Student (doctorates) Degree Department Graduation
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1. Kenneth E. Pickering Ph.D. Meteorology 1987
Dissertation: Observations of Tropospheric Trace Gases and
Techniques for Assessing Regional Transport of Air Pollutants.
Current position: Senior Physical Scientist NASA GSFC.
2. Winston T. Luke Ph.D. Chemistry 1990
Dissertation: Reactive Nitrogen Compounds in the Troposphere:
Observations, Transport, and Photochemistry.
Current position: Research Scientist NOAA Air Resources Laboratory
3. Linda J. Nunnermacker Ph.D. Chemistry 1990
Dissertation: Calibration and Detection Techniques for Trace
Nitrogen Compounds in the Atmosphere.
Current position: Research Scientist DOE Brookhaven national Laboratory
4. Olga Poulida Ph.D. Meteorology 1993
Dissertation: Observations and Photochemistry of Reactive Trace
Gases in the Atmosphere.
Current position: Frederick Research Center, Cyprus
5. Kevin Civerolo Ph.D. Meteorology 1996
Dissertation: Development and use of a High Sensitivity, Fast
Response Nitric Oxide Detector for air Quality Monitoring and
Eddy Correlation Flux Measurements.
Current position: research scientist at Department of Environmental Conservation.
6. Shobha Kondragunta Ph.D. Chemistry 1997
The Impact of Aerosols on Urban Photochemical Smog Production.
Current position: Program Manager NOAA
7. Kevin P. Rhoads Ph.D. Chemistry 1998
Dissertation: "The Influence of Continental Emissions of the Composition
of the Remote Marine Boundary Layer."
8. Raymond Morales Ph.D. Chemistry 1998
Dissertation: "Carbon Monoxide, Ozone, and Hydrocarbons in the Baltimore
Metropolitan Area."
9. Kristen Hallock-Waters Ph.D. Chemistry 2000
Dissertation: "Trace Gas Observations over Rural Virginia:
Photochemistry and Transport."
Co-Advised with B. G. Doddridge.
Associate Professor Stockton College, NJ.
10. Alex J. DeCaria Ph.D. Meteorology 2000
Dissertation: "The Effects of Convection and Lightning on the Chemistry of the
Troposphere Studied with Cloud, Transport, and Chemistry Models"
Committee chair; Advised by K. E. Pickering
Professor of Meteorology, Millersville University
11. Ana I. Prados Ph.D. Chemistry 2000
Dissertation: "The export of ozone and other atmospheric trace species from
North America: Observations and numerical simulations."
12. Rokjin Park Ph.D. Meteorology 2001
The Interaction of Regional- and Global-Scale Atmospheric
Chemistry, Transport, and Climate Processes. Associate Professor, Seoul National university.
13. Lung-Wen (Antony) Chen Ph.D. Chem. Physics 2002
Dissertation: "Urban Fine Particulate Matter: Chemical Composition and
Posible Origins."
Research Scientist DRI, Nevada.
14. William Swartz Ph.D. Chemistry 2002
Dissertation: "Quantifying Photolysis Rates in the Troposphere
and Stratosphere" (Res. Sci., Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.)
15. Joern Burkert Ph.D. Physics 2003
University of Bremen, Germany; co-Advisor with John P. Burrows.
Dissertation: "Modellierung der Troposphaerischen ozon und Radicalchemie"
("Modelling of Tropospheric Ozone and Radical Chemistry")
16. YuJin Choi Ph.D. Chemical Engineering 2004
(Co Advisor S. Ehrman)
Dissertation: “Chemical Transport Modeling of Air Pollution in Maryland:
Investigations of the Role of Biogenic Emissions”
17. Brett F. Taubman Ph.D. Chemistry 2004
Dissertation: "Airborne Characterization of Regional Aerosol Origins
and Optical Properties"
Asst Prof. Department of Chemistry, Appalachian State University
18. Robert C. Levy Ph.D. Meteorology 2007
Dissertation: "Second Generation Retrieval of Tropospheric Aerosol
Properties from Inversion of Visible and Near-Infrared Spectral
Reflectance: Application over Maryland"
Current Position: SCientist NASA/GSFC.
19. Jennifer C. Hains Ph.D. Chemistry 2007
Dissertation: "A Chemical Climatology of Lower Tropospheric Trace Gases
and Aerosols over the Mid-Atlantic Region"
Research Scientist Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
20. Bryan J. Bloomer Ph.D. Meteorology 2008
Dissertation: "Air Pollution Response to Emissions Changes at Power
Plants in the Eastern United States"
Current Position: Manager STAR Program USEPA, Washington.
21. Can Li Ph.D. AOSC 2008
Dissertation: "Emissions, Transport, and Evolution of Atmospheric Pollutants
from China: An Observational Study"
Co Advised with Z. Li; Current Position: Research Associate, NASA/GSFC
22. Patricia Castellanos Ph.D. Chem. Engin. 2009
Dissertation:"Analysis of air Quality with Numerical Simulations (CMAQ) and
Observations of Trace Gases" advised jointly with S. Ehrman.
Current Position: Reserach Scientist, Meteorological Studies, NASA/GSFC.
23. Pedro Bueno Ph.D. Chemistry 2011
Dissertation: “Probing nanoparticles with photoacoustic spectroscopy”
Advised jointly with M. Zachariah
Current Position: Shell Oil, Houston.
24. Elena A. Yegorova Ph.D. AOSC 2011
Dissertation: “An evaluation of a severe smog episode in the
eastern U.S. using regional modeling and satellite measurements”
Advised Jointly with Dale Allen.
Current position: Scientist NRC.
25. Christopher P. Loughner Ph.D. AOSC 2011
Dissertation “Impacts of fair-weather cumulus clouds, bay
breezes and landuse on urban air quality and climate”
Jointly advised with Dale Allen.
Current position: Scientist NOAA.
26. Hao He Ph.D. AOSC 2012
Dissertation: “Air Pollutant Concentrations and Trends over
the Eastern U.S and China: Aircraft Measurements and Numerical Simulations”
Current position: Postdoc ESSIC.
27. David M. Giles Ph.D. AOSC 2012
Dissertation: “A Study Of Remotely Sensed Aerosols Properties from
Ground-Based Sun and Sky Scanning Radiometers”
Current position: NASA Support Scientist-Chief.
28. John E. Yorks Ph.D. AOSC 2014
Dissertation: “An Investigation of Cirrus Cloud Properties Using Airborne Lidar"
Research Advisors M. McGill & A. Thompson, NASA. Current position: San Francisco.
29. Lacey C. Brent Ph.D. CHEM 2014
Dissertation: “Development, Enhancement, and Evaluation of Aircraft Measurement Techniques for
Criteria Air Pollutants"
Current position: Foreign Affairs Officer, NY Air National Guard.
30. Daniel L. Goldberg Ph.D. AOSC 2015
Dissertation: “Lifetime and Distribution of Ozone and Related Pollutants
in the Eastern United States"
Current position: Geo Washington Univ.
31. Daniel C. Anderson Ph.D. AOSC 2016
Dissertation: “Photochemistry and Transport of Tropospheric Ozone and its Precursors in Urban and Remote Environments""
Current position: NASA Postdoc.
32. Timothy P. Vinciguerra Ph.D. ENCH 2016
Dissertation: “Observations and Emissions of Energy-Associated Ozone Precursors in the Mid Atlantic United States"
Principal Advisor S. Ehrman, Current position: TCEQ
33. Gina M. Mazzuca Ph.D. AOSC 2018
Dissertation: “Examination of the Photochemistry and Mesoscale Meteorology Associated with Poor air Quality in the US"
Current position:
34. Eric J. Hughes Ph.D. AOSC 2018 Dissertation: “Improving Forecasts of Volcanic Clouds: An analysis of Observations and Emission Source Term Methods" Research Advisor N. Krotkov, NASA Current position: Miner and Kasch, Inc. 35. Scott C. Ozog Ph.D. AOSC 2019 Dissertation: “The Diurnal and Seasonal Radiative Effects of Cirrus Clouds Utilizing Large Airborne and Space-Borne Lidar Datasets" Research Advisors M. McGill & J Yorks, NASA. Current position: San Francisco. 36. Sarah E. Benish Ph.D. AOSC 2020 Dissertation: “Examination of Photochemistry and meteorology of Atmospheric Pollutants from the North China Plain" Current position: Res. Scientist EPA, North Carolina 37. Courtney D. Grimes Ph.D. CHEM 2021 Dissertation: “Light Absorbing Aerosols: Calibration, Measurements, and
Emissions from New York City" Current position: Washington Dept. Energy and Environment 38. Doyeon Ahn Ph.D. CHEM 2021 (Co Advisor Ross Salawitch) Dissertation: “Quantifying the Emissions of Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Carbon Monoxide (CO), and Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) from Human Activities:
Top-Down and Bottom Up Approaches" Current position: Postdoc Geo. Washington Univ. 39. Nikita M. Fedkin Ph.D. AOSC 2021 (Co Advisors Can Li and Nick Krotkov, NASA) Dissertation: “Applications of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument in Observing Volcanic Sulfur Dioxide Plumes and Sulfate Deposition" Current position: Postdoc. NASA/GSFC 40. Dolly L. Hall-Quinlin Ph.D. AOSC 2022 Dissertation: “Air Pollution Emissions From Highway Vehicles: Quantifying Impacts of Humidity, Ambient Temperature, and COVID-19−Related Travel Restrictions" Current position: Traffic Planner Durham, NC 41. Xinzhou Huang Dissertation: “Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Trace Gases from Spaceborne UV Measurements" Co-advised with Kai Yang. Current position: Postdoc.TBD 42. Sayatan Sahu Dissertation: “Investigation of Ambient Methane Concentrations, Sources, and Trends in the Baltimore-Washington Region" Current position: TBD Steven R. Messina M.S. Meteorology 1985 Thesis: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Meteorology and Air Pollution at Deuselbach, West Germany. Donna P. McNamara M.S. Meteorology 1988 Thesis: Origin of Tropospheric Ozone over Central U.S. Brian S. Gockel M.S. Meteorology 1988 Thesis: Modeling and Observations of Trace Gases in Cumulus Clouds. William F. Ryan M.S. Meteorology 1990 Thesis: Synoptic-Scale Variations in the Vertical Distribution of Ozone in the Lower Great Plains of the United States. Olga Poulida M.S. Meteorology 1991 Nonthesis Leslie Moy M.S. Meteorology 1992 Nonthesis Kevin Civerolo M.S. Meteorology 1993 Nonthesis Fred Fahlbusch M.S. Meteorology 1993 Nonthesis Robert Gersten M.S. Meteorology 1995 Nonthesis. Paul Kelley M.S. Meteorology 1996 Nonthesis. Monica Spinnenweber M.S. Meteorology 2000 Eleanor Sparer M.S. Meteorology 2001 Anu Nadarajan M.S. Chem Engin. 2001 Thesis: "The formation of Secondary Organic Aerosols from a-Terpine." (Joint advisor with S. Ehrman & R. Calabrese). Bryan J. Bloomer M.S. Meteorology 2004 Nonthesis Zahra Chaudhry M.S. Meteorology 2005 Brittany K. McClure M.S. Chemistry 2007 Thesis: “OMI Tropospheric Sulfur Dioxide Retrieval: Validation and Analysis” Nicole Carbanaro M.S. Chemistry 2009 Nonthesis Samantha Carpenter M.S. Chemistry 2016 Nonthesis Undergraduate research was directed for Melody A. Owens (B.S. Physical Science, 1988), David Johns, Jr. (B.S. Chemistry, 1989), James Yeinger (B.S. Physical Science, 1990), William Hutchison (B.S. Physical Science, 1991), Abby Lindstrom (B.S. Chemistry, 1992), Nestor Suarez (B.S. Civil Engineering, 1992), Charles Piety (B.S. Chemistry, 1993), Dean Pinson (B.S. Physical Science, 1995), Peter Kivett (B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1995), Fernando Rodriguez (B.S. Physical Science 1997), Song Ji (Chemistry, 2000), Eric Ellingson (With KEP) (ENCH, 2001), Lori McGuire (Physical Science, 2001), Teresa Ip (Chemistry, 2002), Elena Deviatova (Yegorova)(CMSC/PHYS, 2004), Lauren Zamora (MEES 2004).
Masters of Science