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Michael P. Hannigan is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and engineering, contributing extensively to the understanding of atmospheric chemistry, air quality monitoring, and the environmental impacts of pollutants.

The main fields of study in Hannigan's work are Environmental Science, with 46 publications, and Engineering, with 17. Their subfields of expertise include Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality.

Hannigan's research topics cover several key areas: atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality monitoring and forecasting, air quality and health impacts, fire effects on ecosystems, fire dynamics and safety research, energy and environment impacts, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Photochemical Aging of Atmospheric Particulate Matter in the Aqueous Phase, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Collocated speciation of PM2.5 using tandem quartz filters in northern Nanjing, China: Sampling artifacts and measurement uncertainty, 2020, Atmospheric Environment
  • Using gas-phase air quality sensors to disentangle potential sources in a Los Angeles neighborhood, 2020, Atmospheric Environment
  • Characterizing methane and total non-methane hydrocarbon levels in Los Angeles communities with oil and gas facilities using air quality monitors, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Predicting Photovoltaic Soiling From Air Quality Measurements, 2020, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Hannigan regularly publishes in venues such as:

  • Atmospheric Environment
  • ACS ES&T Air
  • Atmospheric Environment X
  • Atmosphere
  • Sensors

The scientist has collaborated frequently with peers including Jonathan Silberstein, Evan Coffey, Colleen E. Reid, Katherine L. Dickinson, and Kristen Okorn.

In addition to journal articles, Hannigan has contributed to book publications, notably "Toxic Truths," published by Winchester University Press in 2020, a work that has accumulated citations in academic circles.

Best Publications

  • Characterization of Primary Organic Aerosol Emissions from Meat Cooking, Trash Burning, and Motor Vehicles with High-Resolution Aerosol Mass Spectrometry and Comparison with Ambient and Chamber Observations

    Claudia Mohr;J. Alex Huffman;Michael J. Cubison;Allison C. Aiken

  • Seasonal variability in bacterial and fungal diversity of the near-surface atmosphere.

    Robert M. Bowers;Nicholas Clements;Joanne B. Emerson;Christine Wiedinmyer

  • The next generation of low-cost personal air quality sensors for quantitative exposure monitoring

    R. Piedrahita;Y. Xiang;N. Masson;J. Ortega

  • Trends in fine particle concentration and chemical composition in southern California.

    Christos S. Christoforou;Lynn G. Salmon;Michael P. Hannigan;Paul A. Solomon

  • Respeciation of organic gas emissions and the detection of excess unburned gasoline in the atmosphere

    Robert A. Harley;Michael P. Hannigan;Glen R. Cass

  • Low-Cost Air Quality Monitoring Tools: From Research to Practice (A Workshop Summary)

    Andrea L. Clements;William G. Griswold;Abhijit Rs;Jill E. Johnston

  • ARIEL: automatic wi-fi based room fingerprinting for indoor localization

    Yifei Jiang;Xin Pan;Kun Li;Qin Lv

  • The temporal lag structure of short-term associations of fine particulate matter chemical constituents and cardiovascular and respiratory hospitalizations.

    Sun Young Kim;Jennifer L. Peel;Michael P. Hannigan;Steven J. Dutton

  • A Macrophage-Based Method for the Assessment of the Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Activity of Atmospheric Particulate Matter (PM) and Application to Routine (Daily-24 h) Aerosol Monitoring Studies

    Amy Prasch Landreman;Martin M. Shafer;Jocelyn C. Hemming;Michael P. Hannigan

  • Source apportionment of in vitro reactive oxygen species bioassay activity from atmospheric particulate matter.

    Yuanxun Zhang;James J. Schauer;Martin M. Shafer;Michael P. Hannigan

  • Bioassay-directed chemical analysis of Los Angeles airborne particulate matter using a human cell mutagenicity assay

    Michael P. Hannigan;Glen R. Cass;Bruce W. Penman;Charles L. Crespi

  • Hallway based automatic indoor floorplan construction using room fingerprints

    Yifei Jiang;Yun Xiang;Xin Pan;Kun Li

  • Approach for quantification of metal oxide type semiconductor gas sensors used for ambient air quality monitoring

    N. Masson;R. Piedrahita;M. Hannigan

  • MAQS: a personalized mobile sensing system for indoor air quality monitoring

    Yifei Jiang;Kun Li;Lei Tian;Ricardo Piedrahita

  • Size distribution of trace organic species emitted from biomass combustion and meat charbroiling

    Michael J. Kleeman;Michael A. Robert;Sarah G. Riddle;Philip M. Fine

  • Characterization of organic aerosol in Big Bend National Park, Texas

    Steven G Brown;Pierre Herckes;Lowell Ashbaugh;Michael P Hannigan

  • Natural soiling of photovoltaic cover plates and the impact on transmission

    L. Boyle;H. Flinchpaugh;M.P. Hannigan

  • Quantification Method for Electrolytic Sensors in Long-Term Monitoring of Ambient Air Quality.

    Nicholas Masson;Ricardo Piedrahita;Michael Hannigan

  • Source Apportionment of Fine (PM1.8) and Ultrafine (PM0.1) Airborne Particulate Matter during a Severe Winter Pollution Episode

    Michael J. Kleeman;Sarah G. Riddle;Michael A. Robert;Chris A. Jakober

  • Assessment of cookstove stacking in Northern Ghana using surveys and stove use monitors

    Ricardo Piedrahita;Katherine L. Dickinson;Ernest Kanyomse;Evan Coffey

  • Performance of artificial neural networks and linear models to quantify 4 trace gas species in an oil and gas production region with low-cost sensors

    Joanna Gordon Casey;Ashley Collier-Oxandale;Michael Hannigan

  • Light absorption of organic carbon and its sources at a southeastern U.S. location in summer.

    Mingjie Xie;Xi Chen;Amara L. Holder;Michael D. Hays

Frequent Co-Authors

Jana B. Milford
Jana B. Milford University of Colorado Boulder
Sverre Vedal
Sverre Vedal University of Washington
Christine Wiedinmyer
Christine Wiedinmyer University of Colorado Boulder
Qin Lv
Qin Lv University of Colorado Boulder
Robert P. Dick
Robert P. Dick University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Lianne Sheppard
Lianne Sheppard University of Washington
James J. Schauer
James J. Schauer University of Wisconsin–Madison
Li Shang
Li Shang University of Colorado Boulder
Daven K. Henze
Daven K. Henze University of Colorado Boulder
Michael J. Kleeman
Michael J. Kleeman University of California, Davis

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