC & NCAR 1 1 1 1
Hannigan, Michael P. Mechanical Eng. 1 1 1 1 1 1
Helmig, Detlev ATOC & INSTAAR 1 1 1 1 1 1
Hynes, James T. Chemistry 1 1 1 1 1 1
Jimenez, Jose-Luis Chemistry & CIRES 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Milford, Jana B. Mechanical Eng. 1 1 1 1 1 1
Miller, Shelly L. Mechanical Eng. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ravishankara, A. R. Chemistry & NOAA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sievers, Robert E. Chemistry & CIRES 1 1 1 1
Solomon, Susan CIRES & NOAA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Tolbert, Margaret A. Chemistry & CIRES 1 1 1 1 1 1
Toohey, Darin ATOC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
O. Toon, Brian ATOC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Vaida, Veronica Chemistry 1 1 1 1
Volkamer, Rainer Chemistry & CIRES 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Key to research areas:

  • By phase
    • G: gas-phase species and kinetics
    • A: Aerosols
    • C: Clouds
    • HC: Heterogenous chemistry
  • By location in the atmosphere
    • EM: Characterization of emissions sources (gases and/or aerosols)
    • U: Urban areas
    • Tr: Troposphere
    • St: Stratosphere
  • By research technique
    • CM: Computational modeling
    • Lab: Laboratory experiments
    • F: Field experiments
    • F-A: Field experiments from aircraft
    • ID: Instrument development
    • Sat: Satellite instrument development and/or data analysis
    • Th: Theoretical atmospherical chemistry