Research activities involve laboratory studies of processes important to tropospheric and stratospheric chemistry, air quality, and climate change. Laboratory-based projects include studies of reaction rate coefficients, reaction mechanisms, absorption cross sections, and photolysis and reaction product yields. Studies utilize a variety of experimental techniques including but not limited to pulsed laser photolysis, cavity ring-down spectroscopy, diode array spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and Fourier transform spectroscopy.

Additional Benefits

Awardees who reside more than 50 miles from their host laboratory and remain on tenure for at least six months are eligible for paid relocation to within the vicinity of their host laboratory.

A group health insurance program is available to awardees and their qualifying dependents in the United States.