2021 News
Eva-Lou Edwards receives funding for her research proposal
Eva-Lou Edwards had her research proposal (“Quantifying and Comparing PFAS in Cloud Water from Three Locations Around the World”) funded by the UA’s Graduate and Professional Student Council to study PFAS compounds in cloud water samples we have collected in recent ONR- and NASA-sponsored field campaigns.
Nov 2021
Frontiers in Medicine
As part of a collaboration between the Sorooshian group and researchers from both the College of Medicine and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, a new paper has been recently published in Frontiers in Medicine comparing the filtration efficiency of different face masks against aerosols. Congratulations to Connor Stahl for being the lead author of this multi-disciplinary research project that began at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jun 2021
Jun 2021
Armin Sorooshian and ACTIVATE collaborators published a Science Update in American Geophysical Union’s EOS
A new mission involving synchronized aircraft observations is collecting data vital for improving our understanding of how aerosol particles and clouds influence each other.
May 2021
Genie Lorenzo receives 2021-2022 Ralph Cicerone Fellowship at ACOM
Congratulations to Genie Lorenzo for receiving the 2021-2022 Ralph Cicerone Fellowship at ACOM (Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling; NCAR). Genie will get to work with NCAR scientists for several months in Boulder, Colorado.
Apr 2021
Miguel Hilario’s latest paper
Miguel Hilario’s latest paper, “Measurement report: Long-range transport patterns into the tropical northwest Pacific during the CAMP2Ex aircraft campaign: chemical composition, size distributions, and the impact of convection”, was published as the first paper in ACP’s CAMP2Ex special issue.
Mar 2021
New Graduate Student Next Fall!
We are excited to welcome Kayla McCauley as a new graduate student next fall from the Penn State Department of Meteorology.
Mar 2021
2021-2022 University of Arizona Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation Scholar
Congratulations to Joseph Schlosser for being named a 2021-2022 University of Arizona ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) Foundation Scholar.
Mar 2021
Kira Zeider has been admitted to the 2020-2021 University of Arizona Superfund Research Training Core
Kira Zeider has been admitted to the 2020-2021 University of Arizona Superfund Research Training Core. Additionally, she discussed her work on ACTIVATE with k-means clustering on aerosol size distributions on KXCI’s Thesis Thursday.
Feb 2021
Andrea Corral’s Latest Publication
Andrea Corral’s latest publication “Source Apportionment of Aerosol at a Coastal Site and Relationships with Precipitation Chemistry: A Case Study over the Southeast United States” was selected for an “Editor’s Choice” recognition in the journal Atmosphere.
Jan 2021
Student selected for a “Roots for Resilience Research Assistantships in Data Science”
Marisa Gonzalez was selected for a “Roots for Resilience Research Assistantships in Data Science” for Spring 2021. She will make use of open science and computational infrastructure, such as CyVerse, to apply data science tools to her research, as well as increase our department’s data science capacity.
Jan 2021