Environmental/Atmospheric Chemistry

Environmental & Atmospheric Chemistry focuses upon understanding natural and anthropogenic emissions to the atmosphere, the transport, chemical and physical transformations of atmospheric constituents, and the effects of air pollution and atmospheric chemistry upon the environment, and particularly upon human health.

Personnel

Amanda Frossard

Associate Professor

The goal of our work is to understand how the chemical composition of aerosol particles influences their properties in the atmosphere and their effects on clouds and air quality. Our work focuses on characterizing the chemical composition and properties of surface-active organics (surfactants) in atmospheric aerosol particles. We look at the…

Todd Harrop

Professor

The research in the Harrop group focuses on aspects in the area of bioinorganic chemistry. These interests include the rational design and synthesis of structural and functional models of metalloenzyme active sites involved in small molecule activation, especially the superoxide detoxifying enzymes like superoxide reductase (SOR, a non-heme…

Franklin Earl Leach III

Assistant Professor

The Leach lab employs mass spectrometry to explore the impacts of environmental exposure (infectious disease, emerging pollutants, and radiation) on glycosylation (glycomics) and metabolism (metabolomics). These efforts span traditional chemical instrumentation, analytical method development, and both biomedical and environmental applications.…

Brandon Rotavera

Associate Professor

The Rotavera group focuses on the discovery of reaction mechanisms of advanced biofuels. One of the goals of our research program is to uncover the links between the molecular structure motifs of biofuels to reaction mechanisms that are relevant to combustion and atmospheric chemistry. Understanding the sequence of chain-reactions involved in…

Geoffrey Smith

Professor

The Smith group studies the chemistry and optical properties of aerosol particles that are important in the atmosphere.  In particular, we develop instrumentation to measure how they scatter and absorb UV-visible sunlight.

We develop and use a variety of tools such as:

* photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS) to measure absorption…

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Allinger Lecture: The Development of an Optical Classification Model for Ambient Aerosols

Prof. Geoffrey D. Smith, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)

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Obtaining Ambient Organic Aerosol Volatility Using the Filter Inlet for Gas and Aerosol Phase (FIGAERO)

Ariana Deegan, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)

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Chemical and Physical Properties of Surfactants in Seawater and Aerosol Particles and Their Influence on Particle Hygroscopic Growth

Prof. Amanda Frossard, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)

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Processes That Govern the Direct and Indirect Climate Effects of Carbonaceous Aerosol from Biomass Burning and Plastic Pollution

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Prof. Elijah Schnitzler, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry (Oklahoma State University)
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Frossard Receives Fred C. Davison Early Career Scholar Award

UGA Department of Chemistry Assistant Professor Dr. Amanda Frossard is the 2024 recipient of the Fred C. Davison Early Career Scholar Award.

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Prof. Amanda Frossard Receives NSF CAREER Award

Amanda Frossard, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, was awarded an CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This is the most prestigious award given by NSF to early career faculty. This award…

Dr. Brandon Rotavera, 2021 Fred C. Davison Early Career Scholar
Rotavera Receives Fred C. Davison Early Career Scholar Award

Dr. Brandon Rotavera, an assistant professor with appointments in the College of Engineering and the Department of Chemistry, is the recipient of the 2021 Fred C.

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