Steve Montzka

I am currently a Research Chemist at NOAA’s Global Monitoring Laboratory in Boulder Colorado. My primary research interests revolve around understanding changes in the chemical composition of the global atmosphere, particularly related to ozone-depleting substances, greenhouse gases, and hazardous air pollutants; identifying the role of natural and human-related influences on atmospheric composition; diagnosing variability in the atmosphere's oxidizing capacity, in terrestrial photosynthesis, and in stratosphere-troposphere exchange; quantifying fluxes of trace gases from the United States; and effectively communicating scientific results to interested parties nationally and internationally, including the public and policymakers.