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Arrival at Oklahoma State University
August 16, 2019 Elijah arrived at Oklahoma State University this week, and he is excited to mark the beginning of the Schnitzler Research Group at OSU.
2019 Gordon Research Conference in
Atmospheric Chemistry
August 5, 2019 Elijah attended the Atmospheric Chemistry GRC in Newry, Maine, from July 28 to August 2. He presented observations of the photochemical aging of light- absorbing organic aerosol, or brown carbon, collected during his postdoctoral work at the University of Toronto. This work demonstrates the critical role that ambient temperature and relative humidity play in the fate of brown carbon.
Habeeb, Katrina, and Colton join the group
January 31, 2020 Welcome our first-ever new team members, first-year graduate students Habeeb Al-Mashala, Katrina Betz, and Colton Calvert! Learn more about their research interests here.
OSU Student Chapter of the ACS
January 29, 2020 Elijah presented past research to undergraduate students in the OSU Student Chapter of the ACS.
Hands-on LC Workshop from Agilent
March 3, 2020 Elijah, Habeeb, and Katrina attended a workshop on new developments in liquid chromatography hosted by Agilent in Oklahoma City.
Contribution to collaboration at OSU
Fire Protection Laboratory
February 14, 2020 The group participated in an exciting collaborative campaign carried out at the OSU Fire Protection Laboratory, hosted by Prof. Rob Agnew and Prof. Haejun Park in the department of Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology.
Colton awarded Whiteley Fellowship
July 1, 2020 Colton received this departmental award for outstanding graduate students.
2020 Fall Meeting of the American
Geophysical Union
December 15, 2020 Katrina’s ongoing work on the hygroscopicity of secondary brown carbon aerosol was presented in a virtual poster.
Alison joins the group
January 22, 2021 Alison Boone has joined the group as an undergraduate research assistant. She will be developing procedures to prepare thin films of organic compounds for gas uptake.
Nathan joins the group
September 27, 2021 Nathan Huskins has joined the group as an undergraduate research assistant. He will be contributing to the characterization of the light absorption of biomass burning aerosol.
2021 Midwest Regional Meeting
of the American Chemical Society
October 22, 2021 Habeeb, Katrina, Colton, and Elijah attended the MWRM of the ACS in Springfield, Missouri, October 20-22. Habeeb, Katrina, and Colton presented posters on reactive uptake of ozone to azo dyes, water uptake to secondary brown carbon aerosol, and modelled absorptivity of organic compounds identified in brown carbon, respectively. Elijah presented a poster summarizing other projects the group has been working on to characterize primary biomass burning organic aerosol.
Elevia and Elizabeth join the group
August 20, 2021 Elevia Bruce and Elizabeth Coody have joined the group as undergraduate research assistants. They will be contributing to the development of procedures for the characterization of biomass burning aerosol and the preparation of novel thin films.
The Schnitzler Group awarded
OCAST grant
October 5, 2021 The Schnitzler Group has been awarded a grant from the Oklahoma Center for Advancement of Science & Technology to study water uptake and light absorption and scattering by biomass burning aerosol from prescribed fire in the southern Great Plains. The funding is $100,000 over two years.
Sithumi joins the group
January 10, 2022 Sithumi Liyanage has joined the group as a first-year graduate student. One focus of her work will be reactions occuring at the gas-aerosol interface.
Troye joins the group
December 3, 2021 Troye Jirka has joined the group as an undergraduate research assistant in the Freshman Research Scholar program. He will be contributing to the characterization of the water uptake of organic aerosol.
Elijah speaks at the University of New
Haven
November 19, 2021 Elijah was invited to present research from the group virtually to faculty and students in the Chemistry Graduate Seminar at the University of New Haven.
Review article published
April 5, 2021 Elijah contributed to an invited review article on aging of brown carbon aerosol in the atmosphere.
Forum article published
May 18, 2020 Elijah contributed to a forum article on smoke from biomass burning in the Great Plains, which was selected for a special collection on Frontiers in Fire Ecology.
Elijah speaks to OSU Student Chapter
of the ACS
March 10, 2022 Elijah presented a seminar on structuring and designing research posters ahead of the OSU Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Troye presents at the OSU Freshman
Research Scholar Symposium
April 8, 2022 Troye presented his work on the evolution of biomass burning organic aerosol in the presence and absence of light.
Elevia and Troye present at the OSU
Undergraduate Research Symposium
April 19, 2022 Elevia presented her work on separating biomass burning organic aerosol by polarity, and Troye presented his work on the evolution of brown carbon in the presence and absence of light.
Group lunch at Hideaway
April 5, 2022 The group celebrated an exciting and productive Spring semester together.
Elijah presents at the Canadian Chemistry
Conference and Exhibition of the CSC
June 16, 2022 Elijah presented the group’s work on the light absorption and hygroscopicity of biomass burning aerosol from fuel species in the southern Great Plains.
Elijah presents at the Family Night event
of the Oklahoma Section of the ACS
September 16, 2022 Elijah introduced the general concepts and tools used in atmospheric aerosol research and presented how the the properties of particles produced by wildfires change during their atmospheric residence time.
Elijah presents at the Annual Conference
of the AAAR
October 7, 2022 Elijah presented the group’s work on the light absorption and hygroscopicity of biomass burning organic aerosol.
Habeeb, Katrina, and Sithumi present
at the Annual Pentasectional Meeting
of the ACS
October 8, 2022 Habeeb presented work on the reactive uptake of ozone in the indoor environment, Katrina presented work on the absorptivity and hygroscopicity of biomass burning organic aerosol, and Sithumi presented work on multiphase chemistry in aqueous droplets.
Christian joins the group
May 31, 2022 Christian Escritt has joined the group as an undergraduate research assistant. Christian is a McNair Scholar, and he will be contributing to the optimization of films for reactive uptake experiments.
Article published
May 23, 2022 Congratulations to Habeeb and Alison on their new publication in the RSC journal Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, available here.
Article published
October 24, 2022 Congratulations to Katrina, Colton, and Habeeb on their new publication in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, available here.
Elijah speaks at the University of Nebraska
Omaha
October 24, 2022 Elijah was invited to present research from the group to faculty and students in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Nebraska Omaha.
Group lunch at Fuzzy’s
February 24, 2023 The group celebrated milestones together over Tex-Mex.
Article published
February 6, 2023 Congratulations to Colton on his new publication in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, available here.
Holly and Jace join the group
January 17, 2023 Holly Anthony and Jace Barton have joined the group as undergraduate research assistants. They will be contributing to smog chamber and flow-tube experiments.
Habeeb and Katrina awarded Smith Han
Summer Research Scholarships
July 1, 2023 Habeeb and Katrina both received this departmental award for outstanding graduate students to support their progress in research this summer.
Elijah presents at the ACS Spring 2023
Meeting
March 27, 2023 Elijah presented the group’s work on the light absorption, hygroscopicity, and aging of biomass burning organic aerosol in the Emerging Investigators & Future Perspectives symposium, organized by the RSC Environmental Science journals.
Elijah presents at the Gordon Research
Conference in Atmospheric Chemistry
August 3, 2023 Elijah presented the group’s work on the origin and evolution of the light absorption of biomass burning aerosol in a poster.
Group lunch
May 15, 2023 The group celebrated the end of the semester and the start of a productive summer together.
Article published
October 2, 2023 Congratulations to Habeeb, Katrina, Colton, Jace, and Elevia on our new publication in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, available here.
Christian joins the group
August 7, 2023 Christian Escritt has joined the group as a graduate student. One focus of his work will be the evolution of black carbon during its atmospheric residence time.
Group lunch at Yummy House
October 20, 2023 The group celebrated milestones together in St. Louis with delicious ramen.
Habeeb, Katrina, Colton, and Sithumi
present at the 2023 Joint Midwest & Great
Lakes Regional Meeting of the ACS
October 19, 2023 Habeeb, Katrina, and Colton gave talks on their recently published projects, discussing the impacts of ultraviolet irradiation on primary brown carbon, the impacts of photo- oxidation on secondary brown carbon, and the optical properties of cinnamaldehydes in brown carbon, respecticely, and Sithumi presented a poster on her ongoing project on hydrogen peroxide formation. Well done!
Group outing to a hockey game
October 19, 2023 The group celebrated milestones together at a hockey game in St. Louis between the Blues and the Coyotes.
Group lunch at Imo’s Pizza
October 19, 2023 The group celebrated milestones together at a signature St. Louis pizzeria.
Article published
November 15, 2023 Congratulations to Katrina and Habeeb on our new publication in Environmental Science: Atmospheres, available here.
Article featured on front cover
January 1, 2024 Our recent publication in Environmental Science: Atmospheres was selected for the outside front cover, available here.
The Schnitzler Group awarded
NSF CAREER grant
February 9, 2024 The Schnitzler Group has been awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study the origin and evolution of the light absorption of organic aerosol.
Chemistry student holiday party
December 8, 2024 The group celebrated milestones together at the departmental student holiday party.
Schnitzler Group members present at
the 2023 Southwest Regional Meeting of
the ACS
November 16, 2023 Habeeb, Katrina, Colton, Sithumi, Holly, and Jace presented recent work from the group, ranging from projects on biomass burning organic aerosol to nanoplastics. Well done!
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