Post-doctoral Researchers
Jimenez, Angel
  • Gas-phase molecular halogen formation from sea-salt aerosols: when are interface reactions important? Submitted.
  • Atmospheric renoxification via heterogeneous reactions of deposited nitric acid. In progress.
Medrano, Marc
  • Urban air quality impacts of distributed generation. In progress.
Rodriguez, Marco
  • IMAGES-SCAPE2: A modeling study of size and chemically resolved aerosol thermodynamics in a global chemical transport model. Rodriguez M. and Dabdub D. J. Geophys. Res. 109, D02203, doi:10.1029/2003JD003639 (2004)
  • Monte Carlo uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of the CACM chemical mechanism. Rodriguez M. and Dabdub D. J. Geophys. Res. 108, (D15), 4443, doi:10.1029/2002JD003281 (2003)
  • Air quality impacts of distributed power generation in the South Coast Air Basin of California 1: scenario development and modeling analysis. Accepted.
  • Air quality impacts of distributed power generation in the South Coast Air Basin of California II: Model uncertainty and sensitivity analysis. Submitted.
  • Air quality modeling of the South Coast Air Basin of California: What do numbers really mean. Submitted.

 
Current Graduate Students
Carreras-Sospedra, Marc (MS/Ph.D.)
  • Calculation of incremental secondary organic aerosol reactivity. Carreras M., Griffin R. J. and Dabdub D. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38, (2005) 1724-1730.
  • Air quality impacts of distributed power generation in the South Coast Air Basin of California 1: scenario development and modeling analysis. Accepted.
  • Air quality modeling of the South Coast Air Basin of California: What do numbers really mean? Submitted.
  • How new chemistry findings affect our understanding of the weekend effect? In progress.
  • Long-term Scenarios of Distributed Generation and Advanced Energy Conversion Technologies and their Associated Air Quality Impacts in the South Coast Air Basin of California. In progress.
Nissenson, Paul (MS/Ph.D.)
  • Enhanced Photolysis in Aerosols: Evidence for Important Surface Effects.In progress.
  • Importance of the public transportation system on the air quality of a major urban center. A case study: Milan, Italy. In progress.
  • Monte Carlo uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of the MAGIC aerosol, gas and interfacial chemistry model.In progress.
Thomas, Jennie (MS/Ph.D.)
  • Gas-phase molecular halogen formation from sea-salt aerosols: when are interface reactions important? Submitted.
  • Aerosol chamber experiments. In progress.
Vutukuru, Satish (MS/Ph.D.)
  • Simulation and analysis of secondary organic aerosol dynamics in the South Coast Air Basin of California. J. Geophys. Res. 111, D10S12, doi:10.1029/2005JD006139 (2006)
  • Development of a fully dynamics approach for modeling secondary organic aerosol.In progress
  • Impact of shipping emissions on sulfate aerosol in the South Coast Air Basin of California.In progress
  • A study of distributed power generation and regional air quality effects in the San Joaquin Valley of California.In progress

 
Current Undergraduate Students
Carmody, Kevin (B.S.)
  • System and network administration.
  • Computer security.
Chang, Wayne (B.S.)
  • Scientific visualization of environmental data.
  • Development of a web-based technical journal using PHP and MySQL.

 
Visiting Researchers
Dr. Vera Grigoryeva
     
  • Development of a detailed nitrogen and sulfur chemical kinetic mechanism.
Prof. Khoi Nguyen
  • Development of a mass conservative integrator for modeling chemical kinetics.

 
Former Students and Staff
Allen, William (Research Assistant, 2004)
Post-UCI: The University of Nottingham, England
Knipping, Eladio (Ph.D., 2002)
Post-UCI: Project Manager, Air Quality, Health & Risk Assessment. EPRI
  • Experiments and simulations of ion-enhanced interfacial chemistry on aqueous NaCl aerosols, Knipping E. M., Lakin M. J., Foster K. L., Jungwirth P., Tobias D. J., Gerber R. B., Dabdub D. and Finlayson-Pitts B. J.  Science 288, (2000) 301-306.
  • Modeling study of Cl2 formation from aqueous NaCl particles: Evidence for interfacial reactions and importance of Cl2 decomposition in alkaline solution. Knipping E. and Dabdub D. Accepted. 
  • Modeling surface-mediated 'renoxification' of the atmosphere via reaction of gaseous nitric oxide with deposited nitric acid. Knipping E. and Dabdub D. Atmospheric Environment 36, (2002) 5741-5748.
  • Impact of chlorine emissions from sea-salt aerosol on coastal urban ozone. Knipping E. and Dabdub D. Environ. Sci. Technol. 37, (2003) 275-284.
  • Impact of diesel-emission controls on particulate matter levels. Knipping E. and Dabdub D. In progress. 
Nguyen, Khoi (Ph.D., 2002)
Post-UCI: Prof. of Science and Mathematics. Columbia College
  • Two-level time-marching scheme using splines for solving the advection equation. Nguyen K. and Dabdub D. Atmospheric Environment 35, (2001) 1627-1637.
  • Semi-Lagrangian flux scheme for the solution of the aerosol condensation/evaporation equation. Nguyen K. and Dabdub D. Aerosol Science and Technology 36, (2002) 407-418.
  • NOx and VOC control and its effect on the formation of aerosols. Nguyen K. and Dabdub D. Aerosol Science and Technology. 36, (2002) 560-572.
  • A coupled hydrophobic-hydrophilic model for predicting secondary organic aerosol formation. Griffin R. J., Nguyen K., Dabdub D. and Seinfeld J. H. Accepted.
  • Development and analysis of a non-splitting solution for three-dimens ional air quality models. Nguyen K. and Dabdub D. Accepted.
Sariyski, Tzvetan (Research Assistant, 1999)
Post-UCI: Combustion Research and Flow Technology, Inc.
Leverkuehn, Chris (B.S., 1999)
Post-UCI: Grad. study, Computational Mathematics, Kings College, London
DeHaan, Laurel(Research Assistant, 1997)
Post-UCI: Prof. of Mathematics, Lyon College
Schmieder, Amy (M.S., 1998)