Professional Service
- European Union Integrated Carbon Observation System-Cities (ICOS-Cities). Science Advisory Board. 07/01/2022 - present
- National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada . Geosciences Evaluation Group. 07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022
- World Meteorological Organization . Integrated Global Greenhouse Gas Information System (IG3IS) Science Team member. 11/2018 - present
- NASA. Proposal Review Panel. 10/12/2016 - 10/14/2016
- NASA Carbon Monitoring System. Science Team Member. 09/2016 - present
- North American Carbon Program, U.S. Global Change Research Program. Science Leadership Group. 05/2016 - 05/2021
- American Geophysical Union. Session Chair. 12/01/2015 - 12/18/2015
- NASA. NASA OCO-2 Science Team Member. 07/2012 - present
- Nature Scientific Reports (Journal). Editorial Board Member. 01/01/2011 - 07/2017
Honors & Awards
- Fellow of Earth Leadership Program (formerly the Leopold Leadership Program). Earth Leadership Program, 01/2021
- Top Researcher Award. University of Utah, 04/05/2017
- Ontario Early Researcher Award. Ontario Ministry of Environment, 04/2008
- NOAA/UCAR Postdoctoral Fellowship in Climate and Global Change. NOAA/UCAR, 05/2004
- Harvard University Distinction in Teaching Award. Harvard University, 05/2002
- NASA Earth System Science Fellowship. NASA, 09/1998
Internal Service
- International Strategic Planning Committee . 09/2023 - present. University service.
- Retention and Review Committee for Career-Line, Adjunct, and Visiting Faculty . 09/2023 - present. Department service.
- College of Mines & Earth Sciences RPT Committee. 09/2023 - present. College service.
- Wilkes Climate Cluster Faculty Search Committee. 09/2023 - 05/2024. College service.
- Associate Director of Wilkes Center for Science Science & Policy. 07/01/2022 - present. College service.
- College Representative to the Global Change and Sustainability Center Executive Committee. 08/01/2021 - 06/2023. College service.
- Environmental Science Degree Program Planning Committee. 07/01/2021 - 05/2023. College service.
- Chair of Department RPT Committee. 07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022. Department service.
- University of Utah Academic Senate. 07/2020 - 06/2023. University service.
- Director of Undergraduate Studies. 11/2018 - 06/2019. Department service.
- Search Committee for IT Support Staff. Committee Member, 09/2018 - 04/2019. College service.
- Working Group on Undergraduate Research. 08/2018 - 12/2018. College service.
- Academic Senate committee on centers, institutes, and bureaus. committee member, 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018. University service.
- Global Change and Sustainability Center Strategic Planning Retreat. Participant, 09/22/2017 - 09/24/2017. University service.
- Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences Faculty Retreat Co-Organizer. 05/2017 - 08/08/2017. Department service.
- Ad Hoc Committee for Graduate Qualifying Exam Review. 05/01/2015 - 10/31/2015. Department service.
- Incheon Conference on Education for Sustainable Development Planning Committee. Committee Member, 09/01/2014 - 12/31/2014. University service.
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Representative for Univ. of Utah. 09/01/2013 - present. University service.
- Global Change and Sustainability Center Postdoc Mentoring Program. Co-leader, 09/01/2013 - present. University service.
- Curriculum Committee. 09/01/2013 - 08/2014. Department service.
- Center for Quantitative Biology Board . Board Member, 04/01/2013 - 06/2014. University service.
- Global Change and Sustainability Center Fellowship Selection Committee. 02/01/2013 - 04/15/2013. Other service.
- Computer Committee. 08/01/2012 - 08/2014. Department service.
- Computer Committee. 08/01/2012 - 08/2013. College service.
- Global Change and Sustainability Center Seminar Committee. 08/01/2012 - 04/30/2013. Other service.
Community Partnership
- Presentation to Rotary Club of Salt Lake City on Great Salt Lake. 12/2023 - 12/2023
- Salt Lake City Sister City Visit by Matsumoto, Japan. Includes panel on climate change I moderated (https://wilkescenter.utah.edu/events/speakers/speaker-series/sister-cities-panel/). 07/2023 - 07/2023
- Hosted multiple international visitors arranged by Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy and U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program . 11/2022 - present
Outreach
- In Search of Blue Sky (https://ecoart.website/; collaboration with Prof. Wendy Wischer in the Art & Art History Department in the College of Fine Arts). 01/2023 - 02/2023
- The Great Salt Lake Strike Team. 09/2022 - present
- Artivism for Earth: https://artivism4earth.squarespace.com/breath. 04/22/2021 - 03/2022
- Hawthorne Elementary School Google Street View demonstration (~200 K-6 students engaged). 05/24/2019 - 05/24/2019
- Google Street View/Environmental Defense Fund Media Event, and College of Mines & Earth Sciences Outreach. 05/14/2019 - 05/14/2019
- Salt Lake Center for Science Education Career Day. 04/05/2019 - 04/05/2019
In the Media
- Scientific American: New Space Station Sensor Can Reveal Hidden Greenhouse Gas Polluters . 11/17/2023. https://scientificamerican.com/article/new-space-s...
- Arirang TV (South Korea's English TV station): How a country with one of the worst fine dust levels is trying to pursue blue skies. 09/2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GGNPyhUEY0&list=P...
- New York Times: Wildfire Smoke and High Heat Have Something in Common. Guess What. 06/30/2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/climate/heat-sm...
- New York Times: The Emerging Science of Tracing Smoke Back to Wildfires. 06/28/2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/climate/tracing...
- U.S. News & World Report: Why Utah – the Best State in America – Has an Environment Problem. 06/22/2023. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2...
- Utah Education Network: Monitoring Air Quality along UTA TRAX. 06/13/2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSO7qIV4mYU&ab_cha...
- CNN: Scientists fear a Great Toxic Dustbowl could soon emerge from the Great Salt Lake. 02/10/2023. https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/10/us/utah-great-salt-...
- Salt Lake Tribune: One refinery is responsible for 10% to 25% of Salt Lake’s winter inversion PM2.5 pollution, NOAA finds. 01/26/2023. https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2023/01/26...
- KRCL RadioACTive interview. 01/11/2023. https://krcl.org/blog/radioactive-011123/
- Utah Public Radio: "UnDisciplined: the methane matter". 12/30/2021. https://www.upr.org/show/undisciplined/2021-12-30/...
- Salt Lake Tribune: "Uinta Basin is hemorrhaging methane as leaks go undetected". 11/30/2021. https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2021/11/30...
- KUER News: "Oil and gas production in the Uinta Basin has fallen, but methane leaks remained steady and high". 11/19/2021. https://www.kuer.org/health-science-environment/20...
- KSL News: "Utah's methane problem needs to be capped, researchers say". 11/17/2021. https://www.ksl.com/article/50284886/utahs-methane...
- NOAA Climate Program Office: "The Benefits of Measuring Greenhouse Gases using Light Rail Public Transit". 12/22/2020. https://cpo.noaa.gov/News/News-Article/ArtMID/6226...
- NASA.gov: "NASA Satellite Offers Urban Carbon Dioxide Insights". 03/06/2020. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-satellite-of...
- KCPW "This Green Earth" Radio Interview. 05/21/2019. https://www.kpcw.org/post/green-earth-may-21-2019-...
- Google Street View vehicles now collecting air quality data in Salt Lake Valley. 05/14/2019. https://fox13now.com/2019/05/14/google-street-view...
- Why Salt Lake City is using Google cars to measure air pollution. 05/14/2019. https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900070690/why-...
- Google it: U of U researchers equip Street View vehicles as mobile air monitors. 05/14/2019. https://www.abc4.com/news/local-news/google-it-u-o...
- Current air quality efforts in Salt Lake Valley might actually make pollution worse, U researchers say. 05/12/2019. https://www.ksl.com/article/46550503/current-air-q...
- KUTV: "Researchers: 'urban sprawl' is bad for our air". 03/05/2018. http://kutv.com/news/local/researchers-urban-spraw...
- ESPN (interview with Bill Walton, former NBA basketball player and current commentator/game caller for ESPN). 02/22/2018. http://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=3273792
- Salt Lake Tribune Op-ed: Human-caused climate change is real, and denying it hurts all of us. 03/18/2017. http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/5066614-155/op-ed-hu...
- L.A. Times: Utah is the land of ski runs, pristine parks and a really bad smog problem. 02/02/2017. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-utah-smog-2017...
- Fox 13: Researchers using specialized plane to study Utah’s air pollution. 01/17/2017. http://fox13now.com/2017/01/17/researchers-using-s...
- KSL Radio: Researchers using data to craft better pollution reduction. 01/2017. https://audioboom.com/posts/5505551-researchers-us...
- ABC4: While Utahns are finally out enjoying good air quality, researchers are delving into data. 02/23/2016. http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/while-uta...
- Fox 13: Air quality scientists finding mysteries in Utah's smog. 02/04/2016. http://fox13now.com/2016/02/04/air-quality-scienti...
- 10 WAYS THE U IS IMPROVING AIR QUALITY. 01/25/2016. http://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/10-ways-the-u-...
- SCIF Awards Grant to Develop Air Quality Monitoring Center. 07/28/2015. https://sustainableutah.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/s...
- Deseret News: Hestia high-resolution CO2 emission inventory. 05/04/2015. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865627906/U-com...
- KUER Radio: Scientists Map Salt Lake Valley Emissions. 05/04/2015. http://kuer.org/post/scientists-map-salt-lake-vall...
- STUDENTS USING TRAX FOR MORE THAN COMMUTING. 03/02/2015. http://attheu.utah.edu/home-page/students-using-tr...
- KSL news: TRAX-based monitoring of air quality and greenhouse gases. 01/12/2015. http://www.ksl.com/?sid=33081866&nid=148&title=tra...
- KUTV news: launch of Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2). 06/25/2014.
- KCPW radio: launch of Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2). 06/19/2014. http://kcpw.org/blog/the-rundown/2014-06-19/rundow...
- Interview with KUER radio station on ozone in Utah. 09/18/2013.
- EOS (newspaper of the American Geophysical Union). 08/06/2013. http://home.chpc.utah.edu/~lin/pubs/Lin_AGU_Monogr...
- City Weekly. 04/18/2013. http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/article-291-17407-c...