Committed to the development of aerosol science and its application in society. Offering a global forum for leading aerosol researchers to learn and network.
UPDATED: FAQs on Protecting Yourself from COVID-19 Aerosol Transmission. An excellent resource (and Friday read) that a number of
#AAAR
members have contributed to ➡️
Wearing masks helps reduce transmission of respiratory diseases. Much prior research on mask filtration efficiency has focused on fabric type, with less consideration given to mask design and shape. This article presents evidence that design and shape matter too. Take a look:
The transmission of infectious disease, like COVID-19, by
#aerosols
is an interdisciplinary topic. Find out what the latest research shows from
@linseymarr
10/5 kicking off
#AAAR2020
. The plenary is free and open to all. Learn more:
Will we see you for the first
#AAAR
Lecture Series of 2022, Tomorrow, Feb 15th @ 11:00 AM EST?
Prof. Joachim Curtius will lead a discussion on testing mobile air purifiers in a school classroom: reducing the
#airborne
transmission risk for SARS-CoV-2.
Panel number 2 is starting now! What gaps in aerosol science were identified during the COVID-19 pandemic? Dr’s William Lindsley,
@linseymarr
,
@Don_Milton
, and Jonathan Reid discuss! Remember to send in any questions to
#1714273
#AAAR2022
#AAAR2022ID
Transmission of an airborne disease can occur when an individual exhales
#respiratoryparticles
that contain infectious pathogens. Surgical face masks are often used to reduce the amount of respiratory
#aerosol
emitted into the environment... Read the full article🔽🔽🔽
Original Article "The Filtration Efficiency of Surgical Masks for Expiratory Aerosol and Droplets Generated by Vocal Exercises" by Szczepanska et al. is online. Editor
@aferro_air
.
#transmission
#airborne
#disease
#AAAR
is supporting access to a new resource! The EPSRC Center for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science has developed a web platform for
#aerosol
training. Students can register on the AAAR website under resources:
Sincere congratulations to Dr. Barbara Finlayson-Pitts from
@UCIrvine
and Dr. Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz from
@VirginiaTechCEE
on their awards for their impressive contributions to aerosol science. We can’t wait to see what you accomplish next!
Now happening at
#AAAR2022
: Prof. Linsey Marr
@linseymarr
on Science Communication (Ballroom C) - coming up, Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez
@jljcolorado
and Prof. Peter De Carlo
@ProfPeteD
! If you were able to catch the talk - tweet your learnings and snippets and tag us!
📰
@LinseyMarr
, Virginia Tech University professor, AAAR member, former treasurer, and first winner of the Susanne V. Hering Award, was featured in a
@60Minutes
interview. 👏👏 Read the
@CBSNews
article here:
The upcoming
#AAAR
2-hour special event, COVID-19, Aerosols and Equity on April 20, from 7-9 PM ET will address the impact
#COVID19
has had on the Black, Latinx & Indigenous communities, the role that aerosols play in this pandemic & more. Register:
1/ TEN SCIENTIFIC REASONS IN SUPPORT OF AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION OF SARS-CoV-2
Peer-reviewed publication in
@TheLancet
An honor to have collaborated in multidisciplinary team across medicine, infectious diseases, epidemiology, aerosol science, sociology
How do you manage your data? In her
#AAAR2023
tutorial,
@zimmerman_naomi
gave a great overview of managing your data and code so that others, or your future self can keep the data safe and useable!
ICYMI: AAAR is supporting access to a new web platform for a number of
#aerosol
#science
training resources provided by the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science. Students can register here: . Find out more here👀
Congratulations Pat Keady, Co-Founder of
@AerosolDevices
, Past
#AAAR
President, and highly respected
#aerosol
innovator for being named among
@ceotodaymag
's Business Women of the Year Awards for 2021! Truly an inspiration! Read the piece here:
Hear from our incredible plenary speakers at
#AAAR2023
! Julian Marshall, Nicole Riemer, Lidia Morawska & Vanderlei Martins will present on topics you won’t want to miss. Don’t forget to register. On-site registration is also available:
Congratulations to Sarah Petters this year’s recipient of the Juan Fernandez de La Mora prize for her work on a High-Resolution Half-Mini DMA for Nanoparticle Phase Research!
Thanks to Amy Sullivan for an amazing
#AAAR2022
conference! SAVE THE DATES: October 2-6, 2023 in Portland, OR, and October, 14-18, 2024, in Albuquerque, NM!
Meet your
#AAAR2023
Social Media Ambassadors!
Introducing, Gabrielle!
@chem4giraffes
is a third-year analytical chemistry PhD student in Jason Surratt's lab at the Univ. of North Carolina. During the 41st Annual Conference, Gabi will bring you live updates, highlights & more.
Good morning AAAR 2023! This is
@MitchJRogers
, one of your SMA’s. When you arrive, the entrance to registration will be to the right of the big convention center sign shown here. Then take an immediate left inside and proceed until you see Exhibit E on your right. See you soon!
Meet your
#AAAR2023
Social Media Ambassadors!
Introducing, Shruti!
@shruti_0109
is a Ph.D. student in the Aerosol and Air Quality Research Laboratory at the University of Miami. During the 41st Annual Conference, Shruti will bring you live updates, highlights & more.
That's a wrap on the AAAR 40th Annual Conference that took place last week in Raleigh, NC. We loved connecting with you all in person for the first time in 3 years!
#AAAR2022
The countdown for
#AAAR2023
in Portland, OR October 2-6, 2023 has officially begun!
We're offering 15+ tutorial sessions during
#AAAR2023
& you won’t want to miss them! Sessions will cover topics including, the next gen of air quality, particle size distributions and dynamics, aerosol thermodynamics & many more. See the full line-up here:
Meet your
#AAAR2023
Social Media Ambassadors!
Introducing, Una!
@utrivanovic
is a PhD candidate at the Particle Technology Laboratory at ETH Zurich. During the 41st Annual Conference, Una will bring you live updates, highlights & more.
Most evaluations of low-cost
#aerosol
sensors have focused on their measurement bias compared to regulatory monitors. Few evaluations have applied fundamental principles of
#aerosolscience
to increase our understanding of how such sensors work and could be improved... Read more🔽
Exciting research offers fresh insights into the functionality and limitations of the popular
#airqualitysensor
, the PMS5003, using a novel physics-based approach. Read more here
#FreeAccess
article by John Volckens
@Smogdr
et al. 👇
Meet your
#AAAR2023
Social Media Ambassadors!
Introducing, Mitchell!
@MitchJRogers
is a PhD student in chemical and environmental engineering at Yale University. During the 41st Annual Conference, Mitchell will bring you live updates, highlights & more.
Congratulations to the winners of our Fine Particle Arts Competition categories! It was wonderful to see all of the creative submissions this year!
#AAAR2023
Q: When do you think we can un-mask?
Scientists do not necessarily need to weigh in on policy; stay with the science. Instead, “if we choose to have universal masking, here is the science that would happen.”
Where is the place you fit? What can you do?
#AAAR2022
#AAAR2022ID
Congratulations to all the awardees! Thank you for your devotion and excellence in advancing aerosol research.
All awards were conferred during the recently concluded
#AAAR2022
Conference.
A great science communication program. With
@Revkin
@dr_sun_shine
and Chris Sorensen. Share your stories about science communication and outreach with us. 📡
#AAAR2023
Thanks to program attendees for sharing comments, concerns with the panelists about science communication.
For all our favorite people part of
#procrastinationnation
: you have 20 days! We want you to be involved in
#AAAR2021
so the abstract submission deadline has been extended to May 20. Don't wait, submit here and tell all your friends.
Welcome to Day 1 of the AAAR 40th Annual Conference! We are so excited to see many of you for the first time in-person since 2019! Tutorials I kick off at 8AM ET. Be sure to check the mobile app for regular schedule updates.
#AAAR2022
We're with
@vfmcneill
...the flexibility of virtual meetings is wonderful, but we also miss the in-person excitement! Let's hope
#AAAR2021
will allow for all of the following gifs to happen!
So in this year of virtual conferences, I'm gaining confidence that we can communicate our science and have discussions online. But there are still a lot of little non-science things I will miss, specifically about
#AAAR
We're offering 15+ tutorial sessions during
#AAAR2023
& you won’t want to miss them! Sessions will cover topics including, the next gen of air quality, particle size distributions and dynamics, aerosol thermodynamics & many more. See the full line-up here:
Kick-off
#AAAR2021
in 1 hour with Kimberly Prather speaking about one of the largest remaining gaps in our understanding of how biological processes in the ocean influence the composition of the marine atmosphere. Don't miss out, register now!
Session 6IA: Indoor Aerosols I happening now in E142-144! Come learn about sources and sinks, multiphase chemistry, air filtration, and more!
#AAAR2023
Super exciting first plenary at 8AM today! AEESP Lecture on low-cost sensors with Prof. John Volckens
@Smogdr
(CSU), moderated by Prof. Krystal Pollitt
@PollittKrystal
(Yale)! Then stay tuned for the presentation of the Hering Award and the Announcement of the
#AAAR2022
Fellows!
The first few days of
#AAAR2022
are off to a great start! Tomorrow, October 5, we kick off the day with a
#AAAR
5k(ish) Fun Run/Walk followed by Plenary II and loads of great sessions! What's been your favorite part of the event so far? 💬 Comment below!
#AAAR2023_Awards
Congratulations to Professor Chantal Darquenne from
@UCSanDiego
and Professor Jason Olfert from
@UAlberta
on their awards for their impressive contributions to aerosol science.
There are so many important practical considerations that need to be made when doing aerosol research. Our tutorials are a great place to learn all of this. Here, Dr. Paul Ziemann from
@CIRESnews
goes into detail on great tips for studying secondary aerosols in the lab.
The American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR) named Allen Robinson the David Sinclair Award recipient, celebrating his sustained excellence in
#aerosol
research and technology: Congratulations!
@AmericanAerosol
@CAPS_CMU
#cmuengineering
@jljcolorado
presents work on the health impacts of GUV222-generated pollution under low ventilation, showing that it may be its most important limitation at
#aaar2023
,
@AmericanAerosol
Annual Meeting in Portland, OR.
Q: How do we develop technologies that are both climate conscious and provide clean indoor air?
Some answers: Collaborate with architects more, do it smartly and efficiently, optimize filter technology
#AAAR2022
#AAAR2022ID
An excellent opening plenary at
#AAAR2023
by Nicole Riemer who described the challenges of modelling particle processes on a global scale.
We also welcomed two new AAAR fellows this year
@aferro_air
and James (Jim) Smith. Congratulations!
Curious about how singing and talking can spread
#covid
-19 and other
#airborne
illnesses? Malin Alsved's lecture on her study of emissions from respiratory
#aerosols
and
#droplets
is now available on-demand! Watch it here:
@linseymarr
@jljcolorado
@ProfPeteD
Exercising the learning from the panel, here are my main 3 points:
- keep it simple and avoid jargon
- get in touch with your institution's media team
- Twitter is a powerful tool!
-CMFR
#AAAR2022
.
@AIHA
knows understanding the
#aerosol
transmission of
#COVID19
is vital to adopting appropriate protection strategies for workers and communities. We're proud to endorse this 2-page fact sheet to help us all stay a little more informed. Take a look now:
📢 Submit artwork for the 6th Annual Fine Particle Arts Competition for your chance to showcase your creative side & help educate the world about
#aerosol
! The deadline has been EXTENDED to Friday, September 22! There's still time - submit now:
#AAAR2023
ICYMI: In this AAAR podcast🎙️,
@linseymarr
answers common questions regarding electronic air cleanings' effectiveness against the spread of COVID-19 & other airborne diseases, with experts
@WBahnfleth
,
@ChemDelphine
, and
@stephensbrent
Listen here:
Heading to
#AAAR2023
this October? Don’t forget to pack your running shoes 👟 for the Fun Run so you can exercise your body 🏋️ while you’re exercising your brain🧠!
The 40th AAAR Conference will have both an art and video competition. This is your chance to showcase your creative side and help educate the world about
#aerosols
! For information on the rules and selection process go to: |
#AAAR22
What makes
@AmericanAerosol
unique? High technical quality, involvement of students, women in leadership positions, diversity of disciplines, and innovation
#AAAR2022
📅 Save the date for next year's event! The
#AAAR2024
Annual Conference will be held in Albuquerque, NM, from October 21-25, 2024! Mark your calendars in advance! ✔ We can't wait to see you there! 🙌
Join us for the first
#AAAR
Lecture Series of 2022! On Feb 15th @ 11:00 AM EST, Professor Joachim Curtius will lead a discussion on testing mobile air purifiers in a school classroom: reducing the
#airborne
transmission risk for SARS-CoV-2. Learn more:
ICYMI: In this AAAR podcast🎙️,
@linseymarr
answers common questions regarding electronic air cleanings' effectiveness against the spread of COVID-19 & other airborne diseases, with experts
@WBahnfleth
,
@ChemDelphine
, and
@stephensbrent
Listen here:
We are just two weeks away from the
#AAAR
40th Annual Conference! This is the first in-person event since 2019 and we can't wait to see many of you! We have an exciting lineup of sessions, speakers, networking opportunities & more. Join us in Raleigh:
Express yourself through:
An image 🖼️ of your most beautiful, interesting-looking particle(s) or other images of aerosols
OR
Create an engaging & educational video 📹 to explain
#aerosolscience
We look forward to your submissions 🤝
The
#AAAR2022
fun isn’t over yet! Join us in room 306 from 6-8 tonight for 2 awesome panels discussing the lessons learned and the gaps identified from the pandemic organized by
@HuffmanLabDU
and Dr. Ratnesar-Shumate. Follow along and join the convo with
#AAAR2022ID
Working on
#IndoorAir
,
#IndoorChem
, or
#IAQ
?
@ASTJournal
welcomes indoor aerosol studies!
Topic Highlight: Mechanical Aerosol Generation & Resuspension. See this great example:
🖌️ 🎨 Showcase your creative side and help educate the world about
#aerosols
during the 6th Annual Fine Particle Arts Competition! Submissions should be the original work of the author(s). The deadline to enter is 9/15/23. See the complete guidelines here:
In developing countries, homemade masks with varying techniques and fabrics are used on the streets. On these fabric masks, the protection against SARS-CoV-2 varies significantly. See the results of their efficacy:
It’s the last day of
#AAAR2022
! Sessions start at 8 am today and the final plenary with Dr. Susanne Hering will be at 11 am, followed by awards at 12 pm. See you there!
More on low-cost sensors today at Session 6IM including topics on mobile monitoring, personal monitoring, gases, PM2.5 -- Come to room 302 B/C and check these talks out!
#AAAR2022
-CMFR
Trying not to burn the house down? Attend 3BC Symposium on Biomass Combustion, Outdoor/Indoor Transport and Indoor Air Quality; 3:30 pm; 305 A/B
Some very interesting results from Alaskan field campaigns coming up! 👀
We interviewed Lu Xu, incoming Assistant Professor of
#Energy
,
#Environmental
&
#Chemical
Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis for our Spring 2023 Particular Scientist Spotlight. Check it out here:
Join us next week for another Lecture! Malin Alsved will discuss their study measuring emissions of respiratory
#aerosols
and
#droplets
from singing and talking following
#superspreader
events in the early phase of the
#COVID
-19 pandemic. Learn more:
It's time to submit your abstract for
#AAAR2021
! Whether we see you in Albuquerque, NM or online, you can submit your
#aerosol
topics with confidence, learn more here ➡️
Interested in submitting an article for the
#AAAR
newsletter, Particulars in 2022?
#Particulars
features articles on
#aerosol
meetings, reports from AAAR committees and board members, & much more. If you are interested in submitting an article, contact info
@aaar
.org.
How are micro- and nanoparticles from commonly used plastics impacting our environment? This study shows the results from macroplastics using a tube furnace, read more:
OPEN ACCESS "Size characterization and detection of aerosolized nanoplastics originating from evaporated thermoplastics" by Peter Wlasits et al. is now online. Editor Jim Smith
@jimnormsmith
.
#environment
#plastic