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Jason D. Surratt, PhD
Jason D. Surratt, PhD
Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Co-director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Professor Surratt specializes in atmospheric chemistry fundamentals.
Dr. Surratt's lab utilizes advanced mass spectrometry and chromatographic techniques to understand as deeply as possible the atmospheric chemistry that occurs in both the gas and particulate phases, with special focus on the chemistry leading to the formation of secondary organic aerosol (SOA).
Since SOA is a major fraction of atmospheric fine particulate matter, chemically characterizing it resolves its sources and impacts on climate, air quality and public health. By using this approach, Dr. Surratt has helped to reveal the detailed chemical pathways leading to SOA formation from the atmospheric oxidation of isoprene (the most abundant non-methane hydrocarbon on Earth) in the presence of anthropogenic pollutants.
His research combines synthetic organic and atmospheric analytical chemistry with toxicogenomics, toxicology and systems biology.
Jason Surratt in the Gillings news
- 8 Gillings School faculty members named to Clarivate's annual Highly Cited Researchers List
- Understanding how cirrus clouds form can improve climate change modeling
- NSF funds UNC scientists to explore potential COVID-19 aerosol transmission
- Gillings faculty urge World Health Organization to address potential airborne spread of COVID-19
- 10 Gillings faculty members named Highly Cited Researchers by Web of Science
Honors and Awards
James J. Morgan Early Career Award Lectureship, Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T)2016, American Chemical Society
Ruth and Philip Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement2015, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Editors’ Citation For Excellence in Refereeing2015, Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR) – Atmospheres
Camille & Henry Dreyfus Environmental Chemistry Mentor2013
Sheldon K. Friedlander Award2013, American Association for Aerosol Research
Early Career Award2013, Environmental Protection Agency
Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award2012, Health Effects Institute
Atmospheric Chemistry Colloquium for Emerging Senior Scientists (ACCESS)2011, Gordon Research Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Fast Breaking Paper In the Field of Environment/Ecology for the manuscript entitled: "Evidence for Organosulfates in Secondary Organic Aerosol"2008, ScienceWatch.com
EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Graduate Fellowship2004-2007, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Outstanding Graduating Senior Research Award2003, North Carolina State University
Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences Outstanding Graduating Senior Award2003, North Carolina State University
The American Institute of Chemists Award2003, The American Institute of Chemists
The Astronaut Scholarship2002, The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation
Representative Courses
Environmental Chemistry (ENVR 403)
Aerosol Physics and Chemistry (ENVR 416)
Research Interest
- Air Quality and Atmosphere Science
Key Publications
Assessing the Oxidative Potential of Isoprene-Derived Epoxides and Secondary Organic Aerosol. Kramer, A. J.; Rattanavaraha, W.; Zhang, Z.; Gold, A.; Surratt, J. D.*; Lin, Y.-H. (2016). Atmospheric Environment, 130(-), 211-218.
Constraining Condensed-Phase Formation Kinetics of Secondary Organic Aerosol Components from Isoprene Epoxydiols. Riedel, T. P.; Lin, Y-H.; Zhang, Z.; Chu, K.; Thornton, J. A.; Vizuete, W. G.; Gold, A.; Surratt, J. D.* (2016). Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics, 16(3), 1245-1254.
Light-Absorbing Oligomer Formation in Secondary Organic Aerosol from Reactive Uptake of Isoprene Epoxydiols. Lin, Y.-H.; Budisulistiorini, S. H.; Chu, K.; Siejack, R. A.; Zhang, H.; Riva, M.; Zhang, Z.; Gold., A.; Kautzman, K. E.; Surratt J. D.* (2014). Environmental Science & Technology, 48(20), 12012-12021.
Epoxide as a precursor to secondary organic aerosol formation from isoprene photooxidation in the presence of nitrogen oxides. et al., Maiko Arashiro, Libero Bartolotti, Sri Budisulistiorini, Tianqu Cui, Edward Edney, Avram Gold, Ying-Hsuan Lin, Deborah Luecken, Wendy Marth, Sarah Park, Ivan Piletic, Havala Pye, Kenneth Sexton, Jason Surratt, William Vizuete, Ying Xie, Zhenfa Zhang, Haofei Zhang (2013). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(17), 6718-6723.
Isoprene Epoxydiols as Precursors to Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation: Acid-Catalyzed Reactive Uptake Studies with Authentic Compounds. et al., Arthur Chan, Timothy Dallmann, Drew Gentner, Jessica Gilman, Allen Goldstein, Joost Gouw, Robert Harley, Patrick Hayes, Gabriel Isaacman, Jose Jimenez, Thomas . Lin, Y.-H.; Zhang, Z.; Docherty, K. S.; Zhang, H.; Budisulistiorini, S. H.; Rubitschun, C. L.; Shaw, S. L.; Knipping, E. M.; Edgerton, E. S.; Kleindienst, T. E.; Gold, A.; Surratt, J. D.* (2013). Environmental Science & Technology, 46(1), 250-258.
Education
PhD, Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, 2010
BS, Meteorology, North Carolina State University, 2003
BA, Chemistry, North Carolina State University, 2003
