Rudolf Husar
Dr. Rudolf B. Husar is currently Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of Center for Air Pollution Impact and Trend Analysis (CAPITA), Washington University, St. Louis. In the early 1970s he was a post-doctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. Dr. Husar’s Ph.D. is in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, in 1966. He received a Dipl. Ing. in Mechanical Engineering from Technical University, Berlin, FRG. His past research includes: atmospheric aerosols; regional and global air pollution transport and chemistry; biogeochemical cycles; environmental trend analysis; monitoring network evaluation and design. His interests include environmental informatics (the application of information science, engineering, and technology to environmental problems) as well as scientific support to air quality.
Dr. Husar has served as an executive editor of the journal Atmospheric Environment, and on the boards of five other international journals, including as Associate Editor, Atmospheric Systems; The Scientific World, (2001-present), member of Editorial Board, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, (2000-present). He is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and served on five committees of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Husar has also served on numerous national and international panels and committees dealing with various aspects of atmospheric sciences and air quality management. He was a contributor to EPA’s Particulate Matter Criteria Document Panel in 1996.
Recent publications include articles (with others) in the Journal of the Waste Management Association, Atmospheric Environment, and the Journal of Geophys. Res. (all in 2001). Another article, "Sulfur and Nitrogen over North America, Global Aspects of the Environment," is available from the Elgar Reference Collection, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, USA (1999).