Air Quality Monitoring Team (AQMT) & Air Quality Research Center Staff
Alex Murrain
Data and Reporting Group Supervisor, AQMT
Supervisor of the Data & Reporting Group which supports the CSN and IMPROVE Air Monitoring Networks of the EPA and NPS.
ammurrain@ucdavis.edu
Office: 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
Ann Dillner
Researcher, AQMT
Research focuses on characterizing the chemical composition of atmospheric particles, specifically through Fourier Transform-Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) and using this information to better understand sources of particulate matter, visibility degradation, health impacts and climate change.
amdillner@ucdavis.edu
Office: 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
Anthony Wexler
AQRC Director
Research focuses on understanding the atmospheric processes that transport and transform particulate pollutants in the atmosphere and the health effects that they cause.
aswexler@ucdavis.edu
Office: 2046 Bainer Hall, Davis
Bart Ostro
Scientist, AQRC
Dr. Ostro is an epidemiologist focused on research and policy relating to the health effects of air pollution and climate change.
bdostro@ucdavis.edu
Office: 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
Boon- Ling, Yeo
Scientist, AQRC
Daiana Fadin-Vargas
Business Administrative Assistant, AQMT
dfadinv@ucdavis.edu
Office: 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
Faris Jawda
Senior Field Engineer, AQMT
ftjawda@ucdavis.edu
Office: 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
Indu Thekkemeppilly Sivakumar
Lead Data Validator, AQMT
Performs quality assurance on air quality data, processing and validating particulate data collected as part of the NPS’s Interagency Monitoring of PROtected Visual Environments network (IMPROVE).
ithekk@ucdavis.edu
Office: 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
Jason Giacomo
Laboratory Manager, AQMT
jagiacomo@ucdavis.edu
Office: 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
Jenna Martin
Events Specialist, AQRC
Manages the logistics, personnel coordination, and outreach for AQRC conferences.
jjdmartin@ucdavis.edu
Office: Academic Surge 2321 | 1124 Crocker Ln, Davis
Junbeom Jang
Postdoc, AQRC
Office: 1405 Bainer Hall (Wexler Laboratory)
Keith Bein
Researcher, AQRC
Professional Researcher at the Air Quality Research Center and a Research Professor at the Center for Health and the Environment at UC Davis.
kjbein@ucdavis.edu
Office: Center for Health & the Environment | 129 Old Davis Rd., Davis
Lindsay Kline
Analysis & Lab Supervisor, AQMT
Office: 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
Nicholas J. Spada
Project Scientist, AQMT
Research includes utilizing nuclear methods for characterizing aerosols as a function of size and time to better understand their impact on human health and the global environment.
njspada@ucdavis.edu
https://delta.ucdavis.edu
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
Nicole Hyslop
Associate Director of Quality Research, AQMT
The principal investigator and operations manager for the AQRC air quality group at UC Davis.
nmhyslop@ucdavis.edu
Office: 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
Ramin Yazdani
Associate Professional Researcher, AQRC
Research in municipal solid waste management, specifically to aerobic and anaerobic decomposition of waste, organic waste diversion, leachate and biogas management.
ryazdani@ucdavis.edu
Office: Academic Surge | 1124 Crocker Ln, Davis
Rhanee Palma
Conference and Outreach Manager, AQRC
Manages the logistics, personnel coordination, and outreach for AQRC conferences.
rppalma@ucdavis.edu
Office: Academic Surge 2321 | 1124 Crocker Ln, Davis
Rudi A. De Marco Ramey
Application Developer, AQMT
Current Web and Application Developer with a proven track record in the development of database driven commercial enterprise and line of business applications for both Web and Windows client platforms.
demarcoramey@ucdavis.edu
Office: 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
Sean Raffuse
Associate Director - Software and Data, AQMT
Research focuses on developing, improving, and applying fire and smoke models and developing and using satellite-derived data products. Principal Investigator for AQRC operation of the Chemical Speciation Network.
sraffuse@ucdavis.edu
Office: 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
Steph Spada
Copy Editor, AQMT
Copy editing, technical writing, and reader accessibility services for the AQRC lab groups and monitoring networks.
sriund@ucdavis.edu
Office: 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
Tetsuya Anthony Kawamoto
Program Support Associate, AQMT
takawamoto@ucdavis.edu
Office: 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
Trinidad Padilla
System Infrastructure Administrator, AQMT
tpadilla@ucdavis.edu
Office: 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
Warren H. White
Researcher, AQMT
Research centers on analysis and quality-assurance of data from the IMPROVE network (Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments) operated for the National Park Service by the Air Quality Research Center.
whwhite@ucdavis.edu
Office: 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
Xiaolu Zhang
Assistant Project Scientist, AQMT
Dr. Xiaolu Zhang is an associate project scientist in Air Quality Research Center at University of California Davis. Her current research focuses on characterizing carbon measurement techniques for PM2.5 filter samples to ensure data quality and consistency for long-term ambient monitoring network.
xluzhang@ucdavis.edu
Office: 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
Xiaoya Cheng
Scientific Programmer, AQMT
Software and Analysis Group Supervisor at UC Davis Air Quality Research Center.
xycheng@ucdavis.edu
Office: 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
Yongjing Zhao
Project Scientist, AQMT
Research includes measurements of gases and particles in the atmosphere, developments of new monitoring instruments and control systems, and analysis of experimental data.
yjzhao@ucdavis.edu
Yongjing-Zhao/Yongjing-Research
Office: 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
Air Quality Research Center Collaborators
Chao-Yin Chen
Department of Pharmacology
cych@ucdavis.edu
Office: 2217 Tupper Hall
Chris Cappa
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
cdcappa@ucdavis.edu
Office: 3135 Ghausi Hall
Christoph Vogel
Center for Health & the Environment
cfvogel@ucdavis.edu
Office: 1250 Old Davis Road
Clare Cannon
Department of Human Ecology
cebcannon@ucdavis.edu
Office: 1309 Hart Hall
Edward Schelegle
Department of Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology
esschelegle@ucdavis.edu
Office: 2023 VM3B
Gang-yu Liu
Department of Chemistry
gyliu@ucdavis.edu
Office: 322 Chemistry Building
Ian Faloona
Department of Land, Air & Water Resources
icfaloona@ucdavis.edu
Office: 3138 Plant & Environmental Sciences Building
Kyaw Tha Paw U
Department of Land, Air & Water Resources
ktpawu@ucdavis.edu
Office: Hoagland Hall
Laura Van Winkle
Center for Health & the Environment
lsvanwinkle@ucdavis.edu
Office: 1250 Old Davis Road, 508
Lisa A. Miller
Department of Anatomy, Physiology, & Cell Biology
lmiller@ucdavis.edu
Michael Kleeman
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
mjkleeman@ucdavis.edu
Office: 3125 Ghausi Hall
Michele Barbato
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
mbarbato@ucdavis.edu
Office: 3149 Ghausi Hall
Oliver Fiehn
UC Davis Genome Center
ofiehn@ucdavis.edu
Office: 451 Health Sciences Dr.
Pamela Lein
Molecular Biosciences
pjlein@ucdavis.edu
Office: 1089 Veterinary Medicine Dr.
Peter G. Green
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
pggreen@ucdavis.edu
Office: Ghausi Hall
Qi Zhang
Department of Environmental Toxicology
dkwzhang@ucdavis.edu
Office: 4251A Meyer Hall
Richart Harper
Internal Medicine
rwharper@ucdavis.edu
Robert H. Rice
Department of Environmental Toxicology
rhrice@ucdavis.edu
Office: 4243 Meyer Hall
Shu-Hua Chen
Department of Land, Air & Water Resources
shachen@ucdavis.edu
Office: 235 Hoagland Hall
Simon Clegg
Department of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering
s.clegg@uea.ac.uk
Tom Young
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
tyoung@ucdavis.edu
Office: 3113 Ghausi Hall
Zhaodan Kong
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
zdkong@ucdavis.edu
Office: 2094 Bainer Hall