Dr. Rob Pinder

AMD Staff

Education:

B.S. Computer Science w/ Minor in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1999)
M.S. Computer Science and Engineering, Massachustes Institute of Technology, (2000)
Ph.D. Dept. of Engineering and Public Policy and Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (2005)

Professional Experience:

2005 - Present – Postdoctoral Researcher, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

2001-2005 – Graduate Student Researcher, Carnegie Mellon University

2000 – Software Engineer for Application Technology Group, Oracle Corporation

1999 – Researcher, Digital Equipment Corp., High Performance Engineering Group

1998 – Reseacher, Massachusetts Institute of Tech., Computer Architecture Group

Awards and honors:

Environmental Science and Technology Editor’s Choice Paper Award, Policy Analysis: First Runner-Up (2008)
NOAA Special Achievement Award (2007)
Young Scientists Summer Program of the International Institute for Applied Systems
Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria (2004)
Stephen Omar Lee Award for outstanding project for Project Management in Engineering
and Public Policy Project course (2004)
Herbert L. Toor Award for "outstanding research papers submitted in the qualifying
examinations of the Department of Engineering and Public Policy" (2003)
National Science Foundation Graduate Student Research Fellowship (2002)

Professional Memberships:

Eta Kappa Nu Computer Science and Engineering Honor Society (1999)

Publications:

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Pinder, RW; Gilliland, AB; Dennis, RL. The Environmental Impact of NH3 Emissions under Present and Future Conditions (in review)Pinder R.W.; Gilliam, R. C.; Appel, K. W.; Napelenok, S. L.; Gilliland, A. B. Efficient Probabilistic Estimates of Ozone Concentration Using an Ensemble of Model Configurations and Direct Sensitivity Calculations (in review)

Gilliland, A.B.,; Hogrefe, C.; Pinder, RW; Godowitch, JL; Rao, ST. Dynamic Evaluation of Regional Air Quality Models: Assessing Changes in O3 Stemming from Emissions and Meteorology (in press Atmospheric Environment)

Boersma, K.F., Jacob, D.J., Eskes, H.J., Pinder, R.W. “Intercomparison of SCIAMACHY and OMI tropospheric NO2 columns: observing the diurnal evolution of chemistry and emissions from space”, (in press Journal of Geophysical Research)

Napelenok, S.L.; Pinder, R.W.; Gilliland, A.B.; Martin, R. V. A method for evaluating spatially-resolved NOx emissions using Kalman filter inversion, direct sensitivities, and space-based NO2 observations Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 8, 6469-6499 (2008).

Pinder, RW; Dennis, RL; Bhave, PV. Observable indicators of the sensitivity of PM2.5 nitrate to emission reductions—Part I: Derivation of the adjusted gas ratio and applicability at regulatory-relevant time scales. Atmospheric Environment, 42(6), 1275-1286. 2008

Dennis, RL; Bhave, PV; Pinder, RW. Observable indicators of the sensitivity of PM2.5 nitrate to emission reductions—Part II: Sensitivity to errors in total ammonia and total nitrate of the CMAQ-predicted non-linear effect of SO2 emission reductions. Atmospheric Environment, 42(6), 1287-1300 (2008)

Lane, TE, Pinder, RW, Shrivastava, M, Robinson, AL, Pandis, SN, “Source contributions to primary organic aerosol; Comparison of the results of a source-resolved model and the Chemical Mass Balance approach” Atmospheric Environment, 41(18): 3758-3776. 2007.

Gaydos, TM, Pinder, RW, Koo, B, Fahey, KM, Pandis, SN, “Development and Application of a Three-dimensional Aerosol Chemical Transport Model, PMCAMx+”, Atmospheric Environment, 41(12):2594-2611 (2007).

Pinder, RW, Adams, PJ, Pandis, SN. “Ammonia emission controls as a cost-effective strategy for reducing atmospheric particulate matter in the Eastern US”. Environmental Science and Technology 41 (2): 380-386. 2007.

Pinder, RW, Adams, PJ, Pandis, SN, Gilliland, AB. “Temporally Resolved Ammonia Emission Inventories: Current Estimates, Evaluation Tools, and Measurement Needs” J. Geophysical Research 111 (D16):D16310. 2006.

Gilliland, AB, Appel, KW, Pinder, RW, Dennis, RL. “Seasonal NH3 Emissions for the Continental United States: Inverse Model Estimation and Evaluation” Atmospheric Environment 40 (26): 4986-4998. 2006.

Pinder, RW, Strader, R, Davidson, CI, and Adams, PJ. “A Temporally and Spatially Resolved Ammonia Emission Inventory for Dairy Cows in the United States” Atmospheric Environment. 38(23):3747-3756. 2004.Pinder, RW, Pekney, NJ, Davidson, CI and Adams, PJ. “A Process Based Model of Ammonia Emissions from Dairy Cows: Improved Temporal and Spatial Resolution.” Atmospheric Environment. 38(9):1357-1365. 2004.

Conference Proceedings

Pinder, R.W., N.J. Pekney, R. Strader, C.I. Davidson, and P.J. Adams. A National Inventory of Seasonally and Geographically Resolved Ammonia Emissions from Dairy Cows. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Air Pollution from Agricultural Operations. Research Triangle Park, NC. Oct. 12-15, 2003.

Pinder, R.W., N.J. Pekney, R. Strader, C.I. Davidson, and P.J. Adams. Ammonia Emissions from Dairy Farms: Development of a Farm Model and Application to the United States Emissions Inventory. Proceedings of the 12th International Emission Inventory Conference. San Diego, CA. April 29-May 1, 2003

Panel Presentations

Pinder, RW, Napelenok, SL, Gilliland, AB, Martin, RV. “Use of space-based tropospheric NO₂ observations in regional air quality modeling” TROPOMI Workshop, March 5-6, 2008, (invited)

Pinder, RW; Gilliland, AB; Gilliam, R; Appel, W. “Evaluating uncertainty predictions using an ensemble of CMAQ model configurations”, 6^th Annual CMAS Conference, October 1-3, 2007

Napelenok, SL, Pinder, RW, Gilliland, AB, Martin, RV “Developing a method for resolving NOx emission inventory biases using discrete kalman filter inversion, direct sensitivities, and satellite-based NO₂ columns” NATO ITM Meeting, Sept. 26, 2007

Pinder, RW; Gilliland, AB; Dennis, RL. “Detecting Past and Future Trends in Nitrogen Deposition: A Modeling Study to Guide the Placement of Future Monitoring Sites” NADP Annual Meeting, September 11, 2007 (invited)

Pinder, RW, Gilliland, AB, Dennis, RL. “The Impact of Winter NH₃ Emission Reductions on Inorganic Particulate Matter under Present Day Conditions and Future Regulated Reductions” Workshop on Agricultural Air Quality: State of the Science, Potomac, MD, June 5-8, 2006.

Hutchings, N, Fagerli, H, Asman, W, Misselbrook, T, Pinder, R, Webb, J. “Modeling and Regulating Ammonia Emissions” Workshop on Agricultural Air Quality: State of the Science, Potomac, MD, June 5-8, 2006.

Strader, R, Pinder, RW, Davidson, CI. “Ammonia Emissions from Agriculture and Other Sources” Workshop on Agricultural Air Quality: State of the Science, Potomac, MD, June 5-8, 2006.

Pinder, R.W., and P.J. Adams. The case for controls on ammonia as a cost-effective strategy for achieving PM2.5 compliance. 24th Annual AAAR Conference, Austin, TX, October 17-21, 2005.

Lane, T, R.W. Pinder, M. Shrivastava, A.L. Robinson, S.N. Pandis. Source Contributions to Primary Organic Aerosol: Comparison of the Results of a Source-resolved Model and the Chemical Mass Balance Approach. 24^th Annual AAAR Conference, Austin, TX, October 17-21, 2005.

Lane, T, R.W. Pinder, M. Shrivastava, S.N. Pandis, A.L. Robinson. Evaluation of the Primary Organic Carbon Emission Inventory for the Eastern United States. AAAR Specialty Conference on Particulate Matter and the Supersites Program, Atlanta, GA. February 7-11, 2005.

Pinder, R.W., P.J. Adams, A. Gilliland. Improvements to Regional Air Quality Modeling from Recent Advances in Ammonia Emission Inventory Development. AAAR Specialty Conference on Particulate Matter and the Supersites Program, Atlanta, GA, February 7-11, 2005.

Gilliland, A., R. Dennis, S. Roselle, R. Pinder. Inverse Model: Estimation of Seasonal NH₃ Emissions. AAAR Specialty Conference on Particulate Matter and the Supersites Program, Atlanta, GA. February 7-11, 2005.

Gaydos, T.M., R.W. Pinder, B. Koo, K.M. Fahey, S.N. Pandis. Application of a threedimensional chemical transport model (PMCAMx+) to model summer and winter in the Eastern United States. The 23rd Annual AAAR Conference, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 4-8, 2004.

Pinder, R.W., N.J. Pekney, R. Strader, C.I. Davidson, and P.J. Adams. A Seasonally and Geographically Resolved National Inventory of Ammonia Emissions from Dairy Farms: Model Development. The 22nd Annual AAAR Conference, Anaheim, CA, Oct. 20-24, 2003.

Pinder, R.W., N.J. Pekney, R. Strader, C.I. Davidson, and P.J. Adams. A National Inventory of Seasonally and Geographically Resolved Ammonia Emissions from Dairy Cows. The 3rd International Conference on Air Pollution from Agricultural Operations. Research Triangle Park, NC. Oct. 12-15, 2003.

Pinder, R.W., N.J. Pekney, R. Strader, C.I. Davidson, and P.J. Adams. Ammonia Emissions from Dairy Farms: Development of a Farm Model and Application to the United States Emissions Inventory. The 12th International Emission Inventory Conference. San Diego, CA. April 29-May 1, 2003/

Poster Presentations

Napelenok, SL, Pinder, RW, Gilliland, AB, Martin, RV. “Integrating Kalman Filter Inverse Modeling and Direct Sensitivities to Evaluate NO_x Emission Inventory Biases Based on Satellite-Derived NO₂ columns”. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2007.

Pinder, RW, Bhave, PV, Carlton, AG, Dennis, RL, Gilliland, AB, Godowitch, JM, Mathur, R, Napelenok, SL, Pleim, JE, Sarwar, G, Yu, S. “CMAQ Simulated Oxidized Nitrogen: Recent Findings and Model Enhancements”, 6th Annual CMAS Conference, October 1-3, 2007

Napelenok, SL, Pinder, RW, Gilliland, AB. Resolving NOx Emission Inventory Biases Using Discrete Kalman Filter Inversion, Direct Sensitivities, and Satellite-based NO2 Columns. 16th International Emission Inventory Conference - "Emission Inventories: Integration, Analysis, Communication", Raleigh, NC, May 14-16, 2007.

Pinder, RW; Dennis, RL; Bhave, PV. “Detecting the impact of emission reductions on ammonium nitrate particulate matter using observable indicators”, Expert Workshop under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution: Atmospheric Ammonia, Detecting emission changes and environmental impacts, December 3, 2006, Leigh, Scotland, UK

Pinder, RW, Gilliam, RC, Appel, KW, Gilliland, AB, “CMAQ model evaluation using an ensemble of MM5 meteorological simulations”. CMAS Conference 2006, Chapel Hill, NC, Oct. 16-18, 2006

Pinder, R.W., T.M. Gaydos, P.J. Adams. Improvements to air quality modeling using a spatially and temporally resolved ammonia emission inventory. The 23rd Annual AAAR Conference, Atlanta, GA. Oct. 4-8, 2004.

Pinder, R.W., N.J. Pekney, R. Strader, C.I. Davidson, and P.J. Adams. Ammonia Emissions from Dairy Cows: A Seasonally and Geographically Varied National Inventory AAAR PM Meeting, Particulate Matter: Atmospheric Sciences, Exposure and the Fourth Colloquium on PM and Human Health, Pittsburgh, PA, March 31 - April 4, 2003.

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