Jason Surratt Lab at UNC

Congratulations to my former analytical chemistry PhD student Cade Christensen for publishing his last chapter of his thesis today! This is collaborative work with Profs. Ellie Browne and Maggie Tolbert at CU Boulder, which has been awesome.

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Hydroxyl Radical-Initiated Oxidation of Isoprene Leads to a Cyclic Peroxyhemiacetal via 1,6-Hydrogen Shift Chemistry That Yields Secondary Organic Aerosol Isoprene, the largest nonmethane volatile hydrocarbon emitted into Earth’s atmosphere, is rapidly oxidized by ambient hydroxyl radical (•OH) to yield secondary organic aerosol (SOA). Early generation ...

Congratulations to Rebecca Rice from Avram Gold’s lab for leading this collaboration between the Gold and Surratt labs at UNC with Tofwerk and Hartmut Hermann’s lab in Leipzig Germany. Great work Rebecca!!!!

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Real-Time Identification and Quantification of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Using High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry with Positive Reagent Ions Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are emerging pollutants of concern, primarily due to their terminal degradation products, which exhibit environmental persistence and mobility. Several group...

New paper from our EPA funded project to develop real-time analytical methods to measure airborne PFAS. Our TAMU team led this study. Congratulations to Professor Yue Zhang’s PhD student Sahir Gagan for leading this.

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I want some for Christmas!!!!

Merry Christmas 🎁🎄to all my friends, family, colleagues, my research group. Hope everyone has a relaxing holiday and a great start to the new year.

The 2024 ES&T Best Paper Awards

We are so excited that ES&T picked our paper on chemical characterization of BrC aerosols generated from burning African biomass as one of its best 2024 papers. Congrats to our former Postdoc Vaios Moschos & my former PhD student Cade Christensen for leading this work.
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Congratulations to Ellie Browne’s former student Nate Reed on this new collaborative paper published in PNAS. Thanks Ellie and Maggie Tolbert for collaborating with me and my former PhD student Cade Christensen! Great to see our papers coming out on origins of life work
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Congratulations to my PhD student Gabi West! Way to go Gabi!

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Thanks for getting this award established!!!!

I’m so honored to have received the Teaching, Mentoring and Training Award this year from AAAR during last week’s conference! Thank you to my past mentees and colleagues for nominating me for this award. I’m truly blessed to have had amazing mentees to work with and mentor. You guys are family!!

It’s been my extreme honor to serve AAAR this year as your Conference Chair! It was great to reconnect with colleagues, friends & former mentees! Thank U especially to Amy Sullivan, Suresh Dhaniyala, and the Conference Planning Committee. Thanks Roya Bahreini 4 serving as the next Conference Chair.

Thanks Faye for sharing this

Thanks Faye!!!

On my way to AAAR today. Can’t believe it’s already here. I’ve truly enjoyed working so closely with the Conference Planning Committee, Working Group Chairs, Special Symposia Organizers and Virtual over the last year planning this event. Special shoutout to Amy Sullivan and the Abstract Team!!

Trump is an idiot with a super fragile ego who trolls the internet. He’s a pathetic leader and is causing health care costs to rise for all of us. He needs to stop painting his face orange. I love how he thinks he looks better painted as an orangutan.

Love this!!!!!

America is a very sad place to be right now. The extreme right has really taken over and the hate and stupidity is never ending. I hope a change is coming at the midterms. I’m hopeful that people are unhappy with high costs for food, rent, utilities and medical insurance premiums rising to vote!

Alan and I got legally married yesterday at the Durham county courthouse. After being together 20 years we felt it was time, especially when minority rights are slowly being chipped away. It was lovely having my parents and our 3 wonderful friends in attendance. Our big celebration is in late Oct.

Hygroscopicity Depends on Aerosol Acidity and Sulfate Content during the Reactive Uptake of Isoprene Epoxydiols Aerosol liquid water content has a significant but highly uncertain effect on atmospheric radiative forcing. Hygroscopicity of organic–inorganic mixed aerosols is complex, especially when they are als...

Congratulations to my former PhD student Caz Armstrong for publishing their last chapter of their PhD today in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry!

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Congratulations to Dr. Michael Davern for passing his PhD defense today. He is my 13th PhD student to finish, and my 2nd analytical chemistry PhD. Thank you Professors Barbara Turpin, Yue Zhang and Sarah Brooks for your close collaboration with us! Thank you EPA and NC Collaboratory for funding.

EPA eliminates research and development office, begins layoffs The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees

HORRIBLE NEWS AT EPA. IF THIS DOESN’T make your blood boil I don’t know what will. This attack on the environmental and public health will affect many generations of Americans. The Trumpsters are tearing down science, the truth and protection of our public. Terrible.
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Congratulations to Dr. Cade Christensen for passing his PhD defense today. He is now my 12th PhD student to finish with me and my FIRST Analytical Chemistry PhD student! So proud of you Cade!!!!!!

Thanks Paul! Hope you’re doing well.

Thanks Jason !

After 20 years of being together Alan and I applied for our marriage license today. Wedding bells happening within next 60 days. We are going to get married at courthouse but have a Halloween party for our celebration, which marks our 20 year anniversary and Alan’s favorite holiday! ❤️❤️

Amen!!!! He’s a freakin idiot

Oh god! The idiot has started World War 3 with Iran!!!!

Alan and I attending a small town protest in Pittsboro, NC. Over 1,200 of us!

Over 1,200 protestors (including me in Alan) in small town Pittsboro, NC.