Roger Atkinson

Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry

• Office: Air Pollution Research Center
• 123 Fawcett Lab
• Phone: (951) 827-4191
• roger.atkinson@ucr.edu

Academic Degrees:

• Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK

Specialization:

• Gas-phase atmospheric chemistry of organic compounds.

Research Group:

• Graduate Students

  • Noriko Nishino (Ph.D., Environmental Toxicology program)

Representative Publications:

• A. Alvarado, E. C. Tuazon, S. M. Aschmann, J. Arey and R. Atkinson. 1999. Products and Mechanisms of the Gas-Phase Reactions of OH Radicals and O₃ with 2-Methyl-3-buten-2-ol. Atmos. Environ. 33: 2893-2905.
• S. M. Aschmann and R. Atkinson. 1999. Products of the Gas-Phase Reactions of the OH Radical with n-Butyl Methyl Ether and 2-Isopropoxyethanol: Reactions of ROC(O)< Radicals. Int. J. Chem. Kinet. 31: 501-513.
• R. Atkinson. 2000. Atmospheric Chemistry of VOCs and NOx. Atmos. Environ. 34: 2063-2101.
• S. M. Aschmann, J. Arey and R. Atkinson. 2000. Atmospheric Chemistry of Selected Hydroxycarbonyls. J. Phys. Chem. A. 104: 3998-4003.
• H. L. Bethel, R. Atkinson and J. Arey. 2000. Products of the Gas-Phase Reactions of OH Radicals with p-Xylene and 1,2,3- and 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene: Effect of NO₂ Concentration. J. Phys. Chem. A. 104: 8922-8929.

Courses Taught:

• ENSC/Chem/Etox 135 - Chemistry of the clean and polluted atmosphere (Winter Quarter)

Graduate Program Affiliations and Research Focus Areas:

• Research Focus Areas

  • Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology

• Programs

  • Environmental Sciences
  • Environmental Toxicology

Links:

Address:

• Air Pollution Research Center
• University of California, Riverside
• Riverside, CA 92521

Fax:

• (951) 827-5004

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