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Alastair Charles Lewis is a Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at the University of York and a Science Director at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS)

Alastair Charles Lewis
Born
Chatham, Kent
Alma materUniversity of Leeds (BSc, PhD)
AwardsRoyal Society of Chemistry John Jeyes Award (2012) Royal Society of Chemistry, SAC Silver Medal (2007)
Scientific career
FieldsAtmospheric chemistry, Analytical science Environmental policy
Thesis Polycyclic aromatic compounds in urban air (1995)
Doctoral advisorProfessor Mike PIlling, Professor Keith Bartle
Websitehttps://www.york.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/academic/h-n/alewis/

Education

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Lewis attended Sir Joseph Williamsons Mathematical School, Rochester, and then studied Chemistry at the University of Leeds followed by a PhD in atmospheric and analytical chemistry supervised by Prof. Mike Pilling CBE and Prof. Keith Bartle, awarded in 1995

Research and career

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He is known for his development of analytical chemistry methods that are applied to air pollution monitoring and atmospheric chemistry research, and particularly the use of gas chromatography for the measurement of volatile organic compounds. He pioneered the use of comprehensive gas chromatography (GCxGC) to establish complexity of volatile organic compounds found in urban air. He held his first tenured academic appointment at the University of Leeds, as a joint appointment between the Schools of Chemistry and Earth & Environment before later moving to the Department of Chemistry at University of York in 2003. He currently works in the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories at York.

Between 2007 and 2012 Lewis worked part-time for the Natural Environment Research Council as their Theme Leader for research programmes in new technologies. In 2008 he was appointed as Director for Atmospheric Composition at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, and he remains one of three science directors, with specific responsibility for air pollution research.

Lewis has been a member of the Defra Air Quality Expert Group (AQEG) since 2012 and has published a number of commentary articles on air pollution policy in the UK[1] , US[2] and China[3]. He has also made a number of appearances on TV and radio discussing vehicle emissions[4] and indoor air pollution[5].

More recently he has collaborated with Dr Peter Edwards at York to evaluate low cost air pollution sensor technologies[6] and with Dr David Carslaw on diesel engine emissions[7]. Although primarily an atmospheric chemist, he was named in a 2015 list of the World's 100 most influential analytical scientists[8]. His research career was documented by the Science History Institute in 2011[9], part of series of interviews with atmospheric scientists.

Awards and honours

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Lewis was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in 'Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences' in 2004, the SAC Silver Medal in 2007 from the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the John Jeyes Award of the RSC in 2012.

References

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Alastair Charles Lewis is a Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at the University of York and a Science Director at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS)

Alastair Charles Lewis
Born
Chatham, Kent
Alma materUniversity of Leeds (BSc, PhD)
AwardsRoyal Society of Chemistry John Jeyes Award (2012) Royal Society of Chemistry, SAC Silver Medal (2007)
Scientific career
FieldsAtmospheric chemistry, Analytical science Environmental policy
Thesis Polycyclic aromatic compounds in urban air (1995)
Doctoral advisorProfessor Mike PIlling, Professor Keith Bartle
Websitehttps://www.york.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/academic/h-n/alewis/

Education

[edit]

Lewis attended Sir Joseph Williamsons Mathematical School, Rochester, and then studied Chemistry at the University of Leeds followed by a PhD in atmospheric and analytical chemistry supervised by Prof. Mike Pilling CBE and Prof. Keith Bartle, awarded in 1995

Research and career

[edit]

He is known for his development of analytical chemistry methods that are applied to air pollution monitoring and atmospheric chemistry research, and particularly the use of gas chromatography for the measurement of volatile organic compounds. He pioneered the use of comprehensive gas chromatography (GCxGC) to establish complexity of volatile organic compounds found in urban air. He held his first tenured academic appointment at the University of Leeds, as a joint appointment between the Schools of Chemistry and Earth & Environment before later moving to the Department of Chemistry at University of York in 2003. He currently works in the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories at York.

Between 2007 and 2012 Lewis worked part-time for the Natural Environment Research Council as their Theme Leader for research programmes in new technologies. In 2008 he was appointed as Director for Atmospheric Composition at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, and he remains one of three science directors, with specific responsibility for air pollution research.

Lewis has been a member of the Defra Air Quality Expert Group (AQEG) since 2012 and has published a number of commentary articles on air pollution policy in the UK[10] , US[11] and China[12]. He has also made a number of appearances on TV and radio discussing vehicle emissions[13] and indoor air pollution[14].

More recently he has collaborated with Dr Peter Edwards at York to evaluate low cost air pollution sensor technologies[15] and with Dr David Carslaw on diesel engine emissions[16]. Although primarily an atmospheric chemist, he was named in a 2015 list of the World's 100 most influential analytical scientists[17]. His research career was documented by the Science History Institute in 2011[18], part of series of interviews with atmospheric scientists.

Awards and honours

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Lewis was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in 'Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences' in 2004, the SAC Silver Medal in 2007 from the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the John Jeyes Award of the RSC in 2012.

References

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  1. ^ Lewis, Alastair. "Clean air strategy: what you need to know about the UK's latest pollution policy". The Conversation. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  2. ^ Lewis, Alastair C. (2018-02-16). "The changing face of urban air pollution". Science. 359 (6377): 744–745. doi:10.1126/science.aar4925. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 29449479.
  3. ^ "Beware China's 'anti-smog tower' and other plans to pull pollution from the air". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  4. ^ "Road emissions disparity 'was known'". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  5. ^ "Episode 2, Series 4, Trust Me, I'm a Doctor - Are perfumed products bad for me? - BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  6. ^ Lewis, Alastair; Edwards, Peter (2016-07-06). "Validate personal air-pollution sensors". Nature. 535 (7610): 29–31. doi:10.1038/535029a. ISSN 0028-0836.
  7. ^ Grange, Stuart K.; Lewis, Alastair C.; Moller, Sarah J.; Carslaw, David C. (2017-11-27). "Lower vehicular primary emissions of NO2 in Europe than assumed in policy projections". Nature Geoscience. 10 (12): 914–918. doi:10.1038/s41561-017-0009-0. ISSN 1752-0894.
  8. ^ "Alastair Lewis". The Analytical Scientist. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  9. ^ "Alastair Lewis". Science History Institute. 2016-08-02. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  10. ^ Lewis, Alastair. "Clean air strategy: what you need to know about the UK's latest pollution policy". The Conversation. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  11. ^ Lewis, Alastair C. (2018-02-16). "The changing face of urban air pollution". Science. 359 (6377): 744–745. doi:10.1126/science.aar4925. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 29449479.
  12. ^ "Beware China's 'anti-smog tower' and other plans to pull pollution from the air". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  13. ^ "Road emissions disparity 'was known'". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  14. ^ "Episode 2, Series 4, Trust Me, I'm a Doctor - Are perfumed products bad for me? - BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  15. ^ Lewis, Alastair; Edwards, Peter (2016-07-06). "Validate personal air-pollution sensors". Nature. 535 (7610): 29–31. doi:10.1038/535029a. ISSN 0028-0836.
  16. ^ Grange, Stuart K.; Lewis, Alastair C.; Moller, Sarah J.; Carslaw, David C. (2017-11-27). "Lower vehicular primary emissions of NO2 in Europe than assumed in policy projections". Nature Geoscience. 10 (12): 914–918. doi:10.1038/s41561-017-0009-0. ISSN 1752-0894.
  17. ^ "Alastair Lewis". The Analytical Scientist. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  18. ^ "Alastair Lewis". Science History Institute. 2016-08-02. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
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