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Kerri A. Pratt University of California, San Diego Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry 9500 Gilman Drive, M/C 0314 La Jolla, CA 92093-0314 Phone: 858-822-5745 E-mail: kdenkenb@ucsd.edu
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Education
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Ph.D., Chemistry |
Aug. 2004 – present (Anticipated Summer 2009) |
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University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Advisor: Kimberly Prather Thesis: New Insights into Aerosol Mixing State using Aircraft Aerosol Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Focus: Environmental/Analytical Chemistry M.S. Chemistry, Dec. 2006 Awards: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2006-2009) US Environmental Protection Agency Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Graduate Fellowship (2005-2006)
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The Pennsylvania State University (PSU), Schreyer Honors College Advisors: Prof. Karl T. Mueller & Prof. A. Daniel Jones Thesis: NMR Studies of Perfluorinated Compounds with Environmental Relevance Focus: Environmental Chemistry Minor: Watersheds & Water Resources Publications: |
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1) Denkenberger, K.A., Bowers, R.A., Jones, A.D., Mueller, K.T. NMR Studies of the Thermal Degradation of a Perfluoropolyether Adsorbed onto the Surface of γ-Alumina and Kaolinite. Langmuir. 2007, 23, 8855-8860. (link) 2) Ellis, D.A., Denkenberger, K.A., Burrow, T.E., Mabury, S.A. The Use of 19F NMR to Interpret the Structural Properties of Perfluorocarboxylate Acids: A Possible Correlation with Their Environmental Disposition. J. Phys. Chem. A. 2004, 108, 10099-10106. (link) |
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Major Awards: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention (2004) Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship (2002-2004) Morris K. Udall Scholarship (2002-2004) |
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Lab of
Prof. Kim Prather, UCSD Dept. of
Chemistry & Biochemistry Aerosol Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry: Size-resolved chemistry of single particles in real-time |
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Aircraft aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer (A-ATOFMS)
development and field-based testing. Pratt, K.A., Mayer, J.E., Holecek, J.C., Moffet, R.C., Poon, G., Sanchez, R.O., Rebotier, T., Furutani, H., Su, Y., Guazzotti, S., Prather, K.A., Fuhrer, K., Gonin, M. Development and Characterization of an Improved Aerosol Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer for Aircraft-based Studies. Analytical Chemistry. In Preparation. Pratt, K.A., Qin, X., Shields, L., Prather, K. Ground-based field comparison of the A-ATOFMS with the nozzle-inlet ATOFMS and UF-ATOFMS. In Preparation.
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Real-time ambient aerosol volatility
measurements: Application of an
automatically-switching thermodenuder in series with the A-ATOFMS (collaboration
with Prof. Jose Jimenez and
Alex Huffman of the University of Colorado, Boulder) Denkenberger, K.A., Moffet, R.C., Holecek, J.C., Rebotier, T.P., Prather, K.A. Real-Time, Single-Particle Measurements of Oligomers in Aged Ambient Aerosol Particles. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41, 5439-5446. (link)
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Field Work
Study of Organic Aerosols in Riverside, CA (SOAR)
(Ground-based A-ATOFMS measurements: 2005, 2006)
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July 12-16, 2005 - Assisted with ATOFMS trailer set-up Aug. 1-12, 2005 - A-ATOFMS sampling (with John Holecek, Ryan Moffet, & Dr. Gary Poon, UCSD) - Thermodenuder/A-ATOFMS ambient sampling (with Alex Huffman, CU) - Water-based Condensation Particle Counter (CPC) testing with A-ATOFMS (with Dr. Greg Lewis, Aerosol Dynamics, Inc.) Oct. 26 - Nov. 21, 2005 - Thermodenuder/A-ATOFMS ambient sampling (with Alex Huffman, CU) - mVACES concentrator sampling (with Dr. Katharine Moore, USC and Dr. Ken Docherty, CU) - Smog chamber studies (with Dr. Rainer Volkamer, UCSD) - DMA size-selecting with ATOFMS ambient sampling (with Matt Spencer, UCSD) Aug. 6-25, 2006 - Thermodenuder/A-ATOFMS ambient sampling - Smog chamber studies (with Dr. Rainer Volkamer, UCSD and Prof. Paul Ziemann, UCR) |
Los Angeles Basin Transport Study, 2007
| Aug. 15-21, 2007 (Long Beach, CA) - Assisted with ATOFMS set-up and troubleshooting (with Andy Ault, Dr. Ying Wang, Cassie Gaston, and Maggie Yandell, UCSD) Aug. 23-26, 2007 (Riverside, CA) - Assisted with instrument set-up and troubleshooting (with Andy Ault and Cassie Gaston, UCSD) |
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ICE-L (Ice in Clouds Experiment-Layer Clouds) Colorado, October - December 2007 - First A-ATOFMS flight-based measurements (C-130); Study of how aerosol size, chemistry, and ice nuclei activity vary as a function of altitude |
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