Staff information

Biography

Dr. John Shilling, who joined PNNL September 9, 2008, is a scientist specializing in aerosol research. He was a post-doctoral associate at Harvard University before joining PNNL. For the Aerosol Climate Initiative, he is developing a dual-sided, temperature-controlled, continuous-flow environmental chamber.

Research Interests

• Secondary organic aerosols
• Heterogeneous kinetics and chemistry
• Phase transitions
• Mass spectrometry

Education and Credentials

• Post-doctoral Associate at Harvard University
• Ph.D., Analytical/Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Colorado
• B.S., Chemistry (with Honors) Ursinus College

Affiliations and Professional Service

• American Association of Aerosol Research, Member
• American Geophysical Union, Member

Awards and Recognitions

• Selected to attend the Atmospheric Chemistry Colloquium for
• Emerging Senior Scientists (ACCESS)
• NASA Earth System Science Fellow
• ACS Award for Undergraduate Achievement
• ACS Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry

PNNL Publications

2013

• Shilling JE, RA Zaveri, JD Fast, LI Kleinman, ML Alexander, MR Canagaratna, E Fortner, JM Hubbe, JT Jayne, A Sedlacek, A Setyan, S Springston, DR Worsnop, and Q Zhang. 2013. "Enhanced SOA formation from mixed anthropogenic and biogenic emissions during the CARES campaign." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 13(4):2091-2113.  doi:10.5194/acp-13-2091-2013
• Shakya KM, S Liu, S Takahama, LM Russell, FN Keutsch, MM Galloway, JE Shilling, N Hiranuma, C Song, H Kim, SE Paulson, L Pfaffenberger, P Barmet, JG Slowik, ASH Prevot, J Dommen, and U Baltensperger. 2013. "Similarities in STXM-NEXAFS Spectra of Atmospheric Particles and Secondary Organic Aerosol Generated from Glyoxal, a-Pinene, Isoprene, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, and d-Limonene." Aerosol Science and Technology 47(5):543-555.  doi:10.1080/02786826.2013.772950

2012

• Liu S, JE Shilling, C Song, N Hiranuma, RA Zaveri, and LM Russell. 2012. "Hydrolysis of organonitrate functional groups in aerosol particles." Aerosol Science and Technology 46(12):1359-1369.  doi:10.1080/02786826.2012.716175
• Setyan A, Q Zhang, M Merkel, WB Knighton, Y Sun, C Song, JE Shilling, TB Onasch, SC Herndon, DR Worsnop, JD Fast, RA Zaveri, LK Berg, A Wiedensohler, BA Flowers, MK Dubey, and R Subramanian. 2012. "Characterization of submicron particles influenced by mixed biogenic and anthropogenic emissions using high-resolution aerosol mass spectrometry: results from CARES." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12(17):8131-8156.  doi:10.5194/acp-12-8131-2012
• You Y, L Renbaum-Wolff, M Carreras-Sospedra, S Hanna, N Hiranuma, S Kamal, ML Smith, X Zhang, R Weber, JE Shilling, D Dabdub, ST Martin, and AK Bertram. 2012. "Images reveal that atmospheric particles can undergo liquid-liquid phase separations." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109(33):13188-13193.  doi:10.1073/pnas.1206414109
• Zaveri RA, WJ Shaw, DJ Cziczo, B Schmid, R Ferrare, ML Alexander, M Alexandrov, RJ Alvarez, WP Arnott, D Atkinson, S Baidar, RM Banta, JC Barnard, J Beranek, LK Berg, FJ Brechtel, WA Brewer, JF Cahill, B Cairns, CD Cappa, D Chand, S China, JM Comstock, MK Dubey, RC Easter, Jr, MH Erickson, JD Fast, C Floerchinger, BA Flowers, E Fortner, JS Gaffney, MK Gilles, K Gorkowski, WI Gustafson, Jr, MS Gyawali, J Hair, M Hardesty, JW Harworth, SC Herndon, N Hiranuma, CA Hostetler, JM Hubbe, JT Jayne, H Jeong, BT Jobson, EI Kassianov, LI Kleinman, CD Kluzek, B Knighton, KR Kolesar, C Kuang, A Kubatova, AO Langford, A Laskin, NS Laulainen, RD Marchbanks, C Mazzoleni, F Mei, RC Moffet, DA Nelson, M Obland, H Oetjen, TB Onasch, I Ortega, M Ottaviani, MS Pekour, KA Prather, JG Radney, R Rogers, SP Sandberg, A Sedlacek, C Senff, G Senum, A Setyan, JE Shilling, MKB Shrivastava, C Song, SR Springston, R Subramanian, K Suski, JM Tomlinson, RM Volkamer, HA Wallace, J Wang, AM Weickmann, DR Worsnop, XY Yu, A Zelenyuk, and Q Zhang. 2012. "Overview of the 2010 Carbonaceous Aerosols and Radiative Effects Study (CARES)." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12(16):7647-7687.  doi:10.5194/acp-12-7647-2012

2011

• Hiranuma N, M Kohn, MS Pekour, DA Nelson, JE Shilling, and DJ Cziczo. 2011. "Droplet activation, separation, and compositional analysis: Laboratory studies and atmospheric measurements ." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 4(1):691-713.  doi:10.5194/amtd-4-691-2011
• Chen Q, Y Liu, NM Donahue, JE Shilling, and ST Martin. 2011. "Particle-Phase Chemistry of Secondary Organic Material: Modeled Compared to Measured O:C and H:C Elemental Ratios Provide Constraints." Environmental Science & Technology 45(11):4763-4770.  doi:10.1021/es104398s
• Song C, RA Zaveri, JE Shilling, ML Alexander, and MK Newburn. 2011. "Effect of Hydrophilic Organic Seed Aerosols on Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Ozonolysis of a-Pinene ." Environmental Science & Technology 45(17):7323-7329.  doi:10.1021/es201225c

2010

• King SM, T Rosenoern, JE Shilling, Q Chen, Z Wang, G Biskos, KA McKinney, U Poschl, and ST Martin. 2010. "Cloud droplet activation of mixed organic-sulfate particles produced by the photooxidation of isoprene." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 10(8):3953-3964.  doi:10.5194/acpd-10-213-2010

2009

• Shilling JE, Q Chen, SM King, T Rosenoern, JH Kroll, DR Worsnop, P DeCarlo, A Aiken, DT Sueper, JL Jimenez, and ST Martin. 2009. "Loading-Dependent Elemental Composition of a-Pinene SOA Particles." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 9(3):771-782. 
• King SM, T Rosenoern, JE Shilling, Q Chen, and ST Martin. 2009. "Increased Cloud Activation Potential of Secondary Organic Aerosol for Atmospheric Mass Loadings." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 9(9):2959-2971. 

Selected Publications

2009

• Shilling JE, Q Chen, SM King, T Rosenoern, JH Kroll, DR Worsnop, PF DeCarlo, AC Aiken, D Sueper, JL Jimenez, and ST Martin. 2008. "Loading-Dependent Elemental Composition of α-Pinene SOA Particles." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 9: 771-782.

• King, SM, T Rosenoern, JE Shilling, Q Chen, and ST Martin. 2009. “Increased Cloud Activation Potential of Secondary Organic Aerosol for Atmospheric Mass Loadings.” Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. 9: 1669-1702.

2008

• Shilling JE, Q Chen, SM King, T Rosenoern, JH Kroll, DR Worsnop, KA McKinney, ST Martin. 2008 Particle mass yield in secondary organic aerosol formed by the dark ozonolysis of α-pinene. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 2073-2088.

2007

• King SM, T Rosenoern, JE Shilling, Q Chen, and ST Martin.  2007.  "Cloud Condensation Nucleus Activity of Secondary Organic Aerosol Particles Mixed with Sulfate."  Geophysical Research Letters 34:Art. No. L24806.  doi:10.1029/2007GL030390.
• Shilling JE, SM King, M Mochida, DR Worsnop, and ST Martin.  2007.  "Mass Spectral Evidence that Small Changes in Chemical Composition Caused by Oxidative Aging Processes Alter Aerosol CCN Properties."  Journal of Physical Chemistry A 111:3358-3368.

2006

• Shilling JE, BM Connelly, and MA Tolbert.  2006.  "Uptake of Small Oxygenated Organic Molecules onto Ammonium Nitrate Under Upper Tropospheric Consitions."  Journal of Physical Chemistry A 110:6687-6695.
• Shilling JE, MA Tolbert, OB Toon, EJ Jensen, BJ Murray, and AK Bertram.  2006.  "Measurements of the Vapor Pressure of Cubic Ice and Their Implications for Atmospheric Ice Clouds."  Geophysical Research Letters 33: Article No. L17801.
• Shilling JE, TJ Fortin, and MA Tolbert.  2006.  "Depositional Ice Nucleation on Crystalline organic and inorganic Solids."  Journal of Geophysical Research 111(D12): Article No. D12204.

2004

• Shilling JE and MA Tolbert.  2004.  "Uptake of Acetic Acid on Thin Ammonium Nitrate Films as a function of Temperature and Relative Humidity.  Journal of Physical Chemistry A 108:11314-11320.

2003

• Wise ME, JD Surratt, DB Curtis, JE Shilling, and MA Tolbert.  2003.  "Hygroscopic Growth of Ammonium Sulfate/Dicarboxylic Acids."  Journal of Geophysical Research 108(D20): Article No. 4638.

2002

• Fortin TJ, JE Shilling, and MA Tolbert.  2002.  "Infrared Spectroscopic Study of rthe Low-Temperature Phase Behavior of Ammonium Sulfate."  Journal of Geophysical Research 107(D10): Article No. 1029.
• Hudson PK, JE Shilling, MA Tolbert, and OB Toon.  2002.  "Uptake of Nitric Acid on Ice at Tropospheric Temperatures: Implications for Cirrus Clouds."  Journal of Physical Chemistry A 106:9874-9882.