Frank Keutsch
Stonington Professor of Engineering and Atmospheric Science
Area Chair for Environmental Science and Engineering
Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Affiliated Faculty Member of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Area Chair for Environmental Science and Engineering
Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Affiliated Faculty Member of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Research in the Keutsch group is aimed at improving our understanding of photochemical oxidation processes of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that produce tropospheric ozone (O3) and are central to secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation. O3 and aerosol affect human health and climate, and uncertainties in the radiative effects of aerosol comprise the largest uncertainties in current estimates of anthropogenic forcing of climate. Our scientific approach builds on enabling new field observations of key VOC oxidation intermediates (OVOCs) via instrumentation and method development.
Laboratory Manager/Administrator: Lori Reck