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ETOX at the American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR) Conference

  • by Tran Bao Nguyen

The Zhang and Nguyen groups presented their work on air quality chemistry and toxicology at the 2026 AAAR conference in Pasadena, CA.

PhD students Angelina Petersen and Dalia Cruz Carbajal and Postdoc Dr. Rhianna Evans from Prof. Tran Nguyen's group gave presentations about new chemistry forming free radicals and "brown carbon" in the atmosphere and the chemistry occurring in vaping aerosols. 

PhD student Antai Zhang from Prof. Qi Zhang's group gave a presentation about biomass burning chemistry in wet aerosols and droplets. Antai also won a Student Platform Presentation Award - congratulations to Antai!!!

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