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Linsey C. Marr
Associate Professor

Program Area : Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Address : 411 Durham Hall (0246), Blacksburg, VA 24061
E-mail : lmarr vt edu
Telephone : (540) 231-6071
Personal Homepage : http://www.airqual.cee.vt.edu

Alternate URL for this homepage : http://www.cee.vt.edu/people/lmarr.html
 
Areas of Interest :
 
  • Urban and regional scale air quality modeling; emissions characterization and control; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons


    My complete CV is available as a pdf file.
 
Education :
 
  • Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley, Environmental Engineering, 2002
  • M.S. University of California at Berkeley, Environmental Engineering, 1997
  • B.S. Harvard College, Engineering Science, Summa cum laude, 1996
 
Work Experience :
 
  • Postdoctoral Associate in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Designed, conducted, and analyzed experiments in Mexico City to measure particle mass, surface area, and polcyclic aromatic hydrocarbon content. Advised by Mario J. Molina, 2002-2003.
  • Visiting Scientist in Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Analyzed patterns in nighttime eddy correlation measurements of carbon dioxide flux over a forest. Advised by Kenneth J. Davis, summer 1995 and 1996.
 
Professional Honors, Awards, and Recognitions :
 
  • National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2006-2011
  • Virginia Tech Outstanding New Assistant Professor, 2006
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, 1996-1999
  • US Environmental Protection Agency STAR Graduate Research Fellow, 1999-2002
 
Courses Taught :
 
  • Air Pollution Control Engineering
  • Introduction to Environmental Engineering
  • Air Resources Engineering
 
Selected Research Projects :
  • Please see my research group's homepage at http://www.airqual.cee.vt.edu for a more complete description of research interests and publications.
 
Selected Publications :
  • Thornhill, D.A., de Foy, B., Herndon, S.C., Onasch, T.B., Wood, E.C., Zavala, M., Molina, L.T., Gaffney, J.S., Marley, N.A., Marr, L.C., (2008). Spatial and temporal variability of particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Mexico City, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 8, 3093-3105.
  • Yeganeh, B., Kull, C.M., Hull, M.A., Marr, L.C., (2008). Characterization of airborne particles during production of carbonaceous nanomaterials, Environmental Science and Technology, 42, 4600-4606.
  • Andersen, R.G., Booth, E.C., Marr, L.C., Widdowson, M.A., Novak, J.T., (2008). Volatilization and biodegradation of naphthalene in the vadose zone impacted by phytoremediation, Environmental Science and Technology, 42, 2575-2581.
  • Sheesley, R.J., Schauer, J.J., Smith, T.J., Garshick, E., Laden, F., Marr, L.C., Molina, L.T., (2008). Assessment of diesel particulate matter exposure in the workplace: freight terminals, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 10, 305-314.
  • Dzepina, K., Arey, J., Marr, L.C., Worsnop, D.R., Salcedo, D., Zhang, Q., Onasch, T.B., Molina, L.T., Molina, M.J., Jimenez, J.L., (2007). Detection of particle-phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Mexico City using an aerosol mass spectrometer, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 263, 152-170.
  • Marr, L.C., Booth, E.C., Andersen, R.G., Widdowson, M.A., Novak, J.T., (2006). Direct volatilization of naphthalene to the atmosphere at a phytoremediation site, Environmental Science and Technology, 40, 5560-5566.
  • Marr, L.C., Dzepina, K., Jimenez, J.L., Reisen, F., Bethel, H.L., Arey, J., Gaffney, J.S., Marley, N.A., Molina, L.T., Molina, M.J., (2006). Sources and transformations of particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Mexico City, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 6, 1733-1745.
  • Zavala, M., Herndon, S.C., Slott, R.S., Dunlea, E.J., Marr, L.C., Shorter, J.H., Zahniser, M., Knighton, W.B., Rogers, T.M., Kolb, C.E., Molina, L.T., Molina, M.J., (2006). Characterization of on-road vehicle emissions in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area using a mobile laboratory in chase and fleet average measurement modes during the MCMA-2003 field campaign, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 6, 5129-5142.
 
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