Projects

As a scientific user facility, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) provides expertise, instrumentation, and resources to 250 projects each year.

EMSL projects displayed on the EMSL web site project page reflect project abstracts and information migrated to this page before April 30, 2024. To review current and past EMSL user projects, visit EMSL Science Central.™

High sensitivity atomic absorption flux sensing and control for next-generation oxide molecular beam epitaxy in EMSL

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Scott Chambers

Project type

Scientific Partner

Next-generation atomic absorption based technology will be developed as a real-time atomic beam flux sensor to allow in-situ monitoring and control in EMSL oxide molecular beam epitaxial growth…

Innovative Molecular Imaging Using Spatially Controlled Ionization Combined with High Performance FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry

Lead Institution

Maastricht University

Principal Investigator

Ronald Heeren

Project type

Scientific Partner

The objective of this proposed 3 year EMSL-FOM institute AMOLF partnership is to incorporate C60 SIMS and MALDI ionization techniques with a 9.4 Tesla FT-ICR mass spectrometer to enable and enhance…

Development of the Integrated MetaPROteomics Viewer (IMPROV) Software Toolkit

Lead Institution

University of British Columbia

Principal Investigator

Steven Hallam

Project type

Scientific Partner

Beyond the periphery of our senses exists an infinitely diverse microbial world. This microcosm extends into every imaginable habitat, thrives under powerful extremes, and helps create and sustain…

Proposal for the development of capability for Scanning-Probe Infrared-Spectroscopic Imaging with Nanometer Spatial Resolution

Lead Institution

University of Colorado at Boulder

Principal Investigator

Bernd Raschke

Project type

Scientific Partner

The development of experimental capabilities that combine high spatial resolution microscopy with optical spectroscopy for measurements under realistic and ambient environmental conditions has been…

The Theoretical and Computational Analysis of Core-Level Spectroscopies

Lead Institution

University of North Texas

Principal Investigator

Paul Bagus

Project type

Scientific Partner

Understanding the electronic structure and the chemical bonding of materials is critical in order to be able to relate the properties of these materials to their origins in the chemistry and physics…

EMSL/FCSD Scientific Partner Proposal on the Dynamics of Biological and Catalytic Systems

Lead Institution

University of Liverpool

Principal Investigator

Nigel Browning

Project type

Scientific Partner

The goal of this Scientific Partner Proposal is to develop the capability to observe “live” biological and catalytic processes in the dynamic transmission electron microscope (DTEM). Live biological…

Proposal to Apply Capillary Laser Absorption for Trace Isotopic Measurements and Imaging in Biological Systems as a New EMSL Capability

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Fred Brockman

Project type

Scientific Partner

We propose a multidisciplinary effort between team members of the Microbial Communities Initiative (MCI) and EMSL to apply the state-of-the art results of previous work performed under the MCI to…

Advancing our understanding of the organic aerosol lifecycle by building a next generation mass spectrometer

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

John Shilling

Project type

Scientific Partner

Aerosol particles impact climate directly by absorbing and scattering radiation and indirectly by modifying cloud properties and lifetimes. All cloud droplets form on an aerosol particle and the…

Development of size and time-resolved automated aerosol sampler for unmanned aerial systems

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Swarup China

Project type

Scientific Partner

The radiative forcing of the ambient aerosol is strongly influenced by the vertical distribution of aerosols and their chemical composition, and not well constrained in climate models. Both satellite…

Compositional and structural analysis of environmentally sensitive materials at the atomic scale by correlative APT and TEM studies

Lead Institution

E.A. Fischione Instruments, Inc.

Principal Investigator

Cecile Fitzz

Project type

Scientific Partner

The proposed work will aid in the development of a protocol that enables the preparation, handling, and transfer of samples under controlled environmental conditions for correlative analyses with…

Characterization of Signaling Events Induced by Low Dose Ionizing Radiation

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

David Stenoien

Project type

Scientific Partner

Exposure to low doses of radiation has the potential to adversely affect human health but the actual health risks and the underlying molecular mechanisms associated with these risks are still poorly…

FAST MAS probe Technology for 900 MHz NMR

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Charles Peden

Project type

Scientific Partner

Overall Objective: To enhance EMSLs flagship 900 MHz solid- state NMR capability through addition and development of ultra-fast spinning MAS probes optimized for the study of catalytic systems.

QMP Based Tunable IR Wavelength Conversion Devices For Materials Characterization and Ablation

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Fumio Ohuchi

Project type

Scientific Partner

This Partner Proposal is to develop a new capability at EMSL with potentially wide application - a tunable IR wavelength conversion device using quasi-phase-matched optical parametric (QPM)…

Development of an Ultra-High Throughput and Highly Sensitive Proteomics Instrumental Platform

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Richard Smith

Project type

Scientific Partner

This project will develop and initially demonstrate a powerful new "next generation" instrumental platform for ultra-high throughput proteomics that will enable a range of new measurement…

Development of ETD-enhanced FT-ICR MS

Lead Institution

Bruker Daltonics Inc.

Principal Investigator

Gary Kruppa

Project type

Scientific Partner

The objective of this proposed one-year EMSL-Bruker Daltonics partnership is to incorporate electron transfer dissociation (ETD)-- relatively new dissociation technique--with EMSL's 12-Tesla…

Integrated single-cell transcriptomics and proteomics platform

Lead Institution

Scienion

Principal Investigator

Joshua Cantlon-Bruce

Project type

Scientific Partner

In this partner project, Scienion and EMSL teams will work together to develop an integrated single-cell transcriptomics and proteomics platform. The platform will enable us to simultaneously profile…