Meagan J.K. Moore

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry                                     email: moore@ucsd.edu

M/C 0314; 2108 Urey Hall                                                                    phone: 858-822-5745

University of California, San Diego                                                             fax: 858-534-7042

La Jolla, CA 92093-0314

   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

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

                          •Acted as a teaching assistant for 4 undergraduate level courses in the Dept.of Chemistry: Analytical Chemistry lab, general chemistry lecture I,III and lab.

   2003                Undergraduate Student Instructor, Penn State

                          •Acted as a teaching assistant for undergraduate organic chemistry lab and instrument room attendant.

   PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERSHIPS

   American Chemical Society, American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society, American Association of  Aerosol Research

PRESENTATIONS

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)

OTHER

2006-2007       Physical Chemistry Seminar Committee Member, UCSD

                        •Selected, invited and hosted environmental/atmospheric speakers.

2005-present    Biofuels Awareness and Action Network, UCSD

                      •Student-run group to spread knowledge about biofuels around campus and nearby community; hosted educational movies/seminars, soon to start running one of the UCSD shuttles on 100% biodiesel as a research project with Parking and Fleet Services; obtained funding for this through the Chancellor of the University and Caterpillar Incorporated, who donated an engine platform to run the shuttle on.

2006-present    Environmental Science and Policy Group, UCSD

                      •Student-run group to contact with economists and faculty to organize sustainability and environmental policy seminars, and help running and Environmental Policy Forum by giving a presentation on Biofuels and active discussion with class members.

2006-present    Advisory Committee on Sustainability, UCSD

                     •Graduate student representative: communicate regularly with faculty, staff and both graduate and undergraduate students to work together to make UCSD more sustainable, drafting principles of sustainability, working towards producing a Sustainability Report of the UCSD campus and use this as a platform to improve how UCSD can continue to move forward while educating and improving its stance on the environment, also organizing student organizations and events for Earth Day 2006, Earthweek 2007.

2007-present   Transportation Policy Committee, UCSD

             •Graduate student representative: communicate regularly with faculty, staff, and both graduate and undergraduate students to work together to keep UCSD transportation aware of environmental, treatment, and land use obligations.

Last updated 10/2007