The American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR) is a membership organization for scientists and engineers in the field of aerosol science. AAAR promotes technical developments and advances in conjunction with aerosol science’s application to social issues. ¹

Activities

The American Association for Aerosol Research was established in 1982 by professionals who were concerned with the role of aerosols in air pollution, industrial hygiene, atmospheric sciences, and nuclear safety. ² AAAR provides scientific forums and publications that include all aspects of aerosol research and the wide range of technical disciplines that use aerosol technology. ³

AAAR publishes the professional scientific journal Aerosol Science and Technology, which contains results of investigations into aerosol phenomena, both theoretical and experimental, and reports on fundamental and applied topics in aerosol science. ⁴

AAAR was a co-sponsor of a 2021 statement by the American Industrial Hygiene Association regarding the aerosol transmission of the SARS CoV-2 virus and recommendations for preventing occupational exposure. ⁵

Funding

The American Association for Aerosol Research is funded by donations from individuals, foundations, and corporations. While AAAR does not disclose other donors, tax filings confirm donations from the Mercer Family Foundation ($9,000 in 2020) ⁶ and Washington University ($5,000 in 2019). ⁷

AAAR is also funded by memberships. The current annual rate for a full individual membership is $99 and $2,094 for an organizational membership. ⁸

Board of Directors

Leah Williams is the president of the American Association for Aerosol Research and is associate director at the Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry at Aerodyne Research. ⁹

Akua Asa-Awuku is a former president of AAAR and a professor at the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland. Asa-Awuku is a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Geophysical Union, the Air and Waste Management Association, and the American Meteorological Society. ¹⁰

Amy Sullivan is the vice president of AAAR and a research scientist in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University. ¹¹

Faye McNeill is the past vice president of AAAR and a professor of chemical engineering and earth and environmental sciences at Columbia University, where she is also a member of the Earth Institute faculty. ¹²

Jim Smith is the treasurer of AAAR and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. Smith formerly worked as a scientist in the Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling Laboratory at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. ¹³

Rachel O’Brien is the secretary of AAAR and an assistant professor at the University of Michigan. ¹⁴

Cari Dutcher is the past secretary of AAAR and an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Minnesota. ¹⁵

Richard Moore is a research physical scientist at the NASA Langley Research Center. Moore is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Geophysical Union. ¹⁶

Nga Lee (Sally) Ng is a professor at the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. ¹⁷

Jason Olfert is a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Alberta. ¹⁸

Andrew Ault is an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Michigan. ¹⁹

Roya Bahreini is a professor of atmospheric science at the University of California, Riverside. ²⁰

Alex Huffman is a member of the faculty in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Denver and is a member of the American Chemical Society and the American Geophysical Union. ²¹

Manjula Canagaratna is an associate director at the Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry at Aerodyne Research. ²²

Shantanu Jathar is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Colorado State University. ²³

Rodney Weber is a professor at the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology. ²⁴

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