Professor
College of Science and TechnologyDepartment of Physics
Marteena 306, Gibbs 302, Lab- IRC 005/07 E: bililign@ncat.edu
Group Members
Current Members
- Marc Fiddler, Ph.D.
Marc Fiddler, Ph.D., is a senior research associate at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. He received his B.S. in chemistry from Pennsylvania State University and Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Purdue University. His research interests are in instrumentation for characterizing and collecting atmospheric particles. In particular, he is interested in emissions from biomass burning in Africa, and air quality and urban heat issues in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities in the US. His research utilizes various spectroscopic techniques, such as cavity ring-down spectroscopy and mass spectrometry, to characterize the chemical, physical, and optical properties of atmospheric aerosols. Publications: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3733-5800 - Vaios Moschos, Ph.D.
Vaios Moschos, Ph.D., was born in Volos, Greece. He studied chemical engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki under an integrated Master of Engineering curriculum, graduating with honors in 2015. He then obtained an M.S. in micro and nanosystems (with a focus on particle technology) at ETH Zürich in 2017 and proceeded with Ph.D. studies in the Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry at the Paul Scherrer Institute, successfully defending in 2021. His main expertise includes the source apportionment of climate-relevant atmospheric organic aerosol mass and brown carbon absorption with enhanced spatiotemporal coverage. His current postdoctoral research is focused on the molecular characterization of light-absorbing primary and aged aerosols from burning African biomass fuels.
Research Interests & Expertise- Atmospheric aerosol chemistry and climate change
- Biomass burning emissions
- Organic and brown carbon aerosols
- Multi-station, multi-season aerosol filter sampling
- Aerosol radiocarbon analysis
- Combining mass spectrometry with spectroscopic techniques
- Chemical speciation of pan-Arctic aerosols
- Source apportionment and hotspot source region identification
- Smog chamber studies to understand fundamental processes involving brown carbon
- Aerosol chemical composition and light-absorption properties at the molecular level
- Janica Gordon
AST-Applied Physics Ph.D. student
A native from New Orleans, Gordon received her B.S. in mathematics from Southern University at New Orleans and M.S. in physics from Southern University A&M College in Baton Rouge, LA. Her Ph.D. research focuses on the impacts of various combustion emissions on local and transported ambient PM 2.5 and its attributed mortality in Africa. This work includes a combination of chemical transport model simulations using GEOS-Chem and field based measurements conducted in Botswana. - MarkieSha James
AST-Applied Chemistry, Ph.D. student
James has a special interest in environmental policy, chemical characterization of aged biomass burning emissions. - Megan Mouton
AST- Applied Physics, Ph.D. student
Mouton has a special interest in optical and physical properties of biomass burning aerosol from African biomass fuels. -
Laximi Odari
Physics Graduate student -
Demi Butler
Undergraduate Student
PhD Students
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Name/current position |
Dates |
PhD Dissertation-publications |
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Anthony Cochran (PhD) STEM Consultant |
2009-2012 |
https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrd.50661 Measurement And Modeling Of Isocyanic Acid (Hnco) In The Troposphere |
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Sujeeta Singh (PhD) Unknown |
2013-2015 |
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Damon Smith (PhD) Assistant professor, WCSU |
2016-2020 |
http://www.aaqr.org/doi/10.4209/aaqr.2018.06.0243 |
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Jaime Green (PhD) Postdoctoral fellow UNC-Chapel Hill |
2015-2019 |
https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD033518 https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD030086 https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085498 https://www.pnas.org/content/115/32/8110 |
MS Students
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Name/current position |
Dates |
MS Thesis Publication |
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Benjamin McCarter (Corning) |
1997-1999 |
https://doi.org/10.1021/jp991380h
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Niel Crews (PhD) Senior Engineer at nou Systems, Inc. |
1998-1999 |
Left after 1 year -Conference presentation |
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Tito Robinson (Image Scientists-DoD) |
1998-2000 |
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1359774
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Brian Hattaway (Unknown) |
2001-2003 |
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1634557
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James T. Swindell (PhD)- Chief, Airborne RADAR Branch (DoD) |
2001-2003 |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2004.06.068
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Kevin Wedderburn Electrical Test Technician at Molex |
2002-2004 |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2006.03.025
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Vivek Komaragiri - Chief Technology Officer at Sensory Analytics, |
2003-2005 |
https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.1993588
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Natenael Simmineh Berhanu (PhD) Barrow Neurological Institute |
2004-2006 |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2008.12.007
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Israel Begashaw- Senior Applications Scientists Li-COR Biosciences |
2007-2009 |
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp1087338
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Getachew Tedela PhD Adjunct Faculty at Marshall University |
2011-2013 |
Project and conference abstract |
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Damon Smith (PhD)-Assistant professor, WCSU |
2012-2014 |
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02786826.2014.984062
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Samin Poudel – PhD student CSE-NCAT |
2015-2017 |
http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/8/11/228
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Emmanuel Sarpong-PhD Student UNC-Charlotte |
2017-2019 |
https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11010062
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Chelia Thompson High School Teacher |
2020-2022 |
Paper under review |
Undergraduates since 2015
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Isabel Colon Bernal (PhD) |
2014 |
Aerosol optical properties Measuring optical properties of soot from biomass burning using cavity ring-down spectroscopy and integrating nephelometry. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 14-18, 2014. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm14/webprogram/Paper7493.html |
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Khalil McMillan |
2015-2016 |
Aerosol optical properties- Calibration of a cavity ring down spectrometer and nephelometer using polystyrene spheres and Mie theory |
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2016 |
Aerosol Optical properties- Characterization of wall loss in a smog chamber |
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Mark Auden |
2015 |
Emission studies of CaMoO4: 50% W hosts used for CH3CN detection. STEM Research and Career Symposium, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, March 25-27, 2015 |
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Camela Kiernan |
2015 |
Aerosol optical properties |
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Marquin Spann |
2016 |
Optical properties of aerosols Aligning procedure for mode matching of a laser to a ring-down cavity. Central North Carolina American Chemical Society Poster Vender Night, Greensboro, North Carolina, March 28, 2017 |
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Hannin Abdufadal |
2017 |
Optical properties of aerosols |
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Bianca Rhym |
2016-17 |
LIBS- Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). Central North Carolina American Chemical Society Poster Vender Night, Greensboro, North Carolina, March 28, 2017. |
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William Lassman & Brandon M Lewis |
2018 |
International REU (Botswana)- Preliminary Measurements of Aerosol Concentration and composition in Palapye, Botswana https://ams.confex.com/ams/2019Annual/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/353285 |
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Ana Carrell And Julian Gordon |
2018 |
International REU Seismology (Botswana) Ground Penetrating Radar and 2D Electrical Resistivity Modeling Analysis of the Lotsane Dam, Botswana, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC, 2018. |
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Ian A Krintz |
2018 |
International REU (Botswana)- Establishment of the North America and sub-Saharan Africa Mountain Aerosol Network (NASA MAN) of Handheld Sun photometers for Air Quality Studies and Validation of Satellite-Retrieved Aerosol Products. |
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Chelia Thompson |
2019- |
FIREX-AQ -Emission factors |
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Kaylyn Reese |
2018-19 |
TEM Image analysis |
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Accacia Hines |
2019 |
International REU Air Quality (Botswana) |
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Madeleine C. Lucas |
2019 |
International REU Seismology (Botswana) |
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Sierra Melton |
2019 |
International REU Seismology (Botswana) |
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Orlance Shirley |
2019 |
International REU Air Quality (Botswana |
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Timothy Honablew |
2020- |
Modeling fractal Dimensions-Extracting and Modeling Aerosol Optical Properties Using TEM Imaging and RDG Theory. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Online, December 1-17, 2020. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/671094 https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14020221
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David McCutcheon |
Current |
Calibration of AE-33 |
