Air Quality Monitoring Team / Air Quality Research Center Staff List

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.
Office: AQRC | 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.
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis

Anthony Wexler

  • Director
Research focuses on understanding the atmospheric processes that transport and transform particulate pollutants in the atmosphere and the health effects that they cause.
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.
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
 

Boon- Ling, Yeo

  • Scientist
  • AQRC

blyeo@ucdavis.edu      

Daiana Fadin-Vargas

  • Business Administrative Assistant
  • AQMT
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis

Faris Jawda

  • Senior Field Engineer
  • AQMT
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis

Ilia Potanin

  • Senior Field Technician
  • AQMT
Office: AQRC | 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).
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis

Jason Giacomo

  • Laboratory Manager
  • AQMT
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis

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.
Office: Center for Health & the Environment | 129 Old Davis Rd., Davis

Lindsay Kline

  • Analysis & Lab Supervisor
  • AQMT
Office: AQRC | 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.
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
 
  • Associate Director of Quality Research
  • AQMT
The principal investigator and operations manager for the AQRC air quality group at UC Davis.
Office: AQRC | 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.
Office: Academic Surge | 1124 Crocker Ln, Davis

Rhanee Palma

  • Conference and Outreach Manager
  • AQRC
Manages the logistics, personnel coordination, and outreach for AQRC conferences.
Office: Academic Surge | 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.
Office: AQRC | 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.
Office: AQRC | 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.
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis

Tetsuya Anthony Kawamoto

  • Program Support Associate
  • AQMT
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis

Trinidad Padilla

  • System Infrastructure Administrator
  • AQMT
Office: AQRC | 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.
Office: AQRC | 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. 
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
 

Xiaoya Cheng

  • Scientific Programmer
  • AQMT
Software and Analysis Group Supervisor at UC Davis Air Quality Research Center.
Office: AQRC | 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.
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
 

 

 
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Air Quality Monitoring Team / Air Quality Research Center Staff List

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.
Office: AQRC | 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.
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis

Anthony Wexler

  • Director
Research focuses on understanding the atmospheric processes that transport and transform particulate pollutants in the atmosphere and the health effects that they cause.
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.
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
 

Boon- Ling, Yeo

  • Scientist
  • AQRC

blyeo@ucdavis.edu      

Daiana Fadin-Vargas

  • Business Administrative Assistant
  • AQMT
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis

Faris Jawda

  • Senior Field Engineer
  • AQMT
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis

Ilia Potanin

  • Senior Field Technician
  • AQMT
Office: AQRC | 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).
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis

Jason Giacomo

  • Laboratory Manager
  • AQMT
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis

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.
Office: Center for Health & the Environment | 129 Old Davis Rd., Davis

Lindsay Kline

  • Analysis & Lab Supervisor
  • AQMT
Office: AQRC | 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.
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
 
  • Associate Director of Quality Research
  • AQMT
The principal investigator and operations manager for the AQRC air quality group at UC Davis.
Office: AQRC | 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.
Office: Academic Surge | 1124 Crocker Ln, Davis

Rhanee Palma

  • Conference and Outreach Manager
  • AQRC
Manages the logistics, personnel coordination, and outreach for AQRC conferences.
Office: Academic Surge | 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.
Office: AQRC | 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.
Office: AQRC | 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.
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis

Tetsuya Anthony Kawamoto

  • Program Support Associate
  • AQMT
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis

Trinidad Padilla

  • System Infrastructure Administrator
  • AQMT
Office: AQRC | 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.
Office: AQRC | 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. 
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis
 

Xiaoya Cheng

  • Scientific Programmer
  • AQMT
Software and Analysis Group Supervisor at UC Davis Air Quality Research Center.
Office: AQRC | 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.
Office: AQRC | 1560 Drew Avenue, Davis