EPA Research Scientist Career Chat Wed. April 17 11 a.m.
Hill-Lopes Scholars Program Women in STEM Wednesday Career Chat
Featured Guest: Havala Pye, Ph.D.
Career: Research Scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Date and Time: Wed. April 27 11 a.m.
In-Person Location: SC 2123
Join the Hill-Lopes Scholars Program for a Women in STEM Wednesday Career Chat with EPA Research Scientist, Dr. Havala Pye.
Abstract: The troposphere contains most of Earth’s atmospheric mass, the air we breathe, and numerous trace constituents of both natural and anthropogenic origin. Species are continually added via emissions from sources like cars and vegetation, transformed via reactions, and transported to downwind locations. Principles of chemistry, chemical engineering, and computer science are applied to quantify these processes and develop tools that can be used by air quality managers to predict the impacts of policy on pollutant concentrations. As a research scientist at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Havala Pye’s work focuses on fine particles and other airborne pollutants that can impact human health and climate change. Specifically, she develops the representation of fine particles and organic species in the Community Multiscale Air Quality modeling system (www.epa.gov/cmaq) allowing for improved quantification of air pollution impacts in regulatory analysis. In addition, methods developed by her team are being used to estimate evaporative air emissions from chemical products as part of the National Emissions Inventory which occurs every three years in the US. Dr. Pye has authored or co-authored 65 refereed journal articles and received a 2017 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers. In this talk, Dr. Havala Pye will describe the personal and professional experiences that shaped her career, examples of how science is used in research at a regulatory agency, and what it is like to work for the federal government as a scientist.
Please contact the Hill-Lopes Scholars Program at hill-lopes@towson.edu for any questions.
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