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Andrew Ault is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences in the School of Public Health and Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the College of Literature Sciences and the Arts at the University of Michigan. Andrew is an expert in the field of atmospheric chemistry, with a focus on aerosol and engineered nanoparticle impacts on human health and climate. His research makes use of a wide array of instrumentation to study the aerosol health and climate effects, with a focus on single particle mass spectrometry and Raman microspectroscopy. The Ault group utilizes an integrated approach involving field measurements, laboratory measurements on field samples, and laboratory measurements of well-characterized aerosol proxies. Andrew teaches a graduate course in environmental chemistry and special topics courses involving aerosols and atmospheric chemistry. He is a member the American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR), American Chemical Society (ACS), and American Geophysical Union (AGU).
Atmospheric aerosols, small particles suspended in the atmosphere, have extensive impacts on climate and human health. In the atmosphere, aerosols alter the Earth's radiative balance by directly scattering and absorbing solar radiation and acting as the nuclei of cloud droplets and ice crystals, which change cloud lifetime, brightness, and precipitation patterns. Inhaled atmospheric aerosols have been linked to both acute (asthma, myocardial infarction (heart attack), arrhythmia, and stroke) and chronic (decreased life expectancy, increased risk for cardiovascular morbidity, and respiratory disease) effects. The recent expanded production and use of engineered nanoparticle represents another system with complicated environmental chemistry impacts. However, despite their importance, large uncertainties exist regarding the impacts aerosols and engineered nanoparticles on climate and health effects due poor understanding of their properties at a fundamental molecular level.
Single Particle Mass Spectrometry - We will utilize a single particle mass spectrometer that measures, in real-time, the size and chemistry of individual particles through light scattering and time-of-flight mass spectrometry of positive and negative ions generated through laser desorption/ionization.
Raman Microspectroscopy - Recent advances in the capabilities of Raman microspectroscopy instrumentation allow for the detailed analysis of vibrational spectra at the single particle level for atmospherically relevant sizes. The functional group information obtained with Raman complements the molecular and elemental information provided by the single particle mass spectrometer, along with providing morphological information at ambient pressure.
Transmission Electron Microscopy/Scanning Electron Microscopy - Electron microscopy allows for detailed particle imaging, along with obtaining elemental information from energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis and chemical speciation from electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS).
By integrating field measurements, laboratory measurements on field samples, and laboratory measurements on proxies, this integrated approach is allowing us to tackle important atmospheric processes ranging from: the complex chemistry on metal-containing particles in ship plumes, the impact of long range transported of urban particulate matter and mineral dust on remote locations, the different aerosol sources impacting urban areas on the neighborhood scale, and the impact of atmospheric processing on engineered nanoparticles in the atmosphere. This interdisciplinary research involves collaborating with researchers in many fields, including atmospheric science, industrial hygiene, civil and environmental engineering, epidemiology, and oceanography. The broad aim of our group is to provide chemical information that can be used to reduce aerosol uncertainties by 1) improving representation in climate models and 2) increasing understanding of the chemistry behind negative health effects.
7. Rindelaub, J. D.†; Craig, R. L.†,G; Nandy, L.; Bondy, A. L.G; Dutcher, C. S.; Shepson, P. B. Ault, A. P.* Direct Measurement of pH in Individual Particles via Raman Microspectroscopy and Variation in Acidity with Relative Humidity. Submitted to Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.
5. Axson, J. L.; Stark, D. I.; Bondy, A. L.; Capracotta, S. S.; Maynard, A. D.; Philbert, M. A.; Bergin, I. L.; Ault, A. P.*Rapid Kinetics of Silver Nanoparticle Dissolution and Growth in Simulated Gastric Fluid: Size and coating Dependent Effects. Journal of Physical Chemistry - C, (2015), 119(35), 20632-20641.
4. Craig, R. L.; Bondy, A. L.; Ault, A.P.*Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) of Atmospheric Aerosol Particles: Enhanced Detection of Organic and Inorganic Species in Individual Particles.Analytical Chemistry, (2015), 87 (15), 7510–7514.
3. Bergin, I. L.; Wilding, L. A.; Morishita, M.; Walacavage, K.; Ault, A. P.; Axson, J. L.; Stark, D. I.; Capracotta, S. S.; Leroueil, P.; Maynard, A. D.; Philbert, M. A. Effects of particle size and coating on toxicologic parameters, excretion kinetics, and tissue distribution of acutely ingested silver nanoparticles in a mouse model. Nanotoxicology (2015), in press, DOI: 10.3109/17435390.2015.1072588.
2. Allen, H. M.; Draper, D. C.; Ayres, B. R.; Ault, A. P.; Bondy, A. L.; Takahama, S.; Modini, R.; Baumann, K.; Edgerton, E.; Knote, C.; Laskin, A.; Wang, B.; Fry, J. L. Influence of mineral dust and sea spray supermicron particle concentrations and acidity on inorganic NO3- aerosol during the 2013 Southern Oxidant and Aerosol Study, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, (2015), 15(18), 10669-10685.
1. Axson, J. L.; Creamean, J. M.; Bondy, A. L.; Warner, K. Y.; Ault, A. P.*An in situ method for sizing insoluble residues in precipitation. Aerosol Science & Technology, (2015), 49(1), 24-34.
Ault, A. P.; Guasco, T. L.; Baltrusaitis, J.; Ryder, O. S.; Trueblood, J.; Collins, D. B.; Ruppel, M. J.; Cuadra-Rodriguez, L. A.; Prather, K. A.; Grassian, V. H. HNO3 Reacted Sea Spray Aerosol Particles: Single Particle Analysis Shows Diversity of Reactivities Between and Within Individual Particles. Journal of Physical Chemistry – Letters (2014), 5, 2493-2500.
Adamcakova-Dodd, A., Stebounova, L. V.; Kim, Jong Sun; Vorrink, S. U.; Ault, A. P.; O'Shaughnessy, P. T.; Grassian, V. H.; Thorne, P. S. Toxicity Assessment of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles using Sub-acute and Sub-chronic Murine Inhalation Models. Particle & Fibre Technology (2014), 11(1), 15.
Ryder, O. S.; Ault, A. P.; Cahill, J. F.; Guasco, T. L.; Cuadra-Rodriguez, L. A.; Gaston, C. J.; Fitzgerald, E.; Lee, C.; Prather, K. A.; Bertram, T. H., On the role of particle mixing state in the reactive uptake of N2O5 to ambient aerosol particles. Environmental Science and Technology (2014), 48(3), 1618-1627.
Guasco, T. L.; Cuadra-Rodriguez, L. A.; Pedler, B. E.; Ault, A. P.; Collins, D. B.; Zhao, D.; Kim, M. J.; Ruppel, M. J.; Grassian, V. H.; Azam, F.; Bertram, T. H.; Prather, K. A. Identification of transition metals as unique tracers for single-particle identification of heterotrophic bacterial-associated particles in sea spray aerosol.Environmental Science & Technology (2014), 48(2), 1324-1333.
Ault, A. P.; Guasco, T. L.; Ryder, O. S.; Baltrusaitis, J.; Cuadra-Rodriguez, L. A.; Collins, D. B.; Ruppel, M. J.; Prather, K. A.; Bertram, T. H.; Grassian, V. H., Inside versus Outside: Ion Redistribution in HNO3 Reacted Sea Spray Aerosol Particles as Determined by Single Particle Analysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society – Communication (2013), 135(39), 14528-14531.
Ebben, C. J.; Ault, A. P.; Ruppel, M. J.; Ryder, O.S.; Bertram, T. H.; Grassian, V. H.; Prather, K.A.; Geiger, F.M. Size-Resolved Sea Spray Aerosol Particles Studied by Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation. Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2013), 117(30), 6589-6601.
Collins, D. B.; Ault, A. P.; Ruppel, M. J.; Cuadra-Rodriguez, L. A.; Guasco, T. L.; Corrigan, C. E.; Moffet, R. C.; Pedler, B.; Azam, F.; Aluwihare, L. I.; Bertram, T. H.; Roberts, G. C.; Grassian, V. H.; Prather, K. A., Impact of marine biogeochemistry on the chemical mixing state and cloud forming ability of nascent sea spray aerosol. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres (2013), 10.1002/jgrd.50598.
Ault, A. P.; Moffet, R. C.; Baltrusaitis, J.; Collins, D. B.; Ruppel, M. J.; Cuadra-Rodriguez, L. A.; Zhao, D.; Guasco, T. L.; Bertram, T. H.; Prather, K. A.; Grassian, V. H., Size-Dependent Changes in Sea Spray Aerosol Composition and Properties with Different Seawater Conditions. Environmental Science & Technology (2013), 47(11), 5603−5612.
Prather, K. A.; Bertram, T. H.; Grassian, V. H.; Geiger, F. M.; Deane, G. B.; Stokes, M. D.; DeMott, P. J.; Aluwihare, L. I.; Azam, F.; Seinfeld, J. H.; Moffet, R. C.; Molina, M. J.; Cappa, C. D.; Geiger, F. M.; Roberts, G. C.; Russell, L. M.; Ault, A. P.; Baltrusaitis, J.; Cuadra-Rodriguez, L. A.; Collins, D. B.; Corrigan, C. E.; Forestieri, S.D.; Ebben, C. J.; Guasco, T. L.; Hersey, S. P.; Kim, M. J.; Modini, R. L.; Mu, W.; Pedler, B. E.; Ruppel, M. J.; Ryder, O. S.; Schoepp, N.; Sullivan, R. C.; Zhao, D. Ocean impacts on sea spray aerosol chemistry and climate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2013), 110(19), 7550-7555.
Ault, A. P.; Zhou, D.; Ebben, C. J.; Tauber, M. J.; Geiger, F. M.; Prather, K. A.; Grassian, V. H., Raman Microspectroscopy and Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy as Probes of the Bulk and Surface Compositions of Size-Resolved Sea Spray Aerosol Particles. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2013), 15(17), 6206-6214.
Ault, A. P.; Peters, T. M.; Sawvel, E. J.; Casuccio, G. S.; Willis, R. D.; Grassian, V. H. Single Particle SEM-EDX Analysis of Iron-Containing Coarse Particulate Matter in an Urban Environment: Sources and Distribution of Iron within Cleveland, Ohio. Environmental Science and Technology (2012), 46(8), 4331-4339.
Fitzgerald, E.; Ault, A. P.; Zauscher, M.; Mayol-Bracero, O. L.; Prather, K. A. Comparison of mixing state of long-range transported Asian and African mineral dust. Atmospheric Environment, (2015), 115(0): 19-25.
Creamean, J. M.; Lee, C.; Hill, T. C.; Ault, A. P.; DeMott, P.J.; Prather, K.A.; Ralph, F. M. Chemical Properties of Insoluble Precipitation Residue Particles. Journal of Aerosol Science (2014), 76, 13-27.
Bauer, S. E.; Ault, A. P.; Prather, K. A., Evaluation of aerosol mixing state classes in the GISS-MATRIX climate model with single particle mass spectrometry measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres (2013), DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50700.
Ault, A. P. and Pomeroy, R. Quantitatively Investigating Biodiesel Fuel Using Infrared Spectroscopy: An Instrumental Analysis Experiment for Undergraduate Chemistry Students. Journal of Chemical Education (2012), 89(2), 243-247.
Hatch, L. E.; Creamean, J. M.; Ault, A. P.; Surratt, J. D.; Chan, M.; Seinfeld, J. H.; Edgerton, E. S.; Su, Y. X.; Prather, K. A. Measurements of Isoprene-derived Organosulfates in Ambient Aerosols by Aerosol Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry - Part 2: Temporal Variability. Environmental Science and Technology (2011), 45(20), 8648-8655.
Creamean, J. M.; Ault, A. P.; Ten Hoeve, J. E., Jacobson, M. Z.; Roberts, G.; Prather, K. A. Measurements of Aerosol Chemistry during New Particle Formation Events at a Remote Rural Site. Environmental Science and Technology (2011), 45(19), 8208-8216.
Ault, A. P.; Williams, C. R.; White, A. B.; Neiman, P. J.; Creamean, J. M.; Gaston, C. J.; Ralph, F. M.; Prather, K. A. Potential Changes to California Orographic Precipitation Due to Transported Asian Dust. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres (2011), 116, D16205, doi:10.1029/2010JD015351.
Hatch, L. E.; Creamean, J. M.; Ault, A. P.; Surratt, J. D.; Chan, M.; Seinfeld, J. H.; Edgerton, E.S.; Prather, K.A. Measurements of Isoprene-derived Organosulfates in Ambient Aerosols by Aerosol Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry - Part 1: Single Particle Observations. Environmental Science and Technology (2011), 45(12), 5105-5111.
Ault, A. P.; Gaston, C. J.; Wang, Y.; Dominguez, G.; Thiemens, M. H.; Prather, K. A. Characterization of the Single Particle Mixing State of Individual Ship Plume Events measured at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Environmental Science and Technology (2010), 44(6), 1954-1961.
Ault, A. P.; Moore, M. J.; Furutani, H.; Prather, K. A. Impact of Emissions from the Los Angeles Port Region on San Diego Air Quality during Regional Transport Events. Environmental Science and Technology (2009), 43(10), 3500–3506.

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