Neil McPherson Donahue is an American atmospheric chemist. He is the Thomas Lord Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University and directs the school's Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research.[1][2] He is a highly cited researcher.[3]

Neil Donahue
Alma mater
FatherThomas Michael Donahue
Scientific career
InstitutionsCarnegie Mellon University

Early life and education

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Donahue is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[4] His father, Thomas Michael Donahue, was a prominent space scientist who taught at the University of Pittsburgh and later the University of Michigan.[5][6][7]

Donahue attended Brown University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics in 1985. At Brown, Donahue and his friends participated in environmental activism.[5] Donahue attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for doctoral studies, graduating with a Ph.D. in meteorology in 1991.

Career

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Donahue completed postdoctoral work at Harvard University and began teaching at Carnegie Mellon in 2000. In 2017, Donahue received the Gustavus John Esselen Award for Chemistry in the Public Interest from the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society.[8]

In 2020, Donahue was announced as the first editor-in-chief of Environmental Science: Atmospheres.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Professor Neil Donahue joins as Editor-in-Chief – Environmental Science: Atmospheres Blog". Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  2. ^ "Carnegie Mellon Names Neil M. Donahue New Director of its Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research". Carnegie Mellon University. September 19, 2013. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  3. ^ "Neil M Donahue's Publons profile". publons.com. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  4. ^ "Neil Donahue". particulate-matter.cmu.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  5. ^ a b Davis, Lisa Kay (January 18, 2016). "Cool Down". Carnegie Mellon Today. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  6. ^ Nehls-Frumkin, Mary. "Obituary: Thomas M. Donahue". www.ur.umich.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  7. ^ Leary, Warren E. (2004-10-19). "Thomas Donahue, Expert on Exploration of the Planets, Dies at 83". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  8. ^ Duffy, Jocelyn. "Donahue wins Esselen Award". engineering.cmu.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
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