Daniel Jacob

Professional Experience

Harvard University. Vasco McCoy Family Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, 2004-present; Gordon McKay Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, 1994-2004; Associate Professor, 1991-1994; Assistant Professor, 1987-1991; Postdoc, 1985-1987.

Education

Ph.D. (1985), Environmental Engineering Science, Caltech; Ingenieur Chimiste (1981), Ecole Superieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles, Paris; Mathematiques Speciales (1977), Mathematiques Superieures (1976), Lycee du Parc, Lyon.

Honors

Solvay Chemistry Chair, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2022); Special Commendation for Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times (COVID-19) awarded to top-rated 10% of Harvard faculty (2020); Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Chinese University of Hong Kong (2017); ECMWF Fellow (2016); AGU Charney Lecturer (2016); Peking University Distinguished Lecturer in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (2015); Atmospheric Environment Haagen-Smit Prize (2010); Top-ranked geoscientist in the world according to the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) based on 1997-2007 citations (2009); IGAC Keynote Lecture (2008); Ranked 16th "hottest researcher in the world" by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) on the basis of frequently cited papers (2005); NCAR Thompson Lecturer (2004); NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal (2003) "for outstanding seminal contributions to the understanding of fundamental physical and chemical processes in the lower atmosphere of the Earth"; ISI 6th most cited author in Geosciences (2001); NASA H. Julian Allen Award (1999) Editor's Citations for Excellence in Refereeing, Geophys. Res. Lett. (1999), J. Geophys. Res. (1991, 1998); James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union (1994) "for significant contributions to the geophysical sciences by a young scientist of outstanding ability"; Fellow, American Geophysical Union (1994); Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering (1989); Presidential Young Investigator Award (1988).

Research Interests

Global atmospheric chemistry, climate change, air pollution, biogeochemical cycles

Books

Modeling of Atmospheric Chemistry, by G.P. Brasseur and D.J. Jacob, Cambridge University Press, 2017. Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry, by D.J. Jacob, Princeton University Press, 1999.