Matthew Wozniak is postdoctoral associate in the Lickley Lab working on innovative modeling techniques for quantifying global fluorinated gas emissions using atmospheric data. Recently, he contributed to ongoing work at the intersection of science and policy on evaluating the probability of detecting future global non-compliance with HFC production caps set by the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol. Currently, Matthew is expanding existing inversion model frameworks, which utilize ground-based flask measurements to infer emissions, to newer satellite-borne data. Matthew is also exploring ways to use these same methods to answer questions about the atmospheric chemical budget beyond emissions estimation, like quantifying global atmospheric circulation and the abundance of short-lived oxidant chemicals like the hydroxyl radical.
Before Georgetown, Matthew earned his Ph.D. in atmospheric science at University of Michigan, studying the impact of biosphere-atmosphere exchanges on climate via novel numerical climate models at local to regional scales. These included new models of wind-driven pollen grain emissions and pollen rupture, evaluating these understudied bioaerosol particles’ capability of altering atmospheric radiation and hydrology, as well as models testing whether fine scale vertical structure in forest microclimate beared on carbon cycling in forest environments. He also worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University in coordination with NOAA GFDL developing a model of mangrove forest carbon cycling to study its role in producing one of the world’s largest biomass reservoirs of carbon, and spent four years as a high school science educator teaching physics, chemistry, math and environmental science.