Center for Environmental Kinetic Synthesis (CEKA)

CEKA, as an Environmental Molecular Science Institute, is a joint research initiative of the National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy, Biological and Environmental Research (BER). DOE collaborators are from DOE facilities at Los Alamos National Lab, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Pacific Northwest National Lab. The chief goals for CEKA are to 1) collect and synthesize molecular-level kinetic data into a coherent framework that can be used to predict time evolution of environmental processes over a range of temporal and spatial scales; 2) train a cohort of talented and diverse students to work on kinetic problems at multiple scales; 3) develop and promote the use of new experimental techniques in environmental kinetics; 4) develop and promote the use of new modeling tools to conceptualize reaction kinetics in environmental systems; and 5) communicate our understanding of issues related to environmental kinetics and issues of scale to the broader scientific community and to the public