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Apr
29
2016

Dan Cziczo - The Importance of Ice Nucleation: From the Earth to Mars

When: Friday, April 29, 2016
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT

Where: Technological Institute, LR5, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students

Cost: Free

Contact: Alexis McAdams   (847) 491-3238

Group: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Category: Academic

Description:

Please join the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in welcoming Dan Cziczo, the Victor P. Starr Career Dev. Associate Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at MIT.

Dan Cziczo is an atmospheric scientist interested in the interrelationship of particulate matter and cloud formation. His research utilizes laboratory and field studies to elucidate how small particles interact with water vapor to form droplets and ice crystals which are important players in the Earth’s climate system. Experiments include using small cloud chambers in the laboratory to mimic atmospheric conditions that lead to cloud formation and observing clouds in situ from remote mountaintop sites or through the use of research aircraft.

Dan’s current research interests include: Chemical composition of atmospheric aerosols with an emphasis on their effect on cloud formation mechanisms, Earth's radiative budget, and meteoritic debris and launch vehicle emissions in the atmosphere.

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