Connecting NASA Data and Tools with Health and Air Quality Stakeholders
Biography Bryan Duncan is a Research Physical Scientist in the Atmospheric Chemistry & Dynamics Laboratory of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), as well as the Project Scientist for the NASA Aura satellite mission. Bryan’s HAQAST team is developing a multi-pollutant Health Air Quality Index (HAQI) and is applying it to output from the new …
Biography Arlene Fiore is an associate professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University. She is interested in using satellite products and models to inform air quality planning and health accountability. For her HAQAST project, Arlene plans to: conduct a multi-pollutant health impact analysis for at least the past decade over …
Biography Frank Freedman is an expert in atmospheric boundary layers & turbulence, meteorological modeling (WRF, OpenFOAM), air pollution modeling (AERMOD, CALPUFF, HYSPLIT), and hydrometeorology. He is an adjunct professor and research scientist in the Department of Meteorology and Climate Science at San Jose State University. His HAQAST project involves developing a user-friendly web platform for …
Biography Daven Henze is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His research focuses on the role that atmospheric constituents such as ozone, nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter (aerosols) play in local air quality, long range pollution transport, and climate change. Daven’s HAQAST project will expand …
Biography Jeremy Hess, of the University of Washington, is an associate professor in Emergency Medicine, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, and Global Health. He is interested in developing a comprehensive description of associations between climate, weather, and pollen phenology. The goals of his HAQAST project are to advance understanding of the climatic and weather factors that …
Air Quality
Biography Yang Liu is an associate professor in Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health. Liu’s research interests include the application of satellite remote sensing in air pollution exposure modeling and health effects studies at urban to national scales as well as the potential impacts of global climate change on public health. Yang’s HAQAST work proposes …
Biography Jessica Neu is the Aura TES Deputy Principal Investigator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Neu’s research focuses on understanding what controls the chemical composition of the atmosphere at the regional and global scale and, ultimately, how atmospheric composition will change with and feed-back onto changes in other components of the climate system. Neu’s HAQAST project …
Biography Susan O’Neill, who is based in Washington State, is a research air quality engineer for the US Forest Service. O’Neill brings to HAQAST an interest in smoke and fire research for air quality and public health. Susan’s HAQAST project aims to facilitate the adoption and use of earth observations directly into the decisions, communications …
Biography Ted Russell is the Howard T. Tellepsen Chair and Regents Professor in Environmental Engineering, Smart Cities, and Sustainable Communities at Georgia Tech’s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Russell is interested in using earth observations in a hi-res air quality and burn impact forecasting system for health protection, ecosystem management, and economic development. Ted’s …