Rahul Zaveri

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Rahul Zaveri

Biography

Rahul Zaveri has a wide range of research experience in investigating the fate of anthropogenic and biogenic trace gas and aerosol emissions and their effects on air quality and climate change. His expertise is in modeling the complex physical and chemical processes occurring in the gas-, aerosol-, and cloud-phases and their climate-related properties. He is the scientific lead for the gas-phase photochemical mechanism CBM-Z and the comprehensive aerosol model MOSAIC, which have been implemented in the fully-coupled meteorology-chemistry model WRF-Chem. Dr. Zaveri has also participated in and led field campaigns to study the formation and evolution of oxidants and aerosols and their climate-related properties downwind of large urban areas.

Research Interests

• Secondary organic and inorganic aerosol formation
• Gas-phase photochemistry and heterogeneous reactions
• Gas-particle mass transfer
• Aerosol mixing state and its effects on optical and CCN activation properties
• Lagrangian and Eulerian modeling of aerosol formation, aging, and transport

Education and Credentials

• Post-doctoral, Atmospheric Sciences, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech
• M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky
• B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Bombay

Affiliations and Professional Service

• American Geophysical Union
• American Association for Aerosol Research
• Sigma Xi

Awards and Recognitions

• Outstanding Performance Award, Fundamental Science Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 10/05
• Associated Western Universities Postgraduate Fellowship, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 7/97 to 7/98
• Graduate Research Assistantship, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 8/93 to 6/97
• Graduate Research Assistantship, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky, 10/91 to 8/93

PNNL Publications

2013

• Shilling JE, RA Zaveri, JD Fast, LI Kleinman, ML Alexander, MR Canagaratna, E Fortner, JM Hubbe, JT Jayne, A Sedlacek, A Setyan, S Springston, DR Worsnop, and Q Zhang. 2013. "Enhanced SOA formation from mixed anthropogenic and biogenic emissions during the CARES campaign." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 13(4):2091-2113. doi:10.5194/acp-13-2091-2013
• Cappa CD, TB Onasch, P Massoli, DR Worsnop, TS Bates, ES Cross, P Davidovits, J Hakala, K Hayden, BT Jobson, KR Kolesar, DA Lack, BM Lerner, SM Li, D Mellon, I Nuaaman, JN Olfert, T Petaja, PK Quinn, C Song, R Subramanian, E Williams, and RA Zaveri. 2013. "Response to Comment on "Radiative absorption enhancements due to the mixing state of atmospheric black carbon"." Science 395(6118):393. doi:10.1126/science.1230260
• Matsui H, M Koike, Y Kondo, N Moteki, JD Fast, and RA Zaveri. 2013. "Development and validation of a black carbon mixing state resolved three-dimensional model: Aging processes and radiative impact." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres)118(5):2304-2326.  doi:10.1029/2012JD018446
• Moffet RC, T Rodel, ST Kelly, XY Yu, G Carroll, JD Fast, RA Zaveri, A Laskin, and MK Gilles. 2013. "Spectro-Microscopic Measurements of Carbonaceous Aerosol Aging in Central California." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 13(20):10445-10459. doi:10.5194/acp-13-10445-2013
• Shrivastava MKB, A Zelenyuk, D Imre, RC Easter, Jr, J Beranek, RA Zaveri, and JD Fast. 2013. "Implications of Low Volatility SOA and Gas-Phase Fragmentation Reactions on SOA Loadings and their Spatial and Temporal Evolution in the Atmosphere." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 118(8):3328-3342.  doi:10.1002/jgrd.50160
• Zhao C, S Chen, LYR Leung, Y Qian, J Kok, RA Zaveri, and J Huang. 2013. "Uncertainty in Modeling Dust Mass Balance and Radiative Forcing from Size Parameterization." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 13:10733-10753.  doi:10.5194/acp-13-10733-2013