UNIVERISTY of WISCONSIN-MADISON

Department of Chemistry

College of Letters & Science
Tim Bertram

Research Description   |  Awards |  Publications

Email address: tbertram@chem.wisc.edu

Room Number: 
4355
Telephone Number: 
608-890-3422
Research Website: 
Bertram Group
Group Affiliation: 
Bertram Group
Position Name: 
Professor
Path: 
Analytical
Physical
Education: 

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

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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

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Selected Publications

Vermeuel MP, Cleary PA, Desai AR, Bertram TH. Simultaneous Measurements of O-3 and HCOOH Vertical Fluxes Indicate Rapid In-Canopy Terpene Chemistry Enhances O-3 Removal Over Mixed Temperate Forests. Geophysical Research Letters. 2021;48.
Hughes DD, Christiansen MB, Milani A, Vermeuel MP, Novak GA, Alwe HD, et al.. PM2.5 chemistry, organosulfates, and secondary organic aerosol during the 2017 Lake Michigan Ozone Study. Atmospheric Environment. 2021;244.
Angle KJ, Crocker DR, Simpson RMC, Mayer KJ, Garofalo LA, Moore AN, et al.. Acidity across the interface from the ocean surface to sea spray aerosol. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2021;118.
Le HD, Novak GA, Janek KC, Wang J, Huynh KN, Myer C, et al.. A novel box for aerosol and droplet guarding and evacuation in respiratory infection (BADGER) for COVID-19 and future outbreaks. Scientific Reports. 2021;11.
Karimova NV, Chen J, Gord JR, Staudt S, Bertram TH, Nathanson GM, et al.. S(N)2 Reactions of N2O5 with Ions in Water: Microscopic Mechanisms, Intermediates, and Products. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 2020;124:711-720.

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