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Nationality
  
American

Doctoral advisor
  
Richard Zare

Fields
  
Chemistry

Residence
  
Alaska, United States

Name
  
William Simpson


William R. Simpson

Born
  
July 25, 1966 (age 58) (
1966-07-25
)

Institutions
  
University of Alaska Fairbanks

Alma mater
  
Swarthmore College (B.A., 1988), Stanford University (Ph.D.,1995)

Known for
  
Cavity ring-down spectroscopy, Snowpack photochemistry, Stratospheric ozone

Notable awards
  
NSF CAREER Grant Award (2001-2006), Research Innovation Award of the Research Corporation for cavity ring-down spectroscopy (1999), Flavored Ice Award for revolutionary snow flavoring techniques

Education
  
Swarth College, Stanford University

William R Simpson (chemist) | Wikipedia audio article


William R. Simpson (born July 25, 1966) is an American chemist . He is a pioneer in the field of snow chemistry. He is also a current researcher at University of Alaska Fairbanks' Geophysical Institute and International Arctic Research Center and an associate professor in the chemistry department. He is the principal investigator of the atmospheric chemistry group and director of the university's NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates program. He is known internationally for his research.

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Education

Bill attained his B.A. in chemistry at Swarthmore College in 1988 and his Ph.D. in physical chemistry at Stanford University in 1995.

Awards

  • CAREER Grant Award of the National Science Foundation (NSF) 2001-2006
  • Research Innovation Award for cavity ring-down spectroscopy, Research Corporation 1999
  • Flavored Ice Award for revolutionary snow flavoring techniques

    • Research

  • Cavity ring-down spectroscopy
  • Snowpack photochemistry
  • Stratospheric ozone

    • Selected publications

    Simpson has more than 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

  • Simpson, W. R., L. Alvarez-Aviles, T. A. Douglas, M. Sturm, and F. Domine (2005), Halogens in the coastal snow pack near Barrow, Alaska: Evidence for active bromine air-snow chemistry during springtime, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L04811.
  • Ayers, J. D., and W. R. Simpson (2006), Measurements of N2O5 near Fairbanks, Alaska, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D14309.
  • Ayers, J. D., R. L. Apodaca, W. R. Simpson, and D. S. Baer (2005), Off-axis cavity ringdown spectroscopy: application to atmospheric nitrate radical detection, Appl. Optics., 44, 7239-7242.

    • References

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