Andy Ault

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Urey Hall Room 2126
La Jolla, CA 92093-0314
(858) 534-7430
Fax: (858) 534-7042
For info on extracurriculars (marathons, ultimate frisbee, etc.) click here

Education
Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry Carleton College (Northfield, Minnesota) 2005
Anticipated PhD in Chemistry  
University of California San Diego (La Jolla, California) 2010

Graduate Research Experience
PhD graduate student in the laboratory of Professor Kimberly Prather, UCSD

 2005-Present

•    Studying the chemical, physical, and optical properties of particles in the atmosphere through the use of ATOFMS
•    Led Los Angeles Basin Mobile Study II (LABMS II)  (11/11/2007 - 11/26/2007)
•    Led Los Angeles Basin Mobile Study I (LABMS I)  (8/15/2007 - 9/7/2007)
•    Participated in the PACific Dust EXperiment in conjunction with Prof V. Ramanathan (4/1/2007 - 5/15/2007)
•    Led the first mobile laboratory study in conjunction with Sharon Qin (12/16/2006 - 12/19/2006)
•     Led the SIO Pier 2006 field campaign (8/15/2006 - 10/3/2006)
•    Teaching assistant for Atmospheric Chemistry, Analytical Instrumentation Laboratory (twice), and General Chemistry
     Awards

•    •   Unified Port of San Diego - Environmental Committee Grant Award – $10,000 grant for study examining "Real-time Source Apportionment of Atmospheric Particles Impacting the San Diego Bay"

2007-2009

•    Urey Fellowship – awarded for promise in graduate studies presented by the UCSD Chemistry Department

2005-2006

Undergraduate Research Experience

Undergraduate Research for Professor Deborah Gross, Carleton College Chemistry Department

2004-2005
Undergraduate Research as part of Sea Education Association (SEA) aboard the Robert C. Seamans SSV (scientific sailing vessel) as part of class 193 studying oxygen and chlorophyll profiles on a transect from Hawaii to Prince Rupert BC, Canada (click here for cruise report)

2004
Undergraduate Research for Dr. Paul Fleitz, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Labs Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio

2003

     Awards

•    I.M. Kolthoff Award - presented by the Analytical Division of the American Chemical Society for excellence in      undergraduate research

2005 

•    Membership in Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society

2005


Presentations

•   25th Symposium on Kinetic and Photochemical Processes in the Atmosphere, Univeristy of California Los Angeles, February 20, 2008

  • Observation and Characterization of Individual Ship Plumes by Aerosol Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

    • Ault, Andrew P.; Gaston, Casandra; Wang, Ying; Prather, Kimberly A.

2008

•   American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2007, San Francisco, CA, December 10-14, 2007

  • A Mass Spectral Fingerprints of Ship Emission Particles by Aerosol Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry and Applications for Source Apportionment

    • Ault, Andrew P.; Furutani, Hiroshi; Dominguez, Gerardo; Thiemens, Mark; Prather, Kimberly A.

2007

•   26th American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR) Meeting in Reno, NV, United States, September 24-28, 2007

  • A Mass Spectral Fingerprints of Ship Emission Particles by Aerosol Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry and Applications for Source Apportionment

    • Ault, Andrew P.; Furutani, Hiroshi; Dominguez, Gerardo; Thiemens, Mark; Prather, Kimberly A.

2007

•   Seminar at Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, May 20, 2007

  • ATOFMS Measurements from Gosan, Korea

    • Ault, Andrew P.; Prather, Kimberly A.

2007

•   229th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, San Diego, CA, United States, March 13-17, 2005

  • Trends in 0.2-3 mm ambient particles and their relationship to atmospheric mercury.

    • Gross, Deborah S.; Ault, Andrew P.; Yuen, Melanie; Schmitt, Alexandra M.; Frontiera, Renee; Olson, Mark L.; Schauer, James J.; Hall, Britt.

  • Analysis of complex real-time atmospheric data sets: A data mining approach.
    • Gross, Deborah S.; Yuen, Melanie; Ault, Andrew P.; Musicant, David R.; Anderson, Ben J.; Ritz, Anna; Schauer, James J.; Ramakrishnan, Raghu; Chen, Lei; Chen, Bee-Chung.

2005
Publications
  • Rogers, Joy E.; Hall, Benjamin C.; Hufnagle, David C.; Slagle, Jonathan E.; Ault, Andrew P.; McLean, Daniel G.; Fleitz, Paul A.; Cooper, Thomas M. Effect of platinum on the photophysical properties of a series of phenyl-ethynyl oligomers. Journal of Chemical Physics (2005), 122(21)

2005


Laboratory Skills
  • Aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometry (ATOFMS)
  • Aerosol instrumentation
    • Differential Mobility Analyzer (DMA)
    • Condensation Particle Counter (CPC)
    • Aerosol Particle Sizer (APS)
    • Cloud Condensation Nuclei counter (CCN)
    • Aethelometer
    • Nephelometer
  • Fluorescence and Phosphorescence Measurements
  • Gas Chromatography (GC)
  • High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
  • Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)
  • Ion Chromatography (IC)
  • Infrared and UV-Vis Spectroscopic Measurements

Software Skills

•    Windows, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Frontpage), Chemdraw, Matlab, Igor, Hysplit, many types of instrument specific software