CAPS: Graduate Students

Major Funding:
DOE
EPA
NASA
NSF

Last updated: 8 May 2007 by nmd

Graduate students are the lifeblood of CAPS. Because they may be in one of at least 5 different departments, our students bring a diverse, interdisciplinary set of skills to the general problems of air quality and atmospheric chemistry. The group seeks to exploit this broad knowledge base by, for example, having a single, weekly, group meeting in which students present their work on a rotating basis, and by focusing laboratory research in the air quality laboratory, a shared 2200 square foot lab housing numerous different research projects.

	Heber Chacon Ph.D. Student, Chemistry phone: 412-310-3632 email: hchacon AT andrew.cmu.edu At this point I am working with Ambient Samples to analyze them with GC-MS.
	Greg Drozd Ph.D. Student, Chemistry phone: unlisted email: gdrozd AT andrew.cmu.edu Right now I am working toward a high-pressure flow system setup to measure absorption cross sections for isoprene and its oxidation products by hydroxyl radical.
	Gabriella Engelhart Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering phone: x8-7570 email: gje AT andrew.cmu.edu Currently studying cloud condensation nucleii activation and effects of atmospheric processing on secondary organic aerosol cloud activation.
	Scott A. Epstein Ph.D. student, Chemical Engineering, Prof. Donahue phone: unlisted email: saepstei AT andrew.cmu.edu Classification of wall losses of semi-volatile organics in both the gaseous and particulate phases. Phase partitioning of semi-volatile organics.
	Sal Farina Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering, Prof. Pandis, Prof. Adams phone: 412-268-7570 email: scf AT andrew.cmu.edu Currently extending the treatment of secondary organic aerosols within a "unified" general circulation model of the global atmosphere.
	Elisabeth Gilmore Ph.D. student, Engineering and Public Policy, Chemical Engineering phone: 412.268.2125 email: eagilmor AT andrew.cmu.edu My research focuses on modelling the impact of current and emerging electricity generation technologies on air quality and human health to identify options that are cost effective, efficient and environmentally friendly.
	Andy Grieshop Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, Prof. Robinson phone: 268-2517 email: agriesho AT andrew.cmu.edu When not spending time in his personal smog chamber, Andy studies sources and characterization of carbonaceous aerosol. This has involved source measurements in the field which brought him to such exciting locales as traffic tunnel ventilation shafts and fiendishly hot power plants. Now he's working on measurement and characterization of organic aerosols using the Aerodyne AMS (in a cozy laboratory setting). He feels lucky to work with the great people in the group. He loves bicycles and appreciates a frosty beer now and again (especially after a bike ride).
	Lea Hildebrandt Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering, Engineering and Public Policy, Prof. Pandis, Prof. Donahue phone: 412-268-4011 email: lhildebr AT andrew.cmu.edu I am studying the formation, evolution and properties of organic aerosol formed under different conditions, and the implications to human health, the climate and air quality regulation.
	JaeGun Jung Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering phone: 412-268-7570 email: jgj AT andrew.cmu.edu Nucleation is my research topic. I developed a nucleation box model, DMAN (the Dynamic Model for Aerosol Nucleation), Atmospheric Environment (in press). The most important finding was that new forming particles are neutral during a nucleation burst. Now I am doing implement the box model in one of three dimensional model, PMCAMx
	Andrew Lambe Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Prof. Donahue phone: 412-578-8434 email: alambe AT andrew.cmu.edu Production and monitoring of steady-state OH via ozone-alkene reaction and VOC tracers. Monitoring of ambient air toxic levels at Neville Island field site.
	Byong H. Lee Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering phone: 412 268 7570 email: Byonghyl AT andrew.cmu.edu Currently working with thermo-denuder to study the oligomeriation of aerosols.
	Yunha Lee Ph.D. student, Civil and Environmental Engineering phone: 268-756 email: yunhal AT andrew.cmu.edu I am interested in the indirect effects of aerosols on global climate. Currently I am working on the evaluation of dust model into global climate model (GISS-GCM).
	Jennifer Logue Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering and Public Policy phone: 412-268-8540 email: jlogue AT andrew.cmu.edu I am working on evaluating sources, concentrations, and human exposure of air toxics in Allegheny County.
	Marissa Miracolo Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Prof. Robinson phone: unlisted email: mmiracol AT andrew.cmu.edu I am currently working on characterizing emissions from engines running on various blends of biodiesel.
	JeffPierce Grad Student, Chemical Engineering, Prof. Adams; phone: 268-7570 email: jrpierce AT andrew.cmu.edu Global aerosol modelling. The effect of aerosols on cloud radiative properties. Climate change.
	Amy Sage Ph.D. Student, Chemistry phone: unlisted email: unlisted Kinetics and mechanisms of atmospheric processing of organic aerosols.
	Win Trivitayanurak Ph.D. student, Civil and Environmental Engineering phone: 412-268-7567 email: win AT andrew.cmu.edu Currently I'm working on incorporating TOMAS aerosol microphysics algorithm into GEOS-CHEM model, a CTM driven by assimilated meteorology. Later on the results will be tested with field campaign data. Ultimately the aerosol model improvement shall contribute to reducing the uncertainty in aerosol indirect effect estimation.
	Kristina Wagstrom Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering, Prof. Pandis phone: 412-268-3650 email: kwagstro AT andrew.cmu.edu My current research involves the implementation of source apportionment of particulate matter in a 3D transport model (PMCAMx+) along with the evaluation of the source contributions to help determine effective policy.