Linking air quality modeling with policy

Growing up as the son of a Mechanical Engineer I have always been exploring the interactions between individual components and the environment surrounding them. Early in my career as an automotive engineer at BorgWarner Automotive this involved the design of cutting-edge variable camshaft timing mechanisms and the complex feedbacks with the engine that they were contained within. This industry experience was important to me since I knew that I wanted to be able to pass my knowledge on to others and many of the best educators that I had encountered at this point were able to leverage their own practical experience to better engage with students. Thus, in 2011, my career turned towards academia and I now have focused on how trace pollutants in the atmosphere affect a range of systems across scales that differ by orders of magnitude. These vary from inhalation of pollutants and their adverse human health impacts to the changes in incoming solar radiation and how Earth's energy balance is impacting, leading to climate effects.