Christopher Cappa

Chris Cappa

Professor

  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
He/Him/His
3017 Ghausi

Professor Cappa is interested in quantifying and understanding the processes that control the emission, evolution, and impacts of atmospheric aerosols.

Honors and Awards
  • 2013 UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellow
  • 2012 CAREER Award, National Science Foundation
  • 2005 ACCESS Participant, Gordon Research Conferences
  • 2004 Advanced Light Source Doctoral Fellowship in Residence, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • 2001-2004 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, Department of Defense
  • 2001 Berkeley Atmospheric Sciences Center Fellowship, UCB
  • 2000 AMS/DOE ARM Program Graduate Fellowship, American Meteorological Society
Publications
  • Airborne hexavalent chromium nanoparticles detected around cleanup zones for the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires
    Journal Article | Kleeman, M., Cappa, C., Green, P., Zhou, Y., Astaneh, M., Kant, S., Zhu, Y., Jerrett, M. Communications Earth & Environment, 7, 10.1038/s43247-026-03591-z
  • Development and validation of a humidified CAPS-PMSSA with an improved methodology to calculate the truncation correction factor
    Journal Article | Dal Porto, R., Wang, N., Cappa, C. Aerosol Science and Technology, ahead-of-print, 1-17. 10.1080/02786826.2026.2711663
  • Field testing a rule-based ventilation controller designed to reduce energy use and improve indoor air quality in buildings
    Journal Article | Pistochini, T., Jaeger, G., Cappa, C., Ellis, M., Bennett, D. Science and Technology for the Built Environment, 32, 946-967. 10.1080/23744731.2026.2664366
  • Changes in Light Absorption and Chemical Properties for Biomass Burning Organic Aerosol over Long Time Scales
    Journal Article | O’Brien, R., Yu, H., Warren, N., Robinson, C., Lim, C., Jordan, C., Anderson, B., Kroll, J., Cappa, C. ACS ES&T Air, 2, 773-785. 10.1021/acsestair.4c00270
  • Kinetic Modeling of Secondary Organic Aerosol in a Weather-Chemistry Model: Parameterizations, Processes, and Predictions for GOAmazon
    Journal Article | He, Y., Bilsback, K., Shrivastava, M., Zaveri, R., Shilling, J., Seinfeld, J., Zhao, B., Wang, S., Cappa, C., Pierce, J., Jathar, S. ACS ES&T Air, 2, 249-263. 10.1021/acsestair.4c00240
  • See publications and more on Aggie Experts: https://experts.ucdavis.edu/expert/HnPyyZdT

Tags

Environmental Engineering