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Williams Faculty Lecture Series 2026 – Anthony Carrasquillo, The Life Cycle of Volatile Organic Compounds

Every time you inhale, you are sampling a complex mixture of gas and particulate matter, the most abundant of which are volatile organic compounds, which play an important role in shaping atmospheric chemistry and global climate. Anthony Carrasquillo, Associate Professor of Chemistry discuss the lifecycle of VOCs, from their initial emission to their transformation into secondary organic aerosol (SOA).