Emily V. Fischer Ph.D. Student, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington efischer@atmos.washington.edu
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I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington, and I am a member of the Jaffe Research Group. This spring I will begin multiyear measurements of peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) and aerosol optical properties at Mount Bachelor, a free tropospheric site in Central Oregon. More frequent episodes of elevated PAN in the Pacific Northwest are expected to accompany the increasing emissions of photochemically active pollutants in Asia. Last year I was awarded a 3-year Department of Energy Graduate Research Environmental Fellowship (GREF) to complete this research. I have also been looking at the relationship between major dust storms in Asia and air quality in the western US on an interannual basis. You can find a discussion of the recent work that I presented at the December 2007 AGU meeting here.

I hold a B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of British Columbia and a M.S. in Earth Sciences from the University of New Hampshire (UNH). While at UNH, I worked under the auspices of the AIRMAP project. My M.S. research used ozone and aerosol data from the summit of Mount Washington to identify the regional meteorological and climatic controls on these species. After completeing my M.S., I worked as a staff scientist at the Mount Washington Observatory. During my two years at the Observatory, I conducted chemical and meteorological analyses of aerosols during the ICARTT campaign. I continue to be involved with the Mount Washington Observatory as a member of the Science Advisory Committe.