Delphine Kasimira Farmer
Farmer at the National Cherry Blossom Festival in 2022
Alma materMcGill University
University of California, Berkeley
Scientific career
InstitutionsColorado State University
ThesisBiosphere-atmosphere exchange of reactive nitrogen oxides between the atmosphere and a ponderosa pine forest (2007)

Delphine Farmer is a Canadian chemist who is a professor at the Colorado State University. Her research considers the development of scientific instruments for atmospheric science. She was awarded the American Geophysical Union Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award in 2022.

Early life and education

Farmer grew up in Canada.[1] Her father was an oceanographer, and she spent her childhood playing in his laboratory.[2] She has credited her love of physics to a high school teacher, and her love of chemistry to an undergraduate lecturer.[2] She was an undergraduate student at McGill University, and a postgraduate student at the University of California, Berkeley.[2] During her doctoral studies, she spent a year in the Sierra Nevada, where she used mass spectrometry to understand the mountain air.[2] Farmer then moved to the University of Colorado Boulder, where she spent a month in the Amazon rainforest.[2]

Research and career

In 2011, Farmer joined the Colorado State University. Farmer studies outdoor and indoor atmospheric chemistry.[3] She looks to understand the sources and sinks of trace gases in the atmosphere.[3] She spent 2014 as a Resident Fellow in the Colorado State University School of Global Environmental Sustainability.[4]

Farmer studied the impact of wildfires on air quality.[5] She used data from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Southern Great Plains observatory.[5] She made her measurements using an ultra-high-sensitivity aerosol spectrometer[6] The spectrometer uses a laser to determine the size of aerosol particles.[6]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Farmer studied the quality of indoor air.[7][8][9]

Farmer was awarded the American Geophysical Union Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award in 2022.[10]

Selected publications

  • Ulrich Pöschl; S T Martin; Baerbel Sinha; et al. (1 September 2010). "Rainforest aerosols as biogenic nuclei of clouds and precipitation in the Amazon". Science. 329 (5998): 1513–1516. doi:10.1126/SCIENCE.1191056. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 20847268. Wikidata Q57264108.
  • M. J. Cubison; A. M. Ortega; P. L. Hayes; et al. (5 December 2011). "Effects of aging on organic aerosol from open biomass burning smoke in aircraft and laboratory studies". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 11 (23): 12049–12064. Bibcode:2011ACP....1112049C. doi:10.5194/ACP-11-12049-2011. ISSN 1680-7316. Wikidata Q59715246.
  • C. L. Heald; J. H. Kroll; J. L. Jimenez; et al. (April 2010). "A simplified description of the evolution of organic aerosol composition in the atmosphere". Geophysical Research Letters. 37 (8). Bibcode:2010GeoRL..37.8803H. doi:10.1029/2010GL042737. ISSN 0094-8276. Wikidata Q57264099.

References

  1. ↑ 621: Delphine Farmer, PhD – Indoor vs Outdoor Air Chemistry: Cooking, Cleaning and COVID. Retrieved 2022-09-09 – via YouTube.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Notman, Nina. "'We are missing a massive environmental problem'". RSC Education. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  3. 1 2 "Dr Delphine Farmer". The Aerosol Society. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  4. ↑ "Delphine Farmer – Sustainability". sustainability.colostate.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  5. 1 2 "Scientists Examine the Black Carbon Impacts of Wildfires and Biomass Burning". www.arm.gov. 2020-11-05. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  6. 1 2 "UHSAS > Ultra-high Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer". www.arm.gov. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  7. ↑ "Still Disinfecting Surfaces? It Might Not Be Worth It". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  8. ↑ Mandavilli, Apoorva (2020-09-27). "How to Keep the Coronavirus at Bay Indoors". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  9. ↑ "Smoke and COVID-19 drove us inside — but the air in there wants to kill you". Grist. 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  10. ↑ Ishii, Faith (2022-09-06). "2022 AGU Section Awardees and Named Lecturers". Eos. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
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