EDUCATION
Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Science: Harvard University, expected 2009
Research interests: Global transport of mercury pollution, atmospheric redox chemistry, tropospheric halogens, ocean-atmosphere interactions
Advisor: Daniel J. Jacob
S.M., Applied Physics: Harvard University, June 2008
Focus area: Atmospheric chemistry
M.Phil., History and Philosophy of Science: University of Cambridge, July 2004
Research interests: History of the physical sciences, environmental ethics and general philosophy of science.
Thesis title: Evaluating worlds and worldmaking
Advisor: Martin Kusch
B.A., Astrophysics, magna cum laude: Williams College, June 2003
Thesis title: Frequency modulation spectroscopy of the 'forbidden' M1 and E2 1283nm transition in thallium
Advisor: Protik Majumder
HONORS
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency STAR Graduate Research Fellowship, 2006-2009
Cambridge Overseas Trust Scholarship from the University of Cambridge, 2003-2004
Sigma Xi Associate Membership, 2003
Class of 1960 Scholar in Physics from Williams College, 2002
Benedict Prize in Mathematics from Williams College, 2001
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Atmospheric Chemistry Research with
Daniel Jacob
Harvard University
September 2004-present
Atomic Physics Research with
Protik Majumder
Williams College
June 2002-August 2003
Atmospheric Science Research with
Susan Avery
U. Colorado at Boulder
Summer 2001
Atomic and Optical Physics Research with
Enrique Galvez
Colgate University
Summers 1998, 2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Introduction to Environmental Science (EPS 5), Teaching Fellow
Harvard University
Fall Terms 2005, 2006
Milham Planetarium Student Director and Teaching Assistant
Williams College
February 2000-August 2003
Physics Tutor and Teaching Assistant
Williams College
September 2001-May 2003
PUBLICATIONS
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Dennis, K.J., C.D. Holmes, K.Z. House, J.J. Krich, B.G. Lee, L.T. Murray, E.A. van Nierop,
J. Parella, D.M. Romps, J. Rugolo, M.T. Winkler (2009)
Should the United States resume reprocessing? A pro and con,
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 65(6), 30-41.
- Fisher, J.A., D.J. Jacob, M.T. Purdy, M. Kopacz, P. Le Sager, C. Carouge, C.D. Holmes, R.M. Yantosca, R.L. Batchelor, K. Strong, G.S. Diskin, H.E. Fuelberg, J.S. Holloway, E.J. Hyer, W.W. McMillan, J. Warner, D.G. Streets, Q. Zhang, Y. Wang, S. Wu (2009) Source attribution and interannual variability of Arctic pollution in spring constrained by aircraft (ARCTAS, ARCPAC) and satellite (AIRS) observations of carbon monoxide, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions 9, 19035-19080.
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Holmes, C.D., D.J. Jacob, R.P. Mason, D.A. Jaffe (2009)
Sources and deposition of reactive gaseous mercury in the marine atmosphere,
Atmospheric Environment, 43, 2278-2285, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.01.051.
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Strode, S.A., L. Jaegle, D.A. Jaffe, P.C. Swartzendruber, N.E. Selin, C.D. Holmes, R.M. Yantosca (2008)
Trans-Pacific transport of mercury,
Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres 113, D15305, doi:10.1029/2007JD009428.
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Holmes, C.D., D.J. Jacob, and X. Yang (2006)
Global lifetime of elemental mercury against oxidation by atomic bromine in the free troposphere,
Geophysical Research Letters 33, L20808, doi:10.1029/2006GL027176.
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Holmes, C.D. (2003)
Frequency Modulation Spectroscopy of the 'Forbidden' M1 and E2 1283nm Transition in Thallium,
B.A. Honors Thesis in Astrophysics, Williams College.
- Holmes, C.D. (2001)
Surf Report: Atmospheric Waves in the Equatorial Troposphere,
Proceedings of the KNAC Student Research Symposium.
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Galvez, E.J., M.R. Cheyne, J.B. Stewart, C.D. Holmes, and H.I. Sztul (1999)
Variable Geometric Phase Polarization Rotators for the Visible,
Optics Communications 171, 7-13.
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Galvez, E.J. and C.D. Holmes (1999)
Geometric Phase of Optical Rotators, Journal of the Optical Society of America A 16, 1981-1985.
PRESENTATIONS
- "Impact of bromine on the global transport of atmospheric mercury." 9th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant. Guiyang, China: June 11, 2009. (oral)
- "Mercury deposition to the Gulf Coast region from deep convection and long-range atmospheric transport." AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA: December 19, 2008. Eos Trans. AGU 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A53D-0308. (oral)
- "Hg(II) sources, sinks, and reactions with halogens in the remote atmospheric marine boundary layer." AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA: December 13, 2007. Eos Trans. AGU 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A42B-02. (oral)
- "Chemistry and the fate of atmospheric mercury." EPS Graduate Student and Post-doc Seminar. Harvard University. Cambridge, MA: November 1, 2007. (oral)
- "Tips for improved scientific figures." EPS Computational Tips and Tricks Seminar. Harvard University. Cambridge, MA: May 4, 2007. (oral)
- "The coupled diurnal cycles of bromine and reactive gaseous mercury in the marine boundary layer." EGU General Assembly. Vienna, Austria: April 19, 2007. Geophysical Research Abstracts 9 (11743) SRef-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU2007-A-11743 (poster)
- "Discerning mercury-halogen chemistry through observations of RGM." 3rd GEOS-Chem Users' Meeting. Harvard University. Cambridge, MA: April 13, 2007. (oral)
- "Atmospheric mercury cycling: Constraints from INTEX-B and GEOS-Chem." INTEX-B Data Workshop. Virginia Beach, VA: March 6, 2007. (poster)
- "Gobal lifetime of elemental mercury against oxidation by atomic bromine in the free troposphere." EPA STAR Fellowship Conference. Washington, DC: September 26, 2006. (poster)
- "Gobal lifetime of anthropogenic and background mercury against oxidation by atomic bromine in the free troposphere." 8th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant. Madison, WI: August 10, 2006. (poster)
- "Frequency Modulation Spectroscopy of the 'Forbidden' M1 and E2 1283nm Transition in Thallium." American Physical Society DAMOP Conference. Boulder, CO: May 2003. (poster)
- "Surf Report: Atmospheric Waves in the Equatorial Troposphere," KNAC Student Research Symposium. Williamstown, MA: November 2001. (poster)
COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES
