OAQ Staff

Chief, Outdoor Air Quality Section

Stephen Wall, Ph.D., Research Scientist

Inorganic Chemistry Unit

Paul Wong, Research Sceintist

Trace metals by inductively coupled axial plasma/mas spectroscopy (ICAP/M) and ionic species by ion chromatography (IC)

Organic Chemistry Unit

Diamon Pon, MS, Supervising Chemist

Semi-volatile organic compounds by gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy (GC/MS); Crystalline identification by x-ray diffraction (XRD) and elemental fingerprinting by x-ray fluorescence (XRF)

Special Studies Microscopy Unit

Jeff Wagner, Ph. D., Research Scientist

Toxic particle investigations by optical and electron microscopy, Airborne particle investigations by optical and electron microscopy

Zhong-Min Wang, Ph.D., Research Scientist

Nanoparticle generation, sampling, and characterization

Aerosol and air quality research

Emergency Preparedness Unit

Kevin Chao, Ph.D., Research Scientist

All Hazards (CBRNE) Preparedness Training Statewide (Public Health) Coordinator
Chemical Incident Response, and Laboratory Response Network - Chemical