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Research Group
Top: Patrick Shaw, Ranjit Bahadur, Doug Day, Ashley Corrigan, Rachel Schwartz, Amanda Frossard, & Lynn Russell.
Bottom: Satoshi Takahama, Emily Effner, Shang Liu, & Lelia Hawkins.
See the fun side of the Aerosol Group at "Life other than Aerosols.."
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Prof. Lynn M. Russell

Lynn M.
Russell is a Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at
Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Her research interests are
in aerosol evolution composition, and dynamics in the
troposphere. Dr. Russell received her B.S. in chemical
engineering and A.B. in international relations from Stanford
University. She received her Ph.D. from
the California Institute
of Technology.
SIO
Faculty Page
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Current Members
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Lelia Hawkins 2005-

Lelia is starting her fifth year as a graduate student in the Climate
Science curricular group. Her main research interests include aerosol-cloud interactions in marine environments and organic aerosol speciation. She received her B.S. in Chemistry and Environmental Systems from UCSD in 2005 where she discovered her passion for atmospheric chemistry, clouds and climate science in general. Currently Lelia is analyzing field measurements of organic aerosol collected at the Scripps Pier in June-September 2008 and shipboard measurements of organic aerosol collected during the fall 2008 VOCALS-REx campaign in the southeast Pacific Ocean. These studies focus is on the effect on continental emissions on aerosol loading in coastal and remote marine atmospheres. Lelia future plans are to graduate in summer 2010, and to continue research and teach environmental chemistry.
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Rachel Schwartz 2007-

Rachel is a first year Climate Science graduate student. She is interested in biogenic organic aerosols and aerosol-cloud interactions. In spring 2008 she sampled at a mid-mountain site in Whistler, BC. Surrounded by forest this is a great location to look at biogenic influences on aerosol chemistry. Currently, she is collecting sub and supermicron bulk and single particle measurements up the mountain, at Whistler peak with Environment Canada.
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Ranjit Bahadur 2004-

Ranjit
is a postdoctoral scholar in the Atmospheric Aerosol
Group. His
work focuses on theoretical simulations of phase transitions in
atmospheric nanoparticles.
Bahadur et al., Journal of Chemical Phys, 2006.
Bahadur et al., Journal of Physical Chemical, 2007.
Bahadur et al., Aerosol Science and Technology, 2008.
Bahadur et al., Journal of Chemical Phys, 2008.
Bahadur et al., Elsevier, 2008.
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Satoshi Takahama 2006-

Satoshi is a Project Scientist with the Russell Group. He is characterizing chemical composition and morphology of individual particles using Scanning Transmission X-Ray Microscopy (STXM) with carbon K-edge spectroscopy. Particles analyzed were collected during ACE-Asia, DYCOMS II, PELTI, MILAGRO, INTEX-B, ICEALOT, VOCALS REx, and AeroSCOPE. He is also working on a project to simulate thermophysical and dynamic properties of atmospheric systems containing organic molecules by molecular dynamics. Past projects include sample collection and analysis of FTIR organic functional-group composition of PM1 particles from Mexico City (urban location) and analysis of particle heterogeneity and oxidation state of iron in indiviual particles by STXM.
Takahama et al., 2009 - Submitted
Takahama et al., Journal of Geophysical Research, 2008.
Takahama et al., Atmospheric Environment, 2007.
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Doug Day 2008-

Doug joined the research group in October 2008. His work has focused
on analyzing the regional differences of organic composition of single
and submicron particles from measurements made during the INTEX-B campaign.
He is also looking at cloud condensation nuclei activity and its relation to
organic composition from the same campaign. Currently, Doug is
conducting field measurements of organic aerosol at the Scripps Pier
using AMS, FTIR, and single particle light scattering.
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Shang Liu 2006-

Shang joined the Climate Science curricular group of SIO in the fall of
'06, and is now a third year graduate student. His research interest is
field sampling and chemical measurement of organic aerosols. The main
techniques he is using are (Fourier transform spectroscopy) FTIR and
Scanning Transmission X-Ray Microscopy - Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine
Structure (STXM - NEXAFS). Shang is now collecting ambient particles at
the Scripps Pier and quantifying the sources affecting air quality in San
Diego. Prior to coming to Scripps he graduated from Peking University of
China as a master student.
Liu et al., Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2009.
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Patrick Shaw 2008-

Patrick is a second year grad student with the Atmospheric Aerosol Group. He received his B.A. in physics from the University of San Diego in 2005, and his M.S. in atmospheric science from the University of Arizona in 2007. His interests include artic aerosols and aerosol/cloud interactions. He will be focusing on a North pole organic aerosol field campaign in Barrow, Alaska.
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Amanda Frossard 2008-

Amanda is a second year grad student with the Atmospheric Aerosol Group. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.S. in Chemistry while working with Berkeley's TAG instrument and aerosol samples from Riverside. Her primary interests include how anthropogenic aerosols affect marine areas. ICEALOT and BEARPEX (aerosols in the Sierra Nevada Mts) are the current projects she's working on.
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Ashley Corrigan 2009-

Ashley graduated from the University of San Diego in 2009, with
a B.A in Biochemistry and Biology. She will start in the fall of 2009 as a
graduate student at SIO. This summer she will be measuring organic
functional groups of secondary organic aerosols generated in the
laboratory.
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Emily Effner 2008-

Emily is currently an undergraduate at UCSD anticipating a B.S. in Environmental Systems - Environmental Chemistry in June 2009, and has already completed her B.A. in Anthropological Archaeology. She recently completed an internship with SIO's Geology Dept doing isotopic studies of coral cores. She is now working as the website designer and manager for Lynn Russell's group.
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Andrea Fincham 2005-

858.534.0312
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Andrea
is Prof. Russell's administrative assistant and
graphic
editor. Along with maintaining an efficient office, she puts the
finishing touches on Prof. Russell's graphs and illustrations.
She also performs similar duties in the CASPO Division with
Drs. Warren White and Tim Barnett.
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Alice the Aerosol-Detector Dog (a.k.a Alice the Dog)
Alice has
state-of-the-art nano-bio-detectors that target very low
detection
limits
for carbonaceous particles derived from bovine sources after incomplete
combustion using charred wood and coal fuels. H nano-sensors use
bio-mimicking messengers to track complex compositions with "smart"
adaptive learning algorithms. Other meat-cooking operations will
also be studied, with a special focus on lamb, turkey, and
salmon. Particle analysis is performed online in real-time,
typically resulting in complete digestion of complex proteins and
carbohydrates with highly oxygenated organic functional groups.
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