Brian Lamb
Professor of civil and environmental engineering Brian Lamb, left, is an international leader in the area of regional air-quality research. He and his collaborators led development of the Biogenic Emission Inventory System, which the Environmental Protection Agency adopted as a tool to address ozone problems. Dr. Lamb was named Boeing Distinguished Professor in the Laboratory for Atmospheric Research in 1995, and in 2005 was named a WSU Regents Professor.
To address the issue of climate change, Dr. Lamb and colleague George Mount, part of CEREO, created state-of-the-art instruments to measure climate change in hopes of reversing current global trends. From ground explorations that determine how much carbon dioxide is sequestered by forests to measure the greenhouse gases emitted from crops and animal operations, to satellite views of atmospheric change, the data these scientists collect helps them reliably model climate change and its effects on future air pollution levels. The satellite work, funded by NASA, allows them to pinpoint the sources of pollutants, following them as they move through the atmosphere.