Environmental Science and Engineering
Alumni
2012
Zachary Lebo
Thesis:
Computational Modeling Studies of Fundamental Aerosol-Cloud Interactions
Xavier Levine
Thesis:
Dynamics of Earth's Hadley circulation
King-Fai Li
Thesis:
Atmospheric Trace Gases as Probes of Chemistry and Dynamics
Andrew Metcalf
2011
Gretchen Aleks
Thesis:
Constraints on the global carbon budget from variations in total column carbon dioxide
Anna Beck
Thesis:
Iron in the Ocean: Laboratory experiments of iron geochemistry in the presence of marine particles
Man Nin Chan
Thesis:
Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Organic Aerosol Composition: Laboratory and Ambient
Claire Farnsworth
Thesis:
Processes controlling the fate and transport of trace metals in the subsurface during changing redox potential
Arthur Fitzmaurice
Thesis:
The role of pesticide-induced aldehyde dehydrogenase inhibition in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease
Scott Hersey
Thesis:
Studies of aerosol composition and hygroscopicity
Alan Kwan
Thesis:
Investigating sources and sinks of organic aerosols: nitrate radical initiated oxidation of isoprene and heterogeneous oxidation of organic aerosol
Timothy Merlis
Thesis:
The general circulation of the tropical atmosphere and climate changes
Fabien Paulot
Thesis:
Insights into the isoprene photochemical cascade
2010
Jie Cheng
Thesis:
Chemical Fractionation at Environmental Interfaces
Jina Choi
Thesis:
Development of Visible-Light-Active Photocatalyst for Hydrogen Production and Environmental Applications
Wanwan Yang
Thesis:
Fast Viability Assessment of Clostridium Spores—Survival in Extreme Environments
Xinning Zhang
Thesis:
I. Formate Dehydrogenase Gene Diversity in Lignocellulos-feeding Insect Gut Microbial Communities. II. Metabolic Impacts on the Hydrogen Isotope Content of Bacterial Lipids
2009
Wei-Ting Chen
Thesis: I.
Global Simulations of Interactions between Aerosols and Future Climate and II. Sensitivity of Multiangle Imaging to the Optical and Microphysical Properties of Biomass Burning Aerosols
Richard Alan Wildman, Jr.
Thesis:
Biogeochemical Implications of Changing Groundwater and Surface Water Hydrology at Lake Powell, Utah and Arizona and the Merced River, California, USA.
2008
Daniel Robert Feldman
Thesis:
Remote Sensing of Radiative Fluxs and Heating Rates from Satellite Instrument Measurements
Jeffrey Mendez
Thesis:
Iron and Managanese in the Ocean. A Coastal Ocean Time Series, and an Investigation of Atmospheric Input by Dust
Ching Hang Tong
Thesis:
Thermodynamic modeling of organic aerosol
2007
Kate Marie Campbell
Thesis:
Biogeochemical Mechanisms of Arsenic Mobiliztion in Haiwee Reservoir Sediments
Marcelo Ioel Guzmán
Thesis:
Photochemistry of Pyruvic Acid in Water and Ice.
Nicole Smith Downey
Thesis:
Soil Uptake of Molecular Hydrogen and Remote Sensing of Soil Freeze and Thaw.
Yajuan Wang
Thesis:
Studies on Environmental Relevance of Quorum Sensing Signal Decay.
2006
Megan Ferguson
(Hering Group)
Thesis:
TiO₂-photocatalyzed Arsenic(III) Oxidation and Its Applicability to Water Treatment
Rebecca Washenfelder
(Wennberg Group)
Thesis:
Column Abundances of Carbon Dioxide and Methane Retrieved from Ground-Based Near-Infrared Solar Spectra
Lisa Welp
(Randerson Group)
Thesis:
Links between Carbon and Water Cycles in Northern Ecosystems: Constraints from Stable Isotopes
2005
Roya Bahreini
(Seinfeld Group)
Thesis:
Studies with the Aerosol Mass Spectrometer
Christopher Boxe
(Hoffmann Group)
Thesis:
Nitrate Photochemistry and Interrelated Chemical Phenomena in Ice
Miao-Ling Lu
(Seinfeld Group)
Thesis:
Large-Eddy Simulations of Marine Cumulus and Stratocumulus and Study of Humidity Halos and Aerosol Indirect Radiative Effects
2004
Maria Hernandez
(Newman Group)
Thesis:
Mechanisms of Indirect Mineral Reduction by Bacteria
Timothy Lesko
(Hoffmann Group)
Thesis:
Chemical effects of Acoustic Cavitation
2003
Prakash Viththal Bhave
(Seinfeld Group)
Thesis:
Air Pollution at the Single-Particle Level: Integrating Atmospheric Measurements with Mathematical Models.
Fok-Yan Leung
(Hoffmann Group)
Thesis:
Elucidation of the Origins of Stratospheric Sulfate Aerosols by Isotopic Methods
2002
Catherine J. G. Cornu
(Hoffmann Group)
Thesis:
Photocatalysis under Periodic Illumination.
Philip Fine
(Seinfeld group)
Thesis:
The Contribution of Biomass Combustion to Ambient Fine Particle Concentrations in the United States.
Hong Liao
(Seinfeld group)
Thesis:
Interactions between Tropospheric Chemistry and Aerosols in a Unified GCM Simulation.
Jeff L. Noelte
(Hoffmann group)
Thesis:
Effects of Surface Chemistry on Deposition Kinetics of Colloidal Hematite (α-Fe₂O₃) in Packed Beds of Silica Sand.
Jennie Catherine Stephens
(Hering group)
Thesis:
Response of Soil Mineral Weathering to Elevated Carbon Dioxide.
2001
Weng Ki Ching
(Hoffmann Group)
Thesis:
Disinfection by Pulsed Power Discharges.
David Rea Cocker III
(Seinfeld Group)
Thesis:
Chamber Investigations of Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation.
Yael Dubowski
(Hoffmann Group)
Thesis:
Photochemical Transformations in Ice: Implications for the Fate of Chemical Species.
Daniel E. Giammar
(Hering Group)
Thesis:
Geochemistry of Uranium at Mineral-Water Interfaces: Rates of Sorption-Desorption and Dissolution-Precipitation Reactions.
Lara Hughes
(Cass Group)
Thesis:
Evolution of Atmospheric Aerosols Along Trajectories Crossing the Los Angeles Basin.
Christopher Glenn Nolte
(Cass Group)
Thesis:
Polar Organic Compounds in Fine Particulate Matter Sources and in the Urban Atmosphere.
Tatiana B. Piatina
(Hering Group)
Thesis:
Studies of Metal-Organic Interactions with Model Synthetic and Natural Ligands Applicable to Natural Waters.
Gregory Charles Roberts
(Hoffmann & Andreae Groups)
Thesis:
Cloud Condensation Nuclei in the Amazon Basin: Their Role in a Tropical Rainforest.
Tina M. Salmassi
(Hering Group)
Thesis:
Bacterial Oxidation of Arsenite at Hot Creek: Characterization of Biofilm Communities and Isolation of Novel Bacteria Associated with Aquatic Macrophytes.
2000
Donald R. Collins
(Seinfeld Group)
Thesis:
Characterization of the Physical Properties of Atmospheric Aerosols through Airborne Sampling.
Penelope E. Kneebone
(Hering Group)
Thesis:
Arsenic Geochemistry in a Geothermally Impacted System: The Los Angeles Aqueduct.
James Norman Smith
(Flagan & Beauchamp Groups)
Thesis:
A. Computational Chemistry Applied to the Analysis of Air Pollution Reaction Mechanisms. B. Fundamental Studies of Droplet Evaporation and Discharge Dynamics in Electrospray Ionization.
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