Contact Information
Mail: 408 ATG Building
Box 351640
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
Office Phone: 206-543-4010
Email: thornton@atmos.uw.edu
Education
2002-2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
2002 Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
1996 B.A., Dartmouth College; Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Chemistry
Awards and Achievements
2010 Annual Teaching Award, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington
2009 NSF CAREER Award
2008 NASA Group Achievement Award for work on the INTEX-B Campaign
2006 The Henry and Camille Dreyfus Foundation Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry
2005 UW Curriculum Development Award
2004-2007 NASA New Investigator Program in Earth Science
2003 Atmospheric Chemistry Colloquium for Emerging Senior Scientists
1999-2002 NASA Earth Systems Science Fellow
2002 University of California Club of San Francisco Fellowship
2000 Teaching Effectiveness Award (UC, Berkeley campus-wide competition)
1999 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (Dept. of Chemistry, UC, Berkeley)
1996 American Chemical Society Award for Excellence in Analytical Chemistry
Professional Activities
Co-Editor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
PNNL LDRD Aerosol Initiative Review Panel
PNNL EMSL Recapitalization Workshop Panel
Co-Chair Atmospheric Chemistry Session Spring 2008 ACS Meeting
Co-Chair Tropospheric Heterogeneous Chemistry and Aerosol Phase Transitions Session Fall 2006 AGU Meeting
Co-Chair Tropospheric Chemistry Session Spring 2004 AGU Meeting
Science Team Member of Following Field Campaigns: SOS99, TOPSE 2000, TEXAQS 2000, INTEX-B 2006, BEARPEX 2007, POLARCAT (ICEALOT) 2008, BEARPEX 2009, CALNEX 2010 – Research Vessel Atlantis, San Joaquin Valley site, Los Angeles Supersite
Member of Following Professional Societies: American Geophysical Union, European Geosciences Union, American Chemical Society, American Meteorological Soceity
Teaching and Mentoring Activities
2004 – current Courses Taught: Global Atmospheric Chemistry, Fundatmentals of Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Aerosols and Multiphase Chemistry, Climate and Climate Change, Instruments and Observations
Research Advising (cumulative): 5 undergraduates, 7 graduate students, and 3 postdoctoral fellows
1996-1999 Graduate Student Instructor, UC, Berkeley