Group Members

Professor Coty Jen joined the chemical engineering department at Carnegie Mellon University in the Fall of 2018 after completing her post-doc with Dr. Allen Goldstein at The University of California, Berkeley and PhD with Dr. Peter McMurry at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Prof. Jen's research focuses on atmospheric new particle formation, developing novel instrumentation to measure freshly nucleated particles in diverse environments, sources of organic nitrogen emissions, and health impacts of wildfire smoke. 

During her downtime, Prof. Jen enjoys woodworking, cooking, attending musicals and plays, visiting museums, canoeing, sailing, swimming, hiking, biking, gardening, traveling around the world, reading books, and writing short stories. Dr. Jen is always working on some interesting topic!

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, Malena began researching atmospheric emissions and pollutants in their undergraduate studies at University of Pittsburgh. Inspired by their research in carbon- and phosphorus-based emissions, they join the Jen lab to investigate their hometown's air quality as related to sulfur-based emissions. In their free time, you can find Malena gardening, foraging, reading, painting, or dancing.

Jing grew up near St. Paul, MN, and is currently pursuing a degree in Chemical Engineering. In Jen’s lab, he works on instrumentations that are used to detect particle concentrations in the atmosphere. In his free time, Jing spends his time playing Ultimate Frisbee, hanging out with friends, and playing a variety of board games and video games.