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University of California, San Diego
Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry
9500 Gilman Drive, M/C 0314
La Jolla, CA 92093-0314
Phone: 858-534-7430
E-mail: cgaston@ucsd.edu
EDUCATION
Graduate
Ph.D. Oceanography Sept 2006-present (Anticipated 2011)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), marine chemistry/climate
Focus: air-sea interactions; role of ocean biology on shaping marine aerosol chemistry, clouds, and climate; changes in atmosphere-biosphere interactions with a warming climate
Awards: UC Regents First Year Fellowship 2006-2007
NSF Honorable Mention 2007, 2008
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Aerosol Chemistry Climate Institute Fellowship 2008-present
San Diego Graduate Fellowship 2008-present
Undergraduate
B.A. Environmental Chemistry Sept 2000-June 2005
B.S. General Biology Sept 2000-June 2005
University of California, San Diego
Research Experience: aquatic trace metal biogeochemistry, organic synthesis, NMR, UV-vis, tropical marine and terrestrial ecology (at University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia)
Awards: Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Scholarship 2002
Friends of the International Center Scholarship 2003
Belkin Research Scholarship 2004-2005
PRESENTATIONS
Gaston, C. J. ; Pratt, K. A.; Qin, Xueying; Prather, K. A. “Real-time detection and mixing state of methanesulfonate in single aerosol particles in Riverside, CA during a phytoplankton bloom”. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2008 (poster).
Gaston, C. J. ; Pratt, K. A.; Qin, Xueying; Prather, K. A. “Real-time detection and mixing state of methanesulfonate in single aerosol particles in Riverside, CA during a phytoplankton bloom”. 26th Informal Symposium on Kinetic and Photochemical Processes, Riverside, CA, 2009 (poster).
