Publications

Independent Career (Michigan): 2013 - Present, 71 Peer-Reviewed Publications (52 corresponding author)

P = postdoc, G = graduate student, U = undergraduate student, H = high school student working in the Ault Group * denotes corresponding/senior author; Co-first authors = †; Bold = Ault Group 
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95. Elliot, H. E.; Popendorf, K.; Blades, E.; Royer, H.; Pollier, C.; Oehlert, A.; Kukkadapu, R.; Ault, A. P.; Gaston, C.; Godzilla Mineral Dust and La Soufrière Volcanic Ash Fallout Immediately Simulate Marine Microbial Phosphate Uptake, Frontiers in Marine Science, 

94. Shi, J.G; Olson, N. E.G; Birbeck, J. A.; Pan, J.; Peraino, N. J.; Holen, A. L.G; Ledsky, I. R.U; Jacquemin, S. J.; Marr, L. C.; Schmale, D. G.; Westrick, J. A.*; Ault, A. P.* Aerosolized Harmful Algal Bloom Toxins: Microcystin Congeners Quantified in the Atmosphere, Environmental Science and Technology, 2023, 57 (51), 21801–21814.

93. Ault, A. P.*; Waters, C. A.G Scratching the Surface of Individual Aerosol Particle Properties, ACS Central Science, 2023, 9, 11, 2009–2011 .

92. Khan, F.; Chen, Y.; Hartwell, H. J.; Yan, J.; Lin, Y-H.; Freedman, A.; Zhang, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Lambe, A. T.; Turpin, B. J.; Gold, A.; Ault, A. P.; Szmigielski, R.*; Fry, R. C.*; Surratt, J. D.* Heterogeneous Oxidation Products of Fine Particulate Isoprene Epoxydiol-Derived Methyltetrol Sulfates Increase Oxidative Stress and Inflammatory Gene Responses in Human Lung Cells, Chemical Research in Toxicology, 2023, 36(11), 1814–1825.

91. Yan, J.; Zhang, Y.; Chen, Y.; Armstrong, N. C.; Buchenau, N.; Lei, Z.G; Xiao, Y.G; Zhang, ; Z; Lambe, A.; Chan, M. N.; Turpin, B.; Gold, A.; Ault, A. P.*; Surrat, J. D.* Kinetics and Products of Heterogeneous Hydroxyl Radical Oxidation of Isoprene Epoxydiol-Derived Secondary Organic Aerosol, 2023, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 7(10), 1916-1928.

90. Lim, C. C.; Yoon, J.; Gerald, L. B.; Ault, A. P.; Heo, S.; Bell, M. L. Harmful algal bloom aerosols and human health: A scoping review, eBioMedicine, 2023, 93, 104604.

89. Gonzalez-Rocha, J.*; Bilyeu, L.; Ross, S. D.; Foroutan, H.; Jacquemin, S. J.; Ault, A.P.; Schmale, D. G. Sensing Atmospheric Flows in Aquatic Environments Using a Multirotor Small Uncrewed Aircraft System (sUAS), Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 2023, 3, 305-315.

88. Royer, H. M.; Pohlker, M. L.; Kruegger, O.; Blades, E.; Sealy, P.; Lata, N. N.; Zheng, Z.; China, S.; Ault, A. P.; Quinn, P. K; Zuidema, P.; Poehlker, C.; Poeschl, U.; Gaston, C. J. African Smoke Particles Act as Cloud Condensation Nuclei in the Wintertime Tropical 1 North Atlantic Boundary Layer over Barbados, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2023, 23, 981–998.

87. Cooke, M. E.G; Armstrong, N. Z.; Lei, Z.G; Chen, Y.; Waters, C. M.G; Zhang, Y.; Buchenau, N. A.; Dibley, M. Q.G; Ledsky, I. R.; Szalkowski, T.; Lee, J. Y.; Baumann, K.; Zhang, Z.; Vizuete, W.; Gold, A.; Surratt, J. D.*; Ault, A. P.* Organosulfate Formation in Proxies for Aged Sea Spray Aerosol: Reactive Uptake of Isoprene Epoxydiols to Acidic Sodium Sulfate, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2022, 6(12), 2790-2800.

86. Chen, Q.; Mirrielees, J. A.; Thanekar, S.; Loeb, N. A.; Kirpes, R. M.; Upchurch, L. M.; Barget, A. J.; Lata, N. N.; Raso, A. R. W.; McNamara, S. M.; China, S.; Quinn, P. K.; Ault, A. P.; Kennedy, A.; Shepson, P. B.; Fuentes, J. D.; Pratt, K. A.* Atmospheric particle abundance and sea salt aerosol observations in the springtime Arctic: a focus on blowing snow and leads, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2022, 22(23), 15263–15285.

85. Armstrong, N. C.; Chen, Y.; Cui, T.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Turpin, B. J.; Chan, M. N.; Gold, A.; Ault, A. P.*; Surratt, J. D.* Isoprene epoxydiol-Isoprene Epoxydiol-Derived Sulfated and Non-Sulfated Oligomers Suppress Particulate Mass Loss During Oxidative Aging of Secondary Organic Aerosol, Environmental Science and Technology, 2022, DOI; 10.1021/acs.est.2c03200.

84. Bliyeu, L.; Bloomfield, B.; Hanlon, R.; Gonzalez-Rocha, J.; Jacquemin, S. J.; Ault, A. P.; Birbeck, J. A.; Westrick, J. A.; Foroutan, H.; Ross, S. D.; Powers, C. W.; Schmale, D. G.* Drone-based particle monitoring above two harmful algal blooms HABS in the USA, Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 2022, 2, 1351-1363.

83. Mirrielees, J. A.; Kirpes, R. M.; Haas, S.; Rauschenberg, C. D.; Matrai, P. A.; Remenapp, A.; Boschi, V.; Grannas, A. M.; Pratt, K. A.*; Ault, A. P.* Probing individual particles generated at the freshwater-seawater interface through combined Raman, photothermal infrared (PTIR), and x-ray spectroscopic characterization, ACS Measurement Au, 2022, 10.1021/acsmeasuresciau.2c00041.

82. Fankhauser, A. M.P; Lei, Z..G; Daley, K. R.P; Xiao, Y.G; Zhang, Z.; Gold, A. Ault, B. S.; Surratt, J. D.; Ault, A. P.* Acidity-Dependent Atmospheric Organosulfate Structures and Spectra: Exploration of Protonation State Effects via Raman and Infrared Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory, Journal of Physical Chemistry – A, 2022, 126, 35, 5974–5984.

81. Lei, Z.G; Zhang, J.; Mueller, E. A.; Xiao, Y.G; Kolozsvari, K.G; McNeil, A. J.; Banaszak Holl, M. M.; Ault, A. P.* Glass Transition Temperatures of Individual Submicron Atmospheric Particles: Direct Measurement via Heated Atomic Force Microscopy Probe, Analytical Chemistry, 2022, 94, 35, 11973–11977.

80. Hanlon, R.; Jacquemin, S. J.; Nirbeck, J. A.; Harb, C.; Gruszewski, H.; Ault, A. P.; Scott, D.; Foroutan, H; Ross, S. D.; Gonzalez-Rocha, J.; Powers, C.; Pratt, L.; Looney, H.; Baker, G.; Schmale, D. G.* Characterizing cyanotoxins, phycocyanin, 1 and nutrients from drone water samples in three freshwater harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the U.S.A., Frontiers Remote Sensing, 2022, 3, DOI: 10.3389/frsen.2022.949052.

79. Lei, Z..G; Chen, Y.;  Zhang, Y.; Cooke, M. E.G; Ledsky, I.U; Armstrong, N. C.; Olson, N. E.G; Zhang, Z.; Gold, A.; Surratt, J. D.*; Ault, A. P.* Initial pH Governs Secondary Organic Aerosol Viscosity and Morphology after Uptake of Isoprene Epoxydiols (IEPOX), Environmental Science and Technology, 2022, 56(15), 10596-10607.

78. Kirpes, R. M.; Lei, Z.G; Fraund, M.; Gunsch, M. J.; May, N. W.; Barrett, T. E.; Moffett, C. E.; Schauer, A.; Alexander, B.; Upchurch, L. M.; China, S.; Quinn, P. K.; Moffet, R. C.; Laskin, A.; Sheesley, R. J.; Pratt, K. A.*; Ault, A. P* Encapsulation of ammonium sulfate particles by solid organics at high relative humidity in the summertime Arctic atmosphere, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A., 2022, 119 (14), e2104496119.

77. Lad, A.; Breidenbach, J. D.; Su, R.; Murray, J.; Kuang, R.; Mascarenhas, A.; Najjar, J.; Patel, S.; Hegde, P.; Youssef, M.; Brueller, J.; Kleinhenz, A.; Ault, A. P.; Westrick, J. A.; Modyanov, N.; Kennedy, D. J.; Haller, S. T.  As We Drink and Breathe: Adverse Health Effects of Microcystins and Other Harmful Algal Bloom Toxins in the Liver, Gut, Lungs and Beyond, Life, 2022, 12 (3), 418.

76. Lei, Z.G; Olson, N. E.G; Zhang, Y.; Chen, Y.; Lambe, A. T.; Zhang, J.; White, N. J.G; Atkin, J. M.; Banaszak Holl, M. M.; Zhang, Z.; Gold, A.; Surratt, J. D.*; Ault, A. P.* Morphology and Viscosity Changes after Reactive Uptake of Isoprene Epoxydiols in Submicrometer Phase Separated Particles with Secondary Organic Aerosol Formed from Different Volatile Organic Compounds, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2022, 6(4), 871–882.

75. Angle, K.; Grassian, V. H.; Ault, A. P. The rapid acidification of sea spray aerosols, Physics Today, 2022, 75(1), 58-59. 

74. Chen, Y.; Dombeck, T.; Hand, J.; Zhang, Z.; Gold, A.; Ault, A. P.; Levine, K. E.; Surratt, J. D.* Seasonal Contribution of Isoprene-Derived Organosulfates to Total Water-Soluble Fine Particulate Organic Sulfur in the United States, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2021, 5(9), 2419–2432. 

73. Amiri-Farahani, A.; Olson, N. E.G; Neubauer, D.; Roozitalab, B.; Ault, A. P.; Steiner, A. L. Lake spray aerosol emissions alter nitrogen partitioning in the Great Lakes region, Geophysical Research Letters, 2021, 48, e2021GL093727.

72. Barkley, A. E.; Olson, N. E.G; Prospero, J. M.; Gatineau, A.; Panechou, K.; Maynard, N. G.; Blackwelder, P.; China, S.; Ault, A. P.; Gaston, C. J. Characterization of iron-containing supermicron and super-coarse mode aerosol transported to South America and implications for biogeochemical cycles, Geophysical Research Letters, 2021, 48, e2020GL090476.

71. Ault, A. P.*; Grassian, V. H.*; Carslaw, N.; Collins, D. B.; Destaillats, H; Donaldson, D. J.; Farmer, D. K.; Jimenez, J. L.; McNeill, V. F.; Morrison, G. C.; O’Brien, R. E.; Shiraiwa, M.; Vance, M. E.; Wells, J. R.; Xiong, W. Indoor Surface Chemistry: Developing a Molecular Picture of Reactions on Indoor Interfaces, Chem, 2020, 6, 3203-3218.

70. Shi, J.G; Axson, J. L.P; Bergin, I. L.; Ault, A. P.* Nanoparticle Transformation in the Gastrointestinal Tract: Examination via a Nanoparticle Digestion Simulator, Analytical Chemistry, 2020, 92(18), 12257–12264.

69. Ault, A. P.* Aerosol Acidity: Novel Measurements and Impacts on Atmospheric Chemistry, in “New Frontiers in Chemistry-Climate Interactions” special issue of Accounts of Chemical Research (invited), 2020, 53(9), 1703–1714.

68. Olson, N. E.G; Xiao, Y.G; Lei, Z.G; Ault, A. P.* Simultaneous Raman and Photothermal Infrared Spectroscopy of Submicron Atmospheric Particles, Analytical Chemistry, 2020, 92(14), 9932–9939.

67. Chen, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Lambe, A. T.; Xu, R.; Lei, Z.G; Olson, N. E.G; Zhang, Z.; Szalkowski, T.; Cui, T.; Vizuette, W.; Gold, A.; Turpin, B. J.; Ault, A. P.*; Chan, M. N.*; Surratt, J. D.* Heterogeneous Hydroxyl Radical Oxidation of Isoprene Epoxydiol-Derived Methyltetrol Sulfates: Plausible Formation Mechanisms of Previously Unexplained Organosulfates in Ambient Fine Aerosols, Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 2020, 7(7), 460–468 . 

66. Lei, Z.G; Bliesner, S. E.; Mattson, C. N.U; Cooke, M. E.G; Olson, N. E.G; Chibwe, K.; Albert, J. N. L.*; Ault, A. P.* Aerosol Acidity Sensing via Polymer Degradation, Analytical Chemistry, 2020, 92(9), 6502-6511.

65. Olson, N. E.G, Cooke, M. E.G; Shi, J.G; Birbeck, J. A.; Westrick, J. A.; Ault, A. P.* Harmful Algal Bloom Toxins in Aerosol from Freshwater Lakes, Environmental Science & Technology, 2020, 54(8), 4769-4780.

64. Pye, H. O. T.; Nenes, A.; Alexander, B; Ault, A. P.; Barth, M.; Clegg, S.; Collett, J. L.; Fahey, K. M.; Hennigan, C. J.; Herrmann, H.; Kanakidou, M.; Kelly, J.; Ku, I-Ting; McNeill, V. F.; Riemer, N.; Schaefer, T.; Shi, G.; Tilgner, A.; Walker, J. T.; Wang, T.; Weber, R.; Xing, J.; Zaveri, R; Zuend, A. The Acidity of Atmospheric Particles and Clouds, Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics, 2020, 20, 4809-4888. 

63. Kirpes, R. M.; Rodriguez, B.; Kim, S.; China, S.; Laskin, A.; Park. K.; Jung, J.; Ault, A. P.; Pratt. K. A.* Influence of Marine Emissions and Atmospheric Processing on Individual Particle Composition of Summertime Arctic Aerosol in the Bering Strait and Chukchi Sea, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2020, 22(5), 1201-1213.

62. Olson, N. E.G, May, N. W., Kirpes, R. M., Watson, A. E.; Hajny, K. D.; Slade, J. H.; Shepson, P. B.; Stirm, B. H.; Pratt, K. A.; Ault, A. P.* Lake Spray Aerosol Incorporated in to Great Lakes Clouds, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2019, 3(12), 2765-2774. 

61. Zhang, Y.*; Chen, Y.; Lei, Z.G; Olson, N. E.G; Riva, M.; Koss, A. R.; Zhang, Z.; Gold, A.; Jayne, J.; Worsnop, D. R.; Onash, T. B.; Kroll, J. H.; Turpin, B. J.; Ault, A. P.*; Surratt, J. D.* Joint Impacts of Acidity and Viscosity on the Formation of Secondary Organic Aerosol from Isoprene Epoxydiols (IEPOX) in Phase Separated Particles, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2019, 3(12), 2646-2658.

60. Kirpes, R. M.; Bonanno, D.; May, N. W.; Fraund, M; Barget, A. J.; Moffet, R. C.; Ault, A. P.*; Pratt, K. A.* Wintertime Arctic sea spray aerosol composition controlled by sea ice lead microbiology, 2019, ACS Central Science, 2019, 5(11), 1760-1767.

59. Olson, N. E.G; Lei, Z.G; Craig, R. L.G; Zhang, Y.; Chen, Y.; Lambe, A. T.; Zhang, Z.; Gold, A., Surratt, J. D., Ault, A. P.* Reactive Uptake of Isoprene Epoxydiols Increases the Viscosity of the Core of Phase-Separated Aerosol Particles, invited submission to special issue on “New Advances in Organic Aerosol Chemistry”, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2019, 3(8), 1402-1414.

58. Schmedding, R.; Ma, M.; Zhang, Y.; Farrell, S.; Pye, H.; Chen Y.; Wang, C.; Rasool, Q. Z.; Budisulistiorini, S. H.; Ault, A. P.; Surratt, J. D.; Vizuette, W. α-Pinene-Derived Organic Coatings on Acidic Sulfate Aerosol Reduce Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Isoprene in the Eastern United States, Atmospheric Environment, 2019, 213(9), 456-462. 

57. Riva, M.†*; Chen, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Lei, ZG; Olson, N. E.G; Boyer Chemlo, H. C.; Narayan, S.; Yee, L. D.; Green, H. S.;  Cui, T.; Zhang, Z.; Baumann, K.; Fort, M.; Edgerton, E.; Budisulistiorini, S. H.; Rose, C. A.; Ribeiro, I. O.; Oliveira, R. L.; dos Santos, E. O.; Machado, C. M. D.; Szopa, S.; Zhao, Y.; Alves, E. G.; de Sa S.S.; Hu, W.; Knipping, E. M.; Shaw, S. L.; Duvoisin Junior, S.; de Souza, R. A. F.; Jimenez, J. L.; Glasius, M.; Goldstein, A. H.; Pye, H. O. T.; Gold, A.; Turpin, B. J.; Vizuete, W.; Martin, S. T.; Thornton, J. A.; Dutcher, C. S.; Ault, A. P.*; Surratt, J. D.* Increasing Isoprene Epoxydiol-to-Inorganic Sulfate Aerosol (IEPOX:Sulfinorg) Ratio Results in Extensive Conversion of Inorganic Sulfate to Organosulfur Forms: Implications for Aerosol Physicochemical Properties, Environmental Science and Technology, 2019, 53(15), 8682-8694 . 

56. Schmale, D. G.*; Ault, A. P.; Saad, W.; Scott, D.; Westrick, J. Perspectives on Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and the Cyberbiosecurity of Freshwater Systems, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2019, 7(128), 1-7. 

55. Riemer, N.*; Ault, A. P.*; West, M.; Craig, R. E.G; Curtis, J. H., Aerosol Mixing State: Measurements, Modeling, and Impacts, Reviews of Geophysics, 2019, 57(2), 187-249.


EOS Article about Review: "The Diversity and Complexity of Atmospheric Aerosol"

54. Slade, J. H.*; Ault, A. P.*; Bui, A. T.; Ditto, J. C.; Lei, Z.G; Bondy, A. L.G; Olson, N. E.G; Cook, R. D.; Desrochers, S. J.; Harvey, R. M.; Erickson, Wallace, H. W.; Alvarez, S. L.; Flynn, J. H.; Boor, B. E.; Petrucci, G. A.; Gentner, D. R.; Griffin, R. J.; Shepson, P. B., Bouncier Particles at Night: Composition and Temperature Drive Diel Variations in the Phase State of Atmospheric Aerosol in a Mixed Forest, Environmental Science and Technology, 2019, 53(9), 4977-4987.

53. Tirella, P. N.U; Craig, R. L.G; Tubbs, D. B.H/U; Ault, A. P.* Extending surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) of atmospheric aerosol particles to the accumulation mode (150–800 nm) special issue of Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 2018, 20, 1570-1580.

52. Cui, T.; Zhen, Z.; dos Santos, E.; Zhang, Z.; Chen, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Rose, C.; Budisulistiorini, S.; Collins, L. B.; Bodnar, W. M.; Souza, R. A. F.; Martin, S. T.; Machado, C. M. D.; Turpin, B. J.; Gold, A.; Ault, A. P.; Surratt, J. D.* Development of a Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography (HILIC) Method for the Chemical Characterization of Water-Soluble Isoprene Epoxydiol (IEPOX)-Derived Secondary Organic Aerosol, invited submission to “Aerosol Surfaces” special issue of Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 2018, 20, 1524-1536. 

51. Craig, R. L. and Ault, A. P.*Aerosol Acidity: Direct Measurement from a Spectroscopic Method” Chapter 9 in ACS eBook Multiphase Environmental Chemistry in the Atmosphere (Peer-Reviewed), 2018, DOI: 10.1021/bk-2018-1299.ch009 .

50. Craig, R. L.G; Peterson, P. K.; Nandy, L.; Lei, Z.G; Hossain, M. A.H; Camarena, S.H; Dodson, R. A.G; Cook, R. D.; Dutcher, C. S.; Ault, A. P.* Direct Determination of Aerosol pH: Size-Resolved Measurements of Submicron and Supermicron Aqueous Particles, Analytical Chemistry, 2018, 90(19), 11232–11239 . 

49. Bondy, A. L.G; Bonanno, D.; Moffet, R. C.; Wang, B.; Laskin, A.; Ault, A. P.* Diverse Chemical Mixing States of Aerosol Particles in the Southeastern United States, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2018, 18(16): 12595-12612.

48. May, N. W.; Gunsch, M. J.; Olson, N. E.G; Bondy, A. L.G; Kirpes, R. M.; Bertman, S. B.; Swarup, C.; Laskin, A.; Hopke, P. K.; Ault, A. P.*; Pratt, K. A.* Unexpected contributions of sea spray and lake spray aerosol to inland particulate matter, Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 2018, 5 (7), 405–412.

47. Kirpes, R. M.; Bondy, A. L.G; Bonnano, D.; Moffet, R. C.; Wang, B.; Laskin, A.; Ault, A. P.*; Pratt, K. A.* Secondary Sulfate is Internally Mixed with Sea Spray Aerosol and Organic Aerosol in the Winter-Spring Arctic, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2018, 18(6), 3937-3949.

46. Zhang, Y.; Chen, Y.; Lambe, A. T.; Olson, N. E.G; Lei, Z.G; Craig, R. L.G; Zhang, Z.; Gold, A.; Onash, T. B.; Jayne, J. T.; Worsnop, D. R.; Gaston, C. J. ; Thornton, J. A.; Vizuete, W.. Ault, A. P.*; Surratt, J. D.* Effect of Aerosol-Phase State on Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from the Reactive Uptake of Isoprene-Derived Epoxydiols (IEPOX), Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 2018, 5 (3), 167–174.

45. Gunsch, M. J.; May, N. W.; Wen, M.; Bottenus, C. L. H.; Gardner, D. J.G; VanReken, T. M.; Bertman, S. B.; Hopke, P. K.; Ault, A. P.*; Pratt, K. A.* Ubiquitous Influence of Wildfire Emissions and Secondary Organic Aerosol on Summertime Atmospheric Aerosol in the Forested Great Lakes Region, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2018, 18(5), 3701-3715.

44. Gunsch, M. J.; Schmidt, S. A.U; Gardner, D. J.G; Bondy, A. L.G; May, N. W.; Bertman, S. B.; Pratt, K. A.*; Ault, A. P.* Particle Growth in an Isoprene-Rich Forest: Influences of Urban, Wildfire, and Biogenic Precursors, Atmospheric Environment, 2018, 178, 255-264.

43. Bondy, A. L.G; Craig, R. L.G; Zhang, Z.; Gold, A.; Surratt, J. D.; Ault, A. P.* Isoprene-derived organosulfates: Vibrational mode analysis by Raman spectroscopy, acidity-dependent spectral modes, and observation in individual atmospheric particles, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2018, 122 (1), 303-315.

42. May, N. W.; Olson, N. E.G; Panas, M.; Axson, J. L.P; Tirella, P. S.U; Kirpes, R. M.; Craig, R. L.G; Gunsch, M. J.; China, S.; Laskin, A.; Ault, A. P.*; Pratt, K. A.*Aerosol Emissions from Great Lakes Harmful Algal Blooms, Environmental Science & Technology, 2018, 52 (2), 397-405.

Michigan Press Release   Issues of the Environment (WEMU) Interview with Prof. Ault (article with audio)Michigan Radio Environment Report (WUOM) Interview with Prof. Ault (article) (interview - first minute)WCMU InterviewArticle in Popular Science

41. Bondy, A. L.G; Kirpes, R. M.; Merzel, R. L.; Pratt, K. A.; Banaszak Holl, M. M.; Ault, A. P.* Atomic Force Microscopy-Infrared Spectroscopy of Individual Atmospheric Aerosol Particles: Sub-Diffraction Limit Vibrational Spectroscopy and Morphological Analysis, Analytical Chemistry, 2017, 89, (17), 8594-8598.

40. Bondy, A. L.G; Wang, B.; Laskin, A.; Craig, R. L.G;  Nhliziyo, M. V; Bertman, S. B.; Pratt, K. A.; Shepson, P. B.; Ault, A. P.* Inland Sea Spray Aerosol Transport and Incomplete Chloride Depletion: Varying Degrees of Reactive Processing Observed during SOAS. Environmental Science and Technology, 2017, 51 (17), 9533–9542.

39. Craig, R. L.G; Nandy, L.; Axson, J. L.P; Dutcher, C. S.; Ault, A. P.*; Spectroscopic Determination of Aerosol pH from Acid-Base Equilibria in Inorganic, Organic,and Mixed Systems, Journal of Physical Chemistry – A, (Veronica Vaida Festschrift), 2017, 121(30), 5690-5699.

38. Craig, R. L.G; Bondy, A. L.G; Ault, A. P.* Computer-Controlled Raman Microspectroscopy (CC-Raman): A Method for the Rapid Characterization of Individual Atmospheric Aerosol Particles, Aerosol Science & Technology, 2017, 51(9), 1099-1112.

Editors Choice as an "AS&T Notable Paper" from 2017. For this recognition Taylor & Francis is providing free access.Article chosen for the "AS&T Article Highlight" in AAAR Summer 2017 issue of Particulars (link, pdf).

37. Ault, A. P.* and Axson, J. L.P; Atmospheric Aerosol Chemistry: Spectroscopic and Microscopic Advances; Analytical Chemistry, 2017, 89(1), 430-452.  Included in the special issue "Fundamental and Applied Reviews in Analytical Chemistry 2017".

36. Ault, A. P.*, Stark, D. I.G; Axson, J. L.P, Keeney, J. N.U; Bergin, I. L.; Philbert, M. A.; Maynard, A. D.; Influence of Pepsin on AgNP Dissolution and Aggregation in an Artificial Stomach Model. Environmental Science: Nano, 2016, 3, 1510 - 1520.

35.  Axson, J. L.P, May, N. W.; Colon-Bernal, I. D.G; Pratt, K. A.*; Ault, A. P.* Lake spray aerosol: a chemical signature from individual ambient particles. Environmental Science and Technology, 2016, 50(18), 9835-9845.

Work highlight in article in Grand Traverse Record Eagle.

34. May, N. W.; Axson, J. L.P; Watson, A.; Pratt, K. A.*; and Ault, A. P.* Lake spray aerosol generation: A method for producing representative particles from freshwater wave breaking. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2016, 9 (9), 4311-4325.

33. Creamean, J. M.*;  Axson, J. L.P; Bondy, A. L.G; Craig, R. L.G; May, N. W.; Shen, H.G; Weber, M. H.; Pratt, K. A.; and Ault, A. P.* Insights into aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions from physicochemical characterization of insoluble residues in Sierra Nevada snow. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 121(12): 2015JD024700.

32. Shen, H.G; Peters, T. M.; Casuccio, G. S.; Lersch, T. L.; West, R. R.; Kumar, A.; Kumar, N.; Ault, A. P.* Individual Particle Analysis of Lead-rich Particulate Matter in New Delhi, India. Environmental Science and Technology 2016, 50(10): 4961-4970.

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31. Bergin, I. L.; Wilding, L. A.; Morishita, M.; Walacavage, K.; Ault, A. P.; Axson, J. L.P; Stark, D. I.G; Capracotta, S. S.; Leroueil, P.; Maynard, A. D.; Philbert, M. A.  Effects of particle size and coating on toxicologic parameters, excretion kinetics, and tissue distribution of acutely ingested silver nanoparticles in a mouse model. Nanotoxicology 2016, 10(3), 352-360.

30. Axson, J. L.P; Shen, H.G; Bondy, A. L.G; Landry, C. C.; Weltz, J.; Creamean, J. M.*; Ault, A. P.* Transported Mineral Dust Deposition at a Hydrologically Sensitive Mountain Site: Size and Composition Shifts Observed in Ambient Aerosol and Snowpack. “Special Issue on Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics at Mountain Sites” in Aerosol and Air Quality Research; 2016, 16(3), 555-567.

29. Rindelaub, J. D.; Craig, R. L.,G; Nandy, L.; Bondy, A. L.G; Dutcher, C. S.; Shepson, P. B. Ault, A. P.* Direct Measurement of pH in Individual Particles via Raman Microspectroscopy and Variation in Acidity with Relative Humidity. Journal of Physical Chemistry - A, 2016, 120(6), 911-917.

Included in Virtual Issue on top papers in Atmospheric Physical Chemistry from 2013-2016 in the Journal of Physical Chemistry - A, link.

28. Axson, J. L.P; Stark, D. I.G; Bondy, A. L.G; Capracotta, S. S.; Maynard, A. D.; Philbert, M. A.; Bergin, I. L.; Ault, A. P.* Rapid Kinetics of Silver Nanoparticle Dissolution and Growth in Simulated Gastric Fluid: Size and coating Dependent Effects. Journal of Physical Chemistry - C, 2015, 119(35), 20632-20641.

27. Craig, R. L.G; Bondy, A. L.G; Ault, A.P.* Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) of Atmospheric Aerosol Particles: Enhanced Detection of Organic and Inorganic Species in Individual Particles. Analytical Chemistry, 2015, 87 (15), 7510–7514.

26. Allen, H. M.; Draper, D. C.; Ayres, B. R.; Ault, A. P.; Bondy, A. L.G; Takahama, S.; Modini, R.; Baumann, K.; Edgerton, E.; Knote, C.; Laskin, A.; Wang, B.; Fry, J. L. Influence of mineral dust and sea spray supermicron particle concentrations and acidity on inorganic NO3- aerosol during the 2013 Southern Oxidant and Aerosol Study, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2015, 15(18), 10669-10685.

25. Axson, J. L.P; Creamean, J. M.; Bondy, A. L.G; Warner, K. Y.; Ault, A. P.* An in situ method for sizing insoluble residues in precipitation. Aerosol Science & Technology, 2015, 49(1), 24-34.

Postdoctoral Research: 2011-2013 at University of Iowa with Professor Vicki Grassian (now at UCSD)


24. DeMott, P. J.; Hill, T. C. J.; McCluskey, C. S.; Prather, K. A.; Collins, D. B.; Sullivan, R. C.; Ruppel, M. J.; Mason, R. H.; Irish, V. E.; Lee, T.; Hwang, C. Y.; Rhee, T, S.; Snider, J. R.; McMeeking, G. R.; Dhaniyala, S.; Lewis, E. R.; Wentzell, J.; Abbatt, J.; Lee, C.; Sultana C. M.; Ault, A. P.; Axson, J. L.; Martinez, M. D.; Venero, I.; Santos-Figueroa, G.; Stokes, M. D.; Deane, G. B.; Mayol-Bracero, O.; Grassian, V. H.; Bertram, T. H.; Bertram, A. K.; Moffett, B. R.; Franc, G. D. Sea Spray Aerosol as a Unique Source of Ice Nucleating Particles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 2016, 113(21): 5797-5803.

23. Ault, A. P.; Guasco, T. L.; Baltrusaitis, J.; Ryder, O. S.; Trueblood, J.; Collins, D. B.; Ruppel, M. J.; Cuadra-Rodriguez, L. A.; Prather, K. A.; Grassian, V. H. HNO3 Reacted Sea Spray Aerosol Particles: Single Particle Analysis Shows Diversity of Reactivities Between and Within Individual Particles. Journal of Physical Chemistry – Letters 2014, 5, 2493-2500.

22. Adamcakova-Dodd, A., Stebounova, L. V.; Kim, Jong Sun; Vorrink, S. U.; Ault, A. P.; O’Shaughnessy, P. T.; Grassian, V. H.; Thorne, P. S. Toxicity Assessment of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles using Sub-acute and Sub-chronic Murine Inhalation Models. Particle & Fibre Technology 2014, 11(1), 15. (abstract) (open access pdf)

21. Ryder, O. S.; Ault, A. P.; Cahill, J. F.; Guasco, T. L.; Cuadra-Rodriguez, L. A.; Gaston, C. J.; Fitzgerald, E.; Lee, C.; Prather, K. A.; Bertram, T. H., On the Role of Particle Mixing State in the Reactive Uptake of N2O5 to ambient aerosol particles. Environmental Science and Technology 2014, 48(3), 1618-1627

20. Guasco, T. L.; Cuadra-Rodriguez, L. A.; Pedler, B. E.; Ault, A. P.; Collins, D. B.; Zhao, D.; Kim, M. J.; Ruppel, M. J.; Grassian, V. H.; Azam, F.; Bertram, T. H.; Prather, K. A. Identification of Transition Metals as Unique Tracers for Single-Particle Identification of Heterotrophic Bacterial-Associated Particles in Sea Spray Aerosol. Environmental Science & Technology 2014, 48(2), 1324-1333.

19. Ault, A. P.; Guasco, T. L.; Ryder, O. S.; Baltrusaitis, J.; Cuadra-Rodriguez, L. A.; Collins, D. B.; Ruppel, M. J.; Prather, K. A.; Bertram, T. H.; Grassian, V. H., Inside versus Outside: Ion Redistribution in HNO3 Reacted Sea Spray Aerosol Particles as Determined by Single Particle Analysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society – Communication 2013, 135(39), 14528-14531.

18. Ebben, C. J.; Ault, A. P.; Ruppel, M. J.; Ryder, O.S.; Bertram, T. H.; Grassian, V. H.; Prather, K.A.; Geiger, F.M. Size-Resolved Sea Spray Aerosol Particles Studied by Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2013, 117(30), 6589-6601.

17. Collins, D. B.; Ault, A. P.; Ruppel, M. J.; Cuadra-Rodriguez, L. A.; Guasco, T. L.; Corrigan, C. E.; Moffet, R. C.; Pedler, B.; Azam, F.; Aluwihare, L. I.; Bertram, T. H.; Roberts, G. C.; Grassian, V. H.; Prather, K. A., Impact of marine biogeochemistry on the chemical mixing state and cloud forming ability of nascent sea spray aerosol. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres 2013, 10.1002/jgrd.50598.

16. Ault, A. P.; Moffet, R. C.; Baltrusaitis, J.; Collins, D. B.; Ruppel, M. J.; Cuadra-Rodriguez, L. A.; Zhao, D.; Guasco, T. L.; Bertram, T. H.; Prather, K. A.; Grassian, V. H., Size-Dependent Changes in Sea Spray Aerosol Composition and Properties with Different Seawater Conditions. Environmental Science & Technology 2013, 47(11), 5603−5612.

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15. Prather, K. A.; Bertram, T. H.; Grassian, V. H.; Deane, G. B.; Stokes, M. D.; DeMott, P. J.; Aluwihare, L. I.; Azam, F.; Seinfeld, J. H.; Moffet, R. C.; Molina, M. J.; Cappa, C. D.; Geiger, F. M.; Roberts, G. C.; Russell, L. M.; Ault, A. P.; Baltrusaitis, J.; Cuadra-Rodriguez, L. A.; Collins, D. B.; Corrigan, C. E.; Forestieri, S.D.; Ebben, C. J.; Guasco, T. L.; Hersey, S. P.; Kim, M. J.; Modini, R. L.; Mu, W.; Pedler, B. E.; Ruppel, M. J.; Ryder, O. S.; Schoepp, N.; Sullivan, R. C.; Zhao, D. Ocean impacts on sea spray aerosol chemistry and climate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2013, 110(19), 7550-7555.

14. Ault, A. P.; Zhou, D.; Ebben, C. J.; Tauber, M. J.; Geiger, F. M.; Prather, K. A.; Grassian, V. H., Raman Microspectroscopy and Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy as Probes of the Bulk and Surface Compositions of Size-Resolved Sea Spray Aerosol Particles. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2013, 15(17), 6206-6214.

13. Ault, A. P.; Peters, T. M.; Sawvel, E. J.; Casuccio, G. S.; Willis, R. D.; Grassian, V. H. Single Particle SEM-EDX Analysis of Iron-Containing Coarse Particulate Matter in an Urban Environment: Sources and Distribution of Iron within Cleveland, Ohio. Environmental Science and Technology 2012, 46(8), 4331-4339.

Doctoral Research: 2005-2010 Adviser: Professor Kimberly Prather - University of California, San Diego

12. Fitzgerald, E.; Ault, A. P.; Zauscher, M.; Mayol-Bracero, O. L.; Prather, K. A. Comparison of mixing state of long-range transported Asian and African mineral dustAtmospheric Environment, 2015, 115(0): 19-25.

11. Creamean, J. M., Ault, A. P., White, A. B., Neiman, P. J., Ralph, F. M., and Prather, K. A. Interannual Variations in Aerosol Sources and Their Impact on Orographic Precipitation Over California’s Central Sierra Nevada. Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics, 2015, 15(11): 6535-6548

10. Creamean, J. M.; Lee, C.; Hill, T. C.; Ault, A. P.; DeMott, P.J.; Prather, K.A.; Ralph, F. M. Chemical Properties of Insoluble Precipitation Residue Particles. Journal of Aerosol Science 2014, 76, 13-27.

9. Bauer, S. E.; Ault, A. P.; Prather, K. A., Evaluation of aerosol mixing state classes in the GISS-MATRIX climate model with single particle mass spectrometry measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres 2013, DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50700.

8. Ault, A. P. and Pomeroy, R. Quantitatively Investigating Biodiesel Fuel Using Infrared Spectroscopy: An Instrumental Analysis Experiment for Undergraduate Chemistry Students. Journal of Chemical Education 2012, 89(2), 243-247

7. Hatch, L. E.; Creamean, J. M.; Ault, A. P.; Surratt, J. D.; Chan, M.; Seinfeld, J. H.; Edgerton, E. S.; Su, Y. X.; Prather, K. A. Measurements of Isoprene-derived Organosulfates in Ambient Aerosols by Aerosol Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry - Part 2: Temporal Variability. Environmental Science and Technology 2011, 45(20), 8648-8655. (abstract)

6. Creamean, J. M.; Ault, A. P.; Ten Hoeve, J. E., Jacobson, M. Z.; Roberts, G.; Prather, K. A. Measurements of Aerosol Chemistry during New Particle Formation Events at a Remote Rural Site. Environmental Science and Technology 2011, 45(19), 8208-8216

5. Ault, A. P.; Williams, C. R.; White, A. B.; Neiman, P. J.; Creamean, J. M.; Gaston, C. J.; Ralph, F. M.; Prather, K. A. Potential Changes to California Orographic Precipitation Due to Transported Asian Dust. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres 2011, 116, D16205, doi:10.1029/2010JD015351.

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4. Hatch, L. E.; Creamean, J. M.; Ault, A. P.; Surratt, J. D.; Chan, M.; Seinfeld, J. H.; Edgerton, E.S.; Prather, K.A. Measurements of Isoprene-derived Organosulfates in Ambient Aerosols by Aerosol Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry - Part 1: Single Particle Observations. Environmental Science and Technology 2011, 45(12), 5105-5111.

3. Ault, A. P.; Gaston, C. J.; Wang, Y.; Dominguez, G.; Thiemens, M. H.; Prather, K. A. Characterization of the Single Particle Mixing State of Individual Ship Plume Events measured at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Environmental Science and Technology 2010, 44(6), 1954-1961.

2. Ault, A. P.; Moore, M. J.; Furutani, H.; Prather, K. A. Impact of Emissions from the Los Angeles Port Region on San Diego Air Quality during Regional Transport Events. Environmental Science and Technology 2009, 43(10), 3500–3506.(abstract)

Undergraduate Research: Summer 2003 Adviser: Dr. Paul Fleitz and Dr. Joy Rogers - Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate

1. Rogers, J. E.; Hall, B. C.; Hufnagle, D. C.; Slagle, J. E.; Ault, A. P.; McLean, D. G.; Fleitz, P. A.; Cooper, T. M. Effect of Platinum on the Photophysical Properties of a Series of Phenyl-Ethynyl Oligomers. Journal of Chemical Physics (2005), 122(21), 214708(1-8). (abstract)