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National Ranking
1735

Overview

Matthew P. Fraser is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research largely centers on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with particular attention to subfields including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, atmospheric science, environmental engineering, pollution, and industrial and manufacturing engineering.

The primary topics covered in Fraser's work include air quality and health impacts, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality monitoring and forecasting, recycling and waste management techniques, microplastics and plastic pollution, vehicle emissions and performance, and climate change and health impacts.

Frequent co-authors in Fraser's publications include Pierre Herckès, Jason A. Miech, Rachel A. Braun, Kanchana Chandrakanthan, and Levi Stanton.

Fraser has published multiple papers in several notable venues. Frequent publication venues include Atmosphere, Atmospheric Environment, The Science of The Total Environment, Toxics, and Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications.

Selected recent papers by Fraser demonstrate a focus on environmental contaminants and sensor calibration:

  • Airborne microplastics in a suburban location in the desert southwest: Occurrence and identification challenges, 2023, Atmospheric Environment
  • Microplastics are ubiquitous and increasing in soil of a sprawling urban area, Phoenix (Arizona), 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Calibration of Low-Cost NO2 Sensors through Environmental Factor Correction, 2021, Toxics
  • Environmentally improved CdTe photovoltaic recycling through novel technologies and facility location strategies, 2020, Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications
  • Ozone in the Desert Southwest of the United States: A Synthesis of Past Work and Steps Ahead, 2024, ACS ES&T Air

Best Publications

  • Levoglucosan, a tracer for cellulose in biomass burning and atmospheric particles

    B.R.T. Simoneit;B.R.T. Simoneit;J.J. Schauer;C.G. Nolte;D.R. Oros

  • Measurements of methane emissions at natural gas production sites in the United States

    David T Allen;Vincent M Torres;James A Thomas;David W Sullivan

  • Using Levoglucosan as a Molecular Marker for the Long-Range Transport of Biomass Combustion Aerosols

    Matthew P. Fraser;Kalyan Lakshmanan

  • Application of quantum cascade lasers to trace gas analysis

    A. Kosterev;Gerard Wysocki;Y. Bakhirkin;S. So

  • Gas-Phase and Particle-Phase Organic Compounds Emitted from Motor Vehicle Traffic in a Los Angeles Roadway Tunnel

    Matthew P. Fraser;Glen R. Cass;Bernd R. T. Simoneit

  • Air Quality Model Evaluation Data for Organics. 2. C1−C14 Carbonyls in Los Angeles Air

    Eric Grosjean;Daniel Grosjean;Matthew P. Fraser;Glen R. Cass

  • Source reconciliation of atmospheric gas-phase and particle-phase pollutants during a severe photochemical smog episode

    James J. Schauer;Matthew P. Fraser;Glen R. Cass;Bernd R. T. Simoneit

  • Detection of Excess Ammonia Emissions from In-Use Vehicles and the Implications for Fine Particle Control

    Matthew P. Fraser;Glen R. Cass

  • Source identification and apportionment of volatile organic compounds in Houston, TX

    Birnur Buzcu;Matthew P. Fraser

  • Air Quality Model Evaluation Data for Organics. 5. C6−C22 Nonpolar and Semipolar Aromatic Compounds

    Matthew P. Fraser;Glen R. Cass;Bernd R. T. Simoneit;R. A. Rasmussen

  • Biogeography in the air: fungal diversity over land and oceans

    J. Fröhlich-Nowoisky;S. M. Burrows;Z. Xie;Z. Xie;G. Engling;G. Engling

  • Air pollutant emissions associated with forest, grassland, and agricultural burning in Texas

    Ann Dennis;Matthew Fraser;Stephen Anderson;David Allen

  • Source apportionment of fine particulate matter in Houston, TX, using organic molecular markers

    M.P. Fraser;Z.W. Yue;B. Buzcu

  • AIR QUALITY MODEL EVALUATION DATA FOR ORGANICS. 4. C2-C36 NON-AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS

    Matthew P. Fraser;Glen R. Cass;Bernd R. T. Simoneit;R. A. Rasmussen

  • Methane emissions from process equipment at natural gas production sites in the United States: pneumatic controllers.

    David T. Allen;Adam P. Pacsi;David W. Sullivan;Daniel Zavala-Araiza;Daniel Zavala-Araiza

  • Particulate organic compounds emitted from motor vehicle exhaust and in the urban atmosphere

    Matthew P. Fraser;Glen R. Cass;Bernd R.T. Simoneit

  • Analysis of motor vehicle emissions in a Houston tunnel during the Texas Air Quality Study 2000

    Gary R. McGaughey;Nimish R. Desai;David T. Allen;Robert L. Seila

  • Lanthanum and lanthanides in atmospheric fine particles and their apportionment to refinery and petrochemical operations in Houston, TX

    Pranav Kulkarni;Shankararaman Chellam;Matthew P. Fraser

  • Molecular composition of organic fine particulate matter in Houston, TX

    M.P. Fraser;Z.W. Yue;R.J. Tropp;S.D. Kohl

  • Atmospheric Pollution: History, Science and Regulation

    Matt Fraser

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre Herckes
Pierre Herckes Arizona State University
David T. Allen
David T. Allen The University of Texas at Austin
Shankararaman Chellam
Shankararaman Chellam Texas A&M University
Glen R. Cass
Glen R. Cass California Institute of Technology
Frank K. Tittel
Frank K. Tittel Rice University
Paul A. Solomon
Paul A. Solomon Environmental Protection Agency
Bernd R.T. Simoneit
Bernd R.T. Simoneit Oregon State University
James J. Schauer
James J. Schauer University of Wisconsin–Madison
John H. Seinfeld
John H. Seinfeld California Institute of Technology
Michael J. Kleeman
Michael J. Kleeman University of California, Davis

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