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December 13 – 17, 2021

Meskhidze, N., B. Sutherland, C. Hostetler, R. Ferrare, S. Burton, J. Hair, Application of the CMAQ-HSRL-CH and HSRL-CH methodologies for improving estimates of PM2.5 concentration to data from the KORUS-AQ campaign, Platform presentation at AGU Fall 2021 Conference, December 13 to 17, 2021.

Sutherland, B. and N. Meskhidze, Estimation of Aerosol Direct Radiative Effect Through CATCH-derived Aerosol Types Poster presentation at AGU Fall 2021 Conference, December 13 to 17, 2021.

October 18 – 22, 2021

Meskhidze, N., M. D. Petters, M. Islam, Turbulent Flux Measurements of the Near-surface and Residual-layer Nucleation Particles, Virtual presentation at AAAR 39th Annual Conference, October 18 to 22, 2021.

Sutherland, B. and N. Meskhidze, Estimation of Aerosol Direct Radiative Effect through CATCH-derived Aerosol Types, Virtual presentation at AAAR 39th Annual Conference, October 18 to 22, 2021.

June 21-24, 2021

Islam, M., N. Meskhidze, and M. D. Petters, Turbulent Flux Measurements of the Near-surface and Residual-layer Nucleation Particles, Virtual poster presentation at 2021 ARM/ASR PI Meeting, June 21-24, 2021. , 2021.

October 5 – 9, 2020

Sutherland, B., N. Meskhidze, X. Ling, K. Dawson, M. S. Johnson, B. Henderson, C. A. Hostetler, and R. A. Ferrare, Improving Estimates of PM2.5 Concentration and Chemical Composition by Application of High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) and Creating Aerosol Types from Chemistry (CATCH) Algorithm, AAAR 38th Annual Conference, October 5 to 9, 2020.

Meskhidze, N., Zimmerman, A., and M. D. Petters, Observations of new particle formation, modal growth rates, and direct emissions of sub-10 nm particles in an urban environment, AAAR 38th Annual Conference, October 5 to 9, 2020.

May 6 - 9, 2019

Ling, X., N. Meskhidze, K. Dawson, M. S. Johnson, B. Henderson, S. P. Burton, C. A. Hostetler, and R. A. Ferrare, Improving Estimates of Ground-Level PM2.5 by Application of High Spectral Resolution Lidar, a poster presentation at AAAR 37th Annual Conference October 14-18, 2019, Portland, OR.

Zimmerman, A., N. Meskhidze, J. C. Jaimes-Correa, M. D. Petters, T. M. Royalty, B. N. Phillips, R. Reed, Exploring the Role of Planetary Boundary Layer Dynamics on the Ground Level Ultrafine Particle Number Concentration, a poster presentation at AAAR 37th Annual Conference October 14-18, 2019, Portland, OR.

Meskhidze, N., Using Global Aerosol Types For Improved Assessment Of Aerosol Direct Radiative Effect, poster presentation at Radiation and Climate Gordon Research Conference, July 21 - July 26, 2019, Lewiston, ME.

Meskhidze, N., X. Ling, K. Dawson, B. Henderson, M. Johnson, S. Burton, C. Hostetler, R. Ferrare, New methodology for deriving PM2.5 chemical composition using GEOS-Chem & High Spectral Resolution Lidar, The 9th International GEOS-Chem Meeting (IGC9), May 6-9, 2019, Harvard, MA.

Ling, X., Meskhidze, N., K. Dawson, B. Henderson, M. Johnson, S. Burton, C. Hostetler, R. Ferrare, , Improved representation of surface PM2.5 using High Spectral Resolution Lidar retrievals and GEOS-Chem-derived aerosol types, The 9th International GEOS-Chem Meeting (IGC9), May 6-9, 2019, Harvard, MA.

October 22 – 24, 2018

May 6 - 9, 2019

Meskhidze, N., X. Ling, K. Dawson, B. Henderson, M. Johnson, S. Burton, C. Hostetler, R. Ferrare, New methodology for deriving PM2.5 chemical composition using GEOS-Chem & High Spectral Resolution Lidar, The 9th International GEOS-Chem Meeting (IGC9), May 6-9, 2019, Harvard, MA.

Ling, X., Meskhidze, N., K. Dawson, B. Henderson, M. Johnson, S. Burton, C. Hostetler, R. Ferrare, , Improved representation of surface PM2.5 using High Spectral Resolution Lidar retrievals and GEOS-Chem-derived aerosol types, The 9th International GEOS-Chem Meeting (IGC9), May 6-9, 2019, Harvard, MA.

October 22 – 24, 2018

July 30 - August 3, 2018

July 9 - 11, 2018

Meskhidze, N., The analysis of regional climate model results and remotely sensed data for the Southern Caucasus Black Sea region, Invited series of 11 public lectures, July 9 – 11, 2018, Batumi, Georgia

April 30- May 2, 2018

Meskhidze, N., K. Dawson, S. Burton, M. S. Johnson, M. Kacenelenbogen, C. Hostetler, and Y . Hu, Using CATCH (Creating Aerosol Types from CHemistry) for Improved Connection of Remote Sensing and Models, ACE Science Working Group (SWG) Workshop, April 30 - May 2, 2018, Silver Spring, MD.

December 11-15, 2017

Meskhidze, N., T. M. Royalty, B. N. Phillips, K. Dawson, M. D. Petters, R. Reed, J. P. Weinstein, D. A. Hook, R. Wiener, Continuous Flow Hygroscopicity-Resolved Relaxed Eddy Accumulation (Hy-Res REA) Method of Measuring Size-Resolved Sea-Salt Particle Fluxes, AGU Fall meeting, December 11 - 15, 2017, New Orleans, LA.

October 16 - 20, 2017

Meskhidze, N., T. M. Royalty, B. N. Phillips, K. Dawson, M. D. Petters, R. Reed, J. P. Weinstein, D. A. Hook, R. Wiener, Continuous Flow Hygroscopicity-Resolved Relaxed Eddy Accumulation (Hy-Res REA) Method of Measuring Size-Resolved Sea-Salt Particle Fluxes, 36th AAAR Annual Conference, October 16 - 20, 2017.

October 3-5, 2017

Meskhidze, N., Contribution of Natural Aerosols to Uncertainty in Anthropogenic Climate Change, South Caucasus-Black Sea Regional Climate Workshop, October 3-5, Batumi, Georgia.

August 13 -18, 2017

Dawson, K.W. , N. Meskhidze, S. Burton, M. S. Johnson, M. Kacenelenbogen, C. Hostetler, and Y . Hu, New algorithm for Creating Aerosol Types from CHemistry (CATCH), Goldschmidt2017, August 13 - 18, 2017, Paris, France.

N. Meskhidze, T. M. Royalty, T. M., B. N. Phillips, K. W. Dawson, M. D. Petters, R. Reed, J. P. Weinstein, D.A. Hook, and R. W. Wiener, Continuous Flow Hygroscopicity-resolved Relaxed Eddy Accumulation (Hy-res REA) Method Of Measuring Sizeresolved Sea-salt Particle Fluxes, Goldschmidt2017, August 13 - 18, 2017, Paris, France.

Meskhidze, N., D Hurley, T. Royalty, and M. S. Johnson, Potential Effect of Atmospheric Organics on Aerosol Soluble Iron in Seawater, Goldschmidt2017, August 13 - 18, 2017, Paris, France.

May 15-18, 2017

Meskhidze, N., Constraining sea spray contribution to the marine boundary layer aerosol number concentration, invited keynote presentation at the frontiers in ocean-atmosphere exchange: Air sea interface and fluxes of mass and energy, May 15 - 18, 2017, Cargèse, Corsica, France.

May 1-4, 2017

Meskhidze, N., K. W. Dawson, S. P. Burton, M. S. Johnson, M. S. Kacenelenbogen, C. A. Hostetler, Y. Hu, Creating Aerosol Types from CHemistry (CATCH): a new algorithm to extend the link between remote sensing and models, poster presentation at the 8th International GEOS-Chem Meeting (IGC8), May 1- 4, 2017, Cambridge, MA.

April 3, 2017

Meskhidze, N., Atmospheric Organics and Aerosol Soluble Iron in Seawater, invited presentation at 2017 Frontiers in Geoscience Colloquia at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), April 3, 2017, Los Alamos, NM

26 February-3 March 2017

Meskhidze, N., D. Hurley, T. Royalty, and M. S. Johnson, Effect of Atmospheric Organics on Aerosol Soluble Iron in Seawater, oral presentation at ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, 26 February-3 March 2017, Honolulu, Hawaii.

January 22-26, 2017

December 12 – 16, 2016

Meskhidze, N., D. Hurley, T. Royalty and M. S. Johnson, Effect of atmospheric organics on bioavailable Fe lifetime in the oceans, oral presentation, AGU Fall meeting, December 12 – 16, 2016, San Francisco, CA.

Dawson, K., M. Kacenlenbogen, M. S. Johnson, S. Burton, C. A. Hostetler, and N. Meskhidze, Linking remotely sensed aerosol types to their chemical composition, poster presentation, AGU Fall meeting, December 12 – 16, 2016, San Francisco, CA.

Royalty, T., B. Phillips, K. Dawson, R. Reed and N. Meskhidze, Shipborne measurements of aerosol number size distribution and hygroscopicity over the North Pacific Ocean, poster presentation, AGU Fall meeting, December 12 – 16, 2016, San Francisco, CA.

June 25 to July 3, 2016

Measurements of size- and composition-resolved sea spray concentration aboard NOAA ship Hi'ialakai as part of WHOI Hawaii Ocean Timeseries Station (WHOTS) project.

May 9, 2016

Meskhidze, N., Oceanic Emissions, Marine Aerosols and Clouds, Invited keynote speech on International Conference “Science across observatory networks ” Zandvoort, Netherlands, May 9-2016.

April 8, 2016

Phillips, B., K. Dawson, T. Royalty, R. Reed, M. D. Petters, and N. Meskhidze, Measurements of Hygroscopicity- and Size-Resolved Sea Spray Aerosol, April 8, 2016, Raleigh, NC.

December 14-18, 2015

Meskhidze, N., M. D. Petters, R. Reed, K. Dawson, B. Phillips, and T. Royalty, New Instrument for Measuring Size-resolved Submicron Sea Spray Particle Production From Ocean, December 14 – 18, 2015, San Francisco, CA.

Phillips, B., K. Dawson, T. Royalty, R. Reed, M. D. Petters, and N. Meskhidze, Measurements of Hygroscopicity- and Size-Resolved Sea Spray Aerosol, December 14 – 18, 2015, San Francisco, CA.

Royalty, T., M. D. Petters, A. Grieshop, N. Meskhidze, R. Reed, B. Phillips, and K. Dawson, Aerosol Size, CCN, and Black Carbon Properties at a Coastal Site in the Eastern U.S., December 14 – 18, 2015, San Francisco, CA.

October 5–7, 2015

B. Phillips, K. Dawson, T. Royalty, R. Reed, M. D. Petters, and N. Meskhidze, A novel instrument to measure hygroscopicity- and size-resolved particle fluxes, Community Modeling and Analysis System (CMAS), October 5–7, 2015, Chapel Hill, NC

January 4-8, 2015

Meskhidze, N., M. D. Petters, R. E. Reed, K. Dawson, and B. Phillips, New instrument for measuring size-resolved submicron sea-salt particle production from ocean, 95th AMS Annual Meeting, 4–8 January 2015, Phoenix, AZ.

Dawson, K., M. D. Petters, and N. Meskhidze, Hygroscopic growth and cloud droplet activation of marine hydrogels, oral presentation, 95th AMS Annual Meeting, 4–8 January 2015, Phoenix, AZ.

October 31, 2014

Invited speaker at the Integrated Land-use Management Modelling of Black Sea Estuaries, ‘Black Sea Basin 2007-2013’, October 31, 2014, Batumi, Georgia

July 28-Aug 1, 2014

Meskhidze, N., K. Dawson, S. Suda, M. Petters, New Insights For Marine Source Organics: Laboratory Measurements, Remote Sensing & Model Results, invited presentation at the New Insights into Gas-Phase Atmospheric Chemistry conference, July 28-August 1, 2014, Telluride, CO.

March 18-19, 2014

Meskhidze, N., Sea spray aerosol and climate assesments: Model results and remotely sensed data, invited presentation at the Workshop on Clouds, Aerosols, Radiation and Air-Sea Interface of the Southern Ocean: Establishing Directions for Future Research, March 18-19, 2014, University of Washington in Seattle, WA.

February 2-6, 2014

Meskhidze, N., Climatic Effects of Sea Spray Aerosols, invited presentation at the 96th AMS Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2014, Atlanta, GA.

December 9-13, 2013

Dr. Meskhidze and team members attended the AGU Fall Meeting hosted San Francisco, CA.

Meskhidze, N., M.S. Johnson, Effect of atmospheric organics on iron bioavailability, poster presentation at the AGU Fall Meeting, December 9-13, 2013, San Francisco, CA.

Meskhidze, N., B. Gantt, The Impacts of Marine Organic Emissions on Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate, invited talk at the AGU Fall Meeting, December 9-13, 2013, San Francisco, CA.

Dawson, K., N. Meskhidze, Y. Hu, Anomalies in Sea Spray Aerosol Optical Properties Detected by NASA High Spectral Resolution Lidar, poster presentation at the AGU Fall Meeting, December 9-13, 2013, San Francisco, CA.

October 28-30, 2013

Gantt, B., T. Glotfelty, N. Meskhidze, and Y. Zhang, Simulating the Impacts of Marine Organic Emissions on Global Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate using an Online-Coupled Meterology and Chemistry Model, poster presentation, October 28-30, 2013, Chapel Hill, NC.

September 30-October 1, 2013

Meskhidze, N., Sea spray aerosol and climate assessments: Model results and remotely sensed data, invited presentation at the Open Sea Spray Aerosol Workshop, September 30-October 1, 2013, Galway, Ireland.

June 3-7, 2013

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze is one of the co-organizers of International workshop entitled "Extreme Weather and Climate Events in the Southern Caucasus - Black Sea Region", hosted in Tbilisi, Georgia.

May 14-17, 2013

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze and David Hurley attended AGU meeting of the Americas, Cancun, Mexico.

Meskhidze, N. and K. Dawson, Sea spray aerosol and climate assessments: Model results and remotely sensed data, oral presentation at the AGU meeting of the Americas, May 14-17, 2013, Cancun, Mexico.

Hurley, D., N. Meskhidze, and M. D. Petters, Effect of atmospheric organics on iron bioavailability, poster presentation at the AGU meeting of the Americas, May 14-17, 2013, Cancun, Mexico.

May 6-10, 2013

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze, Matthew Johnson and Brett Gantt attended 6th International GEOS-Chem User's meeting, Harvard University, MA.

Meskhidze, N., and M.S. Johnson, Updated dust-iron dissolution mechanism in GEOS-Chem, poster presentation at the 6th International GEOS-Chem User's meeting, May 6-10, 2013, Harvard University, MA.

Johnson, M.S. and N. Meskhidze, Atmospheric input of soluble iron to the ocean: GEOS-Chem investigation of the role of oxalate and photochemistry, oral presentation at the 6th International GEOS-Chem User's meeting, May 6-10, 2013, Harvard University, MA.

Gantt, B., M. S. Johnson, and N. Meskhidze, GEOS-Chem evaluation of marine primary organic aerosol emission schemes, oral presentation at the 6th International GEOS-Chem User's meeting, May 6-10, 2013, Harvard University, MA.

February 26-March 3, 2013

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze attended MCC (Millennium Challenge Corporation) pre-proposal meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia

February 11-13, 2013

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze was invited at Chemistry Climate Working Group Meeting at NCAR, Boulder, CO

Meskhidze, N., Marine organic aerosols in CAM5-MAM, invited presentation at NCAR, February, 11-13, 2013, Boulder, CO

January 22, 2013

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze was invited at UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, CA.

Meskhidze, N., Sea spray aerosol and climate assessments: Model results and remotely sensed data, invited presentation at the UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography, January 22, 2013. San Diego, CA.

December 3-7, 2012

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze, Kyle Dawson, Matthew Johnson and Brett Gantt attendeed AGU 2012 Fall meeting in San Francisco, CA.

Dawson, K., N. Meskhidze, B. Gantt, M. S. Johnson and S. Gassó, Reducing the uncertainty in background marine aerosol radiative properties using CAM5 model results and CALIPSO-retrievals, poster presentation at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, December 3 – 7, 2011, San Francisco, CA.

Johnson, M.S. and N. Meskhidze, Updated dust-iron dissolution mechanism in GEOS-Chem, poster presentation at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, December 3 – 7, 2011, San Francisco, CA.

Gantt, B. and N. Meskhidze, Model implementation of marine organc aerosols, poster presentation at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, December 3 – 7, 2011, San Francisco, CA.

June 24-29, 2012

Trueblood, J. and N. Meskhidze, A Novel Formation Mechanism of Atmospheric Low-Molecular Weight Carbonyls over Marine Regions, poster presentation at the 12th Annual CMAS Conference, October 28-30, 2013, Chapel Hill, NC.

June 24-29, 2012

Dr. Meskhidze attended Goldschmidt2012 conference

Johnson, M. S. and N. Meskhidze, Updated dust-nutrient dissolution mechanism: Effects of organic acids, photolysis, and dust mineralogy, poster presentation at Goldschmidt2012, June 24-29, 2012, Montréal, Canada.

N. Meskhidze, and M. S., Johnson, Improved representation of dust-nutrient deposition to the ocean for the Earth System Models, oral presentation at Goldschmidt2012, June 24-29, 2012, Montréal, Canada.

June 17-23, 2012

Dr. Elizbarashvili will attended the 12th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2012

Elizbarashvili, M., N. Meskhidze, B. Gantt, D. Mikava, Model simulation study of temperature and precipitation extremes in Georgia, The 12th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2012, June 17 - 23, 2012, Bulgaria.

May 7-18, 2012

Dr. Elizbarashvili attended Sixth ICTP Workshop on the Theory and Use of Regional Climate Models

Elizbarashvili, M., N. Meskhidze, B. Gantt, N. Kutaladze, Extreme Precipitation and Temperature Events in Georgia Using Regional Climate Model, poster presentation at the Sixth ICTP Workshop on the Theory and Use of Regional Climate Models, May 7 – 18, 2012, Trieste, Italy.

May 7-10, 2012

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze attended Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) Open Science Conference

Johnson, M.S., and N. Meskhidze, Updated mineral dust-nutrient dissolution mechanism: Effects of organic acids, photolysis, and mineralogy, poster presentation at the Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) Open Science Conference, May 7 - 10, 2012, Cle Elum, WA.

Meskhidze, N. and B. Gantt, The role of sea spray aerosols in climate assessments, poster presentation at the Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) Open Science Conference, May 7 - 10, 2012, Cle Elum, WA.

March 11-15, 2012

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze attended International Workshop on Climate Change Projection and High Performance Computing Climate 2012, March 12-15, 2012, Maui, Hawaii.

Meskhidze, N., and M. S. Johnson, Improved representation of dust-nutrient deposition to the surface ocean, Climate Change Projection and High Performance Computing Climate 2012, March 12-15, 2012, Maui, Hawaii.

January 22-26, 2012

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze attended AMS 92nd annual meeting in New Orleans, LA.

Meskhidze, N., B. Gantt, M. S. Johnson, Sea Spray Aerosols and Climate Assessments, American Meteorological Society (AMS) 92nd annual meeting, January 22 - 26, 2012, New Orleans, LA.

December 5-9, 2011

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze attended AGU Fall meeting in San Francisco, CA.

Meskhidze, N., B. Gantt, Jun Xu, Evaluating the potential impact of marine organic aerosols on climate assessments, poster presentation at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, December 5 – 9, 2011, San Francisco, CA.

Johnson, M. S and N. Meskhidze, Updated dust-iron dissolution mechanism: Effects of organic acids, photolysis, and dust mineralogy, poster presentation at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, December 5 – 9, 2011, San Francisco, CA.

October 6-7, 2011

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze and Matthew Johnson attended First International Workshop on the Long-Range Transport and Impacts of African Dust on the Americas, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Meskhidze, N., and M. S. Johnson, Updated dust-iron dissolution mechanism: effects of organic acids, photolysis, and dust mineralogy, oral presentation at the First International Workshop on the Long-Range Transport and Impacts of African Dust on the Americas, October 6-7, 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Johnson, M. S., N. Meskhidze, V. P. Kiliyanpilakkil, African Dust Evaluation: Comparison between GEOS-Chem and Remotely-Sensed Observations, poster presentation at the First International Workshop on the Long-Range Transport and Impacts of African Dust on the Americas, October 6-7, 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

August 28-September 1, 2011

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze gave an invited presentation at 242nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Denver, CO.

Meskhidze, N., B. Gantt, M. Wilbanks, Evaluating the impact of marine carbonaceous aerosols on clouds and climate assessments, invited oral presentation at the 242nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, August 28-September 1, 2011, Denver, CO.

August 8 - 12, 2011

Meskhidze, N., Aerosol impacts on ecosystems functioning and biogeochemical cycles, invited discussion, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Workshop on Aerosol Impact in the Environment: from Air Pollution to Climate Change, August 8-12, 2011, Trieste, Italy.

August 14-19, 2011

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze, Matthew Johnson and Brett Gantt attended Goldschmidt2011 in Prague, Czech Republic.

Johnson, M., and N. Meskhidze, Updated dust-iron dissolution mechanism: Effects of organic acids, photolysis, and dust mineralogy, Goldschmidt2011, August 14-19, 2011, Prague, Czech Republic.

Gantt, B., M. Johnson, and N. Meskhidze, Evaluation of marine Primary Organic Aerosol Emission Schemes, Goldschmidt2011, August 14-19, 2011, Prague, Czech Republic.

Meskhidze, N., J, Xu and B. Gantt, Evaluating the Impact of Marine Organic Aerosols on Climate, Goldschmidt2011, August 14-19, 2011, Prague, Czech Republic.

May 2-5, 2011

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze, Matthew Johnson and Kiliyanpilakkil Praju attended 5th International GEOS-Chem User's meeting, Harvard University, MA.

Meskhidze, N., and B. Gantt., Modeling of marine primary and secondary organic aerosols, 5th International GEOS-Chem User's meeting, May 2-5, 2011, Harvard University, MA.

Johnson, M., N. Meskhidze, V. P. Kiliyanpilakkil, Evaluating GEOS-Chem predicted mineral dust optical depth using A-Train satellites, oral presentation at the 5th International GEOS-Chem User's meeting, May 2-5, 2011, Harvard University, MA.

Kiliyanpilakkil, V.P., N. Meskhidze, A comparison of CALIPSO clean marine and GEOS-Chem sea salt aerosol optical depth, 5th International GEOS-Chem User's meeting, May 2-5, 2011, Harvard University, MA.

March 28-April 1, 2011

Matt Wilbanks attended Department of Energy (DoE) ASR meeting in San Antonio, TX.

Meskhidze, N., B. Gantt, M. Wilbanks, and J., Xu, Effect of Marine Biogenic Aerosols on Clouds: A Community Atmosphere Model (CAM) Study, poster presentation at the DOE ASR meeting, March 28-April 1, 2011, San Antonio, TX.

March 17, 2011

Meskhidze, N., Modeling of Atmospheric Transport and Deposition of Mineral Iron to the Oceans, invited seminar at the Dalhousie University – Seminar in Earth Science Modeling, March 17, 2011, Halifax, NS, Canada.

March 7-9, 2011

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze was invited to participate in WMO SDS-WAS/GESAMP Expert Workshop on Modelling and Observing the Impacts of Dust , Malta

Meskhidze, N., Modeling of Atmospheric Transport and Deposition of Soluble Iron to the Oceans, invited oral presentation at theWMO SDS-WAS/GESAMP Expert Workshop on Modelling and Observing the Impacts of Dust Transport and Deposition on Marine Productivity, March 7-9, 2011, Malta.

February 21, 2011

Meskhidze, N., Marine Primary and Secondary Organic Aerosol: Their Emission Rates and Potential Effects on Cloud Microphysical Properties, invited seminar at the AEROCENTER Forum - NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, February 21, 2011, Greenbelt, MD.

January, 23-27, 2011

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze attended AMS 91st Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

Meskhidze, N., B. Gantt, J. Xu, A. Sabolis, E. Morris, M. Petters, Marine Primary and Secondary Organic Aerosols and Their Effect on Indirect Radiative Forcing, AMS 91st Annual Meeting, January 23-27, 2011, Seattle, WA.

December 13 – 17, 2010

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze, Brett Gantt, Alyssa Sabolis and Kiliyanpilakkil Praju attended American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2010 Fall meeting in San Francisco, CA.

Meskhidze, N. and B. Gantt, New insights into an organic mass fraction of sea spray aerosol, poster presentation at the AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 13 – 17, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Sabolis, A., N. Meskhidze, D. Kamykowski, and R. Reed, Quantifying Marine Emissions of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds Using Laboratory Measurements of Plankton Monocultures and Field Samples, poster presentation at the AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 13 – 17, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Gantt, B., E. Morris, M. Petters, N. Meskhidze, Isolating factors that determine the organic enrichment of sea spray aerosols, oral presentation at the AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 13 – 17, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Kiliyanpilakkil, V. P. and N. Meskhidze, Deriving a relationship between wind speed and clean marine aerosol optical depth using CALIPSO and AMSR-E data, poster presentation at the AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 13 – 17, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

November 15, 2010

Meskhidze, N., Ocean-Aerosol Science and STM, invited seminar at the Aerosol Cloud Ecosystem (ACE) Science Workshop - NASA Headquarters, November 15, 2010, Washington, DC.

October 26 – 28, 2010

Brett Gantt and Matthew Jonson attended International Symposium on the A-Train Satellite Constellation 2010, New Orleans, LA

Johnson, M.S., and N. Meskhidze, Understanding the Transport of Patagonian Dust and its Influence on Marine Biological Activity in the South Atlantic Ocean carbon cycle, oral presentation at the International Symposium on the A-Train Satellite Constellation 2010, October 25-28, 2010, New Orleans, LA.

Gantt., B and N. Meskhidze, Using A-train satellites to better understand the connection between marine aerosols and ocean biology atmospheric composition and chemistry, poster presentation at the International Symposium on the A-Train Satellite Constellation 2010, October 25-28, 2010, New Orleans, LA.

October 11-13, 2o10

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze & Brett Gantt attended 9th Annual CMAS Conference, Chapel Hill, NC

Meskhidze, N., and B. Gantt, A Novel Parameterization of the Marine Primary Organic Aerosol Emission for Regional and Global Models, poster presentation at the 9th Annual CMAS Conference, October 11-13, 2010, Chapel Hill, NC.

Gantt, B., N. Meskhidze, AM. Carlton, The Contribution of Marine Organic Emissions to Coastal Air Quality, oral presentation at the 9th Annual CMAS Conference, October 11-13, 2010, Chapel Hill, NC.

June 13-18, 2o10

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze, Brett Gantt, Alyssa Sabolis attended Goldschmidt 2010, Earth Energy and the environment, Knoxville, TN

Meskhidze, N., J. Xu, and B. Gantt, The Impact of Marine Organic Emissions on Global Climate, poster presentation at Goldschmidt 2010, Earth Energy and the environment, June 13 – 18, 2010, Knoxville, TN.

Gantt, B. and N. Meskhidze, Rethinking the Organic Sea Spray Function, poster presentation at Goldschmidt 2010, Earth Energy and the environment, June 13 – 18, 2010, Knoxville, TN.

Sabolis, A. and N. Meskhidze, Quantifying Marine Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds Using Laboratory and Field Measurements from North Carolina Estuarine System, poster presentation at Goldschmidt 2010, Earth Energy and the environment, June 13 – 18, 2010, Knoxville, TN.

June 7 - 9, 2010

Dr. Meskhidze gave invited oral presentation on Climate Change and Recommended Curriculum Guide at U.S. CRDF – International Conference on Climate Change Curricula in Higher Education, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Meskhidze, N., Climate Change and Recommended Curriculum Guide, invited oral presentation on Constraining Climatic Effects of Anthropogenic Aerosols by Improving Marine Emissions at International Conference on Climate Change Curricula in Higher Education, June 7-9, 2010, Tbilisi, Georgia.

June 5, 2010

Meskhidze, N., Constraining Climatic Effects of Anthropogenic Aerosols by Improving Marine Emissions, invited oral presentation, June, 5, 2010, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.

May 23-28, 2010

Brett Gantt gave invited oral presentation at the early career session, 5th Biogenic Hydrocarbons & The Atmosphere Gordon Research Conference, Les Diablerets, Switzerland

Gantt, B. and N. Meskhidze, Measuring and modeling marine biogenic volatile organic compounds, invited oral presentation in the early career session at the 5th Biogenic Hydrocarbons & The Atmosphere Gordon Research Conference, May 23-28, 2010, Les Diablerets, Switzerland.

March 15-18, 2010

Dr. Meskhidze attended Department of Energy (DoE) ASR meeting, Washington, DC.

Meskhidze, N., J. Xu, Y. Zhang, B. Gantt, A. Carlton, S. Ghan, A. Nenes, X. Liu, R. Easter, and R. Zaveri, The Impact of Marine Organic Emissions on Global Climate and Coastal Air Quality, poster presentation at the DOE ASR meeting, March 15 – 18, 2010, Washington, DC.

February 22-26, 2010

Dr. Meskhidze and Alyssa Sabolis attended AGU 2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR.

Meskhidze, N., J. Xu, Y. Zhang, B. Gantt, A. G. Carlton, S. J. Ghan, A. Nenes, X. Liu, R. C. Easter, R. A. Zaveri, The Impact of Marine Organic Emissions on Coastal Air Quality and Climate, poster presentation at the AGU 2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting, February 22-26, 2010, Portland, OR.

Sabolis, A. W., N. Meskhidze, D. Kamykowski, and R. E. Reed, Quantifying Marine Emissions of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds Using Laboratory and Field Measurements from North Carolina Estuarine System, poster presentation at the AGU 2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting, February 22-26, 2010, Portland, OR.

December 14 – 18, 2009

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze, Brett Gantt, Jun Xu, and Matthew Johnson attended American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall 2009 meeting in San Francisco, CA.

Meskhidze, N., J. Xu, B. Gantt, Connecting Oceanic Emissions, Aerosols, and Maritime Clouds: What do we know and where do we go?, oral presentation at the AGU Fall Meeting, December 14 – 18, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Gantt, B., N. Meskhidze, A. G., Carlton, The Impact of Marine Organic Emissions on Coastal Air Quality of the Western US., poster presentation at the AGU Fall Meeting, December 14 – 18, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Johnson, M. S., N. Meskhidze, S. Gassó, F. Solmon, Quantifying the Impact of Mineral Dust and Dissolved Iron Deposition on Marine Biological Activity, poster presentation at the AGU Fall Meeting, December 14 – 18, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

Xu, J., N. Meskhidze, Y. Zhang, B. Gantt, S. J. Ghan, A. Nenes, X. Liu, R. C. Easter, R. A. Zaveri, Climatic Effects of Marine Organic Aerosols, poster presentation, AGU Fall 2009, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 14 – 18.

December 9– 11, 2009

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze gave invited presentation at the International Aerosol Modeling Algorithms (IAMA) Conference in UC Davis, CA.

Meskhidze, N., Connecting Oceanic Emissions of Trace Gases, Aerosols, and Maritime Clouds, oral presentation at IAMA 2009, UC Davis, CA, Dec. 9 – 11.<http://airquality.ucdavis.edu/pages/events/2009/iama/Meskhidze.pdf>

October 26 – 30, 2009

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze, Brett Gantt and Jun Xu attended American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR) 28th Annual Conference, October 26, 2009, Minneapolis, MN

Meskhidze, N., The effect of ocean biogeochemistry on aerosol, clouds and climate, tutorial session at the AAAR 28th Annual Conference, October 26-30, 2009, Minneapolis, MN.

Xu, J., N. Meskhidze, Y. Zhang, B. Gantt, S. Ghan, A. Nenes, X. Liu, R. Easter, & R. Zaveri, The effect of marine biogenic organic aerosols on stratiform clouds: A 10-year global simulation with coupled GCM-aerosol model, poster presentation at the AAAR 28th Annual Conference, October 26 - 30, 2009, Minneapolis, MN.

Gantt, B., N. Meskhidze, A-M. Carlton, The Impact of Marine Organic Aerosols on Coastal Air Quality of the Western US, oral presentation at the AAAR 28th Annual Conference, October 26 - 30, 2009, Minneapolis, MN.

June 21 – 26, 2009

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze attended the Goldschmidt 2009 conference, "Challenges to Our Volatile Planet" in Davos, Switzerland

Meskhidze, N., J. Xu, Y. Zhang, B. Gantt, S. Ghan, A. Nenes, X.Liu, R. Easter, & R. Zaveri, Effect of marine biogenic organic aerosols on cloud properties: Modeling study, oral presentation at Goldschmidt2009, June 21 – 26, 2009, Davos, Switzerland.

Johnson, M. N. Meskhidze, 2009, Modeling mineral dust and dissolved iron deposition, poster presentation at Goldschmidt2009, June 21 – 26, 2009, Davos, Switzerland.

April 7-10, 2009

Johnson, M., N. Meskhidze, F. Solmon, D. Fairlie, S. Gasso, D. Gaiero, Modeling dust and dissolved iron deposition to the Southern Ocean using GEOS-Chem, oral presentation at the 4th GEOS-Chem User's meeting, April 7-10, 2009, Harvard University, MA.

Johnson, M., N. Meskhidze, F. Solmon, D. Fairlie, S. Gasso, D. Gaiero, Exploring the effects of Patagonian dust on biological activity and carbon uptake in the South Atlantic Ocean using GEOS-Chem, poster presentation at the 4th GEOS-Chem User's meeting, April 7-10, 2009, Harvard University, MA.

March 10-12, 2009

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze attended the Aerosol/Cloud/Ecosystems Mission (ACE) Workshop in Oxnard, CA.

Meskhidze, N., C. McClain, P. Bontempi, P. Matrai, E. Saltzman, N. Mahowald, J. Propero, Y. Gao, S. Gassó, L. Remer, S. Bauer, M. Behrenfeld, J. Chowdhary, B. Miller, ACE Ocean - Aerosol Working Group, oral presentation at the Aerosol/Cloud/Ecosystems Mission (ACE) Workshop, March 10-12, 2009 Oxnard, CA.

February 25-27, 2009

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze and Brett Gantt attended the Annual Science Team Meeting of the Atmospheric Science Program (ASP) in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Meskhidze, N., J. Xu, Y. Zhang, B. Gantt, S. Ghan, A. Nenes, X. Liu, R. Easter & R. Zaveri, Effect of Marine Biogenic Organic Aerosols on Clouds, oral presentation at the Annual Science Team Meeting of the Atmospheric Science Program (ASP), February 25-27, 2009, Santa Fe, NM.

Meskhidze, N., J. Xu, Y. Zhang, B. Gantt, S. Ghan, A. Nenes, X. Liu, R. Easter & R. Zaveri, Effect of Marine Biogenic Organic Aerosols on Cloud Properties: Community Atmosphere Model (CAM) Study, poster presentation at the Annual Science Team Meeting of the Atmospheric Science Program (ASP), February 25-27, 2009, Santa Fe, NM.

Gantt, B., J. Xu, D. Kamykowski, N. Meskhidze, A New Physically-based Quantification of Marine Isoprene and Primary Organic Aerosol Emissions, poster presentation at the Annual Science Team Meeting of the Atmospheric Science Program (ASP), February 25-27, 2009, Santa Fe, NM.

December 15 - 19, 2008

Meskhidze N., Modeling of Atmospheric Transport and Deposition of Soluble Iron to the Oceans, invited oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, December 15-19, San Francisco, CA.

November 22, 2008

Matthew Johnson attended NC Space Grant presentations at Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.

Johnson, M., N. Meskhidze, F. Solmon, D. Fairlie, S. Gasso, D. Gaiero, Modeling Patagonian Dust Fluxes and Depositions to the Sothern Ocean Using GEOS-Chem, NC Space Grant presentations, Appalachian State University, November 22, 2008, Boone, NC.

October 20 – 24, 2008

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze and Brett Gantt, attended AAAR 27th Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.

Gantt, B., N. Meskhidze, and D. Kamykowski, Oceanic Trace Gases: Quantification and Climate Impact, poster presentation at American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR) 27th Annual Conference, 20 - 24 October, 2008, Orlando, FL.

Meskhidze, N., L. A. Remer, S. Platnick, R. Negrón Juárez, A. M. Lichtenberger and A. R. Aiyyer, Exploring the Differences in Aerosol and Cloud Properties Observed by the MODIS Twin Sensors, poster presentation at American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR) 27th Annual Conference, 20 - 24 October, 2008, Orlando, FL.

October 6- 8, 2008

Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze, Brett Gantt, Joshua Hemperly and Matthew Johnson, attended 7th Annual CMAS Conference, Chapel Hill, NC.

Gantt, B., N. Meskhidze, Y. Zhang, J. Xu, and D. Kamykowski, The Effect of Oceanic Isoprene Emissions on Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation in the Coastal United States, poster presentation at the 7th Annual CMAS Conference, 6 - 8 October, 2008, Chapel Hill, NC.

Hemperly, J., X.-Y Wen, N. Meskhidze, and Y. Zhang, Application and Evaluation of the Global Weather Research and Forecasting (GWRF) Model, oral presentation at the 7th Annual CMAS Conference, 6 - 8 October, 2008, Chapel Hill, NC.

Johnson, M., N. Meskhidze, F. Solmon, D. Fairlie, S. Gasso, D. Gaiero, Modeling Patagonian Dust and Soluble Iron Deposition to the Southern Ocean: Application of GEOS-Chem, poster presentation at the 7th Annual CMAS Conference, 6 - 8 October, 2008, Chapel Hill, NC.

February 25 – 27, 2008

Meskhidze, N., Y. Zhang, B. Gantt, J. Hemperly, D. Kamykowski, & X.-Y. Wen, Effect of Terrestrial and Marine Organic Aerosol on Regional and Global Climate: Work Plan and Some Preliminary Results, oral presentation at the Department of Energy Atmospheric Science Program FY 2008 Science Team Meeting, February 25 – 27, 2008, Annapolis, MD.

February 18-22, 2008

Meskhidze, N., Spatial and temporal differences in AOD observed by MODIS twin sensors, oral presentation at the International Workshop: Aerosols in the Amazon - Changes and their Consequences from Past and Future Human Activities, February 18-22, 2008, Manaus, Amazônia, Brazil.

January 11-15, 2008

Igel., M., and N. Meskhidze, Effects of Aerosol on Shallow Marine Clouds in Bay of Bengal, oral presentation at the American Meteorological Society (AMS) annual meeting, January 11-15, 2008, New Orleans, LA.

December 10 – 14, 2007

Meskhidze, N., R. Negrón Juárez, L. A. Remer, S. Platnick, and A. Aiyyer, Exploring the differences in aerosol and cloud properties observed by the MODIS twin sensors, oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) fall meeting, December 10 – 14, 2007, San Francisco, CA.

October 3-5, 2007

Meskhidze, N., Iron Biogeochemistry in the Southern Ocean and the Possible Role of Patagonian Dust in Ocean Fertilization, oral presentation at the Multidisciplinary Workshop on Southern South American Dust, October 3-5, 2007, Puerto Madrin, Argentina.

February 25- April 2, 2007

Meskhidze, N. and A. Nenes, The effect of phytoplankton on clouds in the Southern Ocean: A natural "shiptrack" or "smog chamber"? poster presentation at the Gordon Conference on Biogenic Hydrocarbons & the Atmosphere, February 25- April 2, 2007, Ventura, CA.