Invited professors
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Prof. Stephen George Warren
Emeritus Professor Professor, UW Dept of Atmospheric Sciences Participating Faculty, UW Quaternary Research Center, UW Astrobiology Program, University of Washington
Visiting scholars
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Max Bangert
2010@GIT, Ph.D. Student, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. Aerosol-cloud interaction modeling.
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Christos Giannaros
2016-2017@GIT. Ph.D. Candidate & Marie-Curie Fellow, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Urban heat island modeling.
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Garyfalia (filio) Marougianni
2014-2015@GIT: Ph.D. Candidate & Marie-Curie Fellow, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Urban heat island modeling.
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Noenne Prisle
2014-2016@GIT: Finnish Academy postdoc, University of Helsinki, Finland. Atmospheric surfactants, aerosol-cloud interactions
Postdoctoral Scholar & Researchers
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Mary Kacarab
2016-2018@GIT, Field observations aerosol, CCN, brown carbon and aerosol-cloud interactions (NASA). Ph.D. in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside, 2016
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Vlassis Karydis
2009-2011@GIT, Aerosol-cloud interaction modeling (NASA, NOAA). Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Greece, 2009
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Mauro Masiol
2018-2019@FORTH, Laboratory and Field studies of Biomass Burning Aerosol (ERC).
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Despina Paraskevopoulou
Research Scientist @ C-STACC and NOA. Field observations and instrumentation for aerosol composition, toxicity and brown carbon (ERC).
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Aikaterini (Katerina) Bougiatioti
Senior Scientist @ National Observatory of Athens. Field observations of aerosol composition, toxicity, and aerosol-cloud interactions (ERC).
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Michael Battaglia
Postdoctoral Scholar@GIT. Field observations of CCN and aerosol composition (NASA).
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Nicholas Meskhidze
2003-2006@GIT, Modeling of biogeochemical cycles and aerosol-cloud interactions (NASA,NSF). Ph.D. in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003
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Marco Paglione
2018-2019@FORTH, Observational and Modeling studies of Biomass Burning Aerosol (ERC).
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Tomi Raatikainen
2010-2012@GIT, Kinetics of water uptake by aerosol, instrumentation (Finnish Academy). Ph.D. in Physics, University of Kuopio, Finland, 2009
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Rafaella Sotiropoulou
2005-2009@GIT, Modeling of aerosol-cloud interactions (NASA). Ph.D. in Environmental Science, University of the Aegean, Greece, 2005
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Stefania Squizzato
2018-2019@FORTH, Laboratory and Field studies of Biomass Burning Aerosol (ERC).
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Alexandra Tsimpidi
2009-2011@GIT, Regional modeling of aerosol (EPA, Phillips 66). Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Greece, 2009
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Kalliopi Violaki
2014-2015@GIT, Measurement of bioavailable P in atmospheric aerosols (Greek State Scholarship).Ph.D. in Environmental and Analytical Chemistry, University of Crete, Greece, 2009
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Samantha Waters
2014-2016@GIT, Atmospheric microbes (Dreyfus Foundation). Ph.D. in Microbiology, University of Florida, 2014
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Pui Shan (Jenny) Wong
2015-2019@GIT, Aerosol Toxicity, Light absorption and interactions with clouds (NASA, ERC).
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Jack Kodros
Postdoctoral Scholar @ C-STACC. Laboratory and field observations of biomass burning aerosol (ERC)
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David Patoulias
Postdoctoral Scholar @ C-STACC. New particle formation and its interactions with clouds and climate (ERC).
Ph.D. Graduate Students
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Akua Asa-Awuku
Ph.D. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008
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Donifan Barahona
Ph.D. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010
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Shannon Capps
Ph.D. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012 (co-advised with Dr.Armistead Russell)
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Kate Cerully
Ph.D. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013
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Christos Fountoukis
Ph.D. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007
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Wei-Chun Hsieh
Ph.D. in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009
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Prashant Kumar
Ph.D. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011 (co-advised with Dr.Irina Sokolik)
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Sara Lance
Ph.D. in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007
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Terry Lathem
Ph.D. in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, 2012
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Jack Lin
Ph.D. in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, 2016
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Peng Liu
Ph.D. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, 2015 (co-advised with Dr.Armistead Russell)
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Ricardo Morales
Ph.D. in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013
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Richard Moore
Ph.D. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, 2011
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Luz Padro
Ph.D. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009
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Sylvia Sullivan
Ph.D. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017
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Petros (Peter) Vasilakos
Ph.D. student, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, 2018 (co-advised with Dr.Armistead Russell)
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Arnaldo Negron
Ph.D. in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019 Current location: https://www.bnl.gov/envsci/bio/negronmarty-arnaldo.php Include the same “current location” in his MSc student entry as well.
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Fabrizio Falasca
PhD Student @ GIT. Data science tools to understand climate model output (DOE, NASA)
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Dimitros Manetas
PhD Student @ C-STACC. Modeling of atmospheric Brown Carbon (ERC).
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Maria Tsagaraki
PhD Student @ C-STACC and U.Crete. Field observations of atmospheric composition (ERC).
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Petro Uruci
PhD Student @ C-STACC. Modeling of organic chemistry and secondary organic aerosol formation (ERC).
M.S. Graduate Students
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Haviland Forrister
M.Sc. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017
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James Hite
M.S. in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012
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Ifayoyinsola (Yoyin) Ibikunle
M.S. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019
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Andrew Mudd
BS in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006
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Sara Purdue
M.Sc. in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016
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Benjamin Sheyko
M.Sc. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014
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Tianyu Shi
M.Sc. in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018
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Douglas Waldron
M.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Louisville, 2004
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Robyn Williams
M.S. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005
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Megan He
External Student
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Haroula Baliaka
Diploma Student @ C-STACC. Oxidative potential and Brown Carbon in atmospheric aerosol (ERC).
Trainee
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Marwan El Alaili
Mediamatician’s trainee 2020 -2021
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Gaetan Gendroz
Mediamatician’s trainee 2019 – 2020
Administrative
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Mrs. Sandra Levin Zürcher
Administrative assistant
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Mrs. Jessica Ritzi
Administrative assistant