Mark J. Potosnak (PER-097)
Mark J. Potosnak is a faculty member and director at DePaul University in College of Science and Health / Environmental Science and Studies. Documented areas of work include environmental sensing, field instrumentation, biogenic emissions, remote sensing, community engaged research, and wearable sensors.
Summary ✓
- Primary affiliation: College of Science and Health / Environmental Science and Studies
- Role types: faculty, director
- Last reviewed: 2026-05-30
Access (availability): 🟢 Green — open or routine · 🟡 Yellow — appointment or affiliation · 🔴 Red — restricted · ⚪/⚫ White/Black — not yet classified
Verification: ✓ confirmed · ~ likely · ? needs review · ✕ archived
Profile & contact
- Email: mpotosnak@depaul.edu
- Faculty profile: www.depaul.edu/faculty/mark-j-potosnak
- ORCID: 0000-0003-2927-3806 (verified)
Description
Mark J. Potosnak is a faculty member and director at DePaul University in College of Science and Health / Environmental Science and Studies. Documented areas of work include environmental sensing, field instrumentation, biogenic emissions, remote sensing, community engaged research, and wearable sensors.
Linked resources
- Chemistry Core Instrumentation & Machine Shop (Affiliated faculty)
- Environmental Science & Chemistry Building (Affiliated faculty)
- STEM Center Hub (Affiliated faculty)
- Potosnak Lab (Faculty lead)
Linked grants
- CO2/SO2 Sensor Package Development for a UAV Platform to Measure Diesel Ship Emission (PI)
- VOC Emissions from Prescribed Burns at Airforce Installations in the Southeastern USA (PI)
- SGER: Coupling of Arctic Atmospheric Chemistry and Tundra Ecophysiology by Biogenic Volatile Organic Compound Fluxes (PI)
- Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Biogenic Hydrocarbons and the Atmosphere Bridging Ecology, Chemistry and Climate; Ventura, California; June 12-17, 2022 (PI)
- 2018 Gordon Research Conference on Biogenic Hydrocarbons and the Atmosphere: Connecting Volatiles and the Climate System from Leaf to Planet; Switzerland; June 10-15, 2018 (PI)
- Collaborative Research: HDR DSC: The Metropolitan Chicago Data Science Corps (MCDC): Learning from Data to Support Communities (PI)
- Collaborative Research: EAGER--Biogenic Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from the Tundra and Arctic Atmospheric Chemistry (PI)
Linked courses
None documented.
Linked publications
- Monitoring Particulate Matter with Wearable Sensors and the Influence on Student Environmental Attitudes (Coauthor) — DOI
- Effectiveness of a high-altitude balloon project compared to conventional environmental science laboratory projects (Coauthor) — DOI
- A portable, low-cost relaxed eddy accumulation (REA) system for quantifying ecosystem-level fluxes of volatile organics (Coauthor) — DOI
- Evaluating Low Cost Sensor Performance for Use in Industrial Internet-of-Things Platforms: Distributed Sensing Solutions for Urban Area Air Quality Health Monitors (Coauthor) — DOI
- Satellite-derived constraints on the effect of drought stress on biogenic isoprene emissions in the southeastern US (Coauthor) — DOI
- Particulate Matter Production from Prescribed Burns in the Chicagoland Area (Coauthor) — DOI
- Impact of Drought on Isoprene Fluxes Assessed Using Field Data, Satellite-Based GLEAM Soil Moisture and HCHO Observations from OMI (Coauthor) — DOI
- A high-altitude balloon platform for determining exchange of carbon dioxide over agricultural landscapes (Author) — DOI
- Isoprene emissions from a tundra ecosystem (Author) — DOI
- Including the interactive effect of elevated CO₂ concentration and leaf temperature in global models of isoprene emission. (Author) — DOI
- Increasing leaf temperature reduces the suppression of isoprene emission by elevated CO₂ concentration. (Author) — DOI
- Satellite-derived Constraints on the Effect of Drought Stress on Biogenic Isoprene Emissions in the Southeast US (Author) — DOI
- Array of Things: Characterizing low-cost air quality sensors for a city-wide instrument (Author) — DOI
- Evaluating Low Cost Sensor Performance for Use in Industrial Internet-of-Things Platforms: Distributed Sensing Solutions for Urban Area Air Quality Health Monitors (Author) — DOI
- PUB-710 (Author) — DOI
- PUB-738 (Author) — DOI
- PUB-770 (Author) — DOI
- PUB-771 (Author) — DOI
- PUB-909 (Author) — DOI
- PUB-910 (Author) — DOI
Linked outputs
None documented.
Verification
- Status: ✓ Listed in the map and on a DePaul page
- Last reviewed: 2026-05-30
- ORCID verification: verified (source: crossref)
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