Future Group Members
If you are a highly motivated and creative individual, interested in field and/or laboratory studies of atmospheric aerosols, please email ([email protected]) to inquire about available positions.

Positions are available through Environmental Sciences, Chemistry, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, or Environmental Toxicology at UCR depending on your background and research interests.

Current Group Members

Erin Bowey, Chemistry PhD student
BS Chemistry, Portland State University, 2022



Gino Pena, ENSC MS Student
BS Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Vanguard University of Southern California, 2023
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Bradley Ries, ENSC PhD Student
BS Environmental Sciences, UC- Riverside, 2022
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Alex MacDonald, Postdoctoral Scholar
BS Chemical Engineering, Universidad La Salle México, 2012
MS Chemical Engineering, University of Arizona, 2017
PhD Chemical Engineering, University of Arizona, 2020

Past Group Members
Yumeng Cui, PhD, Environmental Sciences, 2023
    - Thesis title: "Chemical and Optical Properties of Secondary Aerosols"
    - Now: Air Quality Specialist at the South Coast Air Quality Management District
Sarah Erika Salazar Olivarers, Visiting Graduate Student from UNAM, Summer 2022
Vanessa Hua, Undergraduate Student in ENSC, Spring 2021- Fall 2022
Hossein Pazooki, PhD Student, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, April 2020-Oct. 2021
Nilofar Raeofy, MS, Environmental Sciences, 2021
    - Thesis title: "Evolution of chemical and optical properties of secondary organic aerosols generated from nighttime oxidation of unsaturated heterocyclic compounds"
    - Now: Analytical Research Associate, Pliant Therapeutics
Alex Frie, PhD, Environmental Sciences, 2019
    - Thesis title: "Studies on the production and characteristics of natural and anthropogenic aerosols"
    - Now: Research and Fellowship Coordinator, Minnesota Sea Grant
Alexis Garrison, BS, Environmental Sciences, 2019
Trevor Rogers, BS, Chemistry (Fall 2018, Winter 2019)
Ryan Myers, BS, Chemistry (Fall 2018, Winter 2019), 2019
Stephen Zimmerman, MS, Environmental Sciences, 2018
Alyssa Duro, Undergraduate Student in ENSC, Summer 2018
Justin Dingle, PhD Environmental Toxicology, 2018
    - Thesis title: "Aerosol optical properties in field measurements and smog chamber experiments with selected biogenic and anthropogenic precursors"
    - Now: Monitoring and Laboratory Division, California Air Resources Board
Justin Min, BS Chemistry, 2017 
Kennedy Vu, MS Environmental Toxicology, 2016
    - Thesis title: "Chemical composition of atmospheric aerosols in air quality field measurements using a compact time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometer"
Dominic Chan, BS Environmental Sciences, 2015
    - Now: Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power
Pavan Rami, BS Environmental Sciences, 2014
    - Now: South Coast Air Quality Management District