The Keutsch Group

Melissa

Melissa Galloway

3rd Year Graduate Student

Education

  • Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Madison, May 2011 (expected)
  • B.S. Cum Laude Chemistry, Linfield College, May 2006

    • Research

    The mechanism for glyoxal uptake onto secondary organic aerosol is poorly understood, as glyoxal has been found to react easily with water and form hydrated forms of the molecule, as well as glyoxal oligomers. The presence of these oligomers is difficult to detect using most mass spectrometry methods due to the low temperatures at which thermal breakdown occurs. My focus within the Keutsch group has been to test and develop a new method for detection and quantification of the hydrated oligomers of glyoxal in the condensed phase using derivatization methods. Studies are currently being conducted to measure glyoxal uptake onto the aerosol as well as oligomerization reactions within the aerosol.

    Publications

  • Chan et.al. “Glyoxal Yield and Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Photooxidation of 2-Methyl-3-Buten-2-ol (MBO)”. Environ. Sci. Tech., In Review.
  • Hottle et.al. “A Laser Induced Fluorescence Based Instrument for In-Situ Detection of Formaldehyde”. In Press.
  • Galloway et.al. “Glyoxal uptake on ammonium sulphate seed aerosol: reaction products and reversibility of uptake under dark and irradiated conditions”. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Disc., 8, 20799 (2008).
  • Huisman et.al. “A High Sensitivity Laser-Induced Phosphorescence Instrument for the in situ Detection of Glyoxal”. Analyt. Chem., 80, 5884 (2008).

    • Conference Presentations

  • Melissa M. Galloway, Aaron J. Celestian, John B. Parise, Abraham Clearfield, and Houston P. Perry, Temperature stability of a molecular sieve crystalline silicotitanate with the mineral sitinakite topology, 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 26-30, 2006. (poster)
  • Melissa M. Galloway, and Kyle R. Gee, Hydrolysis rates of activated esters, 229th ACS National Meeting, in San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2005. (poster)
  • Melissa M. Galloway and Brian D. Gilbert, Surface Enhanced Raman enhancement factors of crystal violet on Au and Ag colloids, 227th ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 28-April 1, 2004. (poster)

    • Awards and Other Distinctions

  • BART IGERT Fellow: June 2008-May 2009
  • American Chemical Society: Member since 2003

    • Email: mgalloway_AT_chem.wisc.edu

    Updated 12-12-08 by Josh DiGangi.