Who We Are

The DELTA Group is a University of California at Davis based association of scientists from west coast institutions that collaborate in aerosol and climate studies. The group develops and utilizes advanced sampling and analytical techniques for climate studies, and cooperates in diverse research areas that use compatible cutting edge technologies and protocols.
 

Main Number (530) 752-1120
 

Director
Dr. Thomas A. Cahill, tacahill@ucdavis.edu, Department of Applied Science; Department of Land, Air and Water Resources; Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Sciences; and Department of Physics, University of California, Davis
 

Project Managers
Nick Spada, Student Assistant, Material Science Engineering, njspada@ucdavis.edu

Erin Fujii, Student Assistant, Chemical Engineering & Material Science, eefujii@ucdavis.edu

Lee Portnoff, lportnoff@ucdavis.edu
 

Principal Scientists:

Dr. Steven S. Cliff, sscliff@ucdavis.edu,
Department of Applied Science, University of California at Davis

Dr. David Barnes, debarnes@ucdavis.edu
JMIE, University of California at Davis

Professor James Shackelford, jfshackelford@ucdavis.edu

Chemical Engineering and Material Sciences, University of California at Davis

Professor Kevin D. Perry, perry@metsun1.sjsu.edu

Meteorology, Professor, University of Utah

  Research Staff:

Dr. Yongjing Zhao, yjzhao@ucdavis.edu,
Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering; Department of Applied Science, University of California at Davis  

Student Assistants:

Cecilia Chen,  Senior                        2007 - Present

Student Assistant, Animal Science, sichen@ucdavis.edu

Navi Kaur, Sophmore                        2007 - Present

Student Assistant, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, nmjkaur@ucdavis.edu

Jonathan Lawton, Senior                   2007 - Present

Student Assistant, Physics, jalawton@ucdavis.edu

Serina Tabara, Senior                       2007 - Present

Student Assistant, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, sttabara@ucdavis.edu

Jason Snyder,                                  2007 - 2009

Graduate Research Assistant, Land Air & Water Resources, jmssnyder@ucdavis.edu

Past Student Assistants:

Chung Hei (Hayes) Chui,                  Summer 2007

Visiting Student Assistant, Applied Physics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Nick Spada,                                     2004 - 2007 (Graduated)

B.S., Materials Science Engineering

Erin Fujii,                                         2006 - 2007 (Graduated)

B.S., Chemical Engineering & Material Science

Rachel DuBose,                                2004 - 2006 (Graduated)

Assistant Air Quality Analyst/Planner, Sacramento Metropolitan AQMD

Lenny Setiadi,                                   2003 - 2005 (Graduated)

B.S., Chemical Engineering & Material Science