Current Group Members
Jeff Curtis
Research Scientist
Zach D'Aquino
M. S. student
Sam Frederick
M. S. student
Kyuhaeng Lee
M. S. student
Yicen Liu
Ph. D. student
Matin Mohebalhojeh
Ph. D. student co-supervised with Prof. Matt West
Wenhan Tang
M. S. student
Xiaotian Xu
Ph. D. student
I am always looking for new graduate students to join my group. Please contact me for questions about potential projects or about the application process at our department.
Riemer Group Alumni
Sylwester Arabas
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2021-2022, Atmospheric Sciences, UIUC, Research topic: "Probabilistic particle-based modeling of immersion freezing"
Yu Yao
Ph.D., 2021, Atmospheric Sciences, UIUC, Thesis: "Quantifying cloud chemical processes and aerosol optical properties using a particle-resolved aerosol model"
Zhonghua Zheng
Ph.D., 2020, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UIUC, co-advised with Prof. Lei Zhao. Thesis:"Coupling Data Science and Numcerical Simulations to Empower Atmospheric and Environmental Research"
Lucy Nandy
Visiting Scholar, 2019, Atmospheric Sciences, Research Topic: Predicting Effect of Organic-Inorganic Internally Mixed Particles on Water Uptake and Optical Properties of Atmospheric Aerosols with and without Black Carbon"
Jessica Gasparik
M.S. 2019, Atmospheric Sciences, UIUC Thesis:"Particle-Resolved Modeling for Evaluating Assumptions in Aerosol Studies"
Jeff Curtis
Ph.D. 2019, Atmospheric Sciences, UIUC, co-advised with Prof. Matt West. Thesis:"Particle-Resolved Aerosol Modeling on the Regional Scale- Insights into Importance of Capturing Aerosol Mixing State"
Sudipta Ghosh
Fulbright Scholar 2018-2019, Research Topic:"Towards Improved Representation of Black Carbon Aerosol in Regional Climate Models for Climate Studies in India""
Remy CrowleyFarenga
M.S. 2018, Atmospheric Sciences, UIUC, co-advised with Prof. Larry DiGirolamo. Thesis:"Spatiotemporal Variation of PM2.5 over the contiguous United States"
Michael Hughes
M.S. 2018, Atmospheric Sciences, UIUC Project: Machine Learning to Predict the Global Distribution of Aerosol Mixing State Metrics
Hao Wu
Visiting Ph.D. student, Nanjing University 2016-2017 Resarch topic: Impacts of PM2.5 on the Urban Heat Island Effect
Yinrui Li
M.S. 2017, Atmospheric Sciences, UIUC, co-advised with Prof. Don Wuebbles. Thesis: "Sensitivity of black carbon aging to modeling assumption in CAM-Chem".
Nakul Nuwal
M.S. 2016, Aerospace Engineering, UIUC, co-advised with Prof. Matthew West. Thesis: "Explicit stochastic schemes for transport in particle-resolved simulations".
Jian Tian
Ph.D. 2016, Atmospheric Sciences, UIUC. Thesis: "Investigation of the evolution of atmospheric particles with integration of the stochastic particle-resolved model PartMC-MOSAIC and atmospheric measurements".
Tyra Brown
M.S. 2016, Atmospheric Sciences, UIUC. Project: "Improving middle school science curriculum through the implementation of a flipped-classroom model".
Matt Dawson
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2015-2016, UIUC/UC Irvine. Research topic: Particle-resolved modeling of in-cloud aqueous phase chemistry.
Laura Fierce
Ph.D. 2015, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UIUC, co-advised with Prof. Tami Bond. Thesis: "Improving model representations of black carbon using a particle-resolved aerosol model".
Wayne Chang
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2011-2014, Atmospheric Sciences, UIUC. Research topic: Nighttime chemistry during CalNex2010: Integrating model simulations with field observations
Swarnali Sanyal
M.S. 2014, Atmospheric Sciences, UIUC. Thesis: "Black carbon mixing state in Paris during MEGAPOLI: Connecting particle-resolved observations to particle-resolved modeling".
Amanda Jones
M.S. 2014, Atmospheric Sciences, UIUC. Thesis: "Investigating the impacts of entrainment on nucleation scavenging of black carbon particles through particle-resolved simulations".
Zaneta Gacek
M.S. 2014, Atmospheric Sciences, UIUC. Thesis: "Modeling nighttime chemistry with WRF/Chem: Sensitivity to vertical resolution and boundary layer parameterization".
Joseph Ching
Ph.D. 2013, Atmospheric Sciences, UIUC. Thesis: "Black carbon mixing state impacts on aerosol activation—Investigations using particle-resolved model simulations".
Owen Doherty
Ph.D. 2012, M.S. 2006, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University. Thesis: "On the variability of mineral dust and the intertropical convergence zone over West Africa: A synthesis of observations, climate models and geochemical analysis".
Christopher Kaiser
M.A. 2010, Department of Physics, Stony Brook University. Thesis: "Detailed heterogeneous chemistry implemented in a particle-resolved model".
Marco Springmann
M.A. 2009, Department of Physics, Stony Brook University. Thesis: "Modeling heterogeneous chemistry of air pollutants: Co-adsorption of O3, NO2, and H2O on soot coated with BaP in an urban plume box model".
Fanghua Xu
Ph.D. 2008, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University. Thesis: "Modeling study of flocculation effects on sediment transport in estuaries".
Keyi Chen
M.S. 2008, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University. Thesis: "Statistical analysis of satellite data to investigate Asian dust".