Congratulations to the new Dr. Nate May!

Congratulations to the second Pratt Lab Ph.D. - Dr. Nate May!! Today he defended his dissertation titled "Atmospheric Particle Production from Freshwater and Oceanic Wave-breaking", where he discussed his research involving lake spray aerosol, sea spray aerosol, and chemical education.

Alexa, Guy, & Kate graduate!

Congratulations to Alexa Watson, Guy Burke, and Kate Hogan, Pratt Lab undergrads graduating from the University of Michigan! Alexa is heading to the Univ. of California, Irvine to pursue a PhD in Chemistry, and Guy is heading to the Univ. of California, Davis to pursue a PhD in Atmospheric Science.

Guy Burke & Prof. Pratt

Prof. Pratt and Alexa Watson

Rachel chosen for AGU Voices for Science Program!

Pratt Lab PhD Rachel Kirpes is one of 15 students chosen for the Policy Track of the American Geophysical Union Voices for Science Program!

Rachel Kirpes in Washington, DC!

Paper published on incorporating snow chemistry research in the intro chem lab classroom!

Congratulations to Pratt Lab PhD students Nate May and Stephen McNamara, as well as former post-docs Dr. Siyuan Wang and Dr. Katie Kolesar, on their manuscript published in the Journal of Chemical Education! It describes our novel introductory chemistry laboratory course that involves a semester-long authentic research project studying Arctic snow chemistry.

Welcome Dr. Qianjie Chen!

Welcome Dr. Qianjie Chen! Qianjie recently completed his PhD in Atmospheric Science in Prof. Becky Alexander's group at the University of Washington. He joined the Pratt Lab to learn about chemical ionization mass spectrometry and study wintertime and polar atmospheric chemistry.