IGAC has a strong focus on engaging the next generation of atmospheric scientists through its early career program.  These scientists join an international network early in their career that creates relationships that facilitate atmospheric chemistry research at an international level for years to come.

IGAC cultivates the next generation of scientists by:

Hiroshi Tanimoto is the Head of Global Atmospheric Chemistry Section at National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) in Tsukuba, Japan. He received his PhD in Chemistry from The University of Tokyo in 2001 and was a visiting scholar at Harvard University during 2007–2008. Dr. Tanimoto has been working in the field of atmospheric composition in Asia and Oceania regions.

Mark Lawrence is a scientific director of the cluster “Sustainable Interactions With the Atmosphere” (SIWA) at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS, www.iass-potsdam.de) in Potsdam, Germany.

The IGAC SSC meeting in 2019 included a facilitated future visioning exercise. This is the result of that exercise. 

Arielle Milkman is a cultural anthropologist completing a PhD at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Arielle researches wildland fire management in the Pacific Northwest and has focused on qualitative and mixed-methods inquiry related to wildland firefighters’ health and well-being. She has used semi-structured interviews and low-cost air sensors to better understand wildfire smoke. In December 2024, Arielle will begin a postdoctoral fellowship at Colorado State University to further research in this area.

Background:
Urban environment plays a unique and critical role in the Earth system. Air pollution and
atmospheric chemistry can interact with urban meteorology and emissions in a complex way,
which has not been fully understood. Urban is also the most populated region where air pollution
can exert significant adverse impacts on human health, with potential environmental justice
issues. Moreover, different urban regions may have their own characteristics for air pollution and

Emmie Le Roy is a PhD candidate in atmospheric chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on the interactions between climate variability and atmospheric composition using a combination of models and in-situ observations. Emmie received her ScB in Geology and Chemistry from Brown University in 2019. Before starting her PhD, she worked as a laboratory assistant for the Surface PARTiculate mAtter Network (SPARTAN), a global ground-based measurement network for PM2.5.

The 16th International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (iCACGP) Symposium and 18th International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Science Conference (iCACGP-IGAC Conference 2024) is scheduled to take place at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur (WTC KL) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 9th to 13th September 2024.

Citizen science (CS) involves public participation and collaboration in scientific research to increase scientific knowledge. Despite its potential, producing CS collected data that is perceived as trustworthy enough to be published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and influence policy-making remains a challenge, in part due to issues involving data accuracy and standardisation. For example, the use of mobile field sensors in CS provides us with the opportunity to monitor air quality at a higher spatial resolution, but requires more thorough data analysis.

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