Education
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Washington, 2004
B.A., Chemistry, Carleton College, 1997
Professional Experience
October 2020 – Present: Data Scientist at the Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium
2013 – 2020: Air Policy Analyst at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
2011-2013: AAAS Science and Technology Fellow at the U.S. EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Transportation and Climate Division
2011: Visiting Scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-Zurich
2007-2011: Clare Booth Luce Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Mount Holyoke College
2005-2007: NOSAMS Postdoctoral Scholar at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Affiliations
American Geophysical Union
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Interests
- Interactions of meteorology and chemistry in the formation of air pollution
- Long-range transport of air pollution
- Global change impacts on air quality and natural systems
- Data visualization
- Application of science to environmental policymaking
Publications
Goldberg D.L., Tao M., Kerr G.H., Ma S., Tong D.Q., Fiore A.M., Dickens A.F., Adelman Z.E., and Anenberg S.C. (2024) Evaluating the spatial patterns of U.S. urban NOx emissions using TROPOMI NO2. Remote Sensing of Environment, 300, 113917.
Acdan J.J.M., Pierce R.B., Dickens A.F., Adelman Z., and Nergui T. (2023) Examining TROPOMI formaldehyde to nitrogen dioxide ratios in the Lake Michigan region: implications for ozone exceedances. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23, 7867-7885.
Abdi-Oskouei M., Roozitalab B., Stanier C.O., Christiansen M., Pfister G., Pierce R.B., McDonald B.C., Adelman Z., Janssen M., Dickens A.F., and Carmichael G.R. (2022) The Impact of Volatile Chemical Products, Other VOCs, and NOx on Peak Ozone in the Lake Michigan Region. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127, e2022JD037042.
Cleary P., Dickens A., Geib K., McIlquham M., Sanchez M., Geib K., Hedberg C., Hupy J., Watson M.W., Fuoco M., Olson E.R., Pierce R.B., Stanier C., Long R., Valin L., Conley S., Smith M. (2022) Impacts of lake breeze meteorology on ozone gradient observations along Lake Michigan shorelines in Wisconsin. Atmospheric Environment. 269: 118834.
Wagner T.J., Czarnetzski A.C., Christiansen M., Pierce R.B., Stanier C.O., Dickens A.F., Eloranta E.W. (2022) Observations of the Development and Vertical Structure of the Lake-Breeze Circulation during the 2017 Lake Michigan Ozone Study. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 79: 1005-1020.
Stanier C.O., Pierce R.B., Abdi-Oskouei M., Adelman Z.E., Al-Saadi J., Bertram T.H., Carmichael G., Christiansen M.B., Cleary P.A., Czarnetzki A., Dickens A.F., Fuoco M.A., Hughes D.D., Hupy J.P., Judd L.M., Kenski D., Millet D.B., Roozitalab B., Shaw S.L., Stone E.A., Wagner T. (2021) Overview of the Lake Michigan Ozone Study 2017. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
Doak A.G., Christiansen M.B, Alwe H.A., Bertram T.H., Carmichael G., Cleary P., Czarnetzki A.C., Dickens A.F., Janssen M., Kenski D., Miller D.B., Novak G., Pierce R.B., Stone E.A., Szykman J., Vermeuel M., Wagner T.J., Valin L., Stanier C.O. (2021) Characterization of ground-based atmospheric pollution and meteorology sampling stations during the Lake Michigan Ozone Study 2017. Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association.
Eglinton T.I., Galy V.V., Hemingway J.D., Feng X., Bao H., Blattman T.M., Dickens A.F., Gies H., Giosan L., Haghipour N., Hou P., Lupker M., McIntyre C.P., Montlucon D.B., Peucker-Ehrenbrink B., Ponton C., Schefuss E., Schwab M.S., Voss B., Wacker L., Wu Y., Zhao M. (2021) Climate control on terrestrial biospheric carbon turnover. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(8), e2011585118.
Hughes D.D., Christiansen M., Milani A., Vermeuel M.P., Novak G.A., Alwe H.D., Dickens A.F., Pierce R.B., Millet D.B., Bertram T.H., Stanier C.O., and Stone E.A. (2021) PM2.5 chemistry, organosulfates, and SOA formation during the 2017 Lake Michigan Ozone Study. Atmospheric Environment, 244, 117939.
Vermeuel M.P., Novak G.A., Alwe H.D., Hughes D.D., Kaleel R., Dickens A.F., Kenski D., Czarnetzki A.C., Stone E.A., Stanier C.O., Pierce R.B., Millet D.B., and Bertram T.H. (2019) Sensitivity of ozone production to NOx and VOC along the Lake Michigan coastline. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124, 10,989-11,006.
Vonk J.E., Dickens A.F., Giosan L., Hussain Z.A., Kim B., Zipper S.C., Holmes R.M., Montlucon D.B., Galy V. and Eglinton T.I. (2016) Arctic deltaic lake sediments as recorders of fluvial organic matter deposition. Frontiers in Earth Science, 4:77.
Dickens A.F., Baldock J., Kenna T.C., and Eglinton T.I. (2011) A depositional history of particulate organic carbon in a floodplain lake from the lower Ob’ River, Siberia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 75: 4796–4815.
Veilleux M.-H., Dickens A.F., Brandes J., and Gélinas Y. (2009) Density separation of combustion-derived soot and petrogenic graphitic black carbon: Quantification and isotopic characterization. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 5 012010.
Conedera M., Tinner W., Neff C., Meurer M., Dickens A.F., and Krebs P. (2009) Reconstructing past fire regimes: Methods, applications, and relevance to fire management and conservation. Quaternary Science Reviews. 28: 435-456.
Dickens A.F., Gudeman J.A., Gélinas Y., Baldock J.A., Tinner W., Hu F.S. and Hedges J.I. (2007) Sources and distribution of CuO-derived benzene carboxylic acids in soils and sediments. Organic Geochemistry. 38: 1256-1276.
Coppola L., Gustafsson Ö., Andersson P., Eglinton T.I., Uchica M., and Dickens A.F. (2007) The importance of ultrafine particles as a control on the distribution of organic carbon in Washington Margin and Cascadia Basin sediments. Chemical Geology. 243: 142-156.
Dickens A.F., Baldock J.A., Smernik R.J., Wakeham S.G., Arnarson T.S., Gélinas Y., and Hedges J.I. (2006) Solid-state 13C NMR analysis of size and density fractions of marine sediments: Insight into organic carbon sources and preservation mechanisms. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 70: 666-686.
Haberstroh P.R., Brandes J.A., Gélinas Y., Dickens A.F., and Wirick S. (2006) Chemical composition of the graphitic black carbon fraction in riverine and marine sediments at sub-micron scales using carbon X-ray spectromicroscopy. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 70: 1483-1494.
Dickens A.F., Gélinas Y., Masiello C.A., Wakeham S.G., and Hedges J.I. (2004) Reburial of fossil organic carbon in marine sediments. Nature. 427: 336-339.
Keil R.G., Dickens A.F., Arnarson T.S., Nunn B.L., and Devol A.H. (2004) What is the oxygen exposure time of laterally transported organic matter along the Washington margin? Marine Chemistry. 92: 157-165.
Dickens A.F., Gélinas Y., and Hedges J.I. (2004) Physical separation of combustion and rock sources of graphitic black carbon in sediments. Marine Chemistry. 92: 215-223.
Macalady J.L., McMillan A.M.S., Dickens A.F., Tyler S.C., and Scow K.M. (2002) Population dynamics of type I and II methanotrophic bacteria in rice soils. Environmental Microbiology. 4 (3): 148-157.
Dickens A., Soucy L., and Valiela I. (1996) Particulate and dissolved nitrogen: A laboratory study of transformations in groundwater and estuarine samples of the Waquoit Bay estuarine system. Biological Bulletin. 191: 331-332.
Selected Presentations (last 10 years)
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, December 2024, Washington, DC, How Wildfire Smoke Challenges State Efforts to Attain PM2.5 Standards and How Scientists Can Help.
Southwest Exceptional Events Working Group – Exceptional Events Workshop invited speaker, November 2024, Las Vegas, NV and online, Monitoring Data Analysis for Wildfire Smoke Exceptional Events Demonstrations: Lessons learned and Future Approaches from Far Downwind Sites in the Great Lakes Region. (With Amy Robinson.)
U.S. Embassy Algiers invited speaker as part of the State Department’s U.S. Speaker Program, September 2024, Algiers, Algeria, Air Quality in Algiers. (Presented to the Algerian Ministry of the Environment, to invited Algerian scientists, to a think tank, and to the diplomatic community.)
National Ambient Air Monitoring Conference 2024, August 2024, New Orleans, LA, Monitoring Data Analysis for Wildfire Smoke Exceptional Events Demonstrations: Lessons learned and Future Approaches from Far Downwind Sites in the Great Lakes Region. (With Amy Robinson).
2024 AGES+ (AEROMMA+CUPiDS, GOTHAM, ESCAPE, and STAQS field campaigns) Workshop organizing committee member and presenter, May 2024, Boulder, CO, Using AGES+ Data for Regulatory Decision Support: LADCO Priorities for AGES+ Chicago Data.
National Exceptional Events Workshop, February 2024, St. Louis, MO, Assessing Potential Regulatory Significance of O3 & PM2.5 Episodes in the Great Lakes Region.
University of Wisconsin – Madison, Introduction to Air Quality course invited lecture (annually 2014-2024), Madison, WI. Federal and State Regulation of Air Pollution.
American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting, January 2024, Baltimore, MD, Ozone Formation Sensitivity in the Great Lakes Region: Insights from a Weekday-Weekend Analysis Coupled with Examination of Trends over Space and Time.
AGES+ Chicago Data Workshop organizer and presenter, October 2023, Lemont, IL, LADCO/State Objectives and Needs.
National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) Fall Meeting and Scientific Symposium, October 2023, Madison, WI, Mercury Deposition in the Great Lakes Region (poster).
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Annual Statewide Mercury TMDL Implementation Plan Oversight Committee Meeting invited speaker, September 2023, Duluth, MN, Mercury Deposition in the Great Lakes Region.
Joint Science Meeting for TEMPO, GeoXO ACX, & TOLNet invited panelist, May 2023, Huntsville, AL, TEMPO Science Team panel on Steep Gradients.
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, December 2022, Chicago, IL, Determination of Drivers of Ozone Formation in Urban Areas in the Great Lakes Region to Inform Development of Emissions Control Strategies.
2022 AGES Workshop invited speaker, September 2022, Boulder, CO and online, Lessons Learned from the 2017 Lake Michigan Ozone Study (LMOS 2017).
National Emissions Modeling Watercooler invited speaker, July 2022, Ozone Formation Chemistry in the Great Lakes Region.
NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team (HAQAST) Texas Meeting invited speaker (June 2022), Houston, TX and online, How Satellite Data is Supporting Ozone Planning in the Great Lakes Region.
University of Wisconsin – Madison, Introduction to Air Quality course invited lecture (annually since 2014), Madison, WI. Federal and State Regulation of Air Pollution.
TEMPO Satellite Science Team Meeting invited panelist (June 2019), Madison, WI. Science Panel: Aircraft Profiling Perspective.
University of Wisconsin – Madison, Government and Natural Resources course invited lecture (June 2019), Madison, WI. Federal and State Regulation of Air Pollution.
Wisconsin Science Festival invited panelist (November 2017), Madison, WI. Making a Difference: Science Policy for Scientists. Included leading a workshop on “Writing for a Policy Audience”.
LMOS 2017 Data Workshop (September 2017), Chicago, IL. Putting LMOS 2017 ozone episodes in a historical context (with Donna Kenski).
LMOS 2017 Planning Team Meeting (March 2017), Madison, WI. Analysis of Ozone, NOx and VOC Monitoring Data Along Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan Lakeshore.
Weston Roundtable Seminar Series invited lecture (February 2015), Madison, WI. Keeping Wisconsin’s Air Clean: Meeting EPA’s New Ozone Standard.
