Newswise — Rajan Chakrabarty, assistant professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis: [email protected].
Chakrabarty researches the atmospheric effects of wildfires. Using a special chamber in the lab, he has been able to recreate wildfires and closely study the particles emitted during combustion, and watch how thgey e eolve over time.
“Wildfires are going to be the major source of air pollution because of decades of fire suppression and increased fuel loads,” Chakrabarty said. “We have exerted control to a certain extent on regular emissions, such as those from vehicles and industries, but this is nature, and it’s very hard to control.”
Learn more about Chakrabarty's research - including his discovery of a new law to describe how soot absorbs light -- here.
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