Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1995
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1991
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 1987
Awards:
Cullen-Peck Faculty Fellow Award, 2007
Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development, 2007
Whitby Award, American Association for Aerosol Research, 2005
NASA Global Change Graduate Fellowship
Research Interests:
Atmospheric aerosols, sources and processing
Urban air quality/Health Effects
Mechanisms and conditions for new particle formation by homogeneous nucleation
Particle growth processes
These interests are investigated by devolpment of new instruments, (e.g., the particle into liquid sampler, PILS) and participating in numerous field studies