Research Projects

 

Research Projects

TitleFunding AgencyProject Period
Vertically-Resolved Aerosol Composition Measurements for Improved Understanding of Aerosol Processes and AerosolCloud Interactions Impacting Deep Convection during TRACERDepartment of Energy ASR 2023-2026
Investigating changes in urban methane using a multiplatform approach National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration2023-2026
Aqueous Aerosol Chemistry: Elucidating the mechanisms causing mismatch between field and laboratory chemical composition of biomass burning organic aerosol National Science Foundation2023-2026
Vertically and Size-Resolved Chemical Speciation of Aqueously Processed Organic AerosolsDepartment of Energy FICUS2022-2024
Analyzing Emitted Organic Trace Gas and Aerosol Speciation at the Wildland-Urban Interface and their Atmospheric Chemical TransformationsNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration2022-2025
Understanding and Characterizing Emission Factors from Burning Structures in California Due to WildfiresCalifornia Air Resources Board2022-2026
A multispecies approach to investigate the changing cocktail of atmospheric urban carbonNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration2020-2023
Airborne flux measurement of volatile organic compounds and oxides of nitrogen in CaliforniaCalifornia Air Resources Board2020-2022
Understanding and Mitigating Wildfire Risk in California California Air Resources Board2020-2022
Aerosol Chemistry Field Calibration SystemDepartment of Energy (SBIR Phase I)2020
Advancing Molecular Level Understanding of Aerosol Processes in the Amazon and Integration with ModelingDepartment of Energy ASR2019-2022
Renewal: Abundance, Sources, and Fates of Organic Chemicals in Residential Environments Sloan Foundation2019-2022
Laboratory Investigation of Oceanic Organic EmissionsNational Science Foundation (CAICE-UCSD)2019-2020
Chemistry of Homes: Environmental Microbes and MoistureSloan Foundation 2019 – 2022
RAPID: Northern California Wildfire Emissions and their Atmospheric Chemical Transformations in a Highly Populated Urban RegionNational Science Foundation2018 – 2020
Acquisition of Proton-Transfer-Reaction Time-Of-Flight Mass-Spectrometer (PTR-TOF-MS) for Airborne Volatile Organic Chemical Concentration and Flux MeasurementsDefense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP), Office of Naval Research (ONR) 2019 – 2020
Chemically Explicit Measurements and Modeling of Diesel Fuel Evaporative EmissionsSouth Coast Air Quality Management District2017
Organic Indicator Molecules of BiosouringEnergy Biosciences Institute2015-2018
Fires in the Western US: Analyzing Emitted Speciated Organic Trace Gases and Aerosols and their Atmospheric Chemical TransformationsNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration2016-2020
Emissions from Humans Affect Indoor Air ChemistrySloan Foundation2016-2019
Berkeley Indoor Microbial Ecology Research Center (BIMERC), RenewalSloan Foundation2016-2017
Investigating Secondary Aerosol Processes in the Amazon through Molecular-level Characterization of SemiVolatile OrganicsDepartment of Energy ASR2015-2020
Comprehensive Time-Resolved Molecular Speciation of Gaseous and Particulate Organic Constituents in the Atmosphere (cTAG)Department of Energy (SBIR Phase II)2015-2017
Understanding the Aerosol Composition from Oxidation of Long-chain Alkanes Using Novel Measurements and ModelingFrance Berkeley Fund2014-2015
Comprehensive, Time-Resolved Molecular Speciation of Gaseous and Particulate Organic Constituents in the AtmosphereDepartment of Energy (SBIR Phase I)2014
Emissions from Humans Affect Indoor Air ChemistrySloan Foundation2014-2015
Purchase of a volatile organic chemical (VOC) sample collection and introduction systemBiology Faculty Research Fund2013-2014
Flipping the Classroom: Revitalizing Gateway Environmental Science Courses in ESPMPresidential Chair Fellows Curriculum Enrichment Grant Program2013-2014
GoAmazon 2014 Contributions of Biogenic VOC to Organic Aerosol Formation in the Presence and Absence of Anthropogenic PollutionNational Science Foundation2013-2016
Improving Controls and Measurement Methods for Semi-Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Light-Duty VehiclesCalifornia Air Resources Board2013-2016
Emission, Fate, and Contribution of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds to Organic Aerosol Formation in the Presence of Anthropogenic Pollution: Measurements and Modeling during SOASUS Environmental Protection Agency2013-2015
A Compact Instrument for Time-Resolved Airborne Particle ChemistryNIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences2012-2013
Environmental Chemistry of
Atmospheric Organic Aerosol
Formation		Dreyfus Foundation2013-2015
Contribution of Biogenic Volatile
Organic Compounds to Organic Aerosol
Formation in the Presence and Absence
of Anthropogenic Pollution		National Science
Foundation		2013-2016
Source Speciation of Central Valley GHG Emissions using In-Situ Measurements of Volatile Organic
Compounds		California Air Resources Board2013-2015
Discovery LDRD: Oxidative
Transformations of Organic Aerosol		Department of
Energy, Lawrence
Berkeley National
Laboratory		2011-2013
Petroleum Evaporation at water surface
and droplet dynamics in turbulence
(through Gulf of Mexico Integrated
Spill Response Consortium, Texas
A&M)		Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative2011-2014
RAPID: TAG-AMS Measurements of
Organic Aerosol during the
BEACHON-RoMBAS 2011 Field
Campaign		National Science Foundation2011-2012
Ultrafine Particle Focusing System to
Separate Particulate and Gaseous
Constituents of Atmospheric Aerosols		Department of Energy (SBIR Phase II)2011-2013
Evaluation of Mobile Source Emissions
and Trends Using Detailed Chemical
and Physical Measurements		US Environmental Protection Agency2010-2013
To Investigate the Processes and Source Responsible for Indoor Microbial Communities and Indoor Air QualityAlfred P. Sloan Foundation2010-2016
Improving Regional Biogenic VOC
Emission Estimates Using an Airborne
PTRMS Eddy Flux Measurement
System		California Air Resources Board2010-2013
Measurements of Speciated Organics in Aerosols by Thermal Desorption Aerosol GC/MS (TAG) during CalNex 2010National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration2010-2013
Collaborative Research: Investigating SOA Formation in Central Los Angeles as Part of CalNex 2010NSF National Science Foundation2010-2013
An In-Situ Instrument to Assess the Concentration and Phase Partitioning of Atmospheric Semi-Volatile Organic CompoundsDepartment of Energy (STTR Phase II)2009-2011
Characterization
of Particulate Organic via Combined Thermal Desorption Aerosol Gas
Chromatography and Aerosol Mass Spectrometry (TAG-AMS)		Department of Energy (SBIR Phase II)2009-2011
Evaluation of Mobile Source Emissions and Trends Using Detailed Chemical and Physical MeasurementsUS Environmental Protection Agency2010-2013
Hourly In Situ Quantitation of Organic Aerosol Marker Compounds during CalNex 2010California Air Resources Board2010-2013
Characterization
of the Atmospheric Chemistry in the Southern San Joaquin Valley and an
Initial Comparison with Atmospheric Chemistry in the South Coast Air
Basin		California Air Resources Board2009-2012
Improving Regional Biogenic VOC Emission Estimates Using an Airborne PTRMS Eddy Flux Measurement SystemCalifornia Air Resources Board2010-2013
Biogenic VOC Emission and Organic Aerosol Composition during the
Biosphere Effects on Aerosol and Photochemistry Experiment
(BEARPEX)		NSF National Science Foundation2009-2012
Flux Measurements of Biogenic Precursors to Ozone and Particulate
Matter in the Central Valley, with co-PI John Karlik		Cal EPA Air Resources Board2007-2011
Measurements of Ozone Removal and VOC Emissions in Citrus Trees with
Implications for Regional Air Quality, with co-PI John Karlik		California Citrus Research Board2007-2011
Extending the Use of Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometer
(PTR-MS) for New Measurements of Volatile Organic Compounds and Their
Oxidation		NSF National Science Foundation2005-2011
Organized Research Unit (ORU), Atmospheric Science CenterUC Berkeley2000 - 2011
An In-Situ Instrument to Assess the Concentration and Phase
Partitioning of Atmospheric Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds,		Department of Energy (SBIR Phases I)2002 - 2009
Two-dimensional chromatography of atmospheric aerosols: A new in-situ
instrument		Department of Energy (STTR Phases II)2006 - 2009
Automated Measurements of Organic Aerosol Composition in Agricultural
Systems Using Thermal Desorption GC		UC DANR Core Issue Grant2007 - 2009
Process-Based Farm Emission Model for Estimating Volatile Organic
Compound Emissions from California Dairies		California Air Resources Board2006 - 2008
Extending the use of PTR-MS for new measurements of volatile organic
compounds and their oxidation products		National Science Foundation Phases I and II2001 - 2008
Hourly, In-situ Quantitation of Organic Aerosol Marker CompoundsCalifornia Air Resources Board2004 - 2008
Measurements of organic trace gases by PTR-MS in support of
ITCT-2K4		National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration2004 - 2007
Carbon exchange in a Ponderosa Pine Plantation: Strategies of Water
use, Seasonality of Plant Physiology, and the Impact of Aerosols on
Photosynthesis		National Institute for Global Environmental Change (NIGEC)/NICCR2004 - 2007
Guiding Future Air Quality Management in California: Sensitivity to
Changing Climate		Environmental Protection Agency2003 - 2007
Controls of Canopy Photosynthetic Activity on Roots and Soil Carbon
Dynamics in Ponderosa Pine and Oak/Savanna Ecosystem (Co-PI’s Weixin
Cheng [UCSC] and Dennis Baldocchi [UCB])		Kearney Foundation2004 - 2006
An Isotopic Approach for Determining the Industrial Fraction of the
Total CH3Br Source to the Atmosphere		National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Jointly with NSF
1998-2002) Phases I, II and III		1998 - 2006
Measurements of speciated VOC's, OVOCs, and halocarbons, by automated
in-situ GC/FID/MSD in support of the Intercontinental Transport and
Chemical Transformation (ITCT) project		National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration2002 - 2005
Linking Carbon and Water Cycling in Sierra Nevada Forests to the
Dynamics of Ozone and Hydrocarbon Exchange		UC Berkeley, Agricultural Experiment Station1998 - 2004
Controls of Canopy Activities on Roots and Soil Carbon Dynamics in a
Young Ponderosa Pine Forest		Kearney Foundation2002 - 2003
Quantifying Biogenic Terpene Emissions and assessing their importance
for Secondary Aerosol Formation		California Air Resources Board2001 - 2003
Whole Ecosystem Measurements of Biogenic Hydrocarbon EmissionsCalifornia Air Resources Board1999 - 2002
Modeling Ozone Flux to Forests Across an Ozone Concentration Gradient
in the Sierra Nevada Mts., CA		Environmental Protection Agency1998 - 2002
Atmospheric Change at the Interface Between Regional and Global
Scales		Department of Energy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory1999 - 2001
A Field-Based Study of Sierra Nevada Forest Response to Anthropogenic
Ozone and Nitrogen Deposition		Hellman Family Faculty Fund1997 - 1999
Global Climate Change: Regional Effects and Potential Consequences of
Adaptation and Mitigation Measures in California		Department of Energy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory1997 - 1999
Impacts of Ozone Deposition on Carbon Uptake Rates in a Sierra Nevada
Ponderosa Pine Plantation		UC Berkeley, Junior Faculty Research Grant1997 - 1998
Determination of Volatile Organic Carbon Emission Rates from Biogenic
Sources in California		UC Berkeley, Agricultural Experiment Station1996 - 1998

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