Faye McNeill

V. Faye McNeill
Born
Vivian Faye McNeill
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
Scientific career
InstitutionsColumbia University
ThesisStudies of heterogeneous ice chemistry relevant to the atmosphere (2005)

Vivian Faye McNeill is an American atmospheric chemist who is professor of chemical engineering at Columbia University. She leads the University's initiative Clean Air Toolbox for Cities.[1] McNeill provided expert guidance on aerosols and ventilation throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Early life and education

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McNeill was an undergraduate student in chemical engineering at the California Institute of Technology. During her undergraduate degree. she became interested in aerosol science, watching the smog above the San Gabriel Mountains.[2] McNeill suffered from asthma, and became increasingly aware of how much science could advance environmental policy and public health.[2] She moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for doctoral research, where she worked as a NASA Earth System Science Fellow.[3][4] Her doctoral advisor was Mario Molina, the Nobel laureate who predicted that chlorofluorocarbons depleted stratospheric ozone.[5]

Research and career

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McNeill joined Columbia University in 2007 and was awarded tenure in 2014. Her research looked to understand the interactions of trace gases with ice and snow. These interactions can be used to better predict how climate change will impact the composition of the atmosphere.[6] The findings can also be used to understand ice core chemical records.[6]

McNeill is interested in atmospheric aerosols and their role of atmospheric chemistry.[7] Her research combines computational modelling with field work and lab-based experimental investigations.[3] Air pollution is responsible for at least 6.7 million premature deaths a year.[8] McNeill leads Clean Air Toolbox for Cities (CAToolbox), an interdisciplinary program that collects information about air quality in Africa, India and Indonesia.[8][9][10]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, McNeill provided guidance about aerosols and ventilation to the general public.[2][11]

Awards and honors

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Selected publications

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  • V Faye McNeill (22 January 2015). "Aqueous organic chemistry in the atmosphere: sources and chemical processing of organic aerosols". Environmental Science & Technology. 49 (3): 1237–1244. doi:10.1021/ES5043707. ISSN 0013-936X. PMID 25609552. Wikidata Q42696699.
  • T. Bartels-Rausch; H.-W. Jacobi; T. F. Kahan; et al. (12 February 2014). "A review of air–ice chemical and physical interactions (AICI): liquids, quasi-liquids, and solids in snow". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 14 (3): 1587–1633. Bibcode:2014ACP....14.1587B. doi:10.5194/ACP-14-1587-2014. ISSN 1680-7316. Wikidata Q58613007.
  • V Faye McNeill; Joseph L Woo; Derek D Kim; Allison N Schwier; Neal J Wannell; Andrew J Sumner; Joseph M Barakat (25 July 2012). "Aqueous-phase secondary organic aerosol and organosulfate formation in atmospheric aerosols: a modeling study". Environmental Science & Technology. 46 (15): 8075–8081. doi:10.1021/ES3002986. ISSN 0013-936X. PMID 22788757. Wikidata Q40048426.

References

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  1. ^ "Columbia University Clean Air Toolbox for Cities – Clean Air Solutions for Cities". aqtoolbox.org. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  2. ^ a b c "Do HEPA Filters Really Catch Coronavirus Particles?". Columbia News. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  3. ^ a b "Faye McNeill - Staff Profiles - The Earth Institute - Columbia University". www.earth.columbia.edu. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  4. ^ "V. Faye McNeill". Chemical Engineering. 2017-06-12. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  5. ^ McNeill, V. Faye (2020-11-06). "Mario Molina (1943–2020)". Nature. 587 (7833): 193. Bibcode:2020Natur.587..193M. doi:10.1038/d41586-020-03133-3. S2CID 226275646.
  6. ^ a b c "NSF Award Search: Award # 0845043 - CAREER: The Atmospheric Chemistry of Ice and Snow". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  7. ^ "Columbia | SIPA Center on Global Energy Policy | V. Faye McNeill". www.energypolicy.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  8. ^ a b "Air Pollution Is Harming People in the Global South at an Alarming Rate. A Climate School Project Wants to Help". Columbia News. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  9. ^ "First air quality profile of two sub-Saharan African cities finds troubling news: Pollution up to five times over international guidelines". ScienceDaily. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  10. ^ "Meet 12 Columbia Graduates Taking on the Climate Crisis". State of the Planet. 2021-04-16. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  11. ^ Wolfson, Alisa. "The best air purifiers for the home, according to professors and pro reviewers". MarketWatch. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  12. ^ "V. Faye McNeill | Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences". eesc.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  13. ^ "Kenneth T. Whitby Award". The American Association for Aerosol Research. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  14. ^ "Duncan & Suzanne Mellichamp Emerging Leader Lectures". chemengr.ucsb.edu. 2019-10-04. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
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