Interviews, Press Releases, and Lab News
2025 Thuong successfully defended her Ph.D!
2025 Amount of ingested microplastics is on the rise
Pierre in Arizona PBS discussing microplastics
2024 Jesse successfully defended his Ph.D!
2024 Tackling Phoenix’s ozone problem with natural emission research
ASU Press Release on Trinity and Gabby's work
2024 Zhaobo's paper on nanoparticle exposure in the Semiconductor Industry is out!
2024 Kanchana successfully defended her Ph.D!
2024 New paper published in "Science of the Total Environment" by Kanchana, Matt, and Pierre
Microplastics are ubiquitous and increasing in soil of a sprawling urban area, Phoenix (Arizona)
2024 ASU study on natural emissions impacting ozone pollution
AZ Family News interview with Trinity and Matt
2023 Arizona researchers finding higher concentrations of microplastics in soil around the Valley
12news news segment on Kanchana's work papers and interviews with student and PI
2023 PhD grad hopes to further research on terrestrial air quality, atmospheric expertise at NASA
Jason featured as part of the spring profiles on ASU News.
2023 Up in smoke: Student research collaboration bears fruit
ASU press release on Alyssa's paper and work with Logan (Anbar lab)
2023 Congratulations to Gareth Storey and Leo Loera, who graduated with honors thesis completed in the lab!
2023 Phoenix area residents dealing with smell from landfill fire smoke
Pierre was interviewed for Fox10 Phoenix (article/video)
2023 Mining Arizona’s hidden treasure
Press release on ABOR mining grant (article)
2023 Can new desert crusts solve dust issues in Pinal County
ABOR grant featured in Arizona Republic article
2023 The hidden threat lurking in Phoenix soil
Kanchana's research on microplastics featured in ASU News.
2023 Poor Air Quality in New York because of Canadian fires and how it compares to Phoenix
Pierre was interviewed off camera for 3TV/CBS 5 article/video
2022 Valley fever and Dust Suppression
Jason was featured in Arizona Republic article with photo series
2022 ASU researchers to address local air-quality concerns
Pierre talks about air quality concerns with new ozone project.
2022 A Lawsuit Claims Skittles Are Unfit for Consumption. Experts Weigh In.
Pierre was interviewed as subject expert for New York Times article based on older work with Paul Westerhoff
2022 ABOR regents grant funding
Multiple press releases on recent ABOR regents grants
Most focus on Valley Fever Collaborative (ASU) and Newspaper and TV articles
NPR- KJZZ, US News, AZ Mirror, AZ Daily Sun, AZ Luminaria, ABC 15 (TV)
2022 Air Quality Research by Fraser and Herckes groups (general and ABOR grant)
Matt interview and news segment on ABC15 on our research
2022 How Can Silicone Wristbands Help Firefighters?
Pierre interviewed as subject expert for AGU EOS article
2022 Arizona mask mandate being pushed by some community leaders amid omicron surge
Pierre interviewed for Fox 10 Phoenix (local Fox Affiliate)
2021 How Can Wristbands Monitor Pollution, PAHs, and Prenatal Care?
Pierre interviewed for AGU EOS (August 2021) article
2021 Double Masking for CoViD-19 protection
Las Vegas Review Journal – Newspaper Interview
ASUnow – press release
NPR-KJZZ -Radio Interview
2021 Poor Air Quality on New Year’s day
Pierre interviewed for Fox 10 Arizona
2019 New manuscript in press in Environmental Science and Technology
A Laboratory Assessment of 120 Air Pollutant Emissions from Biomass and Fossil-Fuel Cookstoves - K. R. Bilsback, J. Dahlke, K.M. Fedak, N. Good, A. Hecobian, P. Herckes, C. L’Orange, J. Mehaffy, A. Sullivan, J. Tryner, L. Van Zyl, E.S. Walker, Y. Zhou, J.R. Pearce, A. Wilson, J.L. Peel and J. Volckens.
2019 Congratulations on group members who graduated!
Alyssa (M.S. Chemistry), Jessica (M.S. Chemical Engineering), and James (B.S. Chemistry)!
2019 New manuscript published (open access):
Yttrium Residues in MWCNT Enable Assessment of MWCNT Removal during Wastewater Treatment - J. Kidd, Y. Bi, D. Hannigan, P. Herckes and P. Westerhoff, Nanomaterials, 9, 670, 2019.
2019 Our lab officially moves to a new home across campus, ISTB4!
Educational Videos
Behind the Faucet: What Impacts your Drinking Water Quality? from Arizona State University on Vimeo.
Short 4 minute videos explaining general concepts. Pierre contributed some information, like chemistry of cloud formation