Jeffrey Pierce – Professor

Email: jeffrey.pierce@colostate.edu
Research and teaching website

Education

• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering – 2008 – Carnegie Mellon University – Pittsburgh, PA
• B.S. in Chemical Engineering – 2003 – Northeastern University – Boston, MA

Career Overview

Jeff Pierce received his B.S. from Northeastern University and Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University, both in Chemical Engineering. He was a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight center from 2008-09, and he was an Assistant Professor of Physics and Atmospheric Science at Dalhousie University from 2009-12 before joining CSU in 2013.

Teaching Interests

• Atmospheric aerosols
• Aerosol-cloud interactions
• Atmospheric chemistry
• Computer programming for atmospheric scientists

Research Interests

• Air pollution and health
• Aerosol microphysics
• Aerosol-cloud interactions
• Cloud microphysics
• Aerosol climate effects
• Aerosol sources and sinks
• Near-source aerosol physics
• New-particle formation and growth
• Aerosol and gas-phase chemistry
• Aerosol remote sensing

Research Sponsors

• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP)
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• Electric Power Research Institute
• Environment Canada
• Atlantic Computational Excellence Network
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Awards, Honors, and Positions

• Monfort Professor, 2018-20
• George T. Abell Outstanding Mid-Career Faculty Award, 2017
• Langstroth Memorial Teaching Excellence Award, Dalhousie Physics and Atmos. Sci. Dept., 2012
• GEOS-Chem Chemical Transport Model steering committee, co-chair of Aerosol development, 2011-present
• American Association of Aerosol Research, chair of Atmospheric Aerosols working group, 2010-11
• NASA Postodoctoral Fellow, 2008-09
• Ken Meyer best Ph.D. thesis award, Carnegie Mellon University Chemical Engineering, 2008
• EPA STAR Graduate Fellowship, 2006-08