Rate My Professor Jeffrey Pierce

Pierce's research interests encompass 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, and aerosol remote sensing. He has garnered significant recognition, including two Colorado State University Atmospheric Science Outstanding Professor Awards (2018 and 2021), the NSERC Brockhouse Award for the NETCARE project (2020), NASA Group Achievement Award for the ATom Science Team (2019), George T. Abell Outstanding Mid-Career Faculty Award (2017), and Aerosol Science & Technology Outstanding Reviewer Award (2018). Notable publications include "Improved Estimates of Preindustrial Biomass Burning Reduce the Magnitude of Aerosol Climate Forcing in the Southern Hemisphere" in Science Advances (2021), "Estimated Mortality and Morbidity Attributable to Smoke Plumes in the US: Not Just a Western US Problem" in GeoHealth (2021), "Factors controlling marine aerosol size distributions and their climate effects over the Northwest Atlantic Ocean region" in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2021), and "Dilution impacts on smoke aging: Evidence in BBOP data" in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2021). Pierce has served as co-chair of the Aerosol development for the GEOS-Chem Chemical Transport Model steering committee since 2011, chaired the Atmospheric Aerosols working group of the American Association of Aerosol Research (2010-2011), and contributed to numerous committees at CSU and professional organizations, including peer review of over 170 manuscripts.