Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2026-2027

Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Chemistry

Research Summary: Sunlight-driven reactions involving natural and anthropogenic chemical emissions generate ozone, a toxic pollutant, in the lowest layer of the atmosphere. Outdoor ozone undergoes transport indoors, where we spend most of our time. Reactions with abundant airborne and surface-bound chemicals consume a fraction of transported ozone and generate an array of products with uncertain human health effects. To constrain ozone-related indoor chemical exposures and assess their effects on occupant health, we must understand the behavior and fate of ozone indoors. I study how occupant activities and environmental characteristics impact the rate of reactive ozone loss and the distribution of products formed.

Advisor: Megan Willis