People Type: HAQAST2021 PI

Biography Susan Anenberg is an Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health and of Global Health at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. She studies the health implications of air pollution and climate change, from local to global scales. She has previously worked at the U.S. EPA, U.S. State Department, U.S. …

Biography Bryan Duncan is a research physical scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Project Scientist for the NASA Aura satellite mission, which has observing air pollution as one of its objectives. In his research, he uses satellite data along with atmospheric chemical models to understand how air pollution levels are changing around the …

Biography Arlene Fiore is a professor of atmospheric chemistry in the Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (formerly in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) and Columbia University).  Her research group analyzes observations and models to investigate processes shaping pollutant distributions at scales ranging …

Biography Tracey Holloway is the 2017-2021 Gaylord Nelson Distinguished Professor at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, jointly appointed in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Department of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences. She is  an air quality scientist, working at the intersection of air quality, energy, climate, and public health. In addition to leading HAQAST since 2016, Tracey also leads efforts to promote …

Biography Yang Liu is the Chair and Gangarosa Distinguished Professor in the Gangarosa Department of Environment Health at the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University. His research interests include satellite aerosol retrieval and product design, the application of satellite data in public health research, the potential impacts of global climate change on public …

Biography Jingqiu Mao is an Assistant Professor at University of Alaska Fairbanks. His research is aimed at understanding the evolution in time and space of the trace gas and aerosol composition of the atmosphere, with a combination of field/lab measurements, global modeling and satellite observations. He has been involved in NASA research since 2002, including …

Biography Randall Martin is the Raymond R. Tucker Distinguished Professor in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at Washington University. His research focuses on characterizing atmospheric composition to inform effective policies surrounding major environmental and public health challenges ranging from air quality to climate change. He leads a research group at the interface …

Biography Jeff Pierce has extensive experience in combining in situ and satellite observation with modelling to understand the processes that shape particulate matter concentrations and properties in the atmosphere. His team routinely applies these skills to health and climate applications. Team member Emily Fischer brings similar expertise in atmospheric gas-phase composition, while team member Sheryl …

Biography Prof. Armistead (Ted) Russell is the Howard T. Tellepsen Chair and Regents Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech, where his research is aimed at approaches to improve air quality and health, develop novel technologies to remove traditional air pollutants and carbon dioxide from emissions and develop advanced modeling methods to tackle …

Biography HAQAST Project: Quantifying Pollution from Prescribed and Smaller Fires: The massive conundrum in our National Emission Inventory Amber’s team will work to use multiple satellites and field-based information to inform and advance our National Emissions Inventory (NEI) and the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model. Specifically, the team will demonstrate the use of multifaceted …