
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 DirectorResearchers & 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