Cappa

Christopher D. Cappa
Assistant Professor

Civil & Environmental Engineering
3135 Engineering III (office)
2110 Engineering III (lab)
(530) 752-8180
e-mail: cdcappa@ucdavis.edu
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Ph.D. 2005 University of California, Berkeley
B.S. 2000 Hope College
curriculum vitae

RESEARCH

 Professor Cappa's research is focused on the study of physical, chemical and optical properties of atmospheric aerosols. We use state-of-the-art analytical techniques in the lab and the field to characterize how and why aerosol properties vary in both time and space.

TEACHING

 

  • ECI150 Air Pollution Control Systems Design. Design and control of air pollution control devices and systems.
  • ECI289A Global Climate Change. Understanding basic principles and current topics in climate change science.

PUBLICATIONS

Cappa, C.D.; Lovejoy, E.R.; Ravishankara, A.R.; “Determination of evaporation rates and vapor pressures of very low volatility compounds: study of the C4-C10 and C12 dicarboxylic acids.” J. Phys. Chem. A, 2007, 111(16), 3099.

*Cappa, C.D.; Smith, J.D.; Messer, B.M.; Cohen, R.C.; Saykally, R.J.; “Nature of the aqueous hydroxide ion probed by X-ray absorption spectroscopy.” J. Phys. Chem. A., 2007, 111(22), 4776.
*Cover article

Smith, J.D.; Cappa, C.D.; Messer, B.M.; Drisdell, W.S.; Cohen, R.C.; Saykally, R.J.; “Probing the local structure of liquid water using x-ray absorption spectroscopy.” J. Phys. Chem. B., 2006, 110(40), 20038.

Smith, J.D.; Cappa, C.D.; Drisdell, W.S.; Wilson, K.R.; Cohen, R.C.; Saykally, R.J.; “Raman thermometry measurements of free evaporation from liquid water droplets.” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128(39), 12892.

Cappa, C.D.; Smith, J.D.; Messer, B.M.; Cohen, R.C.; Saykally, R.J.; “Effects of cations on the hydrogen bond network of liquid water: New results from X-ray absorption spectroscopy of liquid microjets.” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2006, 110, 5301.

Cappa, C.D.; Drisdell, W.S.; Smith, J.D.; Saykally, R.J.; Cohen, R.C.; “Isotope fractionation of water during evaporation without condensation.” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109(51), 24391.

Smith, J.D.; Cappa, C.D.; Wilson, K.R.; Cohen, R.C.; Geissler, P.L.; Saykally, R.J.; “Unified description of temperature-dependent hydrogen-bond rearrangements in liquid water.” PNAS, 2005, 102(40), 14171

*Cappa, C.D.; Smith, J.D.; Wilson, K.R.; Messer, B.M.; Gilles, M.K.; Cohen, R.C.; Saykally, R.J.; “Effects of alkali metal halide salts on the hydrogen bond network of liquid water.” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109(15), 7046.
*Cover article

Smith, J.D.; Cappa, C.D.; Wilson, K.R.; Messer, B.M.; Cohen, R.C.; Saykally, R.J.; “Energetics of hydrogen bond network rearrangement in liquid water.” Science, 2004, 306, 851.

Cappa, C.D.; Wilson, K.R.; Messer, B.M.; Saykally, R.J.; Cohen R.C.; “Optical cavity resonances in water micro-droplets: Implications for shortwave cloud forcing.” Geophys. Res. Lett., 2004, 31, L1025, doi:10.1029/2004GL019593.

Cappa, C.D.; Hendricks, M.B.; DePaolo, D.J.; Cohen, R.C., “Isotopic fractionation of water during evaporation.” J. Geophys. Res., 2003, 108(D16), Art.No. 4525.