Dr. Heather A. Simon

AMD Staff

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Ph.D in Civil Engineering, 2008, University of Texas at Austin
M.S.E. in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, 2006, University of Texas at Austin
B.S. in Earth Systems, 2001, Stanford University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Postdoctoral Fellow, USEPA/ORD/NERL/AMAD/AMDB, Research Triangle Park, NC, 2008–present
Graduate Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX,
2004–2008
Permit Reviewer, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Air Permits Division, Austin, TX,
2002–2004

SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS

University of Texas Thrust 2000 – Lymon Reese Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Engineering,
2004-2008
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, 2004-2007
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Air Permits Division Employee of the Quarter, 2002

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Simon, H., Wittig, A. E., Allen, D. T., 2008. Fine particulate matter emissions inventories: comparisons of emissions estimates with observations from recent field programs, Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 58, 320-343.
Corsi, R. L., Siegel, J., Karamalegos, A., Simon, H., Morrison, G.C., 2007. Personal reactive clouds: introducing the concept of near-head chemistry, Atmospheric Environment, 41, 3161-3165.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

Simon, H., Kimura, Y., McGaughey, G., Allen, D. T., Lee, D., Byun, D., Roberts, J., Brown, S., Osthoff, H. 2007. Modeled Effects of Observed Nitryl Chloride Concentrations on Ozone Concentrations in the Houston Area. Poster presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 2007, San Francisco, CA.
Simon, H., Allen, D. T. 2006. Modeled Effects of Heterogeneous N2O5 Hydrolysis on Atmospheric Chemistry in the Houston Area. Air and Waste Management Association Annual Conference, June 2006, New Orleans, LA.
Simon, H., Wittig, A., Allen, D. T. 2005. Synthesis of Supersite Program Findings: Uncertainties in Emission Inventories. Poster Presentation at the American Association of Aerosol Research Annual Meeting, October 2005, Austin, TX.
Karamalegos, A., Simon, H., Zhao, P., Morrison, G., Siegel, J., Corsi, R.L. 2005. Personal Reactive Clouds: Introducing the Concept of Near Head Chemistry. Indoor Air 2005, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Beijing, China, September, 2004.