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Leah is awarded the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship

Chemistry loses another titan of atmospheric science- 1995 Nobel Prize winner Paul Crutzen.

On October 27th Joey presented his thesis, "Spectroscopy and Kinetics of Atmospheric and Astrochemical Reactions," and is now ready to start his new postdoc at Yale. Though we will miss his witty humor, we wish him luck in New Haven!

In light of Mario Molina's death last week, we want to acknowledge his works' immeasurable impact on the environmental health of our planet. Mexican chemist Mario Molina was a co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize for his work on Stratospheric chemistry. Most important was his contribution in identifying the threat of chlouroflourocarbons to our protective ozone layer. By identifying the key mechanisms responsible for ozone destruction, he laid the foundation for policymakers to make almost immediate action to protect our planet by reducing and eventually banning emission of many responsible chemicals. We honor him today by encouraging those reading to channel his passion and strength in fighting our current climate crisis, in anyway you can. Research, teach, share, and vote! We only have one earth. Thank you Dr. Molina

Perseverance was launched on July 30th and is scheduled to land in February. The rover hosts 7 instruments intended to help evaluate Mars's present and past habitability of the planet.

We are excited to welcome Charlie, our new postdoc, who is interested in cavity-enhanced spectroscopy, Kinetics of resonance-stabilized radicals, and Optical frequency comb spectroscopy

Katerina won the Renuka D. Sharma prize for her outstanding performance in chemistry during her freshman year

New York Times spotlight's Professor Johnson's work which indicates that photochemistry on clothing surfaces are responsible for the distinct line-dried laundry scent

Charlie Markus, who received his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois with Ben McCall, won a prestigious Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemical Sciences, to study radical-radical reactions in planetary atmospheres and combustion, using IR combs. He is currently in Cologne, and will be joining us in July.

We are very excited to celebrate the work of soon to be Dr. Elizabeth Lunny! Join us this Friday and learn how her high resolution data on the oxygen A-band has helped NASA monitor global CO2 concentrations,