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Former UCI Graduate Students
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Luis Ruiz Armenta, M.S.
Sep 2022 - Oct 2024
Senior Analytical Chemist at Babcock Laboratories |
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Katherine Hopstock, Ph.D.
Sep 2019 - Sep 2024
Atmospheric Scientist in the Refinery Services Department at Sonoma Technology
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Avery Dalton, Ph.D.
Sep 2019 - Jun 2024
Scientific Programmer with Applied Research Associates |
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Cynthia Wong, Ph.D.
Sep 2018 - June 2023
Air Pollution Specialist at the California Air Resources Board (CARB)
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Alexandra Klodt, Ph.D.
Sep 2017 - Aug 2022
Air Pollution Specialist at the California Air Resources Board (CARB) |
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Natalie Smith, Ph.D.
Sep 2017 - Aug 2022
Air Measurement Scientist in the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
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Vahe Baboomian, Ph.D.
Sep 2017 - June 2022
Environmental Scientist at Yorke Engineering
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Julia Montoya-Aguilera, Ph.D.
Sep 2015 - June 2020
Air Pollution Specialist for the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD)
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Lauren Parish, née Fleming, Ph.D.
Sep 2014 - May 2019
Senior Data Scientist at Resolver |
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Kurtis Malecha, Ph.D.
Sep 2013 - June 2018
Community Air Protection Monitoring (AB-617) Manager at San Diego County Air Pollution Control District
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Paige Aiona, Ph.D.
Sep 2012 - June 2018
Air Quality Chemist for the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) |
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Mallory Hinks, Ph.D.
Sep 2012 - June 2017
Technical Coordinator at the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program |
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Dian Romonosky-McSally, Ph.D.
Sep 2011 - July 2016
Analytical Chemist at Alene Candles
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Sandra Blair, Ph.D.
June 2011 - June 2016
Air Pollution Chemist for the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) |
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Amanda MacMillan, Ph.D.
Sep 2009 - Dec 2015
Air Pollution Chemist for the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) |
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Tran Nguyen, Ph.D.
Sep 2008 - June 2012
Environmental Toxicology professor at UC Davis |
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Adam Bateman, Ph.D.
Sep 2006 - June 2011
Product Engineer at Lam Research |
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Xiang Pan, Ph.D.
Sep 2003 - June 2009
Currently a Branch Manager at Kunshan Myzy Fixture Technology Co., Ltd. |
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Chris Harmon, Ph.D.
Sep 2005 - Dec 2009
Chemistry professor at Cal Poly Humboldt |
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Stephen Mang, Ph.D.
July 2003 - June 2008
Chemistry professor in the Department of Chemistry at UCI |
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Ahmad Alshawa, Ph.D.
July 2002 - Jan 2008
Instrumentation Specialist at Chapman College |
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Anthony Gomez, Ph.D.
July 2002 - June 2007
Principal Research Scientist at Southwest Sciences |
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Maggie Walser, Ph.D.
Sep 2003 - Aug 2007
Associate Executive Director, Division on Earth and Life Studies at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Visiting Scientists from Other Schools
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Dr. Kevin Kilchhofer (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Came to UCI as part of a PSI-UBC-UCI joint project in August 2023. |
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Dr. Alison Bain (McGill University)
Came to UCI to in March 2020 to do measurements on SOA, trip cut short by COVID-19. Faculty member at Oregon State University.
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Dr. Juan Miguel González Sánchez (Université Aix-Marseille)
Worked at UCI in February-March 2020 on photochemistry of organonitrates, trip also cut short by COVID-19 |
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Dr. Rachel Hems (University of Toronto)
Came to UCI for one week in March 2018 to work on photooxidation of aromatic SOA.
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Dr. Pablo Corral Arroyo (PSI)
Worked at UCI from Nov 1 - Dec 2, 2017 on photodegradation of SOA containing metals (paper 141). |
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Dr. Hanna Hakulinen (U Helsinki)
Hanna Lignell did part of her PhD in our group in Jan 2011 - Dec 2013. Currently the Director of the VERIFIN Institute at the University of Helsinki |
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Dr. Rachel O'Brien (UC Berkeley)
Worked at UCI in March 2013 on imaging of viscous SOA particles (paper 92) and other joint projects. Faculty member at the University of Michigan. |
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Former Postdoctoral Researchers
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Former Undergraduate Students and High-School Interns
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Avisa Charmchi
2024-25 Beckman Scholar |
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Tim Oeji
2022-24 |
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Helen Qin
2023-24 |
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Sofia Stirone
2022-24 |
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Shweta Shah
2022-23 |
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Jett Vuong
2022-2023 |
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Maggie Chou
2022-23 |
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Michael Alvarado
2022-2023 post-baccalaureate student from UCI
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Seamus Frey
2022 Chem-SURF student from Bowdoin College |
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Krisztina Rakosi
2021-2022 |
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Kimberly Zhang
2020-21 Beckman Scholar |
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Scott Le
2021 |
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Angel Arredondo
Summer 2021 Chem-SURF student |
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Samantha Scott
2019-2020 |
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Suki Gu
2017-2020 |
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Jorge Luis Fernandez
2019-2020 |
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Daniel Vite
2019-2020 |
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Henry Chin
2018-2020 |
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Danielle Rocco
2018-2020 |
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Michael Olsen
2018-2019 |
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Judith Wang
2018-2019 |
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Daniel Fishman
Summer 2018 high school intern from the Sage Hill High Schoo |
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Reese Carlton
Summer 2018 high school intern from the University High School |
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Tim Cai
2015-2017 |
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Aditya Iyengar
2016-2017 |
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Lucas Ellison
Summer 2016 exchange student from McGill University |
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Emily Yen
Summer 2016 research intern from Troy High School |
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Nabila (Nujhat) Ali
2013-2014, 2015-2016 and 2018 |
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Stephanie Kim
2013-2016 |
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Yujane Chen
Summer 2015 and 2016 high-school intern from Troy High School |
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Bonnie Huang
Summer 2015 high-school intern from El Toro High School |
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Michael Wu
2014-2015 intern from the University High School |
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Claire Engelmann
2014-15 |
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Monica Brady
Summer 2014 SURF program |
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Mariyah Saiduddin
2013-14
Graduate student at NYU |
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Renee Leslie
Summer 2013 SURF program |
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Elina Balalina
Summer 2013 high-school intern from the Woodbridge High School |
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Margaret Marvin
Sping 2013 |
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Moses Avedikian
2012-13 |
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Van Tran
2011-12 and summer 2011 SURF program |
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Chad Eyerly
2011-12 |
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Paula Tao, née Lee
2010-11 |
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Katelyn Updyke
2010-12 |
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Kevin Nguyen
Summer 2011 intern from the Bolsa Grande High School |
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Lucas Nguyen
2009-10
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Kathy Kim
2009-10 |
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Zoe Cabral
2009-10
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Nicole Levac
Caltech student who worked with us on the 2010 CalNex LA campaign |
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John Morrison III
2009-10 and summer 2010 SURP program
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Michelle Yang
Summer 2010 intern from the Diamond Bar High School |
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Joshua Klobas
2008-10 |
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Clement Kao
Summer 2009 intern from the University High School |
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Madelyn McKittrick
2008-09 |
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Anne Nguyen
2008-09 |
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Mark Peterson
2008-09 |
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Susann Rodas
2008-09 |
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Carmen Seetho
2008-09 |
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Dana Henricksen
2007-09 |
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Sero Kassabian
2007-08 |
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Jennifer Peairs
2007-08 |
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Stacy Wilkinson
2007-08 |
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Enosh Cohen
2006-07 |
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Mark Dailo
2006-07 |
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Tanza Lewis
2006-07 |
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Thong Do
2006-07 |
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Ashley Russell
2005-06 |
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Robert Benningsdorf
2005-06 |
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Steve Ng
2005-06
Pharmacy student at Loma Linda University |
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Nicole Britigan
2004-05 |
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Melanie Nguyen
2004-05 |
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David Whitt
2003-04 |
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Honorary Members of the Group
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Dr. James N. Pitts Jr was an invaluable resource and mentor to the group members. His scientific wisdom affected the group long before it even existed. It was, in fact, a Russian translation of the book "Photochemistry" by Jack G. Calvert and James N. Pitts Jr. that inspired Sergey Nizkorodov to become a photochemist in undergraduate school. Dr. Pitts was behind our work on indoor air chemistry initiated by air purifiers. Dr. Pitts passed away in June 2014 leaving a giant legacy of work on the science of atmospheric photochemistry and air pollution. You can learn more about Dr. Pitts' fascinating biography from his 2007 interview article in the Spectrum and from a UCI School of Physical Sciences. Dear Jim, you will always be dearly missed! |
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