Dr Maria Teresa Baeza Romero

Lecturer : Aerosol Science

Contact details

Telephone extension: 31596

Email address: chmmtbr@leeds.ac.uk

Room: 1.64 Env

Qualifications

• 2000-2003 European Ph. D. (Mark: Sobresaliente cum laude: 10/10) Departamento de Quimica-Fisica Ã, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas de Ciudad Real. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM). Spain. Supervisor: Prof. Beatriz Cabanas Thesis title: Reactivity of pentagonal heterocyclic compounds with nitrate radical.

• 2000-2001 DEA (Advanced Studies Degree) (Mark: 10/10) Departamento de Quimica-Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas de Ciudad Real. UCLM. Spain. Supervisor: Prof. Beatriz Cabanas. Project title: Atmospheric oxidation of alfa,beta-unsaturated aldehydes. Their reaction with nitrate radical.

• 1995-1999 First Degree in Chemistry. Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas de Ciudad Real. UCLM. Spain. (Mark: 9/10)

Biography

Research Interests: My current research field is atmospheric chemistry; in particular I have been involved in different experimental projects about the reactions of some of the most important atmospheric oxidants: NO3, OH and Cl with different pollutants (aldehydes, heterocycles and ketones). Moreover, I have studied in depth the atmospheric photochemistry of some ketones.

I have a wide experience in the detection of different radicals and pollutants with LIF (Laser Induced Fluorescence), multipass absorption, gas chromatography and PTFMS (photoionization time of flight mass spectrometry). Additionally, I am an expert in techniques for kinetic and product studies (flow tube, flash photolysis and chamber reactors).

I want to highlight that I have characterized and optimized in the last year a new experimental system very promising for aerosol studies.

In my current position I am studying experimentally SOA (Secondary Organic Aerosol) formation, ozone-soot interactions using the environmental chamber and the ATFMS (Aerosol Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer), nucleation processes (formation of iodine clusters) and uptake coefficient of HO2

Publications

Carr, SA; Baeza-Romero, MT; Blitz, MA; Price, BJS; Seakins, PW (2008) Ketone photolysis in the presence of oxygen: A useful source of OH for flash photolysis kinetics experiments, INT J CHEM KINET, 40(8), pp504-514. doi:10.1002/kin.20330

Baeza-Romero, MT; Glowacki, DR; Blitz, MA; Heard, DE; Pilling, MJ; Rickard, AR; Seakins, PW (2007) A combined experimental and theoretical study of the reaction between methylglyoxal and OH/OD radical: OH regeneration, PHYS CHEM CHEM PHYS, 9(31), pp4114-4128. doi:10.1039/b702916k

Cabanas, B; Baeza, MT; Martin, P; Salgado, S; Villanueva, F; Monedero, E; Martinez, E (2007) An overview of the atmospheric reactions between the nitrate radical and some heterocyclic compounds, Recent Researh Developments in Physical Chemistry, 9, pp137-157.

Pfrang, C; Baeza Romero, MT; Cabañas, B; Canosa-Mas, CE; Villanueva, F; Wayne, R (2007) Night-time tropospheric chemistry of the unsaturated alcohols (Z)-pent-2-en-1-ol and pent-1-en-3-ol: Kinetic studies of reactions of NO3 and N2O5 with stress-induced plant emissions, Atmospheric Environment, 41(8), pp1652-1662. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.10.034

Carr, SA; Baeza-Romero, MT; Blitz, MA; Pilling, MJ; Heard, DE; Seakins, PW (2007) OH yields from the CH3CO+O-2 reaction using an internal standard, CHEM PHYS LETT, 445(4-6), pp108-112. doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2007.07.099

Cleary, PA; Romero, MTB; Blitz, MA; Heard, DE; Pilling, MJ; Seakins, PW; Wang, L (2006) Determination of the temperature and pressure dependence of the reaction OH+C2H4 from 200-400 K using experimental and master equation analyses, PHYS CHEM CHEM PHYS, 8(48), pp5633-5642. doi:10.1039/b612127f

Cabañas, B; Baeza Romero, MT; Martin, P; Salgado, S; Villanueva, F; Monedero, E; Diaz-de Mera, Y (2006) Reaction of the NO3 radical with some thiophenes: Kinetic study and a correlation between rate constant and E_HOMO, International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 38(9), pp570-576. doi:10.1002/kin.20187

Romero, MTB; Blitz, MA; Heard, DE; Pilling, MJ; Price, B; Seakins, PW (2005) OH formation from the C2H5CO+O-2 reaction: An experimental marker for the propionyl radical, CHEM PHYS LETT, 408(4-6), pp232-236. doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2005.04.018

Romero, MTB; Blitz, MA; Heard, DE; Pilling, MJ; Price, B; Seakins, PW; Wang, LM (2005) Photolysis of methylethyl, diethyl and methylvinyl ketones and their role in the atmospheric HOx budget, FARADAY DISCUSS, 130, pp73-88. doi:10.1039/b419160a

Cabañas, B; Baeza Romero, MT; Martin, P; Salgado, S; Villanueva, F; Monedero, E; Wirtz, E (2005) Products and Mechanism of the NO3 Reaction with Thiophene, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 51(3), pp317-335. doi:10.1007/s10874-005-3580-5

Cabañas, B; Villanueva, F; Martin, P; Baeza Romero, MT; Salgado, S; Jiménez, E (2005) Study of reaction processes of furan and some furan derivatives initiated by Cl atoms, Atmospheric Environment, 39(10), pp1935-1944. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.12.013

Baeza Romero, MT (2004) Atmospheric reactivity of pentagonal heterocyclic compounds. reaction with nitrate radicals., .

Cabañas, B; Baeza Romero, MT; Salgado, S; Martin, P; Taccone, R; Martínez, E (2004) Oxidation of Heterocycles in the Atmosphere: Kinetic Study of Their Reactions with NO₃ Radical, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 108(49), pp10818-10823.

Cabañas, B; Martin, P; Salgado, S; Baeza Romero, MT; Albadelejo, J; Martínez, E (2003) Kinetic study of the gas-phase reaction of the nitrate radical with methyl-substituted thiophenes, International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 35(7), pp286-293. doi:10.1002/kin.10125

Cabañas, B; Martin, P; Salgado, S; Baeza Romero, MT; López, MR; Martínez, E (2002) A kinetic study of gas-phase reaction of thiophene with NO3 by using absolute and relative methods, Chemical Physics Letters, 358(5-6), pp401-406. doi:10.1016/S0009-2614(02)00494-3

Martínez, E; Cabañas, B; Martin, P; Salgado, S; Baeza Romero, MT (2002) An overview of night atmospheric loss process for a series of aldehydes via nitrate radical reactions, Trends in Photochemistry and Photobiology, 9, pp123-140.

Cabañas, B; Salgado, S; Martin, P; Baeza Romero, MT; Albadalejo, J; Martínez, E (2002) Gas-phase rate coefficients and activation energies for the reaction of NO₃ radicals with selected branched aliphatic aldehydes, Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics: a journal of European Chemical Societies, 5(1), pp112-116. doi:10.1039/b205495g

Cabañas, B; Salgado, S; Martin, P; Baeza Romero, MT; Martínez, E (2001) Night-time atmospheric loss process for unsaturated aldehydes: reaction with NO3 radicals, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 105(18), pp4440-4445. doi:10.1021/jp0029459

Baeza Romero, M T; Wilson, J M; Fitzpatrick, E M; Jones, J M; Williams, A (1) An in situ study of soot from the combustion of a biomass pyrolysis intermediate- eugenol- and n-decane using Aerosol Time Of Flight Mass Spectrometry (ATOFMS), Energy and Fuel, . doi:10.1021/ef9008746