Dr. Michael Kurylo

Research Interests

Gas Phase Kinetics and Photochemistry
Atmospheric Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry
Stratospheric Ozone Depletion

Education

B.S. (Chemistry) - Boston College (1966), magna cum lauda
Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry) - The Catholic University of America (1969)

Society Memberships  

American Chemical Society
American Physical Society

Professional Awards

• U.S. Dept. of Commerce Bronze Medal - awarded December, 1983 for Superior Federal Service for significant contribution to the study of the kinetics of chemical reactions.
  
• NASA Group Achievement Award - awarded March, 1991 for participation in the Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition.
  
• U.S. Dept. of Commerce Silver Medal - awarded October, 1991 for Meritorious Federal Service for leadership in providing a scientific basis for understanding the effects of manmade chemicals on the Earth's atmosphere.
  
• NASA Group Achievement Award - awarded March, 1995 for leadership of and participation in the Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment / Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft.
  
• NASA Exceptional Service Medal - awarded May, 1996 for outstanding leadership of the Upper Atmosphere Research Program within NASA's Mission to Planet Earth.
  
• Catholic University of America Alumni Achievement Award in the Field of Science - awarded November, 1996 for distinguished scientific research and management activities
  

Miscellaneous:

One of several U.S. representatives who served as technical reviewers for the 1988 Report of the International Ozone Trends Panel, the 1989 Scientific Assessment of Stratospheric Ozone, the 1991 Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion, and the 1994 Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion. These international assessments have been prepared under the auspices of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and are required by the countries participating in the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and its Montreal Protocol.

Co-author of a position paper on HFC and HCFC atmospheric reactivity for the Alternate Fluorocarbon Environmental Acceptability Study (AFEAS) of international chemical industry.

 

Co-author of a chapter on Heterogeneous Processes for the 1991 UNEP/WMO Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion.

 

Co-author of the 1991 report "Methyl Bromide and the Ozone Layer: A Summary of Current Understanding", prepared at the request of UNEP on behalf of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol.

 

Co-author of a chapter on the atmospheric science of methyl bromide in the 1994 UNEP/WMO Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion.

 

Lead author for a chapter on short-lived ozone-related compounds in the 1998 UNEP/WMO Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion.

 

Program Manager / Program Scientist for NASA's second Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition (AASE II) which studied stratospheric ozone in the Arctic and surrounding mid-latitudes from bases in Fairbanks, AK and Bangor, ME from October, 1991 - March 1992. Served in a similar capacity for: (i) the 1994 Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment conducted out of Barbers Point, HI; Nadi, Fiji; and Christchurch, New Zealand; (ii) the 1995-97 Stratospheric Tracers of Atmospheric Transport experiment being conducted from Moffett Field, CA and Barbers Point, HI; and (iii) the 1997 Photochemistry of Ozone Loss in the Arctic Region in Summer airborne campaign .

Chairman of the Steering Committee (the principal managerial body) of the Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change (NDSC). The NDSC is an international research and monitoring network designed to give early indication and understanding of changes in the chemical and physical state of the stratosphere.

 

Member of the NASA Panel for Data Evaluation, which is tasked with providing updated critical evaluations of photochemical and kinetic data for use in atmospheric (stratospheric) modeling.

 

Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for NASA's Atmospheric Effects of Aviation Project, which is tasked with assessing the atmospheric effects of both supersonic and subsonic aircraft through its Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft (AESA) and Subsonic Assessment (SASS) elements.

 

Past member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the International Journal of Chemical Kinetics (1991-1993).

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