Nicole receives Michigan Sea Grant Fellowship!

Doctoral student Nicole Olson was recently selected as a recipient for the Michigan Sea Grant graduate student fellowship! Nicole's project aims to further analyze harmful algal bloom emissions from wave breaking on the Great Lakes. This summer Nicole will be partnering with Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to collect biweekly freshwater samples from 8 sites along Lake Huron and Lake Erie, as shown on the map below. The freshwater samples will then be brought back to the lab to create lake spray aerosols. Nicole will be analyzing the biological content of the freshwater and aerosol samples to determine changes throughout duration of the harmful algal bloom season.

Ault Group at AAAR

Ault Group at AAAR

We are excited to have multiple presentations this year on research in the Ault Group! Come check out what we are up to and our work with collaborators at these talks and posters this week. Links to the abstracts below:

Nicole Olson (Doctoral Student) - Poster
Thursday 12:15 8MO.23
Single Particle Morphology and Phase State Analysis of Secondary Organic Aerosol Particles.
NICOLE OLSON, Rebecca Craig, Ziying Lei, Yue Zhang, Yuzhi Chen, Amy Bondy, Jason Surratt, Andrew Ault, University of Michigan
 
Rebecca Craig (Doctoral Student) - Talk
Thursday 3:30 9AC.8
Direct Measurement of Size Resolved Aerosol Acidity.
REBECCA CRAIG, Peter Peterson, Ryan Dodson, Andrew Ault, University of Michigan

Dr. Andrew Ault (Professor/PI) - Talk
Friday 11:15 11AC.1
The Importance of Particle History When Exploring Particle Phase, Viscosity, and Structure within Individual Organic-Inorganic Mixed Particles Using Microscopy and Spectroscopy. ANDREW AULT, Amy Bondy, Rebecca Craig, Sydney Niles, Nicole Olson, University of Michigan

Collaborators
Dr. Yue Zhang (Postdoc at UNC-Chapel Hill) - Talk
Thursday 10:45 7AC.5
The Effects of Aerosol Phase State on Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from the Acid-Catalyzed Reactive Uptake of Isoprene-Derived Epoxydiols.
YUE ZHANG, Yuzhi Chen, Andrew Lambe, Amy Bondy, Nicole Olson, Rebecca Craig, Zhenfa Zhang, Avram Gold, Timothy Onasch, John Jayne, Douglas Worsnop, Charles Kolb, William Vizuete, Andrew Ault, Jason Surratt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dr. Jonathan (Nate) Slade (Postdoc at Purdue) - Talk
Friday 12:00 11AC.4
Diel Variations in the Phase State of Atmospheric Aerosol in a Mixed Forest: The Role of Molecular Composition and Liquid Water.  
JONATHAN SLADE, Alexander Bui, Ryan Cook, Amy Bondy, Sarah Desrochers, Rebecca Harvey, Jenna Ditto, Drew Gentner, Kerri Pratt, Andrew Ault, Robert Griffin, Brandon E. Boor, Giuseppe Petrucci, Paul Shepson, Purdue University
 
Mutian Ma (Masters Student at UNC-Chapel Hill) - Poster
Thursday 12:15 8MO.2
The Influence Pre-existing Organics on Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation
from Reactive Uptake of Isoprene Epoxydiols in a Regional Scale Model.
MUTIAN MA, Havala Pye, Yue Zhang, Yuzhi Chen, Chitsan Wang, Sri Budisulistiorini, Andrew Ault, Jason Surratt, William Vizuete, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


Editors Note: Concept for page inspired by McNeill Lab at Columbia.