Hugo Destaillats

Hugo Destaillats

Hugo Destaillats

Chemist Senior Scientist/Engineer
(510) 486-5897
[email protected]
eta.lbl.gov/people/hugo-destaillats

Hugo Destaillats is a Senior Scientist at the Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division, and Deputy Leader of the Indoor Environment Group. He has been a scientist at LBNL since 2003. Hugo obtained a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), and has been a postdoctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology and UC Davis.

Research Interests
  • Environmental chemistry of the built environment and urban systems
  • Indoor air quality. Sources and chemical transformations of indoor pollutants
  • Pathways of exposure to harmful contaminants, and the associated health impacts
  • Development and assessment of air purification technologies
  • With LBNL’s Heat Island Program, working towards the development and rating of novel “cool” building envelope materials (roofs and walls) that help save energy and mitigate the urban heat island effect
  • Environmental application of catalysis, photocatalysis and other advanced remediation technologies
  • Full list of publications
News

September 2019:
Presented at Symposium on the Chemistry of Indoor Environments, Washington DC. The symposium was organized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 

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September 2019:
Presented at US Congress briefing on indoor chemistry and air quality.

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August 2018:
LBNL Director's Award for exceptional achievement - Societal Impact
Awarded to the Thirdhand Smoke Research Team 

  

April 2018:
Presented at the Research Seminar Series of the California Air Resources Board, in Sacramento CA
"Characterizing formaldehyde emissions from home central heating and air conditioning filters"

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November 2016:
R&D 100 Award for the development of an accelerated aging practice to simulate effects of natural exposure on radiative properties of cool roofing materials 

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January-February 2017:
Our work on electronic cigarettes was featured in the University of California News and
The Vaping Post 

September 2016:
Our article on emissions from electronic cigarettes was featured in the cover of ES&T

Emissions from electronic cigarettes: Key parameters affecting the release of harmful chemicals
M. Sleiman, J.M. Logue, V.N. Montesinos, M.L. Russell, M.I. Litter, L.A. Gundel, H. Destaillats.
Environ. Sci.Technol., 2016, 50, 9644-9651.

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May 2015:
Our method for accelerated aging of cool roofing materials was accepted as ASTM Standard D7897-15. 

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Publications

Investigation of Key Parameters Influencing the Efficient Photocatalytic Oxidation of Indoor Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
Authors: N. Quici; D. Kibanova; M.L. Vera; H. Choi; D.D. Dionysiou; M.I. Litter; J. Cervini-Silva; A.T. Hodgson; H. Destaillats
08/2008
Ozone consumption and byproduct formation from surface reaction with common materials in aircraft passenger cabins
Authors: B.K. Coleman; H. Destaillats; A.T. Hodgson; W.W. Nazaroff
02/2008
Secondary organic aerosol from ozone-initiated reactions with terpene-rich household products
Authors: B.K. Coleman; M.M. Lunden; H. Destaillats; W.W. Nazaroff
11/2008
Evaluation of a Combined Ultraviolet Photocatalytic Oxidation (UVPCO) / Chemisorbent Air Cleaner for Indoor Air Applications
Authors: A.T. Hodgson; H. Destaillats; T. Hotchi; W.J. Fisk
Evidence of acid-base interactions between amines and model indoor surfaces by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy
Authors: H. Destaillats; B.C. Singer; L.A. Gundel
05/2007
Mathematical Model for Photocatalytic Destruction of Organic Contaminants in Air
Authors: W. Sanongraj; Y. Chen; J.C. Crittenden; H. Destaillats; D.W. Hand; D.L. Perram; R. Taylor
Ozone-initiated chemistry in an occupied simulated aircraft cabin
Authors: C.J. Weschler; A. Wisthaler; S. Cowlin; G. Tamás; P. Strøm-Tejsen; A.T. Hodgson; H. Destaillats; J. Herrington; J. Zhang; W.W. Nazaroff
Performance of ultra-violet Photocatalytic Oxidation for Indoor Air Cleaning Applications
Authors: A.T. Hodgson; H. Destaillats; D.P. Sullivan; W.J. Fisk
Quinone emissions from gasoline and diesel motor vehicles
Authors: C.A. Jakober; S.G. Riddle; M.A. Robert; H. Destaillats; J. Charles; P.G. Green; M.J. Kleeman
Cleaning Products and Air Freshners: Emissions and Resulting Concentrations of Glycol Ethers and Terpenoids
Authors: B.C. Singer; H. Destaillats; A.T. Hodgson; W.W. Nazaroff

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