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James Schauer

James Schauer

Peterson-Rader-Hawnn Professor
William C. Boyle Professor of Environmental Engineering
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I am interested in developing measurement and chemical characterization tools to quantitatively understand the origin and impacts of air pollution. These tools are desgined to address the impacts of air pollution on human health, climate change and sensitive ecosystems, and to support the development of control strategies to mitigate the adverse effects of air pollution. I am concerned with air quality issues relating to indoor, urban, regional and global air pollution.

Department

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Contact

239, Stovall Building
465 Henry Mall
Madison, WI
p: (608) 262-4495

  • MBA 2010, Univ. of Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • PhD 1998, California Institute of Technology
  • MS 1991, Univ. of California-Berkeley
  • BS 1984, Colorado School of Mines

  • Air Quality Engineering
  • Atmospheric Chemistry
  • Aerosol Science
  • Environmental Health
  • Public Health Engineering
  • Emission Measurements
  • Emissions Control

  • 2020 College of Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison, William C. Boyle Professor of Environmental Engineering
  • 2018 US State Department, Science Envoy for Air Quality (Permanent Title)
  • 2015 Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Peterson-Rader-Hawnn Professorship
  • 2013 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Kellet Mid-Career Faculty Research Award
  • 2008 University of Wisconsin-Madison, H. I. Romnes Faculty Research Award
  • 2006 American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR), Kenneth T. Whitby Award
  • 2002 Health Effects Institute (HEI), Rosenblith Young Investigator Award
  • 2001 Atmospheric Environment Journal, Haagen-Smit Award

  • Gay, D. A., Edwards, R., Shafer, M., & Schauer, J. (2024). New Deposition Measurements in the National Atmospheric Deposition Program (Invited Presentation). In 104th AMS Annual Meeting.
  • Oh, S., Choe, S., Song, M., Yu, G., Schauer, J., Shin, S., & Bae, M. (2024). Effects of long-range transport on carboxylic acids, chlorinated VOCs, and oxidative potential in air pollution events. Environmental Pollution, 123666.
  • Liu, Q., Liu, Y., Yang, Z., Qi, X., & Schauer, J. (2024). High loadings of carbonaceous aerosols from wood smoke in the atmosphere of Beijing from 2015 to 2017: Implications for energy transition policy. Environmental Pollution, 344, 123240.
  • Oh, S., Choe, S., Song, M., Schauer, J., Yu, G., & Bae, M. (2024). Impact of terephthalic acid emissions from intensive nocturnal biomass incineration on oxidative potential in Seoul, South Korea. Science of The Total Environment, 173587.
  • de Foy, B., & Schauer, J. (2024). Interpretable diurnal impacts on extreme urban PM2. 5 concentrations of soil temperature, soil water content, humidity and temperature inversion. Atmospheric Research, 107500.
  • Sricharoenvech, P., Edwards, R., Yacsar, M"uge,, Gay, D., Schauer, J., & others, (2024). Investigation of Black Carbon Wet Deposition to the United States from National Atmospheric Deposition Network Samples. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 24(5), 230089.
  • Shafer, M. M., Overdier, J. T., & Schauer, J. (2024). Particle-size resolved aerosol levels of total and extractable platinum in urban and rural regions of Western Europe. Atmospheric Environment, 318, 120213.
  • Xu, Y., Liu, Q., & Schauer, J. (2024). Quantifying the levels and oxidative potential of submicron carbon black in plant leaves. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 15(1), 101954.
  • Gay, D. A., Blaydes, K., Schauer, J., & Shafer, M. M. (2024). Widespread impacts to precipitation of the East Palestine Ohio train accident. Environmental Research Letters.
  • Oh, S., Park, K., Park, M., Song, M., Jang, K., Schauer, J., Bae, G., & Bae, M. (2023). Comparison of the sources and oxidative potential of PM2. 5 during winter time in large cities in China and South Korea. Science of The Total Environment, 859, 160369.

  • CIV ENGR 990 - Thesis (Spring 2025)
  • ATM OCN 701 - The Chemistry of Air Pollution (Fall 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 701 - The Chemistry of Air Pollution (Fall 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 990 - Thesis (Fall 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 990 - Thesis (Spring 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 990 - Thesis (Fall 2023)