Awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF)

Faculty Early Career Development Award

Awarded by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation in 2013.

Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar

Honored for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching from the American Chemical Society (Philadelphia Section) in 2014.

Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

Received the Toyota Tapestry Award for Excellence in Science Education in 2007.

Toyota Tapestry Award

Member of Board of Directors, Delaware Valley Science Council, 2012-2018

Member of numerous organizations, including the Council on Undergraduate Research, American Chemical Society (analytical and environmental division), American Geophysical Union and Association of Polar Early Career Scientists

Review for publications, including proceedings of the National Academic of Sciences, Environmental Science and Technology, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Journal of Physical Chemistry and the Journal of Geophysical Research

Origin and Sources of Dissolved Organic Matter in Snow on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet

Molecular Insights on Dissolved Organic Matter Transformation by Supraglacial Microbial Communities

Photochemistry of Organic Pollutants in/on Snow and Ice

Photochemical Production of Singlet Oxygen from Dissolved Organic Matter in Ice

Role of Dissolved Organic Matter in Ice Photochemistry

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Dr. Grannas has a diverse range of expertise and her recent research projects include the study of snow and ice photochemistry, the fate of organic pollutants in the Arctic, and the development of advanced analytical techniques used to study ice cores.  She is a prominent and internationally known expert in snow chemistry and has participated in a number of field campaigns in both the Canadian and Alaskan Arctic and has included a number of Villanova students in her fieldwork. 

Dr. Grannas has established a thriving research group focused on environmental and atmospheric chemistry and has mentored over 40 research students. She has a diverse range of expertise, and her recent projects include the study of snow and ice photochemistry, the fate of pharmaceutical and personal care products in local watersheds, and the development of advanced analytical techniques used to study ice cores. Below is an overview of Dr. Grannas' recent grants and publications.

Arctic Science

Organic Pollutants

Snow and Ice Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Atmospheric Chemistry

Environmental Chemistry

Climate Change

Grannas Environmental Chemistry Research Group

Arctic Stories: Amanda Grannas

Environmental rules under attack

East Norriton resident named Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar

Marine Aerosols in the Arctic: Linking surface water chemistry and biology with primary particle production

Training Successful Trajectories: Interventions to Increase Minority Student and Future Engineering and Other STEM Faculty Application Success Rates

Evaluating the Sources and Fate of Triclosan in a Watershed Traversing a Rural to Urban Gradient in Southeastern Pennsylvania

Molecular Level Characterization of Organic Matter in Ice Cores using high-resolution FTICR mass spectrometry

Atmosphere/Snow/Ice Interactions: Photochemistry of Organic Pollutants in Arctic Snow and Ice

Vice Provost for Research; Professor, Department of Chemistry

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