Ozone 2015 – Change and Challenges
The Ozone Research Center (ORC) presents its 2015 Science Workshop, open to all interested faculty, staff, and students.
Attendance is free, but registration is requested – please register here.
| When: | 10 December 2015 9:30AM – 4PM |
| Where: | Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute Conference Room C Rutgers Busch Campus 170 Frelinghuysen Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854 [directions] |
The workshop will feature overview presentations describing current research being performed at the Center, guest speakers, and a poster session. Lunch will be provided.
Topics include: Implications of the new ozone National Air Quality Standard; Impacts of climate change on photochemical pollution and associated human exposures; Traffic-related pollution; Commuter exposures; Indoor ozone chemistry; Cardiovascular effects of ozone; Respiratory modeling
Agenda:
| 9:30 AM | Coffee and Registration |
| 10:00 AM | Kenneth Reuhl, Director, EOHSI; Frank Steitz, Air Director, NJDEP; Panos Georgopoulos, Director, Ozone Research Center Introductions; Overviews of Programs; History and Accomplishments of ORC; Tribute to P. J. Lioy |
| 10:30 AM | Panos Georgopoulos, PhD Ozone: Old Problems and New Challenges – Global to Personal |
| 11:00 AM | Charles Weschler, PhD Ozone’s Role in “Indoor” Atmospheric Chemistry |
| 11:30 AM | Howard Kipen, MD, MPH Climate Change, Ozone and Cardiovascular Health: A New Rutgers Study |
| Noon | Lunch Break and Poster Session (Conference Rooms A&B) |
| 1:00 PM | Robert Laumbach, MD, MPH Traffic-Related Air Pollution and the Rutgers Commuter Study |
| 1:30 PM | Badri Nath, PhD The Rutgers Air-Aiware Project: Real Time Air Quality Monitoring through Mobile Sensing |
| 2:00 PM | Allison Patton, PhD Spatiotemporal Variability of Air Pollution within Urban Neighborhoods |
| 2:30 PM | Dwaipayan Mukherjee, PhD Modeling Pulmonary Toxicodynamics of Air Pollutants: A Novel Multiscale Framework |
| 3:00 PM | Group Discussion and Poster Session |
| 4:00 PM | Workshop Adjourns |
The 2015 Ozone Research Center Science Workshop is Dedicated to the Memory of Prof. Paul J. Lioy
Base funding for ORC is provided by the State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJ DEP).