Dr. Lu Hu （胡璐）
Associate Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Montana
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B.Sc: China University of Geosciences, Beijing
M.S.: Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ph.D.: University of Minnesota
Postdoctoral: Harvard University
Research Scientist
B.Sc., Northern Arizona University
Ph.D., University of Montana
wade.permar@umontana.edu
Development of novel mobile measurements for urban air quality and wildfire smoke studies
B.Sc., Lanzhou University, China
Ph.D student in chemistry, Y6
lixu.jin@umconnect.umt.edu
Improving model representation of biomass burning processes
B.Sc., Lewis-Clark State College
Ph.D student in chemistry, Y6
damien.ketcherside@umconnect.umt.edu
Sources and chemistry of wintertime and indoor VOCs in support of ALPACA
Emily Cope
B.Sc., Florida State University
PhD student in chemistry, Y4
emily.cope@umontana.edu
Urban photochemistry in the presence of wildfire smoke
Lu Tan
B.Sc., Changsha University of Science and Technology, China
PhD student in chemistry, Y4
lu.tan@umconnect.umt.edu
Improving PTR-MS for VOC quantification and emissions of prescribed burns
B.Sc., Western Oregon University
PhD student in chemistry, Y1
amity.deters@umontana.edu
Air quality in the Colorado Front Range
Lexie Rhodes
B.Sc., College of William and Mary
PhD student in chemistry, Y1
lexie.rhodes@umontana.edu
Air quality in Salt Lake City
Joseph Knudsen
Undergrad student in chemistry
Joseph.Knudsen@umconnect.umt.edu
Meteorological measurements and low cost sensors for outreach and air quality applications
Alumni
Aislinn Kisner: summer research intern (2025), now undergrad Biochemistry student at MSU
Mercedes Tucker: Undergraduate research (2023-2025), now Laboratory Technician at Alliance Technical Group
Wade Permar: Chemistry PhD. (2022), now Research Scientist in the group.
Vanessa Selimovic: Postdoctoral fellow (2020-2022), now Research Associate at UMich
Sree Chaliyakunnel: Postdoctoral fellow (2020-2022)
Amy Christiansen: Postdoctoral fellow (2020-2022), now Assistant Professor at UMKC
Keri Nauman: Biochemistry and Geosciences, B.S. (2021), now Monitoring Coordinator for Air Quality at MT DEQ
Catie Wielgasz: Chemistry M.S. (2021), now Analytical Chemist at Eurofins
Ahsan Mozaffar: Postdoctoral fellow (2020), now Associate Professor at NUIST
Ming Lee Harris-Weidner: Research intern (2020), now Master student at Tsinghua U
Emi Okitsu: Undergraduate researcher (2019)
Qian Wang: Visiting Ph.D. student (2018), now Faculty at Guizhou Education U
David Burton: Undergraduate researcher (2018)