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Hyundeok Choi (NIA)

Title: Research Scientist
Technical Focus Area: Climate Science, Atmospheric Composition, Lidar Science
Study Topics: Atmospheric Chemistry, Troposphere,  Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere (ULTS), Disasters (Volcanoes and Wildfires)
Missions/Projects: CALIPSO, SAGE III, ACTIVATE

About:

Dr. Choi has a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY, which he received in December 2007. His doctoral research was conducted as a part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) Biocomplexity grant, multi-institutional project, and focused on investigating the mercury input, output, and cycling, and interactions between mercury deposition, emissions and atmospheric conditions. He has been working in the environmental field since he began his undergraduate studies in 1993 at which time he concentrated his academic work in environmentally related courses. Therefore, he has the unique ability to understand the importance and significance of how the environment directly affects human health and welfare. Based on this reflection, he continued studies in environmental engineering, focusing on air pollution and air quality for his graduate studies.

Publication Bibliography:

Publications:

  • K.R. Baker, M.C. Woody, L. Valin, J. Szykman, E.L. Yates, L.T. Iraci, H.D. Choi, A. J. Soja, S. N. Koplitz, L. Zhou, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Jose L. Jimenez, J.W. Hair, R.A. Ferrare. Photochemical model evaluation of 2013 California wild fire air quality impacts using surface, aircraft, and satellite data. Science of the Total Environment, 637-638, 1137-1149, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.048.
  • J. L. Thomas, C. M. Polashenski, A. Soja, L. Marelle, K. Casey, H.-D. Choi, J.-C. Raut, C. Wiedinmyer, L. Emmons, J. Fast, J. Pelon, K.S. Law, M. G. Flanner, J. E. Dibb. Quantifying black carbon deposition over the Greenland ice sheet from forest fires in Canada. Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, doi:10.1002/2017GL073701.
  • H.-D. Choi, Liu, H., Crawford, J. H., Considine, D. B., Allen, D. J., Duncan, B. N., Horowitz, L. W., Rodriguez, J. M., Strahan, S. E., Zhang, L., Liu, X., Damon, M. R., and Steenrod, S. D.: Global O3–CO correlations in a chemistry and transport model during July–August: evaluation with TES satellite observations and sensitivity to input meteorological data and emissions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 8429-8452, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-8429-2017, 2017.
  • H.-D. Choi, J. Huang, S. Mondal, and T. M. Holsen. “Variation in concentrations of three mercury (Hg) forms at a rural and a suburban Site in New York State” Sci. Total Environ. 2013, 448, 96 – 106.
  • Y. Seo, Y. Han, H.-D. Choi, T. M. Holsen, and Seung-Muk Yi. “Characteristics of total mercury (TM) wet deposition: Scavenging of atmospheric mercury species” Atmos. Environ. 2012, 49, 69-76.
  • H.-D. Choi, J. J. Pagano, M. S. Milligan, P. K. Hopke, S. Skubis, and T. M. Holsen. “Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) Air Concentrations in the Lake Ontario Region: Trends and Potential Sources” Atmos. Environ. 44(26), 2010, 3173-3178.
  • H.-D. Choi, T. M. Holsen, and P. K. Hopke. “Atmospheric Mercury (Hg) in the Adirondacks: Concentrations and Sources” Environ. Sci. Technol. 42(15), 2008, 5644-5653.

Professional Memberships:

  • American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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Hobbies:

Woodworking

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