Prather Research Group
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry & Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
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Chemistry, Climate, and Human Health
Chemistry, Climate, and Human Health
The impacts of atmospheric aerosol particles represent the largest uncertainty in scientific understanding of the Earth's climate and the air we breathe. Our group studies the chemistry of these particles as we look to learn more about their impacts on the planet's energy budget via the formation of clouds and human health.
The impacts of atmospheric aerosol particles represent the largest uncertainty in scientific understanding of the Earth's climate and the air we breathe. Our group studies the chemistry of these particles as we look to learn more about their impacts on the planet's energy budget via the formation of clouds and human health.
Prather Group News
Prather Group News
Prof. Prather received the prestigious National Academy of Sciences Award in Chemical Sciences.
Prof. Prather's talk on "Ocean Microbes, Aerosols, Climate and Health" at the Philosophical Society of Washington can be viewed here.
In the early part of her career, Prof. Prather and her research group developed a unique method, aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometry (ATOFMS), for the on-line characterization of the size and chemical composition of atmospheric aerosols.
Using ATOFMS and a wide array of other gas and particle instruments, the Prather group is now performing studies worldwide to better understand the role of aerosols in climate change. Read more
Kim's interview illustrated by Jessica Esch
Contact us
Contact us
Distinguished Prof. Kimberly Prather - kprather@ucsd.edu
NSF Center for Aerosol Impacts on Chemistry of the Environment - caice@ucsd.edu
Meta-Institute for Airborne Disease in a Changing Climate - airborne@ucsd.edu
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