Courses Taught

• Atmospheric and Environmental Chemistry
• Separations
• Mass Spectrometry
• Analytical Chemistry I
• Fundamentals of Chemical Measurements
• Analytical Chemistry Seminar
• Undergraduate Research
• Graduate Research

Research Interests

• Atmospheric aerosols
• Secondary organic aerosol (SOA)
• Chemical speciation
• Source apportionment
• Local and regional air quality
• Bioaerosols

Awards and Honors

• Fulbright Scholar to Australia, Fulbright Future Scholar Award funded by the Kinghorn Foundation (2023)
• Distinguished Iowa Scientist Award, Iowa Academy of Science (2021)
• Collegiate Scholar, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (2021-2022)
• Department of Chemistry Research Scholar Award (2020-2021)
• Distinguished Mentor Award, Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates (2020)
• James Van Allen Natural Sciences Fellowship (2018-2019)
• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Outstanding Outreach and Public Engagement Award (2017)
• Oliven Lecturer, Kirkwood Community College (2017)
• Iowa Ideas Conference Scholar (2017)
• Outstanding Reviewer, Atmospheric Environment, Elsevier Publishing (2017)
• University of Iowa Early Career Scholar of the Year (2015)
• Environmental Health Sciences Research Center Career Development Award (2012-2014)
• Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts Emerging Investigator (2014)
• American Chemical Society Younger Chemists Committee Leadership Development Workshop (invited participant; 2014)
• Atmospheric Composition and the Asian Summer Monsoon (ACAM), Kathmandu, Nepal (invited participant; 2013)
• First Annual Regional Atmospheric Science Workshop, Kathmandu, Nepal (invited participant 2013)
• Excellence in Reviewing, Atmospheric Environment, Elsevier Publishing (2012)
• Transform, Interact, Learn Engage (TILE) Institute Faculty Fellow, Center for Teaching, University of Iowa (2011)
• University of Iowa, International Programs Travel Grant (2010)
• East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes Fellow, National Science Foundation (2009)
• Phi Beta Kappa Society (inducted 2005)
• Smith Family Prize in Chemistry, Grinnell College (2004)
• State of Iowa Scholar (2001-2004)
• Lando Scholar, University of Minnesota (2004)
• Mortar Board, National Honor Society (2004)
• Erasmus Scholar, Leiden University (2003)

Professional Service

• Associate Editor, Atmospheric Environment (2023-present)
• Editorial Advisory Board Member, Environmental Science & Technology Letters (2020-present)
• Editorial Advisory Board Member, Environmental Chemistry, CSIRO Publishing (2022-present)
• Associate Editor, Environmental Chemistry, CSIRO Publishing (2019-2022)
• Guest Editor, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Special issue entitled: "Atmospheric Pollution in the Himalayan Foothills: The Suskat-ABC international air pollution measurement campaign (2016-2018)
• Chair, Local Section of the ACS (2018-present)
• Local section coordinator for ACS “Chemists Celebrate Earth Day” (2013-2022)
• Local section coordinator for ACS “National Chemistry Week” (2018-2022)
• Executive Committee, Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research (2015-present)
• Education, Outreach, and Diversity Leader, Center for Aerosol Impacts on Chemistry of the Environment (2014-2021)
• Board of Directors, Iowa Academy of Science (2015-2018)
• Secretary to the Local Section of the ACS (2013-2016)
• Chair-Elect of the Local Section of the ACS (2017)
• Organizer of the Iowa Climate Festival (2014, 2015, 2016; including the Iowa Climate Symposium and Climate Science Fair)

Memberships

• Center for Global and Regional Research (CGRER)
• Environmental Health Sciences Research Center (EHSRC)
• Iowa Academy of Sciences (IAS)
• American Chemical Society (ACS)