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Colette L. Heald - Assistant Professor


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Education

  • Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Science - 2005 - Harvard University - Cambridge, MA
  • B.S. in Engineering Physics - 2000 - Queen's University - Kingston, CA

Career Overview

Colette Heald received her B.S. in Engineering Physics from Queen's University in Kingston, Canada and her Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Science (Atmospheric Chemistry) from Harvard University in 2005. At Harvard University, she worked with Professor Daniel J. Jacob on the use of satellite observations of atmospheric composition to quantify the sources and intercontinental export of pollutants. Colette spent two years at the University California Berkeley as a NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow where she focused on the sources and climate sensitivity of organic aerosols. Colette joined the CSU faculty in January 2008.

Teaching Interests

  • Atmospheric Chemistry
  • Chemistry-Climate Interactions

Research Interests

  • Long-range transport of pollution
  • Aerosol sources, composition, and chemistry
  • Biogenic and anthropogenic influences on chemistry and climate

Colette's research focuses on using observations of the atmosphere from all scales (in situ to satellite) with global models to understand the composition and chemistry of the troposphere.

Research Sponsors

  • NASA
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Awards, Honors, and Positions

  • Crutzen award for best paper at Young Scientist's Conference on Global Change - 2006
  • NOAA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Climate and Global Change - 2005 to 2007 - University of California - Berkeley, CA
  • Invited ACCESS (Atmospheric Chemistry Colloquium for Emerging Senior Scientists) participant - 2005
  • NASA Earth System Science Fellowship - 2003 to 2005
  • Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship - 2000 to 2004

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