Irina Herdlinger-Blatt was a visiting student from the University of Innsbruck (Austria) from 2011 to 2014. While at Harvard, Irina investigated the total OH-reactivity of atmospheric trace gases and isoprene emissions within Harvard Forest. In 2008 Irina was a visiting scholar at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado and took part in the Bio-hydro-atmosphere interactions of Energy, Aerosols, Carbon, H2O, Organics & Nitrogen – Southern Rocky Mountains Summer 2008 Study (BEACHON-SRM08). In 2010 she received her master degree in physics from the University of Innsbruck, and is now in the process of completing her PhD.