Ezra Wood

Professional Title: 
Research Assistant Professor
Department: 
Environmental Health Sciences
Email: 
ezrawood@schoolph.umass.edu
Telephone: 
413-545-1778
Campus Address: 
149D Goessmann
Education: 

B.A., Rutgers University, 1997; Ph.D., University of California – Berkeley, 2004; Postdoctoral research, Aerodyne Research, Inc., 2005 - 2006

Area(s) of Specialization: 

Outdoor/Indoor Air Pollution, Atmospheric Chemistry

Research Description: 

Dr. Wood’s research focuses on quantifying emissions, concentrations, and atmospheric transformations of airborne pollutants both outdoors and indoors. Pollutants of interest include nitrogen oxides, ozone, and secondary organic aerosol (particulate matter). Dr. Wood is preparing a new sensor (based on cavity attenuated phase shift spectroscopy) for the detection of the nitrate radical (NO3) and dinitrogen pentoxide (N2O5) for use in both chamber studies and ambient measurements.

Key Publications: 

Wood, E. C., Herndon, S.; Fortner, E. C.; Onasch, T.; Wormhoudt, J.; Kolb, C. E.; Knighton, W. B.; Lee, B.; Zavala, M.; Molina, L.; Jones, M. Combustion and Destruction/Removal Efficiencies of in-use Chemical Flares in the Greater Houston area. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, DOI: 10.1021/ie202717m (2012)

Wood, E. C., Canagaratna, M. R., Herndon, S. C., Onasch, T. B.; Kolb, C. E.; Worsnop, D. R.; Kroll, J. H.; Knighton, W. B.; Seila, R.; Zavala, M.; Molina, L. T.; DeCarlo, P. F.; Jimenez, J. L.; Weinheimer, A. J.; Knapp, D. J.; Jobson, B. T.; Stutz, J.; Kuster, W. C.; Williams, E. J. Investigation of the correlation between odd oxygen and secondary organic aerosol in Mexico City and Houston. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10(18), 8947-8968 (2010)

Wood, E. C., Herndon, S., Onasch, T., Kroll, J. H., Canagaratna, M., Kolb, C., Worsnop, D., Neuman, J. A., Seila, R., Zavala, M., and Knighton, W. B. A case study of ozone production, nitrogen oxides, and the radical budget in Mexico City. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 9, 2499 – 2517 (2009)

Wood, E. C.; Herndon, S. C., Timko, M. T., Yelvington, P. E., Miake-Lye, R. C. Speciation and Chemical Evolution of Nitrogen Oxides in Aircraft Exhaust near Airports. Environmental Science and Technology, 42, 1884-1891 (2008)

Kebabian, P. L., Wood, E. C., Herndon, S. C., Freedman, A. A practical alternative to chemiluminescence-based detection of nitrogen dioxide: cavity attenuated phase shift spectroscopy. Environmental Science and Technology, 42, 6040-6045, (2008)


Ezra Wood Curriculum Vitae