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Assistant Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering

and Atmospheric Sciences

The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ  85721

Phone:  (949) 836-5866, Fax: (520) 621-6048

E-mail: sorooshian@cira.colostate.edu

2008    Ph.D.     California Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering
                             Advisors:  Drs. John H. Seinfeld and Richard C. Flagan

2005    MS          California Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering

2003    BS          The University of Arizona, Chemical andn Environmental Engineering

                             (Summa Cum Laude and Honors)

Professional Experience: 

2009-Present    Assistant Professor

Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
The University of Arizona

2008-2009        Postdoctoral Research Scholar

Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)
Colorado State University
Advisors:  Graham Feingold (NOAA), Graeme Stephens (CSU)

1999-2003        Undergraduate Researcher

Industry: 

Summer 2003   Intel Corporation
                       Santa Clara, California
                       Advisors:  Ara Philipossian (The University of Arizona) 
                       and Hok-kin Choi (Intel)

Summer 2002   Intel Corporation
                       Chandler, Arizona
                       Advisors:  Ara Philipossian (The University of Arizona) 
                       and Jinlin Wang (Intel)

Summer 2001   Hitachi Chemical Corporation
                       Ibaraki, Japan
                       Advisors:  Ara Philipossian (The University of Arizona) 

Honors, Awards and Fellowships: 

• Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) Postdoctoral Fellowship (2008-2009, Colorado State University)
• American Meteorological Society Public Policy Colloquium Fellow (2008)
• Outstanding Achievement in Doctoral Education Award and the Golestani Family Award – (Association of Professors and Scholars of Iranian Heritage, 2008)
• Cornelius J. Pings Graduate Fellowship (Betty and Gordon Moore Foundation, 2003-2007, Caltech)
• Outstanding Senior - Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering (U. of Arizona, 2003)
• Outstanding Senior - College of Engineering and Mines (U. of Arizona, 2003)

Professional Memberships:

Seminar Presentations:

Purdue University (Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
The University of Arizona (Department of Chemical and Enviromental Engineering)
UCLA (Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
University of Connecticut (Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering Department)
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) (Colarado State University)
California Institute of Technology (Department of Chemical Engineering; Ph.D. Seminar)
  
Field Program Participation: 

2004    ICARTT: International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation, Cleveland, Ohio
2005    MASE I: Marine Stratus/Stratocumulus Experiment, Monterey, California
2005    SOAR: Study of Organic Aerosols at Riverside, Pasadena/Riverside, California
2006    GoMACCS/TexAQS: Gulf of Mexico Atmospheric Composition and Climate Study/Texas Air Quality Study, Houston, Texas (Flight Scientist)
2007    MASE II: Marine Stratus/Stratocumulus Experiment Monterey, California (Flight Scientist)

Reviewer Roles:

NASA ROSES Panel, September 2008
Atmospheric Environment
Aerosol Science and Technology
Environmental Science and Technology

Publications: 

Please see publications page.