Lynn M. Russell

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Lynne M. Russell
Alma mater California Institute of Technology
Scientific career
Thesis The physics and chemistry of marine aerosols  (1995)
Doctoral advisor John H. Seinfeld

Lynn Russell is a professor of atmospheric chemistry at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography a division of the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, California. [1]

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Education and career

Russell has a B.S. in chemical engineering and an A.B. in international relations from Stanford University. [2] She earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from California Institute of Technology in 1995. [3] She was a postdoctoral investigator at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). From 1997 to 2003, Russell was on the faculty at Princeton University; she unsuccessfully sued the trustees of Princeton for sex discrimination after her 2002 tenure application was denied. [4] [5] Russell moved to Scripps Institute of Oceanography in 2003. [1]

In 2017, Russell was appointed a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union for "pioneering contributions to the fundamental science of organic aerosols through innovative theory, instrumentation, measurements, and modeling". [6]

Research

Russell's research is on how particles in the atmosphere effect climate, particularly aerosols from pollution sources such as automobiles. While Russell was at Princeton she developed the use of remote-controlled aircraft to collect atmospheric data. [7] She has examined the factors controlling the production of organic aerosol particles in the atmosphere [8] [9] and the impact of aerosols on global warming. [10] Russell's research has defined the composition of organic compounds in atmospheric aerosols [9] [11] and linked the presence of aerosol particles in the atmosphere to the underlying seawater. [12] [13]

Russell has examined dust particles at multiple locations. Yang Yang and Russell used the Community Earth System Model to study aerosols above eastern China [14] and observed that variability in the dust particles impacted the level of haze in the region. [15] [16] Within the United States, Russell has tracked aerosol particles from Las Vegas, Nevada into California. [17] Russell has also demonstrated the feasibility [18] of using biofuels during research cruises by replacing the diesel fuel with biofuel on the research vessel R.V. Robert Gordon Sproul and examining the resulting production of NOx compounds, particulate material, [19] and hydroxy radicals. [20]

Selected publications

Awards and honors

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References

  1. 1 2 Faculty profile
  2. ↑ ":: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY : UC SAN DIEGO ::". aerosols.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  3. ↑ Russell, Lynn M. (1995). The physics and chemistry of marine aerosols (Thesis). California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/zrqc-r241.
  4. ↑ "Court Case: Russell v. The Trustees of Princeton University". AAUW: Empowering Women Since 1881. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  5. ↑ "PAW April 21, 2004: Notebook".
  6. 1 2 "Celebrating the 2017 Class of Fellows". Eos . American Geophysical Union. 5 October 2017.
  7. ↑ Gutin, JoAnn (December 15, 1997). "They won't fly low enough". Princeton Weekly Bulletin. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  8. ↑ Russell, Lynn M. (July 2003). "Aerosol Organic-Mass-to-Organic-Carbon Ratio Measurements". Environmental Science & Technology. 37 (13): 2982–2987. Bibcode:2003EnST...37.2982R. doi:10.1021/es026123w. PMID   12875404.
  9. 1 2 Russell, Lynn M.; Maria, Steven F.; Myneni, Satish C. B. (15 August 2002). "Mapping organic coatings on atmospheric particles". Geophysical Research Letters. 29 (16): 26–1–26-4. Bibcode:2002GeoRL..29.1779R. doi:10.1029/2002GL014874. S2CID   13879872.
  10. ↑ Maria, S. F. (10 December 2004). "Organic Aerosol Growth Mechanisms and Their Climate-Forcing Implications". Science. 306 (5703): 1921–1924. Bibcode:2004Sci...306.1921M. doi:10.1126/science.1103491. PMID   15591199. S2CID   11862432.
  11. ↑ Russell, Lynn M.; Bahadur, Ranjit; Ziemann, Paul J. (1 March 2011). "Identifying organic aerosol sources by comparing functional group composition in chamber and atmospheric particles". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (9): 3516–3521. Bibcode:2011PNAS..108.3516R. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1006461108 . PMC   3048156 . PMID   21317360.
  12. ↑ Russell, L. M.; Hawkins, L. N.; Frossard, A. A.; Quinn, P. K.; Bates, T. S. (13 April 2010). "Carbohydrate-like composition of submicron atmospheric particles and their production from ocean bubble bursting". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107 (15): 6652–6657. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0908905107 . PMC   2872374 . PMID   20080571.
  13. ↑ Saliba, Georges; Chen, Chia-Li; Lewis, Savannah; Russell, Lynn M.; Rivellini, Laura-Helena; Lee, Alex K. Y.; Quinn, Patricia K.; Bates, Timothy S.; Haëntjens, Nils; Boss, Emmanuel S.; Karp-Boss, Lee (2019-10-08). "Factors driving the seasonal and hourly variability of sea-spray aerosol number in the North Atlantic". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (41): 20309–20314. Bibcode:2019PNAS..11620309S. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1907574116 . ISSN   0027-8424. PMC   6789830 . PMID   31548411.
  14. ↑ Yang, Yang; Russell, Lynn M.; Lou, Sijia; Liao, Hong; Guo, Jianping; Liu, Ying; Singh, Balwinder; Ghan, Steven J. (2017-05-11). "Dust-wind interactions can intensify aerosol pollution over eastern China". Nature Communications. 8 (1): 15333. Bibcode:2017NatCo...815333Y. doi:10.1038/ncomms15333. ISSN   2041-1723. PMC   5437281 . PMID   28492276.
  15. ↑ Joel, Lucas (August 10, 2017). "Dust influences pollution levels in eastern China". www.earthmagazine.org. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  16. ↑ McGrath, Matt (12 May 2017). "Lack of dust makes China's air pollution much worse". BBC News.
  17. ↑ Manning, Mary (2009-06-23). "Nevada neighbor shares its air pollution - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper". lasvegassun.com. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  18. ↑ Hook, Brittany; Diego, UC San (2016-06-13). "Ship voyages on 100 percent renewable biofuel for 1 year". University of California. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  19. ↑ Betha, Raghu; Russell, Lynn M.; Sanchez, Kevin J.; Liu, Jun; Price, Derek J.; Lamjiri, Maryam A.; Chen, Chia-Li; Kuang, Xiaobi M.; Rocha, Gisele O. da; Paulson, Suzanne E.; Miller, J. Wayne (2017-02-01). "Lower NOx but higher particle and black carbon emissions from renewable diesel compared to ultra low sulfur diesel in at-sea operations of a research vessel". Aerosol Science and Technology. 51 (2): 123–134. Bibcode:2017AerST..51..123B. doi: 10.1080/02786826.2016.1238034 . ISSN   0278-6826. S2CID   99571569.
  20. ↑ Kuang, Xiaobi M.; Scott, John A.; Rocha, Gisele O. da; Betha, Raghu; Price, Derek J.; Russell, Lynn M.; Cocker, David R.; Paulson, Suzanne E. (2017-02-01). "Hydroxyl radical formation and soluble trace metal content in particulate matter from renewable diesel and ultra low sulfur diesel in at-sea operations of a research vessel". Aerosol Science and Technology. 51 (2): 147–158. Bibcode:2017AerST..51..147K. doi: 10.1080/02786826.2016.1271938 . ISSN   0278-6826. S2CID   55357041.
  21. ↑ "Innovator Under 35: Lynn Russell, 30". MIT Technology Review. 1999. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  22. ↑ "Kenneth T. Whitby Award". The American Association for Aerosol Research. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  23. ↑ "AAAR Fellows". The American Association for Aerosol Research. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
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