Kimberly Prather
Kimberly A. Prather | |
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Education | University of California, Davis, PhD |
Awards | National Academy of Engineering induction National Academy of Sciences induction |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California, San Diego University of California, Berkeley University of California, Riverside |
Website | https://caice.ucsd.edu/kimberly-prather/ |
Kimberly A. Prather is an American atmospheric chemist. She is a distinguished chair in atmospheric chemistry and a distinguished professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and department of chemistry and biochemistry at UC San Diego. Her work focuses on how humans are influencing the atmosphere and climate. In 2019, she was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for technologies that transformed understanding of aerosols and their impacts on air quality, climate, and human health. In 2020, she was elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences. She is also an elected Fellow of the American Philosophical Society, American Geophysical Union, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Education and early career
Prather was born in Santa Rosa, California.[1] She studied at Santa Rosa Junior College and University of California, Davis, earning a bachelor's degree in 1985 and a PhD in 1990.[2] She served as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley between 1990 and 1992, working with Nobel Laureate Yuan T. Lee.[1] Prather joined University of California, Riverside as an assistant professor in 1992.[3] During her time at UC Riverside she began to work on aerosol mass spectrometry, developing ways to make it compact and transportable. She patented the technology.[4][5][6][7][8]
Research
In 2001, Prather joined the faculty at the
In 2003, she joined the advisory board of
In 2010 she became the founding director of the NSF Center for Aerosol Impacts on Climate and the Environment (CAICE).
Awards and honors
- 1994 American Society for Mass Spectrometry Research Award[35]
- 1994 National Science Foundation Young Investigator[36]
- 1997 National Science Foundation Special Creativity Award[36]
- 1998 Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung Smoluchowski Award[37]
- 1999 American Association for Aerosol Research Kenneth T. Whitby Award[38]
- 2000 ACS Analytical Chemistry Arthur F. Findeis Award[39]
- 2009 UCSD Faculty Sustainability Award[40]
- 2009 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow[41]
- 2010 American Geophysical Union Fellow[42]
- 2010 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow[43]
- 2010 ACS Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology[44]
- 2011 ACS San Diego Distinguished Scientist Award[36]
- 2015 California Air Resources Board Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award[45]
- 2018 UC San Diego Chancellor’s Associates Excellence Award in Research in Science and Engineering[46]
- 2019 Elected to the National Academy of Engineering[47]
- 2020 ACS Frank H. Field and Joe L. Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry[48]
- 2020 Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
- 2022 Elected to the American Philosophical Society
- 2023 Gustavus John Esselen Award for Chemistry in the Public Interest
- 2023 Analytical Scientist the Power list - Leaders and Advocates[49]
References
- ^ a b c "Bio". Research Profiles. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Research Profiles". Research Profiles. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- PMID 25844487.
- ^ a b "Aerosol Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry". UCSD. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Kimberly A. Prather". CAICE. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ Compact aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer, retrieved 2019-01-01
- ^ Method and apparatus for determining the size and chemical composition of aerosol particles, retrieved 2019-01-01
- ^ Portable analyzer for determining size and chemical composition of an aerosol, retrieved 2019-01-01
- ^ "Prather, Kimberly". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ a b "Research Consortium on Ozone and Fine Particle Formation in California and in the Northeastern United States | Research Project Database | Grantee Research Project | ORD | US EPA". cfpub.epa.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Research Consortium on Ozone and Fine Particle Formation in California and in the Northeastern United States: Cal Tech, UC-Riverside, UC-San Diego, UC-Davis Report | Research Project Database | Grantee Research Project | ORD | US EPA". cfpub.epa.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- PMID 11393988.
- PMID 12487311.
- ISSN 0003-2700.
- ^ "Ultrafine Particles: Characterization, Health Effects and Pathophysiological Mechanisms | Research Project Database | Grantee Research Project | ORD | US EPA". cfpub.epa.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- S2CID 93186877.
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- ^ ISSN 1352-2310.
- ^ "Characterization of the Chemical Composition of Atmospheric Ultrafine Particles | Research Project Database | Grantee Research Project | ORD | US EPA". cfpub.epa.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Real-Time Monitoring of Individual Atmospheric Aerosol Particles: Establishing Correlations Between Particle Size and Chemical Speciation | Research Project Database | Grantee Research Project | ORD | US EPA". cfpub.epa.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Final Report | Advancing ATOFMS to a Quantitative Tool for Source Apportionment | Research Project Database | Grantee Research Project | ORD | US EPA". cfpub.epa.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Advancing ATOFMS to a Quantitative Tool for Source Apportionment | Research Project Database | Grantee Research Project | ORD | US EPA". cfpub.epa.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ a b c "Final Report | Advancing ATOFMS to a Quantitative Tool for Source Apportionment | Research Project Database | Grantee Research Project | ORD | US EPA". cfpub.epa.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ISSN 0003-0007.
- ^ a b c d "First direct observations of biological particles in high-altitude ice clouds". phys.org. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "CORE QUESTIONS and REPORT TEMPLATE" (PDF). www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ a b "Kimberly Prather". deepdecarbon.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ a b c "Chemistry of sea spray particles linked for first time to formation process: Sea spray aerosols that seed clouds over three-fourths of the earth are formed by 'film' or 'jet' droplets; exposing chemical distinction could improve climate models". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- S2CID 2276891.
- ^ a b c Greenwood, Veronique (2018-06-29). "The Mysterious Microbes in the Sky". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- PMID 29789621.
- ^ "National Science Foundation Awards Scripps Oceanography $4 Million to Develop Advanced Ocean and Atmosphere Simulator". Scripps Institution of Oceanography. 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "NSF Awards $20 Million for Continued Study of Aerosols at UC San Diego". ucsdnews.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Research Awards". www.asms.org. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ a b c "Prather, Kimberly". www-chem.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "GAeF: SMOLUCHOWSKI Award". www.gaef.de. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Kenneth T. Whitby Award". The American Association for Aerosol Research. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Young Scientist". ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Members of the UCSD Community Recognized for Sustainability Efforts". ucsdnews.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Five UC San Diego Professors Named 2009 AAAS Fellows". ucsdnews.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Prather". Honors Program. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "American Chemical Society President elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "ACS Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Haagen-Smit Award Recipients | California Air Resources Board". ww2.arb.ca.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Faculty Members Celebrated for Seeing the Classroom and World Differently". today.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
- ^ "Home". NAE Website. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ "Past Recipients". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
- ^ "The Power List 2023". The Analytical Scientist. 2023-09-10. Retrieved 2023-09-02.