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Youssef Harb graduated from Lebanese American University in Beirut, where he worked on chemical composition of smoke from electronic cigarettes as well as analysis of fluorine-containing compounds. At UCI, Yousseg is working on urban fire smoke as a joint member of this group and the Shiraiwa group. |
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Lena Gerritz joined UCI after graduating from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill in 2021. She is working on chemistry of reactive oxygen species in biomass burning aerosol as a joint member of the Nizkorodov group and the Shiraiwa group. In her free time, Lena likes to explore the outdoors hiking, running, and skiing and is always up for a game of pick up soccer. |
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Erik Jackson completed his B.S. degree from the University of California, Berkeley. He is working on photochemistry of SOA in organic solvents, and acid-catalyzed chemistry of SOA. |
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Anthony Jue completed his B.S. and M.S. studies in Chemistry at the University of California, San Diego in 2023. Anthony is working on photochemical aging of organic aerosols, with a focus on photochemistry at interfaces between different phases in particles. |
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Lucia Liu joined the group in the Fall of 2021 as an undergraduate student. After getting her BS in Chemistry, with a minor in Psychology from UCI. She stayed in the group as a researcher and started her graduate training in the fall of 2022, under the joint advising by Prof. Celia Faiola and Prof. Sergey Nizkorodov. She loves cats, mass spectrometers, smog chambers, and science! |
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Brynna Seligman is a 2025 graduate of Vassar College. She is jointly advised by Prof. Annmarie Carlton and Prof. Sergey Nizkorodov. Brynna has been drawn to atmospheric chemistry because of its unique intersection between science and social justice.
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Dr. Zhaomin Yang is a postdoctoral researcher from Shandong University, Qingdao campus. She is working on chemistry of brown nitrogen compounds. Dr. Yang's expertise is in molecular chemistry leading to SOA formation and aging. For more details, view Dr. Yang's CV. |
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Matt Zaragoza graduated with a B.S. degree in Chemistry in 2023 from University of Virginia, where he studied microplastic concentrations in remote streams. Matt is jointly advised by Prof. Annmarie Carlton and Prof. Sergey Nizkorodov, working on chemical interactions of biomass burning aerosol with cloud and fog water droplets. Matt is enjoying exercising, which is handy as we have a lot of heavy objects in the lab. |
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