Update on Research and Development Activities at Atmospheric & Environmental Research

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society and co-sponsoring Microwave Theory and Techniques Society

Dr. Robert A. Morris, Vice President, R&D Division, and Chief Science Officer, Atmospheric & Environmental Research, Lexington, Massachusetts

Since its formation in 1977, Atmospheric & Environmental Research (AER) has conducted cutting-edge basic and applied research in the geosciences and environmental risk. While initially focused on atmospheric photochemistry, AER has expanded its footprint into a broad set of capabilities in remote sensing, physical oceanography, meteorology, data assimilation, climate science, atmospheric composition and air quality, and space weather. In supporting its government customers, AER also provides on-site research and engineering staff at several US government research laboratories. We also transition environmental research results into commercial products. Recent and current R&D activities at AER will be presented, and the outlook for the future will be discussed.

Bio: Dr. Robert Morris leads AER’s Research & Development Division, which performs basic and applied research and technology development in the areas of atmospheric science, satellite data assimilation, physical oceanography, air quality, climate analysis, space environment, and space weather for government and commercial customers. Dr. Morris has over 24 years of government laboratory experience in space environment and remote sensing, including leading the Battlespace Environment Division of the Air Force Research Laboratory prior to its relocation to New Mexico in July 2011. He has published over 100 research articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and over 100 conference papers; much of his research focused on the kinetics and dynamics of ion-molecule reactions. Dr. Morris is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and an AFRL Fellow. He earned his B.S. in chemistry at Bates College, his Ph.D. in physical chemistry at Boston College, and then served as a Geophysics Scholar postdoctoral fellow at the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory.

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