He earned his M.S. degree in biochemistry at Novosibirsk State University and his Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry at the University of Basel. Professor Nizkorodov is the principal investigator in the Aerosol Photochemistry Group (http://aerosol.chem. uci.edu), a component of the NSF-funded AirUCI institute. His research focuses on the interaction between solar radiation and atmospheric aerosols and on indoor air pollution. In 2005, he was awarded the Coblentz Award as an outstanding young molecular spectroscopist. He is a recipient of the 2007 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award and the 2006 UCI School of Physical Sciences Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education for his educational work at UCI.