Barbara Finlayson-Pitts studies chemical reactions in the lower atmosphere to better understand air pollution. She directs AirUCI - Atmospheric Integrated Research for Understanding Chemistry at Interfaces - an effort to learn how reactions on the surfaces of airborne particles, buildings and vegetation affect air quality and global climate change. Finlayson-Pitts, professor of chemistry, has studied the effects of sea salt on urban smog formation, as well as how chemical reactions on the surfaces of buildings and roads affect urban air quality and models of air pollution. Finlayson-Pitts can be reached at 949-824-7670 or bjfinlay@uci.edu.

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