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Short Bio - Joost de Gouw

Dr. Joost de Gouw is a Professor in the Chemistry Department and a Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES). His research is focused on air quality. His group specializes in measurements of organic trace gases in air using mass spectrometry. Also, they use data from satellite remote sensing instruments to study the distribution and trends in air pollutants and greenhouse gases. Current projects include urban air quality in Los Angeles and Denver, environmental justice, wildfire emissions including those from the Marshall Fire, emissions from oil and gas production in the U.S., emissions from landfills, and indoor air quality effects of germicidal UV lamps. Dr. de Gouw received his PhD in Physics from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands and joined the University of Colorado Boulder as a faculty member in 2018, following a career in research with CIRES and NOAA. Dr. de Gouw is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and was a Highly Cited author in 2017 and 2018. His work has been recognized with an Excellence in Research Award from the CU Boulder Faculty Assembly (2024), the Colorado Governor’s Award for High-impact Research (2012, 2014 and 2022), and with a Healthy Community Award from Boulder County Public Health (2022).