Greg Drozd

 Greg Drozd is a physical chemist who works in atmospheric and environmental contexts. His portfolio of projects, including research on brown carbon aerosols, microplastics, and diesel-fuel emissions, answer fundamental research questions about the physical chemistry of atmospheric particles that have important applications to climate and human health. His research has refined our understanding of the complex ways materials such as wildfire smoke behave in the atmosphere. This is foundational to our ability to predict the ways our climate will respond to changing conditions like increased forest fire frequency. He has developed a suite of innovative and creative tools and methodologies to explore many different interesting and important questions that have significant real-world and policy impacts. Drozd earned his Ph.D. in chemistry from Carnegie Mellon University and his B.S. in chemistry from The Ohio State University.