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D. J. Donaldson

D. J. Donaldson

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Chemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
11317
World Ranking
8622
National Ranking
223

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

D. J. Donaldson is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and conducts research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work focuses on several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's publications cover a range of topics, with main areas of research including Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Spectroscopy and Laser Applications, and Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure.

Recent papers include:

  • Indoor Surface Chemistry: Developing a Molecular Picture of Reactions on Indoor Interfaces (2020, Chem)
  • Real-Time Measurements of pH Changes in Single, Acoustically Levitated Droplets Due to Atmospheric Multiphase Chemistry (2020, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry)
  • pH Affects the Spontaneous Formation of H2O2 at the Air-Water Interfaces (2024, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Spontaneous Iodide Activation at the Air-Water Interface of Aqueous Droplets (2023, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Photochemical Aging of Levitated Aqueous Brown Carbon Droplets (2021, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry)

Frequent co-authors of D. J. Donaldson include:

  • C. George
  • Maria Angelaki
  • Stephanie H. Jones
  • Emma M. McLay
  • Delphine K. Farmer

The scientist publishes regularly in specific venues, with the most frequent being:

  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Canadian Journal of Chemistry

D. J. Donaldson has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2007.

Best Publications

  • Heterogeneous photochemistry in the atmosphere.

    Christian George;Christian George;Markus Ammann;Barbara D’Anna;Barbara D’Anna;D. J. Donaldson

  • The influence of organic films at the air-aqueous boundary on atmospheric processes.

    D. J. Donaldson;Veronica Vaida

  • An overview of current issues in the uptake of atmospheric trace gases by aerosols and clouds

    C. E. Kolb;R. A. Cox;J. P. D. Abbatt;M. Ammann

  • Light changes the atmospheric reactivity of soot

    Maria Eugenia Monge;Barbara D’Anna;Linda Mazri;Anne Giroir-Fendler

  • Photolysis of Sulfuric Acid Vapor by Visible Solar Radiation

    V. Vaida;H. G. Kjaergaard;P. E. Hintze;D. J. Donaldson

  • Kinetics and products of the reaction of gas-phase ozone with anthracene adsorbed at the air–aqueous interface

    Baagi T. Mmereki;D.J. Donaldson;J.B. Gilman;T.L. Eliason

  • Adsorption and reaction of trace gas-phase organic compounds on atmospheric water film surfaces: a critical review.

    D. J. Donaldson;Kalliat T. Valsaraj

  • Direct Observation of the Kinetics of an Atmospherically Important Reaction at the Air−Aqueous Interface

    Baagi T. Mmereki;D. J. Donaldson

  • Photolysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Water and Ice Surfaces

    T. F. Kahan;D. J. Donaldson

  • Atmospheric photochemistry at a fatty acid-coated air-water interface.

    Stéphanie Rossignol;Liselotte Tinel;Angelica Bianco;Monica Passananti

  • Heterogeneous ozonation kinetics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on organic films

    Tara F Kahan;N. O A Kwamena;D. J. Donaldson

  • Adsorption of Atmospheric Gases at the Air−Water Interface. I. NH3

    D. J. Donaldson

  • Role of the aerosol substrate in the heterogeneous ozonation reactions of surface-bound PAHs.

    N.-O. A. Kwamena;M. G. Staikova;D. J. Donaldson;I. J. George

  • Adsorption of Atmospheric Gases at the Air-Water Interface. 2. C1-C4 Alcohols, Acids, and Acetone

    D. J. Donaldson;Darren Anderson

  • Organics in environmental ices: sources, chemistry, and impacts

    V. F. McNeill;A. M. Grannas;J. P. D. Abbatt;M. Ammann

  • Photochemical Renoxification of Nitric Acid on Real Urban Grime

    Alyson M. Baergen;D. J. Donaldson

  • Spectroscopic probes of the quasi-liquid layer on ice.

    TF Kahan;Jonathan P Reid;DJ Donaldson

  • Photosensitized Production of Atmospherically Reactive Organic Compounds at the Air/Aqueous Interface.

    Hongbo Fu;Raluca Ciuraru;Raluca Ciuraru;Yoan Dupart;Yoan Dupart;Monica Passananti;Monica Passananti

  • Atmospheric radical production by excitation of vibrational overtones via absorption of visible light

    D. J. Donaldson;G. J. Frost;K. H. Rosenlof;A. F. Tuck

  • Twilight observations suggest unknown sources of HOx

    P. O. Wennberg;R. J. Salawitch;D. J. Donaldson;T. F. Hanisco

  • Indoor Surface Chemistry: Developing a Molecular Picture of Reactions on Indoor Interfaces.

    Andrew P. Ault;Vicki H. Grassian;Nicola Carslaw;Douglas B. Collins;Douglas B. Collins

Frequent Co-Authors

Veronica Vaida
Veronica Vaida University of Colorado Boulder
Christian George
Christian George Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Barbara D'Anna
Barbara D'Anna Aix-Marseille University
Markus Ammann
Markus Ammann Paul Scherrer Institute
Adrian F. Tuck
Adrian F. Tuck Imperial College London
Ron Naaman
Ron Naaman Weizmann Institute of Science
Stephen R. Leone
Stephen R. Leone University of California, Berkeley
Marcello Brigante
Marcello Brigante University of Clermont Auvergne
Florent Domine
Florent Domine Université Laval
Ulrich Pöschl
Ulrich Pöschl Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

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