Atmospheric Chemistry
Atmospheric Chemistry entails the study of the chemical composition of and transformations in the atmosphere. It concerns both trace gases and particulate matter (PM), and encompasses all regions of the atmosphere, from remote, "clean" upper tropospheric regions to surface, urban, "polluted" regions. Topics range from the chemical composition of PM to its effects on climate, from the ozone layer to ozone as an air pollutant, and from man-made to naturally emitted volatile organic compounds (VOC) and their chemistry in the atmosphere. Research in this area can involve making laboratory and/or field measurements, analyzing data, and conducting computer simulations.
Faculty
Research Professor
David Bullock Harris Professor of Geosciences
Atmospheric dynamics, stratospheric ozone, climate dynamics, satellite meteorology
Professor
Director, Center for Atmospheric Chemistry and the Environment
Chemical composition and phase of atmospheric aerosols, ice nucleation, cloud formation, climate and air pollution, laboratory and field measurements, lidar observations, instrument development
Professor
Aerosols, cloud microphysics, aerosol-cloud interactions, climate model development, and climate modeling
Assistant Professor
Director of the Houston Lightning Mapping Array (HLMA) Network
Aerosol-cloud Interactions, Aerosol Chemistry, Biomass Burning Smoke, Atmospheric Electricity
Associate Professor
Trace gas biogeochemistry, air pollution, surface-atmosphere exchange
University Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
Harold J. Haynes Chair in Geosciences
Kinetics and mechanisms of gas-phase and heterogeneous reactions, lab studies of properties of atmospheric aerosols, atmospheric measurements of trace gas species and aerosols, assessment of aerosol-cloud interaction, lightning chemistry
Assistant Professor
Atmospheric chemistry, chemical reactions of aerosols, aerosol-climate interactions, aerosol mixing state, phase state, and morphology, secondary organic aerosols, environmental chamber and mass spectrometry
