Monica Mazurek
· Associate ProfessorRutgers University · Environmental Engineering
Active 1978–2019
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About
Monica Mazurek is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rutgers University. She holds a Ph.D. in Geochemistry from the University of California at Los Angeles (1985) and a B.S. in Chemistry from the same university (1977). Her research interests include air quality engineering, analytical methods for organic compounds in environmental and chemical engineering processes, and the organic geochemistry of earth materials. Her work focuses on the application of molecular marker technologies to control sources of fine particles in urban airsheds. She is also interested in the global biogeochemistry of higher molecular weight organic matter, molecular markers in the design and optimization of process-based chemical engineering technologies such as fuels and additives, and the use of organic molecular markers as tracers for biogeochemical and environmental processes.
Research topics
- Environmental chemistry
- Environmental science
- Chemistry
- Computer science
- Chromatography
Selected publications
Sources of fine organic aerosol. 4. Particulate abrasion products from leaf surfaces of urban plants
Environmental Science & Technology · 1993-12-01 · 569 citations
articleGreen and dead leaves from 62 plant species characteristic of the Los Angeles area were harvested and composited according to the actual leaf mass distribution for that area. To simulate leaf surface abrasion by the wind, the leaf composites were agitated in clean Teflon bags while a purified airstream flowed through. Fine particles (d_p ≤ 2 µm) shed from the leaf surfaces were extracted and analyzed using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Organic constituents including n-alkanes, n-alkanoic…
Sources of Fine Organic Aerosol. 6. Cigaret Smoke in the Urban Atmosphere
Environmental Science & Technology · 1994-07-01 · 291 citations
articleMolecular marker compounds that can be used to trace \ncigarette smoke particles in the outdoor urban atmosphere \nare identified. While the most abundant resolved organic \ncompounds present are nitrogen-containing heterocyclics \n(e.g., nicotine), other potential tracers that will be more \nstable in the outdoor urban atmosphere also are found. \nIso- and anteisoalkanes (C_(29)-C_(34)) are enriched in cigarette smoke particles and show a concentration pattern characteri…
Planning sustainable hydrogen supply chain infrastructure with uncertain demand
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy · 2014-03-25 · 105 citations
articleSenior authorSeasonal abundance of organic molecular markers in urban particulate matter from Philadelphia, PA
Atmospheric Environment · 2006-02-20 · 59 citations
articleSenior authorEnvironmental Science & Technology · 2002-11-23 · 54 citations
articleSenior authorThe complex mixture of organic compounds in the atmosphere influences climate, air quality, and ecosystem processes. Atmospheric pressure electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (APESI-MS) was evaluated as a potential tool for direct measurement of the total suite of individual dissolved organic matter (DOM) compounds in rainwater. The APESI-MS response was linear to all DOM compounds of atmospheric significance examined as standard solutions. Urban precipitation samples from New Brunswick, NJ…
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Frequent coauthors
- 38 shared
Bernd R.T. Simoneit
Oregon State University
- 31 shared
Glen R. Cass
Georgia Institute of Technology
- 27 shared
Lynn M. Hildemann
Stanford University
- 19 shared
Wolfgang F. Rogge
University of California, Merced
- 5 shared
Stephen R. McDow
VA Office of Research and Development
- 4 shared
Martin O. Leach
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
- 4 shared
K.A. Hallock
University of Maryland, College Park
- 4 shared
Heather D. Masonjones
University of Tampa
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