Chemical Engineering
Prof. McNeill’s research is focused on the chemistry and physics of atmospheric aerosol particles and ice in the environment, and their roles in atmospheric chemistry, air quality, and climate.
- Postdoctoral fellow, University of Washington Department of Atmospheric Sciences, 2005-2007
- Associate professor of chemical engineering, Columbia University, 2012–present
- Assistant professor of chemical engineering, Columbia University, 2007–2012
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR)
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
- Kenneth T. Whitby Award (AAAR), 2015
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2009-2014
- ACS Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator, 2009
- NASA Earth System Science Fellow, 2000-2003
- “Light-absorbing secondary organic material formed by glyoxal in aqueous aerosol mimics,” EL Shapiro, J Szprengiel, N Sareen, CN Jen, MR Giordano, VF McNeill, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 2289-2300 (2009)
- Kuo, M. H., Moussa, S. G., McNeill, V. F.* (2011) Modeling Interfacial Liquid Layers on Environmental Ices. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 9971-9982
- “Aqueous-phase Secondary Organic Aerosol and Organosulfate Formation in Atmospheric Aerosols: A Modeling Study” VF McNeill, JL Woo, DD Kim, AN Schwier, NJ Wannell, AJ Sumner, JM Barakat, Environ. Sci. Technol. 46 (15) 8075-8081 (2012)
- “Gas-Phase Surfactants Enhance Aerosol Cloud Nucleation.” N Sareen, AN Schwier, T Lathem, A Nenes, VF McNeill., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 110, 2723-2728 (2013)
- Moussa, S.G., Kuo, M.H., McNeill, V. F.* Nitric acid-induced surface disordering on ice (2013) Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15 (26), 10989-10995
- “Surface-Active Organics in Atmospheric Aerosols,” VF McNeill, N Sareen, and AN Schwier. Top. Curr. Chem., 339, 201-259, doi:10.1007/128_2012_404 (2014).
- “Aqueous organic chemistry in the atmosphere: Sources and chemical processing of organic aerosols (Feature)” VF McNeill Environ. Sci. Technol. 49 (3) 1237-1244 (2015)
- “simpleGAMMA v1.0 – A reduced model of secondary organic aerosol formation in the aqueous aerosol phase (aaSOA)” JL Woo, VF McNeill Geosci. Model Dev. 8 (6), 1821-1829 (2015)
- "Observation of Organic Molecules at the Aerosol Surface" Wu, Y., Li, W., Xu, B., Li, X., Wang, H., McNeill, V.F.*, Rao, Y.*, and Dai, H.-L. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 7(12), 2294-2297 (2016).
- “Atmospheric Aerosols: Clouds, Chemistry and Climate,” V.F. McNeill, Ann. Rev. Chem. Biomolec. Eng. in press, doi:10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-060816-101538 (2017)