Research Topics

Field and laboratory studies of atmospheric condensed phases

• Chemical and physical properties of atmospheric aerosol particles. 

• Aerosol characterization, source apportionment, and atmospheric processing and aging.

• Secondary organic aerosol formation.

• Fog and cloud chemistry.

New analytical instrument and technology

• Aerosol Mass Spectrometry.

• Electrospray aerosol interface.

• Multidimensional data acquisition.

• Data analysis and interpretation.

Highly time-resolved source apportionment techniques for organic aerosols

• Multivariate factor analysis. 

• In-depth data analysis of urban, rural, and remote aerosol mass spectrometer data sets.