ABOUT ME

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington

Hello! I am a third year graduate research assistant working in Joel Thornton's group at the University of Washington. My research interests include atmospheric chemistry, secondary organic aerosol formation, evolution, and composition, biomass burning, aerosol absorption, chemical ionization mass spectrometry, and remote sensing. I am currently working with FIGAERO-CIMS data from the MOONLIGHT campaign (see Projects) investigating secondary organic aerosol formation from phenolic compounds found in wildfire smoke under daytime and nighttime conditions.

Carley Fredrickson

I follow three pillars when it comes to being successful and an advocate in my discipline:

• Diversity - Coordinator of the Atmospheric Science Women's Group, Justice and Equity in Academia and Beyond
• Communication - Interviewed for multiple times for Writing/Natural Science Journalism Project, Writer for the UW Atmospheric Sciences Department Annual Newsletter 2019, ComSciCon 2019 Participant, Professional Twitter account (see footer), Outreach Volunteer
• Mentoring - Graduate-Undergraduate Mentor

In my free time, I like bargain hunting, going to indie rock concerts, singing in UW Treble Choir and the Atmospherics, hiking, baking, and crafting, be it cross-stitching, sewing, sticker-making, or knitting.

COLLABORATIVE WORK

Here are some of the latest projects I've been working on.
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PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

Publications

Peer-Reviewed

1. Palm, B. B., Peng, Q., Fredrickson, C. D., Lee, B. H., Garofalo, L. A., Pothier, M. A., Kreidenweis, S. M., Farmer, D. K., Pokhrel, R. P., Shen, Y., Murphy, S. M., Permar, W., Hu, L., Campos, T. L., Hall, S. R., Ullmann, K., Zhang, X., Flocke, F., Fischer, E. V., and Thornton, J. A.: Quantification of organic aerosol and brown carbon evolution in fresh wildfire plumes, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 117 (47), 29469–29477, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2012218117, 2020.
2. Boris, A. J., Takahama, S., Weakley, A. T., Debus, B. M., Fredrickson, C. D., Esparza-Sanchez, M., Burki, C., Reggente, M., Shaw, S. L., Edgerton, E. S., and Dillner, A. M.: Quantifying organic matter and functional groups in particulate matter filter samples from the southeastern United States – Part 1: Methods, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 5391–5415, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5391-2019, 2019.

In Progress

2018 - 2023 Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2013 - 2017 B.S., Atmospheric Science | Minor, Mathematics | Highest Honors, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA