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Albert A. Presto is a researcher affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States, specializing in environmental science with a focus on air quality and related health impacts. Their scholarly work extensively covers topics such as air quality monitoring and forecasting, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, vehicle emissions and performance, climate change and health impacts, noise effects and management, and urban transport and accessibility.

Their publication record includes numerous contributions to journals and other venues. Frequent publication venues where their work appears include Environmental Science & Technology, SSRN Electronic Journal, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, and Environmental Research Letters.

Among their notable recent papers are:

  • From low-cost sensors to high-quality data: A summary of challenges and best practices for effectively calibrating low-cost particulate matter mass sensors (2021), Journal of Aerosol Science
  • Asphalt-related emissions are a major missing nontraditional source of secondary organic aerosol precursors (2020), Science Advances
  • Changes in criteria air pollution levels in the US before, during, and after Covid-19 stay-at-home orders: Evidence from regulatory monitors (2021), The Science of The Total Environment
  • Spatial Modeling of Daily PM2.5, NO2, and CO Concentrations Measured by a Low-Cost Sensor Network: Comparison of Linear, Machine Learning, and Hybrid Land Use Models (2021), Environmental Science & Technology
  • Impacts of Modifiable Factors on Ambient Air Pollution: A Case Study of COVID-19 Shutdowns (2020), Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Albert A. Presto frequently collaborates with several other researchers, including Allen L. Robinson, Provat K. Saha, R. Subramanian, Daniel M. Westervelt, and Julian Marshall. These collaborations involve multiple joint papers and investigations in the field of environmental science.

Their expertise extends into various subfields such as health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental engineering, atmospheric science, automotive engineering, and speech and hearing. This diverse subfield involvement underscores the interdisciplinary nature of their research.

Albert A. Presto has also contributed to academic literature in the form of book publications. One noted book, published by Cambridge University Press in 2022, is titled "Environmental Impacts from the Development of Unconventional Oil and Gas Reserves."

Best Publications

  • Brownness of organics in aerosols from biomass burning linked to their black carbon content

    Rawad Saleh;Ellis S. Robinson;Daniel S. Tkacik;Adam T. Ahern

  • Survey of catalysts for oxidation of mercury in flue gas

    Albert A. Presto;Evan J. Granite

  • A machine learning calibration model using random forests to improve sensor performance for lower-cost air quality monitoring

    Naomi Zimmerman;Albert A. Presto;Sriniwasa P. N. Kumar;Jason Gu

  • Secondary Organic Aerosol Production from Terpene Ozonolysis. 2. Effect of NOx Concentration

    Albert A Presto;Kara E Huff Hartz;Neil M Donahue

  • From low-cost sensors to high-quality data: A summary of challenges and best practices for effectively calibrating low-cost particulate matter mass sensors

    Michael R. Giordano;Carl Malings;Spyros N. Pandis;Albert A. Presto

  • Chemical and physical transformations of organic aerosol from the photo-oxidation of open biomass burning emissions in an environmental chamber

    C. J. Hennigan;M. A. Miracolo;G. J. Engelhart;A. A. May

  • Secondary Organic Aerosol Production from Terpene Ozonolysis. 2. Effect of NO x Concentration

    Kara E. Huff Hartz;Neil M. Donahue;Albert A. Presto

  • Fine particle mass monitoring with low-cost sensors: Corrections and long-term performance evaluation

    Carl Malings;Rebecca Tanzer;Aliaksei Hauryliuk;Provat K. Saha

  • Intermediate Volatility Organic Compound Emissions from On-Road Diesel Vehicles: Chemical Composition, Emission Factors, and Estimated Secondary Organic Aerosol Production

    Yunliang Zhao;Ngoc T. Nguyen;Albert A. Presto;Christopher J. Hennigan

  • Comparison of Gasoline Direct-Injection (GDI) and Port Fuel Injection (PFI) Vehicle Emissions: Emission Certification Standards, Cold-Start, Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation Potential, and Potential Climate Impacts

    Georges Saliba;Rawad Saleh;Yunliang Zhao;Albert A. Presto

  • Gas- and particle-phase primary emissions from in-use, on-road gasoline and diesel vehicles

    Andrew A. May;Ngoc T. Nguyen;Albert A. Presto;Timothy D. Gordon

  • Intermediate Volatility Organic Compound Emissions from On-Road Gasoline Vehicles and Small Off-Road Gasoline Engines.

    Yunliang Zhao;Ngoc T. Nguyen;Albert A. Presto;Christopher J. Hennigan

  • Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Intermediate-Volatility Organic Compounds: Cyclic, Linear, and Branched Alkanes

    Daniel S. Tkacik;Albert A. Presto;Neil M. Donahue;Allen L. Robinson

  • Impact of sulfur oxides on mercury capture by activated carbon.

    Albert A. Presto;Evan J. Granite

  • Investigation of α-Pinene + Ozone Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation at Low Total Aerosol Mass

    Albert A. Presto;Neil M. Donahue

  • Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from High-NOx Photo-Oxidation of Low Volatility Precursors: n-Alkanes

    Albert A. Presto;Marissa A. Miracolo;Neil M. Donahue;Allen L. Robinson

  • Methane Emissions from Conventional and Unconventional Natural Gas Production Sites in the Marcellus Shale Basin.

    Mark Omara;Melissa R. Sullivan;Xiang Li;R. Subramanian

  • Asphalt-related emissions are a major missing nontraditional source of secondary organic aerosol precursors.

    Peeyush Khare;Jo Machesky;Ricardo Soto;Megan He

  • Secondary organic aerosol production from terpene ozonolysis. 1. Effect of UV radiation.

    Albert A. Presto;Kara E. Huff Hartz;Neil M. Donahue

  • Adventures in ozoneland: down the rabbit-hole

    Neil M. Donahue;Greg T. Drozd;Scott A. Epstein;Albert A. Presto

  • Secondary organic aerosol formation exceeds primary particulate matter emissions for light-duty gasoline vehicles

    T. D. Gordon;A. A. Presto;A. A. May;A. A. May;N. T. Nguyen

  • Ozonolysis of α-pinene: parameterization of secondary organic aerosol mass fraction

    R. K. Pathak;A. A. Presto;T. E. Lane;C. O. Stanier

Frequent Co-Authors

Allen L. Robinson
Allen L. Robinson Colorado State University
Neil M. Donahue
Neil M. Donahue Carnegie Mellon University
Joshua S. Apte
Joshua S. Apte The University of Texas at Austin
R. Subramanian
R. Subramanian Carnegie Mellon University
Christopher J. Hennigan
Christopher J. Hennigan University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Ryan C. Sullivan
Ryan C. Sullivan Carnegie Mellon University
Spyros N. Pandis
Spyros N. Pandis University of Patras
Peter Adams
Peter Adams Carnegie Mellon University
Robert J. Yokelson
Robert J. Yokelson University of Montana

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