Group Members

Delphine Farmer

Professor

Atmospheric Chemistry

Education: NOAA Climate & Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow (with Jose-Luis Jimenez, CU-Boulder); PhD (UCBerkeley Chemistry with Ron Cohen); MS (UCBerkeley Environmental Science, Policy, and Management); BSc (Honors Chemistry, McGill University)
Contact: Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO 80523-1872; Tel: (970)491-0624; Email: delphine.farmer"at"colostate.eduInterests: Birds, wildlife photography, getting outsideVideos: Beckman Career conversations,

Lauren Garofalo

Research Scientist

Aircraft Aerosol Mass Spectrometry

Education: PhD (Chemistry) UCBerkeley with Kristie Boering; BS (Chemistry) Baylor University
Projects: WE-CAN, MOONLIGHT, SeaSCAPE
Interests:Backpacking, Vegetable gardening, Baking
Awards: 2017 ACCESS participant, 2019 DOE Aerosol Science Summer School participant

Jienan Li

Research Scientist

Indoor Chemistry of oVOCs

Education: BS, University of Science and Technology BeijingMS, University of Science and Technology BeijingPhD (Atmospheric Sciences), Stony Brook University w/ Daniel KnopfProjects: CASA 2022Interests: Badminton

Mj Riches

Postdoctoral Fellow, National Science Foundation

Plant BVOC responses to stress

Education: BS (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology), University of Redlands, 2016PhD (Chemistry), Colorado State University, 2022Interests: SFX makeup, Video game designing, Painting, Cooking/Baking, Hiking, FootballAwards: 2018 Grad Student Showcase CNS Top Scholar Award; 2019-20 VPR Graduate Research Fellow (article here); 1st place poster winner at 2019 CSU Front Range Student Ecology Symposium; 2019 Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award, 2020 AGU Voices for Science Award, 2023 NSF AGS Postdoctoral Fellowship

Emily Franklin

Postdoctoral Fellow, National Science Foundation*
*Also at: Research Scientist, CSIRO, Australia

Volatile Chemical Products and Urban Aerosol Mitigation

Education: BS, Yale UniversityPhD University of California Berkeley with Allen Goldstein Projects: AEROMMA 2023Interests: Backpacking, Baking, SkiingAwards: 2018 NSF-GRPF, 2020 Soroptimist Fellowship, 2022 NSF-MPS Ascend Postdoctoral Fellowship

Michael Vermeuel

Postdoctoral Fellow (FROG-Doc)

Surface-atmosphere exchange

Education: PhD (Chemistry) UW Madison with Timothy Bertram, BS (Chemistry) The College of New JerseyProjects: FluCS-2021, FROG-NYInterests: guitar, powerlifting, walking my dogAs of Fall 2024: Assistant Professor, Purdue University

Rutambhara Joshi

Postdoctoral Fellow

Particle Fluxes

Education: PhD (Atmospheric Science), University of Manchester

MPhys (Physics and Astrophysics), University of Leicester

Projects: FALCON

Matson Pothier

PhD Student (7th year)

Aerosol in polluted environments

Education: BS (Meteorology and Atmospheric Chemistry), University of Washington, 2017, PhD expected Spring 2024 Projects: Aerosol Mass Spectrometry field measurements (SeaSCAPE, WE-CAN, MOONLIGHT); Aerosol chemistry & volatility indoors (HOMEChem); Aerosol precursors in forests (FluCS-2021)Interests: Backpacking, Snowboarding, Music Festivals, Breweries As of Jan 2024: Aerodyne Research, Inc.

Tyson Berg

PhD Student (5th year)

Atmospheric chemistry

Education: BS(Chemistry), University of North Dakota

Projects: Mass spectrometry & photochemistry

Interests: Grilling, Video Games, Sports Ball

Katelyn Rediger

PhD Student (3rd year)

Atmospheric chemistry

Education: BS (Chemistry), Eastern University (2019)Projects: Urban organic carbon emissionsInterests: Theater, Hiking, Board Games, Coffee ShopsAwards: 2023 Air&Waste Management Association Award; 2023 AGU Voices for Science