Donna Kenski
Dr. Donna Kenski is the director of data analysis at Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium (LADCO) in Rosemont, IL. She was awarded a Ph.D. in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (1997) and an M.S. in Public Health (1992) from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Kenski’s responsibilities at LADCO require working closely with their member states to develop supporting information for State Implementation Plans. Specific tasks include: planning and implementing special-purpose monitoring studies; developing and applying statistical models to examine relationships between air quality, meteorology, and emissions; and applying exploratory and graphical data analysis techniques.
Dr. Kenski’s areas of expertise and research activities include source-receptor modeling and other observation-based models for source attribution of PM2.5 and haze; ensemble trajectory analysis; conceptual model development integrating ambient data with theoretical and laboratory observations; visual display of quantitative data; and development and field testing of advanced monitoring technologies. In addition, Dr. Kenski’s position at LADCO involves daily interaction with State, local, and Tribal monitoring personnel, such that she is intimately acquainted with their perspective on air monitoring issues.
Dr. Kenski’s leadership positions in associations, professional publications and other distinctions include chairing a Midwestern state data analysis workgroup and participation in the national RPO data analysis workgroup. She is a reviewer for Environmental Science and Technology, the Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, and Atmospheric Environment, and is frequently an invited speaker at regional and national air quality meetings. Dr. Kenski is a member of the American Chemical Society, the Air and Waste Management Association, the American Association for Aerosol Research, and the American Geophysical Union. In addition, she is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.