Congratulations to Stephen!

Congratulations to Pratt Lab PhD student Stephen McNamara, who was chosen for an Outstanding Student Paper Award for his oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in December! This means that Stephen was ranked in the top 5% of student presentations at the national meeting. Way to go Stephen!

Harmful algal bloom research highlighted by University of Michigan Research News!

Check out Summer Blooms | U-M Research to read more about our collaborative research with the Ault Lab!

New paper showing harmful algal bloom incorporation into lake spray aerosol (ES&T cover feature!)

Congratulations to Pratt Lab PhD student Nate May for his new paper describing the incorporation of biological material into lake spray aerosol from wave-breaking on the Great Lakes. This paper "Aerosol Emissions from Great Lakes Harmful Algal Blooms" was recently published in Environmental Science & Technology and is highlighted on the journal's cover!

Read the related press release from Michigan News!
"Flying Slime: Harmful algal blooms can become airborne"

Prof. Pratt chosen for 2018 Eastern Analytical Symposium Young Investigator Award!

Prof. Kerri Pratt has been chosen for the 2018 Eastern Analytical Symposium Young Investigator Award! She will receive the award at the fall Eastern Analytical Symposium, which will be held Nov. 13-15, 2018 in Plainsboro, NJ. There will be an environmental mass spectrometry session held in her honor.

Welcome Jeff!

Welcome Jeff Spencer! Jeff is a first-year Chemistry graduate rotation student who received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

New cloud water organic molecular composition paper published!

Congratulations to former Pratt Lab members Ryan Cook and Dr. Ying-Hsuan Lin for the publication of their paper "Biogenic, urban, and wildfire influences on the molecular composition of dissolved organic compounds in cloud water" in Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics!