VALERIE L. YOUNG

Department of Chemical Engineering, 179 Stocker Center, Ohio University

Athens, Ohio 45701 USA

Phone: (740) 593-1496 Fax: (740) 593-0873 email: youngv@ohio.edu

Education: Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1992

Major: Chemical Engineering

B.S., Lehigh University, 1988

Major: Chemical Engineering

Experience Relevant to Atmospheric Chemistry Research:

1996 - Present DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, OHIO UNIVERSITY

Assistant Professor

Development and implementation of methods for quantifying trace organic species in the troposphere; importance of local sources vs. transport in rural air quality; source apportionment.

Measurement of non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) in Newfoundland (North Atlantic Regional Experiment). Science team member for Program for Research on Oxidants: PHotochemistry, Emissions, and Transport (PROPHET), studying the impact of transported urban air on a rural forest. PROPHET's quality assurance representative to the North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone (NARSTO) program. NMHC measurements in northern Michigan (PROPHET), Nashville (Southern Oxidants Study 1999), and to assess impact of controlled burning in Louisiana. Source apportionment for particulate matter in southeast Ohio. Collaboration with NOAA, US EPA, Pacific Northwest National Labs, several universities. Assistant director of PROPHET Research Experience for Undergraduates.

1992 - 1996 Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry, York University

Post-doctoral Fellow with Professor Hiromi Niki (deceased April 1, 1995)

Study of reactive trace atmospheric gases, both in laboratory kinetics experiments and by identification and quantitation of species in the field.

Ambient NMHC measurements in the boreal forest (BOReal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study), the Arctic (Polar Sunrise Experiment 1994, 1995), the eastern United States and Canada (Southern Oxidants Study 1995, 1996, Southern ONtario Oxidant Study), Africa (Southern Africa Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative), and Newfoundland (Arctic Outflow Study). Collaboration with NOAA, Brookhaven National Lab, Environment Canada, Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy, several universities. Determination of atmospheric reaction mechanisms of hydrocarbons and halocarbons using long-path FTIR spectrocopy. Contract research to determine global warming and ozone depletion potential of proprietary chemicals.

Teaching Experience:

Applied Chemical Engineering Calculations (graduate course, annually since fall 1996)

Unit Operations Laboratory (senior course, annually winter 1997 – 2002)

Energy Balances (sophomore course, annually since spring 1997)

Atmospheric Chemistry (advanced undergrad / grad elective, annually since 1998)

Experimental Design (junior course, annually beginning winter 2003)

Professional Qualifications:

Certificate of Engineer-in-Training awarded in Pennsylvania on April 16, 1988. Member Tau Beta Pi and Omega Chi Epsilon engineering honor societies. Member American Geophysical Union, American Society for Engineering Education, American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Awards:

Marvin E. and Ann D. White Research Award, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ohio University, 2001.

Joseph J. Martin Award, best paper in the Chemical Engineering Division at the American Society for Engineering Education annual meeting, 2001.

Ohio University Center for Teaching Excellence Award for Best Teaching Practice (Third Place), May 1, 1998.

Outstanding Paper Award, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Environmental Research Laboratories, for Geophysical Research Letters, 24(9), 1099-1102, 1997.

Completed Graduate Degrees Supervised:

Randy Brown, M.S., “Sodalite Synthesis and Use as a Dessicant for Gas Chromatography Analysis of Ambient Air”, 2000.

Xie Han, M.S., "A Chemical Mass Balance Approach to Source Apportionment of Particulates in the Athens Area", 2001.

Radhi Al-Azmi, M.S., “Effect of Synthesis Conditions on the Morphology of Sodalite Crystals”, 2001.

Fanil Visharia, M.S., “Study of the Nighttime Behavior of Isoprene in Northern Michigan”, 2002.

Undergraduate Research Supervised:

William Manhire, Ohio University, “Air Quality Monitoring in Athens, Ohio, Summer 1999”, 1999.

Caitlin Day, Haverford College (NSF PROPHET-REU participant), “A Comparative Analysis of Isoprene Depletion at Canopy Height and Aloft”, 2000.

Mary Kay Bartek, Haverford College (NSF PROPHET-REU participant), “The Nighttime Decline of Isoprene Concentration”, 2001.

Brian Nucifore, Eastern University (NSF PROPHET-REU participant), “Study of CO, Isoprene and anthropogenic non-methane hydrocarbons (C₂ – C₇) as Photochemical Sinks for Hydroxyl Radical and a Northern Michigan Forested Site” , 2001

Janae Csavina, Ohio University, “Hydrocarbon Emissions from Laboratory Cultures of Cyanobacteria”, 2002.

Co-director of NSF PROPHET-REU program, 2000, 2001.