Education
Northwestern University, Dual B.S., Chemical & Environmental Engineering; University of California, Berkeley, M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering; University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Energy Science & Technology
Professional Areas
Prof. Gentner is a Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering and an internationally recognized expert on air quality science and engineering, with emphases on analytical chemistry, urban air quality, atmospheric chemistry, gas-phase organic compounds, particulate matter (i.e., PM2.5), and interdisciplinary research at the interfaces of energy, policy, and health.
Citation
for outstanding contributions to the field of air pollution by advancing measurement techniques that capture chemical complexity and by furthering knowledge of on sources of reactive pollutant emissions impacting air quality across outdoor and indoor environments, their atmospheric chemical transformations, and the impacts of climate change on urban air quality.