Atmospheric Aerosols & Health Component
Air pollutants are responsible for the deaths of thousands of Californians each year and they also affect our climate, damage ecosystems via the deposition of acids and toxic compounds, and cause expensive losses to crops. UC Davis and UC Merced together have a broad spectrum of researchers who investigate the emission (and potential control) of air pollutants from numerous sources, the transport and transformation of pollutants in the atmosphere, deposition of pollutants to ecosystems and human lungs, the ecological and health effects of pollutants, and the sociological, political, and economic feedback between adverse effects and emissions control through government regulation. Over 50 faculty members working on air pollution problems are members of the UC Davis Air Quality Research Center, a campus institute that organizes and promotes interdisciplinary air quality research efforts. The goal of the joint UC Davis – UC Merced Lead Campus Program in Atmospheric Aerosols and Health (AQ-TSR&TP) is to transform air quality graduate education at UC Davis and initiate an interdisciplinary program at UC Merced by integrating policy, engineering, and science.
Aerosols & Health Links
Contact Information for Aerosols & Health Component
Cort Anastasio, DirectorLand, Air & Water Resources
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
canastasio@ucdavis.edu
Anthony Wexler, Associate Director
Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
aswexler@ucdavis.edu
Henry Forman, UCM Associate Director
School of Natural Sciences
University of California
P.O. Box 2039
Merced, CA 95344
hforman@ucmerced.edu
Marie Boisvert-Smithers
Student Recruiter and Program Administrator
Land, Air & Water Resources
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
mboisvert@ucdavis.edu