Matthew P Fraser

Associate Professor, School of Sustainability

Director of Research Development, Global Institute of Sustainability

urban air quality; atmospheric chemistry; sources and control of air pollution; atmospheric monitoring instrumentation

SOS 111/PUP 190: Sustainable Cities

SOS 324: Sustainable Energy and Materials Use

SOS 513: Science for Sustainability

Dr. Fraser directs several research projects on urban air quality. His research uses organic speciation and receptor modeling to apportion ambient pollutants to their original source. Dr. Fraser’s research group is involved in field-monitoring programs, source-characterization studies, emission-inventory preparation, and analytical method and instrument development projects.

Select Publications

Wysocki, G., Y. Bakhirkin, S. So, F. K. Tittel, Q. Yang, and M. Fraser. 2007. Dual interband cascade laser based trace-gas sensor for environmental monitoring. Applied Optics.

Kulkarni, P., S. Chellam, and M. Fraser. 2007. Tracking petroleum refining emissions using lanthanum and lanthanides as elemental markers for PM2.5. Environmental Science and Technology.

Nopmongcol, U., W. Khamwichit, M. Fraser, and D. T. Allen. 2007. Modeling heterogeneous formation of secondary organic aerosol during a wood smoke episode in Houston, TX. Atmospheric Environment.

Bhat, S., and M. Fraser. 2007. Source attribution of a-pinene photooxidation products in Duke Forest, North Carolina. Atmospheric Environment.

Ying, Q., M. Fraser, J. Chen, R. J. Griffin, and M. J. Kleeman. 2007. Verification of a source-oriented externally mixed air quality model during a severe photochemical smog episode. Atmospheric Environment.

Ph.D., Caltech, 1998

M.S., Caltech, 1993

B.S., Carnegie Mellon University, 1991