Potosnak Lab (CSH-011)
Summary 🟡 ~
- Owner Unit: College of Science and Health
- Sub-unit: Environmental Science and Studies
- Content Type: center
- Campus/Location: Lincoln Park (McGowan South 403J)
- Last Verified: July 1, 2026
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
- Level: yellow (
Negotiated Access) - Rationale: Potosnak Lab website documents research and faculty contact; no published open-access policy for field sensors or lab equipment.
- Access URL: www.depaul.edu/faculty/mark-j-potosnak
- Contact name: Mark J. Potosnak
- Contact email: mpotosnak@depaul.edu
- Verification date: 2026-07-01
- Source URLs:
- www.depaul.edu/faculty/mark-j-potosnak
- potosnak.weebly.com
Verification
- Status: likely (
~) - Confidence: 82/100
- Rationale: Legacy evidence aligned with kernel provenance (depaul/XTR-000078); primary source: 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. (www.depaul.edu/faculty/mark-j-potosnak)
- Supplementary lab reference: potosnak.weebly.com
Equipment
Find this resource from the Equipment catalog or site search (e.g. “3D printers”, “laser cutter”, “NMR”).
| 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 balloon field-instrumentation packages |
Source: Potosnak Lab site and publications (May 2026). Last verified: May 28, 2026.
Contacts (resource-level)
- Website: Potosnak Lab
- Email: Mark J. Potosnak
Last verified: May 30, 2026.
People & contacts
Named contacts from the people registry when publicly documented.
- Mark J. Potosnak (Faculty lead) — mpotosnak@depaul.edu · Profile
- Bernhard Beck-Winchatz (Affiliated faculty) — bbeckwin@depaul.edu · Profile
Source URL
Official links and email are listed under Contacts above.
Documented Relationships
Environmental-science research group in McGowan complex; uses shared McGowan instrumentation (CSH-001) and building infrastructure (CSH-003).
Linked Relationship IDs
- CSH-001 - Chemistry Core Instrumentation & Machine Shop
- CSH-003 - Environmental Science & Chemistry Building (McGowan)
- CSH-009 - STEM Center Hub
Related courses (documented)
CHE 318
- Catalog course page: CUR-206
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: Catalog mentions 'fluorescence' (equipment category: Spectrometers).
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/che
Notes
Faculty research lab profile split from McGowan building aggregate (May 2026).