Group Members
In our group, we strive to create a welcoming, inclusive, supportive and respectful environment for research and learning for students and researchers from all backgrounds and levels of experience. In addition to group meetings focused on research projects, we also hold regular social gathering and outings (see photos below).
Vasilii Petrenko
Principal Investigator
Research Interests
Understanding natural and anthropogenic climate and environmental change, particularly from the perspective of atmospheric composition and chemistry.
vpetrenk@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 276-6094
Aparajeo Chattopadhyay
Scientist
Research Interests
Atmospheric chemistry: air quality and climate change, global methane (CH4) budget, hydroxyl (OH) radical abundance in the past and modern atmosphere, gas kinetics, photochemistry, and spectroscopy, ice cores, and atmospheric monitoring
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Schuyler Lockwood
Postdoctoral Associate
Research Interests
Atmospheric physical chemistry, chemical sensing, kinetics, optics and spectroscopy, aerosol science, instrument development
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Alex Ihle
PhD Candidate
Research Interests
I am interested in improving our understanding of how past climates are preserved in ice cores. In my free time I ride my bike and think about how nice it would be to have a cat.
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Sebastian Miller
PhD Candidate
Research Interests
Using physical and chemical proxies to learn about paleoclimate and infer implications for present and future climate
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Marky Mayanja
PhD Student (Co-Advised by Lee Murray)
Research Interests
Understanding feedbacks between atmospheric composition/chemistry and global climate, including the natural mechanisms for those feedbacks and how they have been interrupted by anthropogenic climate change. My research methods are a mix of field measurements, quantitative analytical chemistry, and chemistry-climate modeling using high-performance computing.
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Liz Thomson
Technical Staff
Research Interests
I am interested in applying inverse modeling, in combination with satellite and ground observations, to better understand the role of OH in moderating major greenhouse gases and air pollutants
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Lab Alumni
Lab Manager(s)
Ed Crosier
Postdocs
PhD Students
Marika Stock
Philip Place
Michael Dyonisius
Benjamin Hmiel
MS Student(s)
Undergraduate Students
Liz Thomson
Joey Stempien
Spencer Ahn
Katie Hall
Maggie Scholer
Mingzhe Zhu
Haoran Piao
Harry Zheng
Kellie McCrea
Lucy Kundhart
Roxana Kazemi
Will Schlageter
Emily Mesiti
Matthew Paccico
Jake Ward
Melisa Diaz
Avery Palardy
Lindsey Davidge
David Frank