Prof. Kim Prather has been inaugurated as a Muir Environmental Fellow by UC San Diego's John Muir College, citing her innovative work on aerosols and their climate impacts, along with her significant efforts in science education in both K-12 environments and here at UC San Diego. "Each year, the college names as Muir Environmental Fellows a selected group of individuals affiliated with UC San Diego (faculty, staff, or alumni) whose work has contributed significantly to the cause of sustainability and environmental preservation." |
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The lecture will be broadcast live 3/26/12 @ 3pm or come see the lecture in person at San Diego Convention Center Room 20D. You will need to register for the webcast. From the ACS National Meeting Technical Program: "In this presentation, Professor Prather will discuss her background and the path she took to becoming a chemistry professor. |
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The cover article of the April 2012 issue of Discover Magazine, entitled "Life at the Edge of Space: Do high-flying microbes control Earth's weather?", features the impact of biological aerosol on what is perhaps the most chemically sensitive cloud process: ice crystal formation. |
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Cassandra Gaston gave her doctoral defense titled “Direct Measurements of Marine Aerosols to Examine the Influence of Biological Activity, Anthropogenic Emissions, and Secondary Processing on Particle Chemistry” on 2/27/10. Congrats to her! |
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The New York Times wrote an article about our research during the Calwater study in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
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The January/February 2012 issue of Mass Spectrometry Reviews features a comprehensive two-part review of the state of the art in mass spectrometric analysis of aerosols, written by Prather Research Group alumna Kerri Pratt along with Professor Kim Prather. Part 1 chronicles developments and advances in mass spectrometry of aerosols using so-called "offline methods" which require collection of an aerosol sample on a substrate with subsequent detailed analysis in a controlled laboratory setting, allowing for |
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At the American Geophysical Union meeting last week, Prof. Prather was interviewed for a piece on the CBS Evening News which ran on Dec. 12. The piece covers our group's recent work in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, working out the impact of aerosols on the properties of clouds and precipitation in California. Ultimately, the project is aimed at understanding how to better forecast and manage our state's water resources, especially within the context of a changing climate.
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Several members of the Prather Research Group will be presenting their research at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union this coming week in various sessions: (only presentations with Prather Research Group members as first author are listed here)
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Can changes in the chemical and biological content of the ocean change the chemical and physical properties of sea-spray aerosols? Members of the Prather Research Group are working within the Center for Aerosol Impacts on Climate and the Environment to further understand this question more fully, using a mesocosm experiment at SIO. Over the past 10 days, we have been using a glass wave channel, which has been modified to |
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Experts from across chemical, physical, and biological disciplines are participating in an intensive sampling campaign in the ocean-atmosphere chamber housed at the Hydraulics Laboratory within Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Follow the latest from CAICE's intensive campaign on our blog and facebook. |
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