Joost de Gouw
@gouwlab.bsky.social
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Physicist studying organic chemistry in the atmosphere using mass spectrometry. Urban air pollution, wildfire smoke, oil and gas, indoor air. Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. Group website at sites.google.com/view/de-gouw-lab
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As 2024 is drawing to a close, it is time to celebrate the highlights of our research group. It was another great year. Let's get started.
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Q is for air Quality! CIRES has a web page with fire and air quality resources! In this photo, @NOAA.gov and CIRES researchers targeted Salt Lake City’s wintertime air pollution challenges in an aircraft mission in 2017. buff.ly/LHzf7yY Photo: Mateoutah/Flickr #airquality #pollution #ciresabc
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Welcome to CU Boulder, Ellen Considine. We are so lucky to have you as a colleague and I look forward to possible collaborations. cires.colorado.edu/news/new-sem...
A new semester welcomes a new CIRES Fellow: Ellen Considine
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Just watched the powerful new PBS documentary “Clearing the Air: the War on Smog”. My colleague Ellie Browne acted as Science Advisor. Very proud of her! www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...
Clearing the Air: The War on Smog | American Experience | PBS
The story of L.A.’s devastating smog problem and the creation of the EPA and the Clean Air Act.
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It was a pleasure to work with Fionna Samuels on this article about the air quality index, VOCs and the impacts of urban fires. cen.acs.org/environment/...
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Alex Bradley in our group did a wonderful job with this analysis of air pollution disparities in Denver and the underlying, historical reasons. Alex discusses all the pivotal moments in Denver's history that have shaped the distribution of today's air pollution sources.

doi.org/10.1080/2325...
How historical siting decisions promote modern pollution disparities in Denver, Colorado
Environmental inequality has emerged as a prominent area of concern within multiple fields of study. Scholars from these fields call for more in-depth analysis and specificity to evaluate the issue...
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Yes there are. Easy to recognize.
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Where is everybody? Must have picked the wrong year…
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New audio 🔊 story campaign — Voices of CIRES! First up, CIRES Fellow & @colorado.edu Professor Joost de Gouw @gouwlab.bsky.social: buff.ly/2AowWlb

"Of all the research dollars that I get, 80% of that goes through student salaries, and if I don't get that, I cannot offer projects to students..."
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Terrible Friday news dump.The wealth of expertise. The decades of scientific progress. The emerging and urgent challenges we were focused on tackling. It is all so short-sided and cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...
E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm
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And thanks to Shelly Miller and Karl Linden, PhD for organizing the meeting.
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Our groups participated in the International Congress On Far-UVC Science And Technology in Boulder this week. I was honored to present as one of the plenary speakers. Kudos to Madison Rutherford and Rebecca Mesburis for giving excellent presentations about their work. www.iuva.org/icfust-2025
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#Fire — In 2024 and 2025, CIRES researchers learned:
🚒 Fires are getting faster, more destructive in the Western US
🔥 Fewer fires burn today (and that’s bad)
🏠 Post-fire pollutants linger indoors
🌟 And more!

Read more in CIRES' Spheres Magazine: cires.colorado.edu/spheres-maga...
Extensive fire damage, including crumbled buildings, scorched trees, and ash, in a neighborhood
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Feeling depressed about the state of science in the U.S.? The best solution remains to talk to the next generation of students. I had the privilege to discuss my work with students in this REU program: www.colorado.edu/mse/academic.... So many good and thoughtful questions! We’ll be okay.
2025 Research Experience for Undergraduates
NSF REU Site: Engineered Materials for a Healthy WorldMay 19-July 25, 2025
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Write a McClintock Letter w @cornellasap.bsky.social - an op-ed in your hometown newspaper that tells your science story & advocates for federal research funding. The goal is to publish ~6/16 (McClintock’s bday). I’m writing one, I'm super pumped! Sign up here: blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
A PR graphic for The McClintock Letters. There is a drawing of Barbara McClintock next to an ear of corn and a DNA double helix. The text reads "The McClintock Letters. Improving communication between scientists and the public is crucial for rebuilding trust and addressing misinformation. Share your science story. Who: You! and other graduate, post-doctoral, and faculty-level researchers. When: Submit to local papers early June to publish on ~June 16th, Nobel Prize-awarded geneticist Barbara McClintock's birthday. What: Collectively publish over 1,000 letters to the editor in local hometown newspapers across the U.S.
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Such a loss….
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Last day at the GISS building (Wed. May 28th). 🥲
Photo of the a large group of GISS employees/colleagues in front of Toms Restaurant with a prominent street sign saying "112th St" taken from the middle of Broadway. Credit: Tricia Baron.