2024 EMSL User Meeting

October 8 - 10, 2024

2024 EMSL User Meeting Agenda

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Tuesday, October 8

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7:30 a.m. | Registration | Discovery Hall | Lobby

8:30 a.m. | Opening remarks | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• Douglas Mans | Director | EMSL

8:45 a.m. | Overview of EMSL, capabilities, and user program | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• Swarup China | Terrestrial-Atmospheric Processes Integrated Research Platform Leader | EMSL
• Susannah Burrows | Earth Scientist | PNNL

SESSION 1 | Aerosol Interactions with Terrestrial and Coastal Biogeochemistry and Human Systems

Session co-chairs: Mickey Rogers and Mingxuan Wu
 

9 a.m. | Keynote #1 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "Uncertainties in DMS Chemistry and the Formation of Biogenic Sulfur Aerosol"
  Becky Alexander | Professor | University of Washington

9:40 a.m. | Contributed talk #1 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "Microscopic and Spectroscopic Measurements of Individual Atmospheric Particles in Diverse Coastal Environments"
  Emily Costa | PhD student | University of Michigan

10 a.m. | Networking coffee break | Discovery Hall | Lobby

10:15 a.m. | Keynote #2 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "A Mechanistic Formulation for Ocean Spray Aerosol Emissions by Bubble Bursting"
  Luc Deike | Associate professor | Princeton University

10:55 a.m. | Contributed talk #2 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "Characterizing Aerosol-climate Interactions in the Urban-coastal Region of Houston"
  Tamanna Subba | Research associate | Brookhaven National Laboratory

11:15 a.m. | Keynote #3 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "Size Matters: The Critical Role of Dust Size Distribution for Global Climate and Climate Change"
  Adeyemi (Yemi) Adebiyi | Assistant professor | University of California, Merced

11:55 a.m. | Working lunch - Discussion on priority research topics | Discovery Hall | Lobby

12:55 p.m. | User Executive Committee session | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

SESSION 2 | Atmospheric Aging Processes, Cloud Processing, and Aqueous Chemistry

Session co-chairs: Zezhen (Jay) Cheng and Tania Gautam
 

1:55 p.m. | Keynote #1 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "What Can Aerosol Composition and Optical Properties Tell Us About Atmospheric Aging?"
  Rebecca Sheesley | Professor | Baylor University

2:35 p.m. | Keynote #2 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "Microphysical and Chemical Linkages between Deep Convective Clouds and Aerosol Particles - from Lightning to New Particle Formation"
  Joel Thornton | Professor | University of Washington

3:15 p.m. | Networking coffee break | Discovery Hall | Lobby

3:30 p.m. | Contributed talk #1 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "Aqueous Phase Processing Affects the Formation and Size Distribution of Aerosol Organic Functional Groups during Heavy Pollution"
  Shang Liu | Assistant professor | Northeastern University

3:50 p.m. | Contributed talk #2 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "Chemical Composition and Mixing State of Wintertime Aerosol from the European Arctic Site of Gruvebadet, Svalbard"
  Joy Lai | Post masters research associate | EMSL

4:10 p.m. | Contributed talk #3 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "Aerosol Interactions and Processes"
  Allison Aiken| Analytical chemist | Los Alamos National Laboratory

4:30 p.m. | Evening poster and networking session sponsored by Droplet Measurement and TSI Incorporated | Discovery Hall | Lobby

• Wine and light snacks served

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Wednesday, October 9

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7:30 a.m. | Registration | Discovery Hall | Lobby

SESSION 3 | Aerosol Activation Processes (CCN and INPs)

Session co-chairs: Nurun Nahar Lata and Gavin Cornwell
 

8:30 a.m. | Keynote #1 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "Measurement Strategies for Characterizing Atmospheric Ice Nucleation Particles"
  Sarah Brooks| Professor | Texas A&M University

9:10 a.m. | Contributed talk #1 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "Local and Synoptic Meteorological Influences on the Ground-level Atmospheric Ice-nucleating Particles in the North Slope of Alaska"
  Naruki Hiranuma| Associate professor | West Texas A&M University

9:30 a.m. | Keynote #2 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "Molecular-Resolution Electron Imaging of Defects and Dynamics at the Ice-Water Interface"
  Jingshan Du| Post doctorate research associate | PNNL

10:10 a.m. | Networking coffee break | Discovery Hall | Lobby

10:25 a.m. | Contributed talk #2 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "Hierarchical Assembly and Environmental Enhancement of Bacterial Ice Nucleators"
  Konrad Meister | Assistant professor | Boise State University

10:45 a.m. | Contributed talk #3 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "Microplastic Particles Contain Ice Nucleation Sites that Can Be Inhibited by Atmospheric Aging"
  Teresa M. Seifried | Postdoctoral fellow | University of British Columbia

Session 4 | Carbonaceous aerosol processes

Session co-chairs: Ben Legg and Laura Fierce
 

11:05 a.m. | Keynote speaker #1 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "Influences of Reactive Nitrogen Chemistry on Aerosol Formation and Growth"
  Eleanor Browne | Associate professor | University of Colorado Boulder

11:45 a.m. | Contributed talk #1 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "A Comparative Study on the Evaporation Kinetics and Physical Properties of Acyclic and Cyclic Terpene SOA"
  Sijia Liu | PhD student | University of California, Irvine

12:05 p.m. | Working lunch - Poster session talks | Discovery Hall | Lobby

1:05 p.m. | Contributed talk #2 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "Modeling of Soot Restructuring"
  Egor Demidov | PhD student | New Jersey Institute of Technology

1:25 p.m. | Contributed talk #3 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "Reconciling Measured and Modeled Optical Properties of Black Carbon"
  Ogochukwu Enekwizu | Atmospheric scientist | Brookhaven National Laboratory

1:45 p.m. | Contributed talk #4 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "Climate Change Impacts on Microbial Carbon Cycling and CO2 Efflux"
  Linnea Honeker | Postdoctoral researcher | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

2:05 p.m. | Group photo | Discovery Hall | Meet in lobby

2:20 p.m. | Networking coffee break | Discovery Hall | Lobby

Session 5 | Opportunities for Joint EMSL-ARM Aerosol Research

Session co-chairs: Yuzhi Chen and Tania Gautam
 

2:35 p.m. | Keynote #1 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "Deployment of the 3rd ARM Mobile Facility to the Bankhead National Forest: A New Climate Observatory for Studies of Land-Aerosol-Cloud Interactions in the Southeastern United States"
  Chongai Kuang | Atmospheric scientist | Brookhaven National Laboratory

3:15 p.m. | Keynote #2 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "Connecting the Dots on Primary Biological Aerosols: From EMSL Observations to Regional-scale Models"
  Allison Steiner | Professor | University of Michigan

3:55 p.m. | Contributed talk #1 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "Revealing Phase States and Mixing States of Organic Aerosol Particles using ToF-SIMS 3D Imaging"
  Zihua Zhu | Chemist | EMSL

4:15 p.m. | Contributed talk #2 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "EMSL Capabilities for ARM-EMSL FICUS Research"
  Nurun Nahar Lata | Chemist | EMSL

4:35 p.m. | Contributed talk #3 | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

• "MONet Aerosol Sampling at BNF"
  Zezhen (Jay) Cheng | Chemist | EMSL

4:55 p.m. | Closing remarks | Discovery Hall | Horizon C

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Thursday, October 10 (WORKSHOPS)

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* Available seats to attend workshops are limited. Registration is first-come, first-served.
Make sure to register and indicate your preference early to ensure you save a seat!

Workshop 1 (two parts)

8:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Aerosol characterization: From Single Particle to Molecular LeveL

This workshop involves the description of several aerosol generation techniques and multi-modal analysis approaches to characterize their physical, chemical, and ice nucleation properties. It will cover analysis of single particles using spectro-microscopy techniques, single particle mass spectrometry, and high-resolution mass spectrometry platforms.

• 8:30 a.m. | Workshop 1A | General presentation
  EMSL Auditorium
  Max capacity 80

• 10 a.m. | Break

• 10:15 a.m. | Workshop 1B | Laboratory tours
  EMSL 1409 and 1429, and AML 120
  Max capacity 18 | *Close-toed shoes and long pants required

12:15 P.m. | Working lunch | Meet the speakers
 

Workshop 2 (second of two parts)

1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | ARM Capabilities and Opportunities for ARM-EMSL FICUS Projects

This workshop highlights the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility's uncrewed aerial systems, tethered balloon system and remote sensing capabilities, and how these capabilities can be used as part of ARM-EMSL Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) projects. It will also cover how to propose ARM-EMSL FICUS projects.

• EMSL Auditorium | Max capacity 45

2:45 p.m. | Tour of EMSL | EMSL | Meet in EMSL lobby

3:45 p.m. | End of meeting

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Poster presenters

The poster sessions will take place at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 8, and 12:05 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9. Both sessions will take place in the lobby of Discovery Hall.

• “Direct Observation of Increased Aloft Organic Nitrogen from the Southern Great Plains and TRACER Campaign”
  Gregory Vandergrift, EMSL
   
• “Aerosol Generation and Size Distribution of a Customizable Bioreactor for Airborne Algae Studies”
  Mickey Rogers, EMSL
   
• “Black carbon aerosol’s role in the perturbation of the growth of atmospheric convection”
  Shamitaksha Talukdar, National Atmospheric Research Laboratory
   
• “Vertical profile of the chemical composition and mixing state of summertime ambient aerosols in the Southern Great Plains”
  Xena Mansoura, EMSL
   
• “Machine Learning Powers Primary Biological Aerosol Particle Characterization: Findings from Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) Measurements”
  Ashifiqur Rahman, EMSL
   
• “Light-Absorbing Aerosol-Cloud Interactions”
  Shreya Joshi, Michigan Technological University
   
• “Toward Understanding the Synergetic Interactions between Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Biogenic Secondary Organic Aerosol Particles”
  Alla Zelenyuk-Imre, PNNL
   
• “Chemical Insights into the Molecular Composition of Organic Aerosols in the Urban Region of Houston, Texas”
  Tania Gautam, PNNL
   
• “Peltigera Lichens Produce Highly Efficient Ice Nucleating Agents”
  Rosemary Eufemio, Boise State University
   
• “Enhancing Flow Modeling in XCT Images of Soil Cores Using Physics-Informed Machine Learning”
  Md Lal Mamud, PNNL
   
• “The role of Ca-bridged organic matter in an alkaline soil from the state of Washington as revealed by multimodal chemical imaging”
  Tamas Varga, EMSL
   
• “Belowground volatiles analysis”
  Vimal Kumar Balasubramanian, EMSL
   
• “How We use Custom Prepared Atmospheres to Improve Biological Signatures using RTMS”
  Karl Weitz, PNNL
   
• “The Photochemistry of Combustion-derived Material in Forming Reactive Oxygen Species in the Atmosphere”
  Desiree Sarmiento, PNNL
   
• “Understanding methane capturing biomes of arid ecosystems”
  Courtney Cameron, San Diego State University