Dr. Luke Monroe

Assistant Professor

Education

• Ph.D. Chemistry; Carnegie Mellon University, 2023
• M.S. Chemistry; Carnegie Mellon University, 2022
• B.S. Chemistry; Towson University, 2018

Courses Taught

• 24-532/533: Physical Chemistry I and laboratory
• 24-534/535: Physical Chemistry II and laboratory
• 24-116/117: General Chemistry II and laboratory

Academic Interests

• Atmospheric aerosol particles: kinetics, thermodynamics, and composition
• Atmospheric pollutants and exposure

Scholarly Activity

• Monroe, L.; Johnson, J.; Gutstein, H.; Lawrence, J.; Lejeune, K.; Jen, C.; Sullivan, R. Preventing spread of aerosolized infectious particles during medical procedures: a lab-based analysis of an inexpensive plastic enclosure. PLOS ONE, 2022, 17(9): e0273194.
• Knopf et al. Aerosol-Ice Formation Closure: A Southern Great Plains Field Campaign, Bull Am Meteorol Soc. 2021, 102, E1952-E1971.
• Jahn, L.; Bland, G.; Monroe, L.; Meyer, M.; Sullivan, R. Single-particle elemental analysis of vacuum bag dust samples collected from the International Space Station by SEM/EDX and sp-ICP-ToF-MS, Aerosol Sci and Technol. 2021, 55, 571-585.
• Jahn, L.; Jahl, L.; Bland, G.; Bowers, B.; Monroe, L.; Sullivan, R. Metallic and crustal elements in biomass-burning aerosol and ash: prevalence, significance, and similarity to soil particles. ACS Earth and Space Chem. 2020, 5, 136-148.