Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry - University of California, San Diego
SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS: atmospheric chemistry, air quality, climate change, environmental policy
EDUCATION 2010 Ph.D expected, Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego 2005 B.S., Pennsylvania State University, Chemistry 2001 Diploma, Robert E. Fitch Senior High School, Mystic, CT AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS 2008-present San Diego Graduate Fellowship 2008-present Pacific Northwest National Lab Aerosol Chemistry Climate Institute Fellowship 2008 UCSD Graduate Student Sustainablilty Award 2007 NSF Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention 2006-2007 UCSD Department of Chemistry GAANN Fellowship 2006 Winter,Fall Quarters Exemplary Teaching Assistant Performance 2005-2006 UCSD Department of Chemistry Urey Fellowship 2004 Penn State TEAS Summer Research Fellowship 2001-2005 Penn State Department of Chemistry Scholarships 2002-present Member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars 2003-present Member of Golden Key International Honor Society RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 2005-present Doctoral Research Department of Chemistry, UCSD
Physical and chemical measurements of organics on marine aerosols and their effect on cloud condensation nuclei activity through lab and field measurements
Physical and chemical measurements of heterogeneous chemistry on mineral dust and their effect on cloud condensation nuclei activity through laboratory measurements
2003-2005 Undergraduate Research Department of Chemistry, Penn State
Synthesis of organic starting materials for oligomers, short peptides by hand, nanoparticles with NMR, UV-Vis, HPLC, MS, TEM.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2005-2006 Graduate Student Instructor, UCSD
2003 Undergraduate Student Instructor, Penn State
PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERSHIPS
American Chemical Society, American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society, American Association of Aerosol Research
PRESENTATIONS Moore, M.J.K., Sullivan, R.C., Roberts, G.C., Prather, K.A. Single Particle Composition and Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN) Activity During the San Diego Wildfires 2007. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2008. (poster)
Moore, M.J.K. Furutani, H.; Roberts, G.; Palenik, B.; Prather, K.A. Marine Aerosol Particle Production by Air Bubble Bursting: Effect of Marine Microorganisms and Surface-Active Organic Matter on Cloud Formation 25th Informal Symposium on Kinetic and Photochemical Processes, Los Angeles, CA, February 2008. (poster) Moore, M.J. Furutani, H.; Roberts, G.; Palenik, B.; Prather, K.A. Effect of Marine Microorganims and Surface Active Organic Matter on Sea Salt Aerosol Production by Air Bubble Bursting and its Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN) Activity. American Association of Aerosol Research 26th Annual Conference, Reno, NV, September 2007. (poster)
Moore, M.J., Zauscher, M. 100% Biodiesel Shuttle as an Alternative Fuel Vehicle: Proposed Emission, Engine and Health Effects Studies at UCSD. UC Parking Conference, San Diego, CA, March 2007. (oral)
Moore, M.J., Charrier, J.; Roberts, G.; Furutani, H.; Prather, K.A. Effect of surface-active organic matter on sea salt aerosol production by air bubble bursting: size distribution, aerosol morphology and CCN activity. 24th Informal Symposium on Kinetic and Photochemical Processes, Los Angeles, CA, February 2007. (poster)
PUBLICATIONS R.C. Sullivan, M.J.K. Moore, M.D. Petters, S.M. Kreidenweis, G.C. Roberts, K.A. Prather Effect of chemical mixing state on the hygroscopicity and cloud condensation nucleation properties of calcium mineral dust particles. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 2009, 9, 2609-2644. A.P. Ault, M.J.K. Moore, H. Furutani, G. Dominguez, M.Thiemens, K.A. Prather Contribution of transported ship and port emissions to the San Diego submicron aerosol, submitted to Environmental Science and Technology. R.C. Sullivan, M.J.K. Moore, M.D. Petters, S.M. Kreidenweis, G.C. Roberts, K.A. Prather Increased hygroscopicity of atomized insoluble mineral particles due to metastable hydrate formation, submitted to Aerosol Science and Technology. R.C. Sullivan, M.J.K. Moore, M.D. Petters, S.M. Kreidenweis, G.C. Robertes, K.A. Prather Timescale for hygroscopic conversion of calcite mineral particles through heterogeneous reaction with nitric acid, submitted to Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Moore, M.J.K., Furutani, H., Roberts, G., Palenkik, B., Prather, K.A. Effect of Marine Microorganisms and Surface Active Organic Matter on Sea Salt Aerosol Production by Air Bubble Bursting and its Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN) Activity, in preparation. Moore, M.J.K., Sullivan, R.C., Roberts, G.C., Wang, Y., Prather, K.A. Single Particle Composition and Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN) Activity during the San Diego Wildfires 2007, in preparation.
OTHER
2006-2007 Physical Chemistry Seminar Committee Member, UCSD
2005-present Biofuels Awareness and Action Network, UCSD 2006-present Environmental Science and Policy Group, UCSD
2006-present Advisory Committee on Sustainability, UCSD
2007-present Transportation Policy Committee, UCSD
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