Our Team
CAICE unites world-class researchers to address the problems of today and train the scientists of tomorrow.
The CAICE Team
The NSF Center for Aerosol Impacts on Chemistry of the Environment (CAICE) focuses on improving our understanding of how aerosol particles impact the environment, air quality, and climate. Led by Prof. Kimberly Prather, UC San Diego Distinguished Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry, the Center’s goal is to understand critical details regarding the chemistry of aerosols.
CAICE Faculty
Prof. Kimberly A. Prather
DirectorDistinguished Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry
Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Assistant: Monica Castrejon – mcastrejon@ucsd.edu
Prof. Vicki H. Grassian
Co-Director, RT1 Lead
Dr. Christopher Lee
Managing Director
Researchers & Students
Dr. Neal Arakawa
ECAL Facility Director, UC San Diego
April Cheng
Lab AssistantGoetz Research Group, UC San Diego
Dr. Abigail Dommer
Postdoctoral ResearcherAmaro Research Group, UC San Diego
Dr. Lauren Garofalo
Farmer Research Group, Colorado State University
Dr. Charbel Harb
Postdoctoral ResearcherPrather Research Group, UC San Diego
Dr. Thomas Hill
DeMott Research Group, Colorado State University
Dr. Natalia Karimova
Gerber Research Group, UC Irvine
Dr. Steve Kregel
Postdoctoral ResearcherBertram & Nathanson Research Group, University of Wisconsin
Prof. Francesca Malfatti
Department of Life Sciences University of Trieste, Italy
Joseph Mayer
UC San Diego
Dr. Joseph Messinger
Postdoctoral ResearcherJohnson Research Group, Yale University
Dr. Carolina Molina Pavez
Postdoctoral ResearcherGrassian Research Group, UC San Diego
Dr. Russell Perkins
DeMott Research Group, Colorado State University
Dr. Jeanette Starpine
Prather Research Group, UC San Diego
Advisory Board
Prof. Jonathan Abbatt
Dept. of Chemistry, University of Toronto
Prof. Meinrat “Andi” Andreae
Dept. Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC San Diego
Prof. Alison Butler
Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC Santa Barbara
Prof. Lucy Carpenter
Dept. of Chemistry, University of York
Prof. Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy
Dept. of Chemistry , The Scripps Research Institute
Prof. Sergey Nizkorodov
Dept. of Chemistry, UC Irvine
Prof. Daniel Rosenfeld
Freddy and Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Prof. Doug Tobias
Dept. of Chemistry, UC Irvine
Honorary CAICE Members
Prof. Mario Molina
UC San Diego
Prof. Teresa Head-Gordon
Faculty Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Prof. J. Andrew McCammon
Depts. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Pharmacology. Joseph E. Mayer Chair of Theoretical Chemistry. UC San Diego
Dr. Philip Rasch
Chief Scientist for Climate Science, Atmospheric Science and Global Change Division. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Prof. Veronica Vaida
Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder
