AAAR 37th Annual Conference October 14 - October 18, 2019 Oregon Convention Center Portland, Oregon, USA
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Sarah Petters, Postdoctoral Fellow: Seeking Tenure Track Position
SARAH SUDA PETTERS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Abstract Number: 799 Working Group: Meet the Job Seekers
Abstract I am looking for a tenure track position at a research university in the continental United States. I am a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where I study the composition and partitioning of e-cigarette aerosols. My expertise includes aerosol physical chemistry, chemistry, and measurement systems. I have led the publication of research on aerosol water uptake, CCN activity, viscosity, and measurement techniques. My work has been highlighted in Eos Trans. AGU and won the achievement award of the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools. I was awarded the NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship ($172k, sole PI) to study the volatility and evaporation-mediated reactions of low molecular weight organic acids and carbonyls, and the reaction kinetics of isoprene epoxydiols in aqueous mixtures. For my work I received recognition as an invited participant in the ACCESS colloquium at Brookhaven National Lab and gave invited seminars in the US and Denmark. I have collaborated with a large number of researchers in the US and Europe through participation in field campaigns (SOAS, FIN-02, FIN-03) and laboratory studies (U. Bristol, Columbia U.), some of which I am leading.
My professional activities have included committee service for AAAR, service as a panel speaker for the Air and Waste Management Association, and service as a reviewer for various manuscripts and scholarship applications.
As a student I served as instructor of record for 7 lab sections while completing a teaching certificate program, and I have taught various guest lectures for undergraduate/graduate students. I am looking forward to teaching courses in thermodynamics, physical meteorology, air pollution chemistry, scientific computing, laboratory methods, or aerosol science.
I am interested in a faculty position because I would like to continue conducting research in aerosol science, mentoring students and postdocs, and contributing to instruction.