1/ Reducing respiratory aerosol particle concentrations in dorm rooms. I have heard from parents who have children returning to dorms at universities across North America. The #corsirosenthalbox can help with these situations a lot! Really a lot, folks. read on.

The BEST and CLEAREST short article I have read about AIRBORNE transmission of COVID: why history led to it's denial, and what to do about it By @crackedscience HT @KimABowie & Jane E. McArthur, Ph.D. mcgill.ca/oss/article/co…

1/ "Megafacts" are very useful to orientate one's overall picture. Here are a couple: Of the seven coronaviruses which infect humans, four cause only the common cold. The other three are lethal and have only come into existence since 2002: SARS MERS SARS2

Congratulations to Carnegie Earth & Planets Laboratory alumna Marilyn Fogel on being selected for the Geochemical Society's highest honor, the Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Award, in recognition to her numerous and varied contributions to the field. carnegiescience.edu/node/2862

1/ What were the historical reasons for the resistance to recognizing airborne transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic? Our peer-reviewed open-access paper is now published: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/in…

I am recruiting students and a postdoc to work on problems related to atmospheric composition, biosphere atmospheric interactions, and environmental data science! Please share with folks who might be interested! Please don’t share with folks who might be disinterested!

I have created a step-by-step guide to building a #CorsiRosenthalBox. Thank you Jim Rosenthal & Richard Corsi, PhD, PE (Texas) for approving it. Displaying it in waiting rooms, offices, schools, and libraries will help more people stay safe this season. Please DM me if you need a PDF or another size.

Come work with us (William Porter Kimberly Prather, Ph.D. @SiyuanWang_PhD Eric Apel ) in Boulder, CO and San Diego, CA. NSF-funded postdoctoral position characterizing marine VOCs. Reviewing applications now. Description and application instructions: shorturl.at/BKMQX.

As #drought dries up the #SaltonSea, #farmworkers living nearby are exposed to toxic #dust and airborne #pollution from #algae blooms. #Asthma, #allergies, and other #health impacts are rising at alarming rates. civileats.com/2023/07/17/as-… David D. Lo William Porter UC Riverside CNAS UCR School of Medicine

NSF Marine BVOC Postdoc Position at UC Riverside: docs.google.com/document/d/1ny… #atmchemaerojobs

JOB ALERT: Come Join me University of Utah in Atmospheric Sciences, Biology or Geology (cluster hire, all ranks, starting as early as July, 2024)! ATMOS is especially looking for wildfire, drought, climate-bio interactions or extreme weather folks. utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/152984

Apply for a FUNDED PhD with our collaborative NASA project on the Salton Sea and EJ! This is a great deal with a 43k stipend AND tuition covered. Study the links between air and water quality. Alianza Coachella Valley Kaily Heitz Leadership Counsel William Porter

📢 Excited to be recruiting 2 PhD students this year!! One is for community engaged research on connections between air quality and water quality in the Salton Sea. This is collaborative with Alianza Coachella Valley More information at this link: drive.google.com/open?id=1iOr2E…

A new job opportunity in our awesome team at CARB! A passion for AQ, solid data comms/mgmt/analysis skills (eg SQL, Python, R, Snowflake) to work with cutting-edge instruments, sensors, mobile platforms. Closes Jan 26th bit.ly/3RVBMqG #AtmChemAeroJobs CARB

Full-time community AQ monitoring job opening! Looking for someone with excellent GC-MS knowledge with technical skills for data comms and analysis too. Read about the SNAPS project: bit.ly/48ZK3AD Apply: bit.ly/3Sk6qeP by Jan 26 #AtmChemAeroJobs CARB

Glad to share our recently published study in ES&T Air evaluating 13 different air cleaners for PM and VOC removal under wildfire smoke conditions. We evaluated 13 different commercial and DIY air cleaners in a test chamber w/ pine needle wildfire smoke challenge