Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

2014 CIRES Graduate Student Research Awards

People
Jonathon Leff, Eleanor Waxman, Anthony Wong , Daniel Zietlow , Emily Gill, Abigail Koss, Jordan Krechmer, Xi Wang
Year Awarded
2014
Type
GSRA
Affiliation
UCB: ATOC, UCB: Chemistry, UCB: Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, UCB: EBIO, UCB: Environmental Studies, UCB: Geological Sciences
Geography
CIRES

Jonathon Leff (Dr. Noah Fierer group, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department).  Topic:  Effects of elevated nutrient inputs on soil microbial community structure and function in global grasslands.

Eleanor Waxman (Dr. Rainer Volkamer group, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department). Topic: Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Glyoxal: Uptake Studies and Reactivity.

Anthony Wong (Dr. David Noone group, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences). Topic: Land surface model calibration and parameter estimation.

Daniel Zietlow (Dr. Anne Sheehan group, Geophysics). Topic: Investigating Mechanisms of Lithospheric Shortening via Ocean Bottom Seismometers: South Island, New Zealand.

Emily Gill (Dr. Balaji Rajagopalan group, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering). Topic: Understanding and Reconstructing Mid-Holocene South Asian Monsoon Variability over India.

Abigail Koss (Dr. Joost de Gouw group, Atmospheric VOC Research). Topic: Development of a GC-CIMS Instrument for the Detection of Atmospheric Semi- and Intermediate Volatility Compounds.

Jordan Krechmer (Dr. Jose Jimenez group, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department). Topic: Development and application of an NO3--IMS-TOF for in-situ analysis of highly oxidized SOA precursors.

Xi Wang (Dr. Max Boykoff group, Environmental Studies Program). Topic: Renewable Energy Policy.