Harvey E.
Jeffries
Revised 02/2003
ADDRESSES:
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering Phone: (919) 966-7312 or 966-5451
CB 7431, Rm. 120, Rosenau Hall Fax: (919) 933-2393
OThree Chemistry, Research and Service Phone: (919) 967-0160
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Atmospheric Chemistry, 1971,
M.S.P.H., Air and Industrial Hygiene,
1967,
B.S., Chemistry, 1964,
ACADEMIC
APPOINTMENTS:
|
Professor |
Dept. of Env. Sci. & Eng.,
UNC-CH |
1983-present |
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Associate Professor |
Dept. of Env. Sci. & Eng., UNC-CH |
1977-1983 |
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Assistant Professor |
Dept. of Env. Sci. & Eng., UNC-CH |
1972-1977 |
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Research Associate |
Dept. of Env. Sci. & Eng., UNC-CH |
1970-1972 |
EXPERIENCE:
1.
1983 – present,
Professor
ACTIVITIES:
·
Faculty
member in “Atmospheric and Aquatic Science” and in “Environmental Modeling”
Graduate Programs, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, School
of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
NC.
·
Teach required and
elective graduate courses in atmospheric chemistry and air quality modeling,
including object-oriented scientific computer programming; supervise academic
and research programs of Master’s and Ph.D
students.
·
Conduct sponsored
research in fundamental photochemistry reaction science, in mathematical
simulation of atmospheric chemistry, in emissions of reaction precursors, and in
applying atmospheric chemistry and simulation modeling in air quality management
policy formulation.
·
Co-created
world-unique, outdoor smog chamber experimental facility that has been under
continuous sponsored funding since 1971.
http://airchem.sph.unc.edu/Research/Facilities/UNCChamber/
·
Co-created the
Morphecule chemical reaction representation method and
was prime implementer of object-oriented computer code for Morphecule mechanisms
and simulations.
·
Created process
analysis methodology for explaining atmospheric chemistry and air quality model
predictions now used in widely available air quality models.
·
Member
(1996–present) of US EPA’s Science Advisory Council, Air Quality
Modeling Subcommittee
·
Member
(1996–present) of California Air Resources Board’s Reactivity Scientific
Advisory Board.
·
Member
(1999–present) of
·
Member
(2002–present) of Texas Environmental Research Consortium’s Science Advisory
Committee, a federally-funded, short-term research program to assist the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in SIP
development.
·
Member
(2001–present) of Texas Commission for Environmental Quality’s Science Coordinating Committee, a state
committee to assist TCEQ in planning effective research for air quality problems
in Houston, Beaumont, and Dallas, TX.
·
Founding member
(1998–present) of the Reactivity Research Working Group, a public/private
research coordinating effort involving US EPA, academia, and industry.
·
Member (1995-1997)
of US EPA’s FACA Subcommittee for the Implementation of New Standards for
Ozone, PM, and Regional Haze, a federal advisory committee to assist EPA in
developing innovative ways to achieve ozone, PM, and haze-rules attainment.
·
Exceptional
Leadership Award from
·
Member (1992–1994)
of NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Committee on Urban Air
Quality Model Planning and Strategy a state committee to assist DENR in
developing effective air quality improvement policies.
·
Member (1992–1995)
of UNC Campus Advisory Committee on Information Technology.
·
Member (1993) of
Editorial Review Board, Environmental Health Perspectives Journal.
·
Member (1991–1992)
of NC Governor’s Clean Air Advisory Committee.
·
Consultant
(2000–2002) to Business Coalition for Clean Air Appeal Group, a Houston-based
stakeholder group, in analysis and use of air quality modeling to support SIP
policy in Houston, TX; chief science advisor on industry-sponsored, short-term
research totaling more than $2 million.
·
Expert Witness (May
2001) in Business Coalition for Clean Air Appeal Group V. Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission, for injunction of State NOx
Rules, Superior Court, Travis Co, Texas.
·
Paid reviewer
(2000) to Houston Regional Monitoring stakeholder group for the Post-1999 Texas
Natural Resources Conservation Commission Ozone SIP for
·
Consultant
(2000–2002) to Lockheed-Martin Technical Services Support Group,
·
Consultant
(1995–99) to Pennzoil Corp., Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology, Electric
Power Research Institute, Gas Research Institute, Science Applications
International Corp.
·
Consultant
(1992–1993) on VOC reactivity, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards,
U.S. EPA.
·
Consultant
(1990–1992) on VOC reactivity, Western States Petroleum
Association.
·
Consultant
(1987–1989) to Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessments Laboratory, US EPA,
to write atmospheric sciences component of EPA’s Global Climate Change Research
Plan.
·
Reviewer of
scientific manuscripts for Environmental Science &Technology,
Atmospheric Environment, Science, International Journal of
Chemical Kinetics, and Analytical Chemistry.
·
Paid reviewer
for US. EPA atmospheric research projects.
·
Paid reviewer for
Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium on air quality modeling.
·
Grant reviewer for NSF, DOE, EPA, API, ACC, and
ACS.
·
Selected (in 1996)
by the Am. Geophysical Union’s International Global Atm. Chemistry’s Environmental Education Coordinating
Committee to teach short-course on photochemistry for 40 students/faculty at the
PROJECTS:
Recipient of $45,000 gift from ExxonMobil Foundation to support science and policy
development for PM2.5 issues, 2002.
Recipient of $450,000 gift from Business Coalition for
Clean Air Appeal Group in Houston
Texas to support technical analysis of the revision of the Texas Natural
Resources Conservation Commission’s Ozone State Implementation Plan to the US
EPA, 2001—2002.
http://www.othree.com/HoustonSIP/HGASIP.htm
Recipient of $100,000 gift from Midcourse Correction
Group in
http://airchem.sph.unc.edu/Research/Projects/Houston/UNCPDFs/StochasticEmissionsInv.pdf
“One Atmosphere Research Program for Urban Gaseous/Particulate
Matter and Human Health Effects Studies”,
http://www.OneAtmosphere.unc.edu/
“Environmental Modeling Research at
the
“Technical Assistance to NC DENR for Air Quality
Modeling of
NC
DENR, 2002—03, $85,000
“An
Object-Oriented Model for Nitrogenous Pollutants from
“Transformation of Select Organic Urban HAPs: Mechanistic and Modeling Studies to Identify Cancer
and Noncancer Human Health
Risk,”
“Further Applications of Integrated Process Rate
Analysis to the SARMAP Air Quality Model And Extension
of Method to SAQM-AERO,”
“Modifying the SARMAP Air Quality Model for Integrated
Process Rate Analysis and Conducting a Case Study of the
"Mechanistic Studies of Isoprene and Aromatic
Hydrocarbons,"
“Advanced Modeling Techniques to Study Anthropogenic
Influences on Atmospheric Chemical Budgets,” NASA, with MCNC/NCSC 1996—99,
$100,000.
"Development and Testing of a New Photochemical Reaction
Mechanism"
"Mechanistic Studies of Isoprene and Aromatic
Hydrocarbons,"
"Bridging the Gap Between
Transportation and Air Quality Modeling: The Development of Emission Inventory
Tools and Impact Analysis"
NC Center for Transportation and the Environment,
1994—96, $195,000.
“Experiments and Modeling Studies of
the Reactivities of Volatile Organic Compounds from
Vehicles Operating on Alternative Fuels,”
Department of Energy, NREL,
1993—96, $761,266.
“Experimental and Theoretical Studies
of Reactivity as a Conserved Property Using an AirTrak,”
Coordinating Research Council, 1992—93,
$134,000.
“Observed Reactivity of Automobile-Related VOC Mixtures
using an AirTrak,”
Western States Petroleum
Assoc., 1992—93, $40,000.
“Advanced Chemical Reaction Mechanisms
and Solvers for MODELS3,”
“The
NC Dept. Envr. Nat. Res., 1992—94,
$120,000.
“Large Scale Air Quality Model
Simulation Studies,”
“A Development of Multiscale
Research Issues Presented in Global Climate Modeling,”
“Environmental Chamber Studies of Important Biogenic and
Anthropogenic VOCs,”
“The Relative Ozone Forming Potential of Methanol Fueled
Vehicle Emissions and Gasoline Fueled Vehicle Emissions in Outdoor Smog
Chamber,”
Coordinating Research Council, 1990—93,
$276,000.
“Development of a Standard Chamber
Data Base and Protocol for Evaluating Oxidant Mechanism for Urban and Regional
Models,”
“A Development of Research Issues
Arising from the use of Existing Regional Models in the Global Climate Change
Scenario Production,”
US EPA, 1989—91, $240,000.
“Experimental Testing of Models Predicting Effects of
UVB on Smog Chemistry,”
“A Microcomputer System for Testing
Kinetics Mechanisms with Chamber
Data,”
“A Chamber and Modeling Study to Assess the
Photochemistry of Formaldehyde,”
“Validation Testing of New Mechanisms with Outdoor
Chamber Data,”
“Sensitivity of EKMA-type Control Estimates to Model
Inputs,”
US EPA, 1985—86, $47,000
“Validation Data for Photochemical Mechanisms,”
“Outdoor Smog Chamber Experiments to Test Photochemical
Models, Phase III,”
“Reactivity of Methanol
Exhaust,”
RECENT
PRESENTATIONS:
Jeffries
H.E., McNally, D., “Aircraft Observations and CAMx
Predictions For
http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/air/aqp/airquality_workshop.htm
Jeffries
H.E., Symons, M., Webster, M. “Stochastic Emissions Inventory for
http://airchem.sph.unc.edu/Research/Projects/Houston/UNCPDFs/StochasticEmissionsInv.pdf
Sexton,
K.G, Jeffries H.E., “Smog Chamber Experiments and Photochemical Modeling To Investigate Rapid Ozone Formation from Sudden Injection of
a High Concentration of VOC”,
Report to BCCA-AG, Presentation to TNRCC Staff,
http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/air/aqp/airquality_techreports.html
Jeffries
H.E., “A Tale of Two Ozones, and the Modeling of only
One”, Presentation at
http://airchem.sph.unc.edu/Research/Projects/Houston/UNCPDFs/TARC_Sem2001.pdf
Jeffries
H.E., Deason, D., Evans, J., “Alternative Attainment
Demonstration For
http://www.othree.com/HoustonSIP/HGASIP.htm
Jeffries,
H.E., “Issues Related to Atmospheric Chemistry of Ozone”, Invited Presentation
at conference
Air
Quality Research: Future Directions Ecological, Atmospheric, Regulatory/Policy,
and Education
Issues,
Jeffries,
H.E., “Mathemathical Modeling of NC’s Air Quality:
Should you be driving an SUV?”, UNC
Computational
and Modeling Initiative Seminar,
http://airchem.sph.unc.edu/Research/DENR/
Jeffries
H.E., “Review of Air Quality Modeling of Houston’s Post-1999 Attainment
Demonstration SIP Revisions”, Presention to Chairman
and Staff, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission Sept, 2000
http://www.othree.com/HoustonSIP/HGASIP.htm
Chien
C.-J., Jeffries H.E. and Sexton K.G., “Mechanistic and Modeling Studies of
Carboxylic Acids
from
the Gas-Phase Reactions of O3 and OH Radicals with Dialkenes and Unsaturated Carbonyls”.
In
7th
International conference on Atmospheric Sciences and Applications to Air Quality
(ASAAQ).
(2000).
http://airchem.sph.unc.edu/Research/Projects/EPAProjects/UNCPDFs/Chien_ASAAQ2000.pdf
Jeffries
H.E., Sexton K.G. and Liu X., “Carbonyl Products from Aromatic Hydrocarbon
Oxidation in
Outdoor
Chamber Experiments and Their Subsequent Oxidation”.
In: Workshop
on Chemical Behavior
of
Aromatic Hydrocarbons in The
Troposphere.
http://airchem.sph.unc.edu/Research/Projects/EPAProjects/UNCPDFs/Jeffries_Spain2000.pdf
Liu
X., Jeffries H.E. and Sexton K.G., “Atmospheric Photochemical Degradation of
1,4-Unsaturated
Dicarbonyls”.
In: Proceedings
Sixth US/Germany Workshop on Ozone/Fine Particle Science.Dimitriades
B. (ed.),
http://airchem.sph.unc.edu/Research/Projects/EPAProjects/UNCPDFs/Sexton_USGERMAN2000.pdf
Jeffries
H.E., Sexton K.G. and Adelman Z., “Auxiliary mechanism
(Wall Models) for UNC Outdoor Chamber”.
In: Proceedings Sixth US/Germany Workshop on Ozone/Fine Particle Science. Dimitriades B. (ed.),
http://airchem.sph.unc.edu/Research/Projects/EPAProjects/UNCPDFs/Jeffries_USGERMAN2000.pdf
Jeffries,
H.E., Whalen, S, Fraser,H,
“Issues and Data Needs for Introducing Nitrogenous Pollutants from
Swine
Waste Land Application into an Object-Oriented Model Ecosystem Model” presented
at EPA
Cross-Discipline
Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Workshop,
Research Triangle Part, NC,
http://airchem.sph.unc.edu/Research/Projects/EPAProjects/UNCPDFs/Jeffries_RHESSysTalk.pdf
Jeffries,
H.E., “Recent Advances in Aromatics Oxidation Mechanisms and Air Quality
Modeling
Issues
in
SELECTED
PUBLICATONS:
Liu, Xiaoyu, Harvey Jeffries, Kenneth Sexton. "Atmospheric Photochemical Degradation of 1,4-Unsaturated Dicarbonyls", Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 33, p. 4212-4220, 1999.
Liu, Xiaoyu, Harvey Jeffries, Kenneth Sexton. "Hydroxyl radical and ozone initiated photochemical reactions of 1,3-butadiene", Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 33, p. 3005-3022, 1999.
Chien, Chao-Jung, M. Judith Charles, Kenneth Sexton, Harvey Jeffries. "Analysis of Airborne Carboxylic Acids and Phenols as Their Pentafluorobenzyl Derivatives: Gas Chromatography/Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry with a Novel Chemical Ionization Reagent, PFBOH", Environmental Science & Technology, Vol, 32, p. 299-309, 1998.
Yu, Jianzhen, Harvey Jeffries, Kenneth Sexton. "Atmospheric Photooxidation of Alkylbenzenes - II. Evidence of Formation of Epoxide Intermediates", Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 31, No. 15, pp. 2281-2287, 1997.
Yu, Jianzhen, Harvey Jeffries, Kenneth
Sexton. "Atmospheric Photooxidation of Alkylbenzenes -
Yu, Jianzhen, Jeffries, H.E., Lelacheur, R.M., "Identifying Airborne Carbonyl Compounds in Isoprene Atmospheric Photooxidation products by Their PFBHA oximes Using Gas Chromatography/Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry," Environmental Science & Technology, 29:(8), 1923-1932, 1995.
Jeffries, H. E. “Photochemical Air
Pollution,” Chapter 9 in Composition,
Chemistry, and Climate of the Atmosphere, Ed. H.B. Singh, Van Nostand-Reinhold, New York,
ISBN 0-442-01264-0,
1995.
Jang, J.C., Jeffries, H. E., Tonnesen, S., “Sensitivity of Ozone to Model Grid Resolution: Part II. Detailed Process Analysis for Ozone Chemistry,” Atmos. Environ., 29:(21), pp.3101-3114. 1995.
Jang, J.C., Jeffries, H. E., Byun, D., Pleim, J.E., “Sensitivity of Ozone to Model Grid Resolution: Part I. Application of High-Resolution Regional Acid Deposition Model ,” Atmos. Environ., 29:(21), pp.3085-3100. 1995.
Jeffries, H.E., Tonnesen, S., “A Comparison of Two Photochemical Reaction Mechanisms Using a Mass Balance and Process Analysis” Atmos. Environ., 28:(18), 2991-3003, 1994.
Tonnesen, S., Jeffries, H.E., “Inhibition of Odd Oxygen Production in Carbon Bond IV and Generic Reaction Set Mechanisms,” Atmos. Environ., 28:(7) 1339--1349, 1994.
Recent
Collaborators:
Mike Symons, (UNC BIOS), Mort Webster (UNC PUBPOL), Tom Tesche (Alpine Geophysics), Charles Blanchard (ENVIRAIR), Dennis McNally (Alpine Geophysics), Robin Dennis (EPA), Rohit Matur (NCSC), Uma Shakar (NCSC), Adel Hanna (NCSC), Roger Atkinson (URC), Micheal Gery (ARA), Gary Glish (UNC-Chem), Michael Crimmins (UNC-Chem), Ian Gillmore (UNC-Med), Ilona Jaspers (UNC-Med).
Students:
Current Students: Byeong-Kim (PhD), Iliana Vouic (PhD), Liz Pennington (PhD)
Recent PhD Students: Chao-Jung Chien, Xiaoyu Liu, Joellen Brandmeyer, Marc Kessler, Jianzhen Yu, Zion Wang, Gail Tonnesen,
Jeffry Arnold, Terry Keating, Carey Jang, Wen-Li, K. Eng Pua
Recent MS Students: Heather Fraser (MS), Mark Lee, Zac Adelman, Lisa Borbridge, Christian Riggsbee, Yu-Hsin Li, Chao-Yang Sunny Lo, Carrie Massiello.
Past
Post-Docs: Marc Kessler,
2.
1977 - 1983
Associate Professor
ACTIVITIES:
·
Taught courses
“Measuring, Monitoring, and Survey” and “Instrumentation and Data
Acquisition”.
·
Chairman of five
PhD and 10 MS committees, member of 12 PhD committees.
·
Published 13
papers, 4 proceedings, 5 research reports.
·
On-site consultant
(in 1980) to
·
Invited (in 1981)
to give the invited keynote address at the Seventh Clean Air Conference, Sydney,
·
Presented testimony
(in 1980) before Congress’ National Commission on Air Quality,
· Consultant (1980–1983) to Chemical Manufacturing Assoc., Radian Corp., Eastman Kodak, E.I. DuPont Co., Union Carbide, Exxon Corp.,
PROJECTS:
“Outdoor
Smog Chamber Experiments to Test Photochemical Models, Phase II,”
“Outdoor Smog Chamber Experiments Using Automobile
Exhaust,”
“Modeling Observed Hydrocarbon Mixture Reactivity
Effects,”
PA
“Comparison of OZIPM/EKMA Model Predictions Utilizing
Different Chemical Reaction Mechanisms”,
“Outdoor Simulation of Air Pollution Control
Strategies,”
“Outdoor Smog Chamber Experiments to Test Photochemical
Models, Phase I,”
“Photochemical Aerosol Formation,”
Coordinating
Research Council, 1976—77, $200,000
3.
1972 - 1977
Assistant Professor
ACTIVITIES:
·
Taught two
courses.
·
Published 7 papers,
6 proceedings/book articles, and 4 reports.
·
Created
photochemical model simulation computer code in PL/1 language and ran outdoor
chamber simulations on IBM-360 mainframe computers.
4.
1970 - 1972
Research Associate
ACTIVITIES:
·
Published 5
papers.
·
Build the world’s
first outdoor smog chamber with EPA funding and conducted first series of
outdoor chamber experiments.
·
Wrote real-time
data acquisition computer code for PDP-11/40 minicomputer to operate and collect
data from chamber.
ENVIRONMENTAL
MODELS:
PKSS-PL/1—wrote (1975) a photochemical reaction simulation system in PL/1; organized and optimized Gear solver code for chemical simulations; provided for time variable physical conditions (e.g., temperature, photolysis rates); performed simulations on IBM-360 mainframe of indoor and outdoor smog chamber results using early EPA photochemical reaction mechanisms.
PKSTM-PL/1—wrote (1980) a photochemical reaction simple
trajectory model to simulate chemistry in urban areas using Gear solver and
codes from PKSS.
OZIPM-R—assisted (1986) in the complete re-writing of a
research version of the Ozone Isopleth Plotting with
variable Mechanisms, (which was EPA’s primary photochemical simulation model);
developed new algorithms for representing time-variable emissions inputs;
revised photolysis routines; ported code to IBM-PC; codes available
from
ftp://airsite.unc.edu/pub/pgms/ese_unc/jeffries/chemmod/ozipr/
PKSS-PC
PCOMP/PEVAL—wrote (1985—1989) a IBM-PC version in Turbo Pascal of PKSS-PL/1 but
with greatly improved efficiency; developed a reaction mechanism to Intel 80387
math co-processor assembly language compiler; developed 80386/7 assembly
language matrix algebra kernel routines; ported chemistry optimized Gear solver
to Pascal; developed a standard library of support functions; codes available
from
ftp://airsite.unc.edu/pub/pgms/ese_unc/jeffries/chemmod/pcpkss/
These
codes have been used by universities in US, Australia, Brazil, China, Korea to
teach photochemical reaction modeling.
JSPECTRA—wrote (1988—89) a simple radiation transfer
model to compute the surface spectrally resolved direct and diffuse actinic flux
and total and ultraviolet broad band surface radiation for comparison with spectroradiometer data from UNC Outdoor Chamber Site;
developed algorithms to treat location, atmospheric conditions, clouds;
developed an aerosol optical model;
codes available from
ftp://airsite.unc.edu/pub/pgms/ese_unc/jeffries/lightmods/jspectra/
CHMJSMOD—wrote (1988—89) a chamber actinic flux model
that accounts for Teflon film reflection and transmission, chamber albedo, internal multiple reflection, and change in
sun-to-chamber orientation; codes available from
ftp://airsite.unc.edu/pub/pgms/ese_unc/jeffries/lightmods/chmmodel/
FLX2RATE—wrote (1988-89) code to combine several
different representations of photolytical species
absorption cross sections and quantum yields with time-varying spectral actinic
flux to produce time varying photolysis rates for input to PKSS; codes available
from
ftp://airsite.unc.edu/pub/pgms/ese_unc/jeffries/lightmods/flx2rate/
ONED—rewrote (1993) the Pinto 1-dimensional global
chemistry model and ported it to IBM-PC; improved storage and numerical
algorithms; added process analysis output; codes available from
ftp://airsite.unc.edu/pub/pgms/ese_unc/jeffries/oned/
MORPHO MCOMP/MEVAL/MPLOT—designed and implemented
(1995—99) an object-oriented photochemical simulation system in ANSI C++ using
formal computer language techniques based on grammars; created representation of ‘shape-shifting’
molecules; created solver algorithms to solve for reacting species with
time-varying properties; created an object representation of Adobe’s Portable
Document Format (pdf) and wrote a platform-independent
simulation plotting package; codes available from
ftp://airchem.sph.unc.edu/ModelCommon/
LANGUAGES:
C++, C, Ruby, Perl5, Java, Visual Basic, FORTRAN, Pascal, PL/1, DHTML/CSS, XML, TeX/LaTeX, Postscript/PDF, various assembly languages (e.g., 80386/7, PDP-11).
OPERATING
SYSTEMS:
Windows XP, Windows NT Workstation and Server, Mac OS9/X, Linux Workstation and Server, MSDOS, VAX/VMS. System Administrator (1998-present) for Windows NT 4 Server (RAID disks, UPS, 8mm tape) and mixed Windows/Mac/Linux workstation cluster providing e-mail, web, newsgroups, ftp, and file/printing services over TCP/IP network to 15-person research group; System Administrator (1995-1998) for mixed UNIX/VAX workstation cluster; System Administrator (1988-89) for School of Public Health Computer Center with VAX-780 serving 400+ users. System Administrator (2000—present) for Home Office Ethernet network of seven Linux/WinXP/NT/Mac OSX computers and three printers.