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Potosnak Lab (CSH-011)

Potosnak Lab is documented in the DePaul Resource Map as center at DePaul University, College of Science and Health, Environmental Science and Studies, Lincoln Park (McGowan South 403J). Documentation is partial or indirect, so the listing is treated as likely current. Faculty research lab studying plant–atmosphere interactions, biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) fluxes, urban air-quality sensing, and prescribed-fire smoke emissions. Research includes low-cost wearable and field environmental sensors, portable relaxed-eddy-accumulation (REA) instrumentation, and high-altitude balloon field projects. Access: 🟡 Yellow — Needs an appointment or affiliation.

Summary 🟡 ~

  • College / school: College of Science and Health
  • Sub-unit: Environmental Science and Studies
  • Campus/Location: Lincoln Park (McGowan South 403J)
  • Last Verified: July 1, 2026

Access (availability): 🟢 Green — open or routine · 🟡 Yellow — appointment or affiliation · 🔴 Red — restricted · ⚪/⚫ White/Black — not yet classified

Verification: ✓ confirmed · ~ likely · ? needs review · ✕ archived

Description & capabilities

Faculty research lab studying plant–atmosphere interactions, biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) fluxes, urban air-quality sensing, and prescribed-fire smoke emissions. Research includes low-cost wearable and field environmental sensors, portable relaxed-eddy-accumulation (REA) instrumentation, and high-altitude balloon field projects.

Access status

Verification

  • Status: ~ Likely current
  • Rationale: Documented from an archived institutional source. primary source: https://www.depaul.edu/faculty/mark-j-potosnak
  • Last verified: 2026-07-01
  • Evidence:
  • Mark J. Potosnak — Professor, Environmental Science and Studies; Potosnak Lab research on plant–atmosphere interactions and urban air-quality sensing. (https://www.depaul.edu/faculty/mark-j-potosnak)
  • Supplementary lab reference: http://potosnak.weebly.com/

Equipment

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Category Specific equipment
Spectrometers Low-cost wearable and field air-quality PM sensors
Field audio recorders and mixers Portable relaxed eddy accumulation (REA) flux systems
High-altitude ballooning High-altitude balloon field-instrumentation packages

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Resource Notes
CSH-009 STEM Center / Space Grant ballooning program — related HAB launch and payload coordination

Source: Potosnak Lab site and publications (May 2026). Last verified: July 29, 2026.

Contacts (resource-level)

Last verified: May 30, 2026.

People & contacts

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Source URL

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Documented Relationships

Environmental-science research group in McGowan complex; uses shared McGowan instrumentation (CSH-001) and building infrastructure (CSH-003).

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Sources

  1. Named in a published article. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source

Notes

Faculty research lab profile split from McGowan building aggregate (May 2026).