Funding to support research on atmospheric aerosol particles and the emergence of life on Earth

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Professor Thomas C. Preston -- jointly appointed to the departments of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Chemistry -- has been awarded a grant of USD$800,000 by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The grant will support Professor Preston鈥檚 research on atmospheric aerosol particles, with the goal of advancing understanding of the origin of life's building blocks on early Earth.

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