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Past Scholars & Research Proposals

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​James Nimo​


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Jessica Rodriguez (2nd year)


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Jessica Rodriguez​


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​Khaled Shaifullah Joy
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​Khaled Shaifullah Joy
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​Sarah McLarnan
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​Sarah McLarnan


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​Danhui Xin (2nd year)


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​Danhui Xin


​Ogochukwu Enekwizu

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​Breann Coffaro (2nd yr)

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​Breann Coffaro

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​Kevin Dillion​ (2nd year)
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​Kevin Dillion​



Mohamed J. Ruzmyn Vilcassim



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​Joshua M. Charles



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​Mohamed Elsaid


​Chris Chaeha Lim


Chris Chaeha Lim​



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Andrew Zhang





Natasha Hodas



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​Lars Daid Perlmutt


Megan Fallon Rockafellow



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​Jaime Elizabeth Mirowsky


Jaime Elizabeth Mirowsky

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Diana L. Ortiz-Montalvo


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Michael J. Brazell


Diana L. Ortiz-Montalvo


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Emma Lieberman Aronson


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​Eric Andrew Laurer, MPH


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Emma Lieberman Aronson


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Dr. Prakash Doraiswamy



Hua Qian


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Dr. Prakash Doraiswamy


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​Yevgen Nazarenko


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Yinan Qi

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Byunghyun Han



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Dr. Kim Knowlton


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Richard Lucas


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Byunghyun Han



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Agnieszka Jankowski Conner


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​Richard Lucas


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Annmarie Carlton


Feng Qiao


​Agnieszka Jankowski Connor

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Annmarie Carlton


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Zhihua Chang


Muserref Turkmen


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Yongtaek Choi

Feng Qiao


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Dr. Yen-Chih Chen


​Muserref Turkmen
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Georgios Athanassiadis


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Dr. Yair Hazi



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Shu Yan


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Young-Ji Han


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​Dr. John Hunter



Daniel Lefkowitz



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Daryl Van Ry


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Suchismita Bhattacharya


​Dr. John Hunter



Shawn Ryan


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Jyoti Tambwekar


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Dr. Lisa Zussman


​Daniel Lefkowitz


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Lisa Zussman



Tom Leonard

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​James Blando
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University at Albany, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center

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​Rutgers University- UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
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​Understanding outdoor and indoor air quality at underserved neighborhoods in New York State through low-cost sensor monitoring and integrated measurement
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​Role of the Integrated Stress Response in Lung Injury and Inflammation Induced by Inhaled Ozone​​


​Role of the Integrated Stress Response in Lung Injury and Inflammation Induced by Inhaled Ozone​​

​Investigation of Ozone formation Chemistry in New York City

​Investigation of Ozone formation Chemistry in New York City
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​Gestational Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Mitochondrial Damage

​Gestational Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Mitochondrial Damage

​The Climate Impact of Microbial Methane Reduction by Pyrogenic Black Carbon

​The Climate Impact of Microbial Methane Reduction by Pyrogenic Black Carbon

​The Aging and Impacts of Atmospheric Soot: Closing the Gap between Experiments and Models

​Ozone Reactions with Squalene: Particle Formation and Chemical Identification, 2nd year of funding

​Ozone Reactions with Squalene: Particle Formation and Chemical Identification​

Photosynthetic and Methanotrophic Microbial Activity in the Atmosphere, 2nd Year of Funding

Photosynthetic and Methanotrophic Microbial Activity in the Atmosphere

Assessment of Personal Exposure Levels and composition of particulate matter pollution and their associated health impacts

​Low Temperature Phase Change Materials for Applications Resulting in the Reduction of Airborne Pollutants from Fossil Power Plants

​The Role of Multi-Pollutants Exposure as a Risk Factor For Type 2 Diabetes

​Mobile Smartphone Technology for Air Pollution and Health Outcomes

Exploration of Mobile Smartphone Technology to Measure and Model Air Pollution in New York City


​Monitoring and Assessment of Coarse Particulate Matter (CPM) in A Near Roadway Area in Camden, NJ


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​The sensitivity of estimated ambient PM2.5 exposures to uncertainty in the physiochemical properties of ambient organic aerosol

​Improved Risk Communication using a Multipollutant Air Quality Index

​Air Pollution Particle Effects on Phagocytosis and Growth Control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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​Cardiopulmonary Health Effects of Traffic-Related Air Pollutants

Cardiopulmonary Health Effects of Traffic-Related Air Pollutants

​​Quantifying the formation of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formed through cloud chemistry and cloud droplet evaporation.

​High-Order hp Finite Element Modeling of Indoor Air Quality

​Quantifying the formation of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formed through cloud chemistry and cloud droplet evaporation.

Effects of Climate and Nitrogen Deposition on the CH4 Cycle and Microbial Community of a Coastal Pine Forest
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​Research Project Title: Genetic Susceptibility to Biological Responses Following Air Pollution Exposure

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​Diversity, abundance and functional responses of methane-cycling microorganisms to variations in oxygen, nitrogen and water content of coastal forest soil

​Diagnostic Model Evaluation and Sensitivity Analyses of PM2.5 Predictions
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Genetic Modification of the Effect of Chronic VOC Air Pollutant Exposures on Neurobehavior

​Diagnostic Model Evaluation and Sensitivity Analyses of PM2.5 Predictions

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​Nanoparticles as an Emerging Air Pollutant: Investigation of Biological Effects in the Airborne State

​Occurrence of Bioaerosols from Land Applied Biosolids

Intelligent Bioreactor Management Information System (IBM-IS) for Mitigation of Green House Gas Emission and Carbon Sequestration

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​Profiling Carbon Dioxide, Pollen Concentrations and Asthma in the New York City Region

​The Effects of Atmospheric N Deposition on Ectomycorrhizal Community Structure and Function

Intelligent Bioreactor Management Information System (IBM-IS) for Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emission and Carbon Sequestration ​

​Mechanisms Regulating Activation of Macrophages in Lung Following Ozone Inhalation

​The Effects of Atmospheric N Deposition on Ectomycorrhizal Community Structure and Function

Secondary Aerosol Potential from Heterogeneous Isoprene Reactions

​Biofilter Design for Treatment of Contaminants with Low Water Solubility

​Role of HSP 60 and TLR-4 in Ozone Toxicity

​​Secondary Organic Aerosol (SOA) Potential from Heterogeneous Organic Reactions

​PCDD/F Formation on Fly Ash Using Realistic Concentrations of Chlorophenols

​Investigation of Odor Production and Transport from Digested Biosolids and Optimal Control Strategies

Fuel Cell Grade Hydrogen from Methanol

​Effects of C:N Ratio in Waste Gases on the Performance of Biofilters

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​Mechanistic Study of Microbial Mediated Odor Production of Wastewater Biosolids

​Investigation of Odor Production and Transport from Digested Biosolids and Optimal Control Strategies

Modeling Assessment of Mercury Pollution Over the Northeastern United States

​Physicochemical Composition of Ambient Particulate Matter in New York City and Toxic Response in Human Airway Epithelial Cells

​Atmospheric Dry Particle Deposition of Persistent Organic Pollutants in an Urban- and Industrially-Impacted Mid-Atlantic Estuary

​Source Identification of Vapor Phase Mercury

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​Ecotoxicological Modeling of Mercury

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Source Area Diffusivity of Methyl-tert Butyl Ether:  A Fuel Oxygenate Required by the Clean Air Act

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​Atmospheric Deposition of Persistent Organic Pollutants to Terrestrial Environments

​Removal of Structurally Dissimilar VOCs from Air Using Biotrickling Filters

​Modeling the Transport and Fate of Atmospheric Mercury

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Investigation of Iron and its Compounds in the Formation of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins / Dibenzo-furans During Incineration
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​Feasibility of Biofiltration as a Trace Contaminant Control Technology to Treat a Complex Air Stream

​Chemical Characterization of Atmospheric Fine Particles

​Source Area Diffusivity of Methyl-tert Butyl Ether:  A Fuel Oxygenate Required by the Clean Air Act

The Development of Methods to Examine the Effects of Atmospheric PM on Peripheral Blood Leukocytes

​The Application of Flow Cytometry for the Detection of Bioaerosols

​Atmospheric Secondary Organic Particulate Matter Formation in the Smoky Mountains

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