Kelley Barsanti

University of California, Riverside

Projects

Protonation State of Nicotine in Tobacco Smoke Particulate Matter by Solid-State NMR

Lead Institution

Portland State University

Principal Investigator

David Peyton

Project type

Capability Research

Nicotine is delivered to the smoker primarily in liquid droplets that comprise tobacco smoke aerosol particulate matter (PM). Analogous with another alkaloid (cocaine), smoke-PM nicotine can exist…

Towards Complete Characterization of Volatile and Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds of Relevance for Atmospheric Aerosol Formation

Lead Institution

University of California, Riverside

Principal Investigator

Kelley Barsanti

Project type

Exploratory Research

Atmospheric fine particulate matter (PM2.5) has long been linked to deleterious health effects and to radiative climate forcing. A significant mass fraction of PM2.5 is composed of organic compounds…

Towards Complete Characterization of Gas-Phase Organic Compounds Emitted from Biomass Burning

Lead Institution

University of California, Riverside

Principal Investigator

Kelley Barsanti

Project type

Exploratory Research

Biomass burning emits teragrams (1012 g) of gaseous organic compounds to the atmosphere. In-plume chemistry leads to the formation of secondary pollutants and short-lived climate forcers, including…