Huffman Research Group
Field Campaigns
Name & Location:
Ambient quality monitoring: PM & gases
DU Kennedy Mountain Campus, CO
Dates:
2024-present
Description:
Small network of Purple Air (PM), TSI BlueSky 8145 (PM + gases), weather sensors
Group Members:
Alyssa Knaus, Olivia Wuttke
Collaborators:
DU KMC
Data/Publications:
Knaus BA Honors thesis; Wuttke BS Honors thesis
Name & Location:
Denver protein exposure
Denver, CO (La Casa & Rocky Flats North CDPHE sites)
Dates:
2019-present
Description:
Detection of protein nitration after exposure to urban air
Group Members:
Rachel Davey, Alyssa Knaus, Paola Gascot, Ty Kaji
Collaborators:
CDPHE
Data/Publications:
59; Davey PhD thesis; Gascot BS thesis
Name & Location:
AGINSGP
Southern Great Plains Site, Oklahoma
Dates:
April 2022
Description:
Ice nucleating particles & bioaerosol emissions from agricultural fields.
Group Members:
Dorian Schwartz, Alex Volkova
Collaborators:
Lead: Pacific Northwest National Labs (PNNL)
Data/Publications:
Schwartz BS thesis
WIBS instrument at a field site in Oklahoma
WIBS instrument at a field site in Oklahoma
Name & Location:
DU indoor Air
Denver, CO
Dates:
2020-2022
Description:
Monitoring of CO2 as a proxy for indoor air ventilation during COVID pandemic
Group Members:
Alex Huffman, Nora Carmody
Collaborators:
DU Provost's Office
Data/Publications:
Name & Location:
MPIC (laboratory)
Mainz, Germany
Dates:
March 2019
Description:
Protein nitration experiments
Group Members:
Rachel Davey, Alex Huffman
Collaborators:
MPIC
Data/Publications:
n/a
Names & Location:
AQABA
Mediterranean Cruise
Dates:
2017
Description:
Properties of bioaerosols over Mediterranean Sea
Group Members:
none in person (Tobi Könemann, MPIC)
Collaborators:
MPIC
Data/Publications:
n/a
Names & Location:
INUIT-BACCHUS-ACTRIS
Agia Marina Xyliatou Atmospheric Station, Cyprus
Dates:
April 2016
Description:
Properties of bioaerosols, INP, CCN, and organic aerosols in rural Cyprus
Group Members:
Nicole Savage, Alex Huffman
Collaborators:
Cyprus Institute
Data/Publications:
n/a
Names & Location:
Ragged Point, Barbados
Dates:
2016
Description:
Properties of bioaerosols transported across Atlantic to island of Barbados
Group Members:
Christine Krentz, Nicole Savage
Collaborators:
MPIC
Data/Publications:
n/a
Names & Location:
MPIC (laboratory)
Mainz, Germany
Dates:
July 2015
Description:
Detailed laboratory characterization of WIBS and SIBS fluorescent bioaerosol instruments
Group Members:
Nicole Savage, Alex Huffman
Collaborators:
MPIC
Data/Publications:
Names & Location:
FARCE (Forests gAses aeRosols Clouds Exploratory)
Reunion Island
Dates:
March- April 2015
Description:
Emission of bioaerosols and ice nucleating particles from remote tropical island
Group Members:
Dave O'Connor
Collaborators:
Université de la Réunion, many others
Data/Publications:
Names & Location:
BIODETECT
Gif sur Yvette, France
Dates:
July 2014
Description:
Comparison of real-time bioaerosol-detecting instruments at suburban site in France
Group Members:
Wal Lassar, Kyle Pierce, Alex Huffman
Collaborators:
CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Univ. Manchester, Univ. College Cork, others
Data/Publications:
n/a
Names & Location:
Ucluelet
Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Dates:
August 2013
Description:
Sources of bioaerosols, ice nucleating particles and cloud condensation nuclei inflow onto Pacific Coast
Group Members:
Yuri Li, Alex Huffman
Collaborators:
Univ. British Columbia, Univ. Toronto, others
Data/Publications:
Names & Location:
BEACHON (post)
Manitou Experimental Forest Observatory (MEFO), Colorado
Dates:
August 2011 - June 2012
Description:
Seasonal cycle of bioaerosol emissions from Colorado montane forest
Group Members:
Carolyn Schumacher
Collaborators:
NCAR, MPIC
Data/Publications:
Name &Location:
BEACHON-RoMBAS
Manitou Experimental Forest Observatory (MEFO), Colorado
Dates:
July-August 2011
Description:
Emissions of bioaerosol, ice nucleating particles, organic aerosol from Colorado forest
Group Members:
Alex Huffman
Collaborators:
NCAR, MPIC
Data/Publications: