Publications
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[52] Soltani, N.; Mirrezaei, M.A.; Arellano, A.F.; Robinson, E.S.; Fraser, M.P.; Herckes, P.; Hameed, Y.; Sorooshian, A. (2026). Characteristics of common ozone exceedance days across the U.S. Intermountain West. Atmospheric Environment, 375, 121982. [DOI]
[51] Robinson, E.S.; Noushin, L.J.; Guajardo, C.M.; Lim, C.C.; Arellano, A.; Sorooshian, A. (2026). Re‐Evaluating Springtime as Southern Arizona’s Dust Season. GeoHealth, 10(6). [DOI]
[50] Robinson, E.S.; Roychoudhury, C.; Hameed, Y.; Bares, R.; Moore, T.; Herckes, P.; et al. (2026). Urban ozone nonattainment: Interconnected challenges in the Intermountain Western U.S. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association. [DOI]
[49] Ajayi, T.; Mirrezaei, M.A.; Arellano, A.F.; Robinson, E.S.; Sorooshian, A. (2025). A long-term (2001–2022) examination of surface ozone concentrations in Tucson, Arizona. Environmental Science: Atmospheres. [DOI]
[48] Chiger, A.A.; Gigot, C.; Robinson, E.S.; Tehrani, M.W.; Claflin, M.; Fortner, E.; et al. (2025). Improving Methodologies for Cumulative Risk Assessment: A Case Study of Noncarcinogenic Health Risks from Volatile Organic Compounds in Fenceline Communities in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Environmental Health Perspectives, 133(5), 057004. [DOI]
[47] Forshee, L.; Holen, A.L.; Wu, J.; Carvalho, K.C.d.; Selimovic, V.; Robinson, E.S.; et al. (2025). Cooking Oil Mixed with Residential Wood Burning Particles: A Wintertime Indoor Air Quality Study. ACS ES&T Air, 2(12), 2799–2813. [DOI]
[46] Fraser, M.P.; Arellano, A.F.; Herckes, P.; Robinson, E.S.; Sorooshian, A. (2025). Feeling the Heat: Ground Level Ozone Research (GLOR) Ramps up in Maricopa County. EM Magazine.
[45] Holen, A.L.; Wu, J.; Forshee, L.; Dingilian, K.K.; Selimovic, V.; Battaglia, M.A.; et al. (2025). Quantifying Contributions of Sulfate, Hydroxymethanesulfonate, and Additional S(IV) Compounds to Wintertime Aerosol Particles. ACS ES&T Air. [DOI]
[44] Ketcherside, D.T.; Yokelson, R.J.; Selimovic, V.; Robinson, E.S.; Cesler‐Maloney, M.; Holen, A.L.; et al. (2025). Wintertime Abundance and Sources of Key Trace Gas and Particle Species in Fairbanks, Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 130(15). [DOI]
[43] Parakkat, L.; Hilario, M.R.A.; Mirrezaei, M.A.; Robinson, E.S.; Arellano, A.; Sorooshian, A. (2025). Ozone concentrations and influential variables during heat waves over two desert cities in the Southwest U.S. Environmental Research Communications, 7(12), 125008. [DOI]
[42] Robinson, E.S.; Dhammapala, R. (2025). Analysis of Ambient Ethylene Oxide Mixing Ratios in the United States. ACS ES&T Air. [DOI]
[41] Robinson, E.S.; Yassine, A.; Agarwal, S.; Tehrani, M.W.; Lupolt, S.N.; Chiger, A.A.; et al. (2025). Total cancer risk estimates from measured concentrations of volatile organic compounds in industrialized southeastern Louisiana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(41), e2504770122. [DOI]
[40] Tian, X.; Cummings, B.E.; Waring, M.S.; Touchie, M.F.; Robinson, E.S.; Nault, B.A.; DeCarlo, P.F. (2025). Predicting indoor concentrations and chemical composition of outdoor-originated particulate matter with a CONTAM building model. Aerosol Science and Technology, 59(10), 1166–1179. [DOI]
[39] Campbell, J.R.; Battaglia Jr., M.; Dingilian, K.K.; Cesler-Maloney, M.; Simpson, W.R.; Robinson, E.S.; et al. (2024). Enhanced aqueous formation and neutralization of fine atmospheric particles driven by extreme cold. Science Advances, 10(36), eado4373. [DOI]
[38] Kapur, S.; Edwards, K.C.; Fang, T.; Schervish, M.; Lakey, P.S.J.; Yang, Y.; et al. (2024). Reactive oxygen species, environmentally persistent free radicals, and oxidative potential of outdoor and indoor particulate matter in Wintertime Fairbanks, Alaska. Aerosol Science and Technology, 1–18. [DOI]
[37] Mao, J.; Bali, K.; Campbell, J.R.; Robinson, E.S.; DeCarlo, P.F.; Ijaz, A.; et al. (2024). Multiphase sulfur chemistry facilitates particle growth in a cold and dark urban environment. Faraday Discussions. [DOI]
[36] Simpson, W.R.; Mao, J.; Fochesatto, G.J.; Law, K.S.; DeCarlo, P.F.; Schmale, J.; et al. (2024). Overview of the Alaskan Layered Pollution and Chemical Analysis (ALPACA) Field Experiment. ACS ES&T Air, 1(3), 200–222. [DOI]
[35] Robinson, E.S.; DeCarlo, P.F. (2024). Transmission and Distribution Pipeline Leak Identification and Characterization by Walking Survey and Soil Flux Measurements. ACS ES&T Air. [DOI]
[34] Robinson, E.S.; Battaglia, Jr., M.; Campbell, J.R.; Cesler-Maloney, M.; Simpson, W.; Mao, J.; Weber, R.J.; DeCarlo, P.F. (2024). Multi-year, high-time resolution aerosol chemical composition and mass measurements from Fairbanks, Alaska. Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 4(6), 685–698. [DOI]
[33] Robinson, E.S.; Tehrani, M.W.; Yassine, A.; Agarwal, S.; Nault, B.A.; Gigot, C.; et al. (2024). Ethylene Oxide in Southeastern Louisiana’s Petrochemical Corridor: High Spatial Resolution Mobile Monitoring during HAP-MAP. Environmental Science & Technology. [DOI]
[32] Yang, Y.; Battaglia, M.A.; Mohan, M.K.; Robinson, E.S.; DeCarlo, P.F.; Edwards, K.C.; et al. (2024). Assessing the Oxidative Potential of Outdoor PM2.5 in Wintertime Fairbanks, Alaska. ACS ES&T Air, 1(3), 175–187. [DOI]
[31] Yang, Y.; Battaglia, M.A.; Robinson, E.S.; DeCarlo, P.F.; Edwards, K.C.; Fang, T.; et al. (2024). Indoor–Outdoor Oxidative Potential of PM2.5 in Wintertime Fairbanks, Alaska: Impact of Air Infiltration and Indoor Activities. ACS ES&T Air, 1(3), 188–199. [DOI]
[30] Tehrani, M.W.; Fortner, E.C.; Robinson, E.S.; Chiger, A.A.; Sheu, R.; Werden, B.S.; et al. (2023). Characterizing metals in particulate pollution in communities at the fenceline of heavy industry: combining mobile monitoring and size-resolved filter measurements. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 25(9), 1491–1504. [DOI]
[29] Robinson, E.S.; Cesler-Maloney, M.; Tan, X.; Mao, J.; Simpson, W.; DeCarlo, P.F. (2023). Wintertime spatial patterns of particulate matter in Fairbanks, AK during ALPACA 2022. Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 3(3), 568–580. [DOI]
[28] Campbell, J.R.; Battaglia, M.; Dingilian, K.; Cesler-Maloney, M.; Clair, J.M.S.; Hanisco, T.F.; et al. (2022). Source and Chemistry of Hydroxymethanesulfonate (HMS) in Fairbanks, Alaska. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(12), 7657–7667. [DOI]
[27] Janssen, R.H.H.; Heald, C.L.; Steiner, A.L.; Perring, A.E.; Huffman, J.A.; Robinson, E.S.; Twohy, C.H.; Ziemba, L.D. (2021). Drivers of the fungal spore bioaerosol budget: observational analysis and global modeling. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21(6), 4381–4401. [DOI]
[26] Shah, R.U.; Robinson, E.S.; Gu, P.; Apte, J.S.; Marshall, J.D.; Robinson, A.L.; Presto, A.A. (2020). Socio-economic disparities in exposure to urban restaurant emissions are larger than for traffic. Environmental Research Letters, 15(11), 114039. [DOI]
[25] Ye, Q.; Li, H.Z.; Gu, P.; Robinson, E.S.; Apte, J.S.; Sullivan, R.C.; et al. (2020). Moving beyond Fine Particle Mass: High-Spatial Resolution Exposure to Source-Resolved Atmospheric Particle Number and Chemical Mixing State. Environmental Health Perspectives, 128(1), 017009. [DOI]
[24] Ahern, A.T.; Robinson, E.S.; Tkacik, D.S.; Saleh, R.; Hatch, L.E.; Barsanti, K.C.; et al. (2019). Production of Secondary Organic Aerosol During Aging of Biomass Burning Smoke From Fresh Fuels and Its Relationship to VOC Precursors. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(6), 3583–3606. [DOI]
[23] Duflot, V.; Tulet, P.; Flores, O.; Barthe, C.; Colomb, A.; Deguillaume, L.; et al. (2019). Preliminary results from the FARCE 2015 campaign: multidisciplinary study of the forest–gas–aerosol–cloud system on the tropical island of La Reunion. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19(16), 10591–10618. [DOI]
[22] Li, H.Z.; Gu, P.; Ye, Q.; Zimmerman, N.; Robinson, E.S.; Subramanian, R.; et al. (2019). Spatially dense air pollutant sampling: Implications of spatial variability on the representativeness of stationary air pollutant monitors. Atmospheric Environment: X, 2, 100012. [DOI]
[21] Robinson, E.S.; Shah, R.U.; Messier, K.; Gu, P.; Li, H.Z.; Apte, J.S.; Robinson, A.L.; Presto, A.A. (2019). Land-Use Regression Modeling of Source-Resolved Fine Particulate Matter Components from Mobile Sampling. Environmental Science & Technology, 53(15), 8925–8937. [DOI]
[20] Gu, P.; Li, H.Z.; Ye, Q.; Robinson, E.S.; Apte, J.S.; Robinson, A.L.; Presto, A.A. (2018). Intracity Variability of Particulate Matter Exposure Is Driven by Carbonaceous Sources and Correlated with Land-Use Variables. Environmental Science & Technology, 52(20), 11545–11554. [DOI]
[19] Saha, P.K.; Robinson, E.S.; Shah, R.U.; Zimmerman, N.; Apte, J.S.; Robinson, A.L.; Presto, A.A. (2018). Reduced Ultrafine Particle Concentration in Urban Air: Changes in Nucleation and Anthropogenic Emissions. Environmental Science & Technology, 52(12), 6798–6806. [DOI]
[18] Shah, R.U.; Robinson, E.S.; Gu, P.; Robinson, A.L.; Apte, J.S.; Presto, A.A. (2018). High-spatial-resolution mapping and source apportionment of aerosol composition in Oakland, California, using mobile aerosol mass spectrometry. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18(22), 16325–16344. [DOI]
[17] Sinha, A.; Saleh, R.; Robinson, E.S.; Ahern, A.T.; Tkacik, D.S.; Presto, A.A.; et al. (2018). Mass accommodation coefficients of fresh and aged biomass-burning emissions. Aerosol Science and Technology, 52(3), 300–309. [DOI]
[16] Robinson, E.S.; Gu, P.; Ye, Q.; Li, H.Z.; Shah, R.U.; Apte, J.S.; Robinson, A.L.; Presto, A.A. (2018). Restaurant Impacts on Outdoor Air Quality: Elevated Organic Aerosol Mass from Restaurant Cooking with Neighborhood-Scale Plume Extents. Environmental Science & Technology, 52(16), 9285–9294. [DOI]
[15] Ye, Q.; Gu, P.; Li, H.Z.; Robinson, E.S.; Lipsky, E.; Kaltsonoudis, C.; et al. (2018). Spatial Variability of Sources and Mixing State of Atmospheric Particles in a Metropolitan Area. Environmental Science & Technology, 52(12), 6807–6815. [DOI]
[14] Ye, Q.; Upshur, M.A.; Robinson, E.S.; Geiger, F.M.; Sullivan, R.C.; Thomson, R.J.; Donahue, N.M. (2018). Following Particle-Particle Mixing in Atmospheric Secondary Organic Aerosols by Using Isotopically Labeled Terpenes. Chem, 4(2), 318–333. [DOI]
[13] Saleh, R.; Robinson, E.S.; Ahern, A.T.; Donahue, N.M. (2017). Evaporation rate of particles in the vaporizer of the Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer. Aerosol Science and Technology, 51(4), 501–508. [DOI]
[12] Robinson, E.S.; Gao, R.-S.; Schwarz, J.P.; Fahey, D.W.; Perring, A.E. (2017). Fluorescence calibration method for single-particle aerosol fluorescence instruments. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 10(5), 1755–1768. [DOI]
[11] Robinson, E.S.; Onasch, T.B.; Worsnop, D.; Donahue, N.M. (2017). Collection efficiency of a-pinene secondary organic aerosol particles explored via light-scattering single-particle aerosol mass spectrometry. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 10(3), 1139–1154. [DOI]
[10] Tkacik, D.S.; Robinson, E.S.; Ahern, A.; Saleh, R.; Stockwell, C.; Veres, P.; et al. (2017). A dual‐chamber method for quantifying the effects of atmospheric perturbations on secondary organic aerosol formation from biomass burning emissions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122(11), 6043–6058. [DOI]
[9] Zimmerman, N.; Presto, A.A.; Kumar, S.P.N.; Gu, J.; Hauryliuk, A.; Robinson, E.S.; Robinson, A.L.; Subramanian, R. (2017). A machine learning calibration model using random forests to improve sensor performance for lower-cost air quality monitoring. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 11(1), 291–313. [DOI]
[8] Robinson, E.S.; Donahue, N.M.; Ahern, A.T.; Ye, Q.; Lipsky, E. (2016). Single-particle measurements of phase partitioning between primary and secondary organic aerosols. Faraday Discussions, 189, 31–49. [DOI]
[7] Ye, P.; Ding, X.; Hakala, J.; Hofbauer, V.; Robinson, E.S.; Donahue, N.M. (2016). Vapor wall loss of semi-volatile organic compounds in a Teflon chamber. Aerosol Science and Technology, 50(8), 822–834. [DOI]
[6] Ye, P.; Ding, X.; Ye, Q.; Robinson, E.S.; Donahue, N.M. (2016). Uptake of Semivolatile Secondary Organic Aerosol Formed from α‑Pinene into Nonvolatile Polyethylene Glycol Probe Particles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 120(9), 1459–1467. [DOI]
[5] Ye, Q.; Robinson, E.S.; Ding, X.; Ye, P.; Sullivan, R.C.; Donahue, N.M. (2016). Mixing of secondary organic aerosols versus relative humidity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(45), 12649–12654. [DOI]
[4] Robinson, E.S.; Saleh, R.; Donahue, N.M. (2015). Probing the Evaporation Dynamics of Mixed SOA/Squalane Particles Using Size-Resolved Composition and Single-Particle Measurements. Environmental Science & Technology, 49(16), 9724–9732. [DOI]
[3] Saleh, R.; Robinson, E.S.; Tkacik, D.S.; Ahern, A.T.; Liu, S.; Aiken, A.C.; et al. (2014). Brownness of organics in aerosols from biomass burning linked to their black carbon content. Nature Geoscience, 7(9), 647–650. [DOI]
[2] Saleh, R.; Hennigan, C.J.; McMeeking, G.R.; Chuang, W.K.; Robinson, E.S.; Coe, H.; Donahue, N.M.; Robinson, A.L. (2013). Absorptivity of brown carbon in fresh and photo-chemically aged biomass-burning emissions. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13(15), 7683–7693. [DOI]
[1] Robinson, E.S.; Saleh, R.; Donahue, N.M. (2013). Organic Aerosol Mixing Observed by Single-Particle Mass Spectrometry. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 117(51), 13935–13945. [DOI]