Ben H. Lee

Department of Atmospheric Sciences
University of Washington

Education

Ph.D., May '12, Harvard University

Thesis: Development and field-deployment of a dual-laser absorption spectrometer to measure atmospheric HONO and NO₂.

S.M., May '07, Harvard University
B.S. honors, May '04, Chemistry, UC Berkeley

 

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral fellow, Sep. '12 to current, University of Washington

Teaching Experience

Head Teaching Fellow, Science A30 (The Atmosphere), Spring '08
Teaching fellow, EPS 200 (Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics), Fall '07
Teaching fellow, Science A30 (The Atmosphere), Spring '07

 

Honors / Awards

NOAA Climate & Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship, Sep. '12
Outstanding Student Paper Award, AGU Meeting, Fall '10
Transportation Research Board Graduate Research Award, Nov. '09
Distinguished Teaching Award, Jan. '08 & May '08
Korean-American Heritage Scholarship, Jan. '08

 

Professional Affiliation

American Geophysical Union
American Chemical Society

 

Publications

Lee, B. H., Wood, E. C., Wormhoudt, J., Shorter, J. H., Herndon, S. C., Zahniser, M. S., Munger, J. W. (2012), Effective line strengths of trans-nitrous acid near 1275 cm^-1 and cis-nitrous acid at 1660 cm^-1, J. of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 113, pp. 1905-1912.

Santoni, G. W., Lee, B. H., Goodrich, J. P., Verner, R. K., Crill, P. M., McManus, J. B., Nelson, D. D., Zahniser, M. S., Wofsy, S. C. (2012), Mass fluxes and isofluxes of methane (CH₄) at a New Hampshire fen measured by a continuous wave quantum cascade laser spectrometer, J. Geophys. Res., 117(D10301), doi:10.1029/2011JD016960.

Wood, E. C., Herndon, S. C., Fortner, E. C., Onasch, T. B., Wormhoudt, J. Kolb, C. E., Knighton, W. B., Lee, B. H., Zavala, M., Molina, L., Jones, M. (2012), Combustion and destructino/removal efficiencies of in-use chemical flares in the Greater Houston Area, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, doi:10.1021/ie202717m.

Knighton, W. B., Herndon, S. C., Wood, E. C., Fortner, E. C., Onasch, T. B., Wormhoudt, J., Kolb, C. E., Lee, B. H., Zavala, M., Molina, L. and Jones, M. (2012), Detecting fugitive emissions of 1,3-butadiene and styrene from a petrochemical facility: An application of a mobile laboratory and a modified proton transfer reaction mass spectrometer - NO⁺ PTR-MS, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, doi:10.1021/ie202794j.

Lee, B. H., Wood, E. C., Miake-Lye, R. C., Herndon, S. C., Munger, J. W. and Wofsy, S. C (2011), Reactive chemistry in aircraft exhaust: Implications for air quality, Transportation Research Record, No. 2206(18), pp. 19-23, doi:10.3141/2206-03.

Lee, B. H., Santoni, G. W., Wood, E. C., Herndon, S. C., Miake-Lye, R. C., Zahniser, M. S., Wofsy, S. C. and Munger, J. W. (2011), Measurements of nitrous acid in commerical aircraft exhaust at the Alternative Aviation Fuel Experiment, Environ. Sci. & Technol., 45(18), pp. 7648-7654, doi:10.1021/Es200921t.

Santoni, G. W., Lee, B. H., Wood, E. C., Herndon, S. C., Miake-Lye, R. C., Wofsy, S. C., McManus, J. B., Nelson, D. D. and Zahniser, M. S. (2011), Aircraft emissions of methane and nitrous oxide during the Alternative Aviation Fuel Experiement, Environ. Sci. & Technol., 45(16), pp. 7075-7082, doi:10.1021/Es200897h.

McKinney, K. A., Lee, B. H., Vasta, A., Pho, T. V. and Munger, J. W. (2011), Emissions of isoprenoids and oxygenated biogenic volatile organic compounds from a New England mixed forest, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, pp. 4807-4831, doi:10.5194/acp-11-4807-2011.

Lee, B. H., Wood, E. C., Zahniser, M. S., McManus, J. B., Nelson, D. D., Herndon, S. C., Santoni, G. W., Wofsy, S. C. and Munger, J. W. (2011), Simultaneous measurements of atmospheric HONO and NO₂ via absorption spectroscopy using tunable mid-infrared continuous-wave quantum cascade lasers, Appl. Phys. B, 102, pp. 417–423, doi: 10.1007/s00340-010-4266-5.

Zahniser, M. S., Nelson, D. D., McManus, J. B., Herndon, S. C., Wood, E. C., Shorter, J. H., Lee, B. H., Santoni, G. W., Jimenez, R., Daube, B. C., Park, S., Kort, E. A. and Wofsy, S. C. (2009), Infrared QC laser applications to field measurements of atmospheric trace gas sources and sinks in environmental research: enhanced capabilities using continuous wave QCLs, Proceedings of SPIE (invited paper), Vol. 72220H, doi: 10.1117/12.815172.

Lee, B. H., J. W. Munger, S. C. Wofsy, and A. H. Goldstein (2006), Anthropogenic emissions of nonmethane hydrocarbons in the northeastern United States: Measured seasonal variations from 1992–1996 and 1999–2001, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D20307, doi:10.1029/2005JD006172.

 

Presentations

Lee, B. H., Munger, J. W., Wood, E. C., Zahniser, M. S., Wofsy, S. C. (2012), Continuous, year-long measurement of HONO and NO₂ by direct absorption spectroscopy above a rural New England forest: absence of daytime HONO production, Abstract J2.5 presented at the 30th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology and First Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences, AMS, Boston, Mass., 18-21 May.

Lee, B. H., Wood, E. C., Herndon, S. C., Jayne, J., Ng, N. L., Zahniser, M. S., Luke, W. T., Lefer, B. L., Flynn, J. H., Stutz, J., Tsai, C., Wofsy, S. C. and Munger, J. W. (2010), Measurements of HONO and NO₂ by tunable infrared laser differential absorption spectrometer during SHARP 2009, Abstract A34C-06 presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 13-17 Dec.

Lee, B. H., Santoni, G. W., Herndon, S. C., Wood, E. C., Miake-Lye, R. C., Zahniser, M. S., McManus, J. B., Nelson, D. D., Wofsy, S. C. and Munger, J. W. (2009), Direct measurements of HONO and NO₂ by tunable infrared laser differential absorption spectroscopy; Results from two field campaigns sampling aircraft exhaust and ambient urban air, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A53E-04.

 

Posters

Lee, B. H., Wood, E. C., Zahniser, M. S., McManus, J. B., Herndon, S. C., Nelson, D. D., Shorter, J. H., Wormhoudt, J. C., Wofsy, S. C. and Munger, J. W. (2010), Revised line-strengths and peak-positions for cis-HONO at 1660 cm^-1 using a new cw-QC TILDAS, poster P1-8 presented at The 11th HITRAN Database Conference, Cambridge, Mass., 16-18 June.

Lee, B. H., Santoni, G. W., Munger, J. W., Wofsy, S. C., Zahniser, M. S., Wood, E. C., Herndon, S. C., McManus, J. B. and Nelson, D. D. (2009), Simultaneous measurements of atmospheric HONO and NO₂ via absorption spectroscopy using tunable mid-infrared cw-QC lasers, presented at the Field Laser Applications in Industry and Research (FLAIR) conference, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 6-11 September 2009.