Email address: tbertram@chem.wisc.edu
B.A. 2000, Colby College,
Ph.D. 2006, University of California, Berkeley,
Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Washington, 2007-09
Assistant Professor at University of California, San Diego, 2009-14
Also: Affiliate Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Research Description
Research in the Bertram group is designed to provide laboratory and observation based constraints for chemical processes occurring in the atmosphere. Of specific interest are reactions occurring at atmospheric interfaces as well as the development of novel tools to study trace gases and aerosol particles at high spatial and temporal scales.
Primary areas of research
Physical and analytical chemistry
Interdisciplinary interests
Atmospheric and environmental sciences
Outreach
As part of the Center for Aerosol Impacts on Climate and the Environment, a Phase II Center for Chemical Innovation, the Bertram group participates in an array of outreach activities at elementary and high schools. These activities include the on site development of chemical sensors for air quality and climate designed to engage students with chemical sensing of their immediate environment.
Awards and Honors
NASA New Investigator Award | 2012 |
NSF CAREER Award | 2012 |
DOE Early Career Award | 2011 |
NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow | 2007 |
Selected Publications
PM2.5 chemistry, organosulfates, and secondary organic aerosol during the 2017 Lake Michigan Ozone Study. Atmospheric Environment. 2021;244. | .
S(N)2 Reactions of N2O5 with Ions in Water: Microscopic Mechanisms, Intermediates, and Products. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 2020;124:711-720. | .
Global airborne sampling reveals a previously unobserved dimethyl sulfide oxidation mechanism in the marine atmosphere. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2020;117:4505-4510. | .
Simultaneous detection of ozone and nitrogen dioxide by oxygen anion chemical ionization mass spectrometry: a fast-time-response sensor suitable for eddy covariance measurements. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2020;13:1887-1907. | .
Organic Enrichment, Physical Phase State, and Surface Tension Depression of Nascent Core-Shell Sea Spray Aerosols during Two Phytoplankton Blooms. Acs Earth and Space Chemistry. 2020;4:650-660. | .