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63
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2483
National Ranking
998

Overview

John H. Offenberg is affiliated with the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences with particular attention to atmospheric science, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental chemistry, environmental engineering, and cancer research.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality and health impacts, toxic organic pollutants, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, atmospheric ozone and climate, air quality monitoring and forecasting, and carcinogens and genotoxicity assessment.

Frequent co-authors in their work include Michael Lewandowski, Tadeusz E. Kleindienst, Jason D. Surratt, Mohammed Jaoui, and Jonathan D. Krug, each collaborating on multiple publications.

John H. Offenberg has published papers in several notable venues, including Atmospheric Environment, Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, UNC Libraries, and Environmental Pollution.

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Cytotoxicity and oxidative stress induced by atmospheric mono-nitrophenols in human lung cells," 2022, Environmental Pollution
  • "Relative contributions of selected multigeneration products to chamber SOA formed from photooxidation of a range (C10-C17) of n-alkanes under high NO conditions," 2020, Atmospheric Environment
  • "Characterizing Volatile Emissions and Combustion Byproducts from Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Using Online Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry," 2024, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "The C5-Alkene Triol Conundrum: Structural Characterization and Quantitation of Isoprene-Derived C5H10O3 Reactive Uptake Products," 2022, Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • "Tubing material considerably affects measurement delays of gas-phase oxygenated per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances," 2023, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

Best Publications

  • Organosulfate formation in biogenic secondary organic aerosol

    Jason D. Surratt;Yadian Gómez-González;Arthur W. H. Chan;Reinhilde Vermeylen

  • Evidence for organosulfates in secondary organic aerosol.

    Jason D. Surratt;Jesse H. Kroll;Tadeusz E. Kleindienst;Edward O. Edney

  • Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in House Dust and Clothes Dryer Lint

    Heather M. Stapleton;Nathan G. Dodder;John H. Offenberg;Michele M. Schantz

  • Characterization of the dust/smoke aerosol that settled east of the World Trade Center (WTC) in lower Manhattan after the collapse of the WTC 11 September 2001.

    Paul J Lioy;Clifford P Weisel;James R Millette;Steven Eisenreich

  • Formation of 2-methyl tetrols and 2-methylglyceric acid in secondary organic aerosol from laboratory irradiated isoprene/NOX/SO2/air mixtures and their detection in ambient PM2.5 samples collected in the eastern United States

    E.O. Edney;T.E. Kleindienst;M. Jaoui;M. Lewandowski

  • Effect of acidity on secondary organic aerosol formation from isoprene.

    Jason D. Surratt;Michael Lewandowski;John H. Offenberg;Mohammed Jaoui

  • Estimates of the contributions of biogenic and anthropogenic hydrocarbons to secondary organic aerosol at a southeastern US location

    Tadeusz E. Kleindienst;Mohammed Jaoui;Michael Lewandowski;John H. Offenberg

  • Monoterpenes are the largest source of summertime organic aerosol in the southeastern United States

    Haofei Zhang;Haofei Zhang;Lindsay D. Yee;Ben H. Lee;Michael P. Curtis

  • 3-methyl-1,2,3-butanetricarboxylic acid: An atmospheric tracer for terpene secondary organic aerosol

    Rafal Szmigielski;Jason D. Surratt;Yadian Gómez-González;Pieter Van der Veken

  • Hydroxydicarboxylic Acids: Markers for Secondary Organic Aerosol from the Photooxidation of α-Pinene

    Magda Claeys;Rafal Szmigielski;Ivan Kourtchev;Pieter Van Der Veken

  • Organic aerosol composition and sources in Pasadena, California, during the 2010 CalNex campaign

    P. L. Hayes;A. M. Ortega;M. J. Cubison;K. D. Froyd;K. D. Froyd

  • Characterization of organosulfates from the photooxidation of isoprene and unsaturated fatty acids in ambient aerosol using liquid chromatography/(-) electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

    Yadian Gómez-González;Jason D. Surratt;Filip Cuyckens;Rafal Szmigielski

  • Epoxide pathways improve model predictions of isoprene markers and reveal key role of acidity in aerosol formation.

    Havala O T Pye;Robert W. Pinder;Ivan R. Piletic;Ying Xie

  • Light Absorption of Secondary Organic Aerosol: Composition and Contribution of Nitroaromatic Compounds.

    Mingjie Xie;Xi Chen;Michael D. Hays;Michael Lewandowski

  • The formation of SOA and chemical tracer compounds from the photooxidation of naphthalene and its methyl analogs in the presence and absence of nitrogen oxides

    T. E. Kleindienst;M. Jaoui;M. Lewandowski;J. H. Offenberg

  • Secondary Organic Carbon and Aerosol Yields from the Irradiations of Isoprene and α-Pinene in the Presence of NOx and SO2

    Tadeusz E. Kleindienst;Edward O. Edney;Michael Lewandowski;John H. Offenberg

  • Identification and Quantification of Aerosol Polar Oxygenated Compounds Bearing Carboxylic or Hydroxyl Groups. 2. Organic Tracer Compounds from Monoterpenes

    Jaoui M;Kleindienst Te;Lewandowski M;Offenberg Jh

  • Modeling the formation and aging of secondary organic aerosols in Los Angeles during CalNex 2010

    P. L. Hayes;P. L. Hayes;P. L. Hayes;A. G. Carlton;K. R. Baker;R. Ahmadov;R. Ahmadov

  • β-caryophyllinic acid: An atmospheric tracer for β-caryophyllene secondary organic aerosol

    Mohammed Jaoui;Michael Lewandowski;Tadeusz E. Kleindienst;John H. Offenberg

  • Influence of aerosol acidity on the chemical composition of secondary organic aerosol from β-caryophyllene

    M. N. Chan;J. D. Surratt;J. D. Surratt;A. W. H. Chan;A. W. H. Chan;K. Schilling

  • Aerosol size distributions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban and over-water atmospheres

    John H. Offenberg;Joel E. Baker

  • Aerosol size distributions of elemental and organic carbon in urban and over-water atmospheres

    John H Offenberg;Joel E Baker

Frequent Co-Authors

Tadeusz E. Kleindienst
Tadeusz E. Kleindienst Environmental Protection Agency
Michael Lewandowski
Michael Lewandowski Environmental Protection Agency
Mohammed Jaoui
Mohammed Jaoui Environmental Protection Agency
Edward O. Edney
Edward O. Edney Environmental Protection Agency
Jason D. Surratt
Jason D. Surratt University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Steven J. Eisenreich
Steven J. Eisenreich Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Allen H. Goldstein
Allen H. Goldstein University of California, Berkeley
Jessica B. Gilman
Jessica B. Gilman National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jose L. Jimenez
Jose L. Jimenez University of Colorado Boulder
John H. Seinfeld
John H. Seinfeld California Institute of Technology

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