Group Members
Daniel Cohan
Daniel Cohan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rice University. His research specializes in the development of photochemical models and their application to air quality management, uncertainty analysis, satellite data, energy policy, and health impact studies. He received a B.A. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University, a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Chemistry from Georgia Tech, and served as a Fulbright Scholar to Australia at the Cooperative Research Centre for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology. Dr. Cohan is a recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER young investigator award and was a member of the NASA Air Quality Applied Sciences Team. He also writes for publications including The Hill, The Conversation, and the Houston Chronicle.
Graduate Students
Lina Luo
Lina Luo is a Ph.D. student focusing on modeling emissions from soils and their impacts on ozone and particulate matter. Lina completed her M.S. degree in Environmental Science and Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Undergraduate Students
Ricky Morse
Ricky Morse is an undergraduate research assistant who researched the air pollution impacts of emissions from chemical fires near Houston and is modeling how wind and solar power could replace coal in Texas.
Sarah Salvatore
Ricky Morse is an undergraduate research assistant who is researching how wind and solar power could replace coal in Texas.
Tona Akerele
Tona Akerele is an undergraduate research assistant who is studying the environmental footprint of hydrogen production.
Winnie Louh
Winnie Louh is an undergraduate research assistant who is studying changes in ground-level air quality in U.S. cities during the COVID pandemic.
Yunseo Choi
Yunseo Choi is an undergraduate research assistant who is studying changes in ground-level air quality in U.S. cities during the COVID pandemic.
Robin MacDonald
Robin MacDonald is an undergraduate research assistant who studied changes in satellite-observed NO2 during the COVID pandemic.