Welcome
Welcome to the Aerosol Photochemistry group at UCI.
We are located on the beautiful campus of the University
of California, Irvine in the Department
of Chemistry. Our laboratory was opened in early
2003 to become an integral part of the UCI Chemistry
graduate programs in analytical, physical, and atmospheric
chemistry. Since that time, we have grown into a highly
dynamic and productive research group consisting of
several postdoctoral researchers, graduate students,
and undergraduate students. Our group is a member of
NSF-sponsored AirUCI
(Atmospheric Integrated Research Using Chemistry at
Interfaces) institute established in 2004 with a goal
of improving scientific understanding of processes taking
at various atmospheric interfaces.
What we do
Our research group works on development of analytical
instrumentation for detection of atmospheric aerosol
particles, and on investigation of mechanisms of photochemical
reactions taking place on surfaces of atmospheric particles.
We are currently pursuing several interconnected research
projects. Adam Bateman and Stephen Mang use cavity ring-down
spectroscopy to study the mechanisms of photodissociation
of model secondary organic aerosol (SOA) particles and
highly oxidized organic surfaces to learn about the
role of photochemistry in determining the fates of atmospheric
organic aerosol particles. Jia-Hua Xing and Xiang Pan
use chemical ionization aerosol mass spectrometry to
study photochemistry of SOA particles. Christopher Harmon
and Ahmad Alshawa study the hygroscopicity of amphiphilic
nanoparticles. Stacy Wilkinson studies indoor chemistry
of ozone. Jennifer Peairs develops a quartz microbalance
instrument to study photolysis-induced mass loss in
SOA particles. Please refer to our research
section for more details.
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Announcements
Aeronews: David
Bones, a recent graduate from the University of Canterbury,
is to join the group as a postdoctoral research in June
2008.
Graduate Research:
If you are interested in joining our group and/or AirUCI
institute as a graduate student, please feel free to
contact the Aerosol Photochemistry Group principal investigator,
Prof. Nizkorodov. We generally accept graduate students
from the following programs: physical, analytical, atmospheric,
and ChaMP. To enroll in one of these programs, you have
to
apply to graduate school at UCI through standard
mechanisms. The group currently has five graduate students:
Christopher Hramon, Stephen Mang, Adam Bateman, Tran
Nguyen and Xiang Pan. One or two more graduate students
will be accepted in the group from the 2008 class. Interested
students should inquire as early as possible.
Undergraduate Research:
Undergraduate students are welcome to use Aerosol
Photochemistry Lab for their undergraduate research
projects on a space available basis. We can accommodate
2-4 students. If you are interested in such an opportunity
please contact
Sergey Nizkorodov well in advance.
The usual mechanism for this is enrollment in either
Chem 180 or Chem H180. There are no open positions left
for 2007-08. The following students will start working
in the lab in the fall of 2008: Anne Nguyen, Mark Peterson,
Susann Rodas, and Carmen Seetho.
Links
University
of California - Irvine
Chemistry Department
School
of Physical Sciences
AirUCI
Graduate
Research in Chemistry
Chemical
and Materials Physics (ChaMP) Program
UCI Graduate School Application
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