Previous Graduate Students

Russell R. Dickerson

		

 Student (doctorates)		Degree	  Department		Graduation
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 Kenneth E. Pickering		Ph.D.	  Meteorology		1987
      Dissertation: Observations of Tropospheric Trace Gases and
      Techniques for Assessing Regional Transport of Air Pollutants. 

 Winston T. Luke		Ph.D.	  Chemistry		1990
      Dissertation: Reactive Nitrogen Compounds in the Troposphere:
      Observations, Transport, and Photochemistry.

 Linda J. Nunnermacker		Ph.D.	  Chemistry		1990
      Dissertation: Calibration and Detection Techniques for Trace
      Nitrogen Compounds in the Atmosphere.

 Olga Poulida			Ph.D.	  Meteorology		1993
      Dissertation: Observations and Photochemistry of Reactive Trace
      Gases in the Atmosphere.

 Kevin Civerolo			Ph.D.	  Meteorology		1996
      Dissertation: Development and use of a High Sensitivity, Fast
      Response Nitric Oxide Detector for air Quality Monitoring and
      Eddy Correlation Flux Measurements.
      
 Shobha Kondragunta		Ph.D.	  Chemistry		1997
 	The Impact of Aerosols on Urban Photochemical Smog Production.
	
 Kevin P. Rhoads 		Ph.D.	  Chemistry		1998
 	The Influence of Continental Emissions of the Composition
	of the Remote Marine Boundary Layer.
	
 Raymond Morales 		Ph.D.	  Chemistry		1998
 	Carbon Monoxide, Ozone, and Hydrocarbons in the Baltimore
	Metropolitan Area.
	
 Kristen Hallock-Waters		Ph.D.	  Chemistry		2000
	Trace Gas Observations over Rural Virginia: 
	Photochemistry and Transport.
	
 Alex J. DeCaria 		Ph.D.	  Meteorology		2000
 	Effects of Convection and Lightning on Tropospheric Chemistry
	
 Ana I. Prados 	 		Ph.D.	  Chemistry		2000
 	The export of ozone and other atmospheric trace species from
	North America: Observations and numerical simulations.
	
 Rokjin Park			Ph.D. 	  Meteorology		2001
	The Interaction of Regional- and Global-Scale Atmospheric 
	Chemistry, Transport, and Climate Processes.  Postdoc. Harvard.
	
 Lung-Wen (Antony) Chen		Ph.D.	  Chem. Physics		2002
 	Urban Fine Particulate Matter: Chemical Composition and
	Posible Origins.  Postdoc DRI, Nevada.
	
 William Swartz			Ph.D.	  Chemistry 		2002
  	Dissertation: "Quantifying Photolysis Rates in the Troposphere
	and Stratosphere" (Res. Sci., Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.)
	
 
 Joern Burkert           	Ph.D.      Physics               2003
	University of Bremen, Germany; co-Advisor with John P. Burrows.
	Dissertation: "Modellierung der Troposphaerischen ozon und Radicalchemie"
                  ("Modelling of Tropospheric Ozone and Radical Chemistry")
      
 
 YuJin Choi			Ph.D. 	Chemical Engineering	2004
 (Co Advisor S. Ehrman)
 	Dissertation: “Chemical Transport Modeling of Air Pollution in Maryland: 
	Investigations of the Role of Biogenic Emissions”
      
 Brett F. Taubman                Ph.D.       Chemistry		2004 
	Dissertation: "Airborne Characterization of Regional Aerosol Origins
	and Optical Properties"
 
 Robert C. Levy 		Ph.D.       Meteorology		2007
 	Dissertation: "Second Generation Retrieval of Tropospheric Aerosol
	Properties from Inversion of Visible and Near-Infrared Spectral
	Reflectance: Application over Maryland"

 Jennifer C. Hains 		Ph.D.       Chemistry		2007
 	Dissertation: "A Chemical Climatology of Lower Tropospheric Trace Gases
	and Aerosols over the Mid-Atlantic Region"  
  Postdoc KNMI Utrecht, Holland.

 Bryan J. Bloomer 		Ph.D.       Meteorology		2008
 	Dissertation: "Air Pollution Response to Emissions Changes at Power 
	Plants in the Eastern United States"

Can Li				Ph.D.	  	AOSC			2008
	Dissertation: "Emissions, Transport, and Evolution of Atmospheric Pollutants 
	from China: An Observational Study"

  
		Masters of Science

 Steven R. Messina		M.S.	  Meteorology		1985
      Thesis: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Meteorology and
      Air Pollution at Deuselbach, West Germany.

 Donna P. McNamara		M.S.	  Meteorology		1988
      Thesis: Origin of Tropospheric Ozone over Central U.S.

 Brian S. Gockel		M.S.	  Meteorology		1988
      Thesis: Modeling and Observations of Trace Gases in Cumulus
      Clouds.

 William F. Ryan		M.S.	  Meteorology		1990
      Thesis: Synoptic-Scale Variations in the Vertical Distribution
      of Ozone in the Lower Great Plains of the United States.

 Olga Poulida			M.S.	  Meteorology		1991
      Nonthesis

 Leslie Moy			M.S.	  Meteorology		1992
      Nonthesis

 Kevin Civerolo			M.S.	  Meteorology		1993
      Nonthesis

 Fred Fahlbusch			M.S.	  Meteorology		1993
      Nonthesis

 Robert Gersten			M.S.	  Meteorology		1995
      Nonthesis.

 Paul Kelley			M.S.	  Meteorology		1996
      Nonthesis.

 Monica Spinnenweber		M.S.	  Meteorology		2000

 Eleanor Sparer 		M.S.	  Meteorology		2001
 
 Anu Nadarajan         		M.S.   	  Chem Engin.         	2001
    Thesis: "The formation of Secondary Organic Aerosols from a-Terpine."  
     (Joint advisor with S. Ehrman & R. Calabrese).
 
  Bryan J. Bloomer        	M.S.   	  Meteorology		2004
    Nonthesis

 Zahra Chaudhry 		M.S.	  	Meteorology			2005

 




 
	

Undergraduate research was directed for Melody A. Owens (B.S. Physical Science, 1988), David Johns, Jr. (B.S. Chemistry, 1989), James Yeinger (B.S. Physical Science, 1990), William Hutchison (B.S. Physical Science, 1991), Abby Lindstrom (B.S. Chemistry, 1992), Nestor Suarez (B.S. Civil Engineering, 1992), Charles Piety (B.S. Chemistry, 1993), Dean Pinson (B.S. Physical Science, 1995), Peter Kivett (B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1995), Fernando Rodriguez (B.S. Physical Science 1997), Song Ji (Chemistry, 2000), Eric Ellingson (With KEP) (ENCH, 2001), Lori McGuire (Physical Science, 2001), Teresa Ip (Chemistry, 2002), Elena Deviatova (Yegorova)(CMSC/PHYS, 2004), Lauren Zamora (MEES 2004).

All supported by research grants except Air Force students, Messina, McNamara, and Fahlbusch.