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Kimberly A. Prather

Scripps Institution of Oceanography · US
Area of research
Atmospheric Science · Global and Planetary Change
Research interest
Research interests include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Air Quality and Health Impacts, and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate.
h-index
101
citations
36,303
works
411
NIH funding
primary concept
Chemistry
email

Recent publications

Identifying wastewater chemicals in coastal aerosols
Science Advances 2025cited by 10position: lastdoi
Heavily polluted Tijuana River drives regional air quality crisis
Science 2025cited by 7position: lastdoi
Bacterial and Chemical Evidence of Coastal Water Pollution from the Tijuana River in Sea Spray Aerosol
Environmental Science & Technology 2023cited by 54position: lastdoi
Bioaerosols are the dominant source of warm-temperature immersion-mode INPs and drive uncertainties in INP predictability
Science Advances 2023cited by 43position: middledoi
Microplastics and nanoplastics in the marine-atmosphere environment
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 2022cited by 451position: middledoi
What were the historical reasons for the resistance to recognizing airborne transmission during the <scp>COVID</scp> ‐19 pandemic?
Indoor Air 2022cited by 104position: lastdoi
Anthropogenic and Biogenic Contributions to the Organic Composition of Coastal Submicron Sea Spray Aerosol
Environmental Science & Technology 2022cited by 26position: middledoi
Factors controlling the transfer of biogenic organic species from seawater to sea spray aerosol
Scientific Reports 2022cited by 25position: lastdoi
Airborne transmission of respiratory viruses
Science 2021cited by 1,538position: middledoi
Ten scientific reasons in support of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2
The Lancet 2021cited by 986position: middledoi
Constraining the atmospheric limb of the plastic cycle
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2021cited by 546position: lastdoi
Ion identity molecular networking for mass spectrometry-based metabolomics in the GNPS environment
Nature Communications 2021cited by 307position: middledoi
Airborne Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): What We Know
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2021cited by 68position: middledoi
Importance of Supermicron Ice Nucleating Particles in Nascent Sea Spray
Geophysical Research Letters 2021cited by 68position: lastdoi
Non-targeted tandem mass spectrometry enables the visualization of organic matter chemotype shifts in coastal seawater
Chemosphere 2021cited by 64position: middledoi
Atmospheric Benzothiazoles in a Coastal Marine Environment
Environmental Science & Technology 2021cited by 44position: middledoi
Evolution of Sea Spray Aerosol Particle Phase State Across a Phytoplankton Bloom
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 2021cited by 28position: middledoi
Reopening schools without strict COVID-19 mitigation measures risks accelerating the pandemic
2021cited by 2position: middledoi
Reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2
Science 2020cited by 907position: firstdoi
Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2
Science 2020cited by 431position: firstdoi
Acidity across the interface from the ocean surface to sea spray aerosol
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2020cited by 198position: middledoi
Secondary Marine Aerosol Plays a Dominant Role over Primary Sea Spray Aerosol in Cloud Formation
ACS Central Science 2020cited by 114position: lastdoi
Organic Enrichment, Physical Phase State, and Surface Tension Depression of Nascent Core–Shell Sea Spray Aerosols during Two Phytoplankton Blooms
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 2020cited by 87position: middledoi
Ejection of Dust From the Ocean as a Potential Source of Marine Ice Nucleating Particles
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 2020cited by 58position: lastdoi
Marine Bacteria Affect Saccharide Enrichment in Sea Spray Aerosol during a Phytoplankton Bloom
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 2020cited by 48position: middledoi
Mario J. Molina (1943–2020)
Science 2020cited by 31position: firstdoi
Direct Online Mass Spectrometry Measurements of Ice Nucleating Particles at a California Coastal Site
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 2019cited by 58position: lastdoi
Detection of Active Microbial Enzymes in Nascent Sea Spray Aerosol: Implications for Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate
Environmental Science & Technology Letters 2019cited by 47position: lastdoi
Taxon-specific aerosolization of bacteria and viruses in an experimental ocean-atmosphere mesocosm
Nature Communications 2018cited by 167position: lastdoi
A Mesocosm Double Feature: Insights into the Chemical Makeup of Marine Ice Nucleating Particles
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 2018cited by 143position: middledoi

Grants

Collaborative Research: Understanding the Drivers and Air-quality Implications of Marine Gas-phase Emissions in Urban Coastal Regions
NSF2155194$696,6922022–2026PIRePORTER
RAPID: Aerosolization of Viruses and Bacteria in the Coastal Atmosphere
NSF2029069$198,9432020–2023PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: EAGER--Condensed Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (cMALDI) Towards Online Detection of Viral Nucleic Acids and Proteins in Aerosols
NSF2035870$124,9992020–2024PIRePORTER
NSF Center for Aerosol Impacts on Chemistry of the Environment
NSF1801971$20,006,2002018–2024PIRePORTER
2017 Atmospheric Chemistry Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Addressing the Complexity of Our Atmosphere Through Integration Across Scales; Newry, Maine; July 30 - August 3, 2017
NSF1737571$25,0002017–2018PIRePORTER
Combined Lab, Field, and Modeling Studies Aimed to Improve our Understanding of Sources of Ice Nuclei and their Impact on Western US Precipitation Processes
NSF1451347$957,0002015–2019PIRePORTER
2015 Atmospheric Chemistry Gordon Research Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; Waterville Valley, NH; August 2-7, 2015
NSF1515171$25,0002015–2016PIRePORTER
CCI Center for Aerosol Impacts on Climate and the Environment
NSF1305427$20,000,0002013–2018PIRePORTER
Impact of African Dust on Cloud Properties During ICE-T Using On-line Single Particle Mass Spectrometry
NSF1118735$682,6952011–2016PIRePORTER
CCI: Chemistry effects on climate: Heterogeneous reactions on complex atmospheric aerosol particles
NSF1038028$1,525,0002010–2013PIRePORTER
MRI: Development of a Chemical Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer for On-line Organic Aerosol Analysis
NSF0923581$586,5232009–2013PIRePORTER
Mass Spectrometry Measurements of the Size-Resolved Single Particle Mixing State of Atmospheric Aerosols and Ice and Cloud Nuclei During ICE-L
NSF0650659$364,3742007–2011PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Field, Laboratory, and Modeling Investigations of Heterogeneous Processing of Asian Dust
NSF0625526$514,5332006–2010PIRePORTER
Development of an Aircraft Aerosol Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (ATOFMS) for Rapid Measurement of Aerosol Size and Composition
NSF0321362$812,3082003–2007PIRePORTER
Shipboard Measurements of Size-Resolved Single Particle Chemistry with a Transportable Aerosol Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer during the 2001 ACE-Asia Intensive Field Operations
NSF0296170$247,2732001–2004PIRePORTER
Shipboard Measurements of Size-Resolved Single Particle Chemistry with a Transportable Aerosol Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer during the 2001 ACE-Asia Intensive Field Operations
NSF0080721$263,8862000–2002PIRePORTER
Development of Analytical Chemistry Methods for Characterization of Individual Aerosol Particles
NSF9412317$512,0001995–2000PIRePORTER
NSF Young Investigator: Mass Spectrometric Characterization of Atmospheric Aerosol Particles
NSF9457680$312,5001994–1999PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Vicki H. Grassian · University of California San Diego23 papers (2013–2021)Christopher Lee · Northwestern University20 papers (2014–2022)Timothy H. Bertram · University of Wisconsin–Madison18 papers (2012–2022)Paul J. DeMott · Pacific Northwest National Laboratory17 papers (2012–2023)Camille M. Sultana · University of California San Diego16 papers (2015–2020)Douglas B. Collins · Bucknell University15 papers (2013–2019)Christopher D. Cappa · University of California, Davis11 papers (2015–2022)Andrew P. Ault · University of Michigan9 papers (2013–2015)Mitchell V. Santander · University of California San Diego9 papers (2015–2022)Kaitlyn J. Suski · Pacific Northwest National Laboratory9 papers (2012–2019)Francesca Malfatti · University of Trieste8 papers (2015–2022)Daniel Rosenfeld · Hebrew University of Jerusalem8 papers (2013–2016)Farooq Azam · Abdus Salam Centre for Physics8 papers (2013–2019)Olga Laskina · West Pharmaceuticals (Germany)7 papers (2014–2020)Gavin C. Cornwell · Pacific Northwest National Laboratory7 papers (2015–2023)Matthew J. Ruppel · University of California, San Diego7 papers (2013–2014)Charlotte M. Beall · Reflective X Ray Optics7 papers (2015–2021)O. S. Ryder · Sonoma Technology (United States)7 papers (2012–2017)John F. Cahill · Oak Ridge National Laboratory7 papers (2012–2018)Timothy L. Guasco · Gonzaga University6 papers (2013–2014)