Dr. Bein received Bachelor of Science degrees in Physics and Chemistry from California State University Chico and his Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences at U.C. Davis. He is currently an Associate Professional Researcher at the Air Quality Research Center and a Research Professor at the Center for Health and the Environment at U.C. Davis. His primary research interests include the health effects of air pollution, the development and implementation of novel exposure paradigms, air pollution meteorology and air quality dynamics, the role of particles in climate change, carbon capture and sequestration, design and development of aerosol measurement and sampling techniques and environmental justice.