Summary
Associate Director (& Founding Director) - Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment, and Society
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Atmospheric composition and climate
- Wildfires, air pollution and climate change
- Short-lived climate pollutants
- Emission metrics for climate policy
- Tropospheric oxidizing capacity
- Earth observation and Earth system modelling
EDUCATION:
- PhD in Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK (2008)
- MSc in Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Greece (2004)
- BA in Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (2002)
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:
- NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies & Columbia University Center for Climate Systems Research; Postdoctoral Research Scientist (2009-10) & Associate Research Scientist (2011-12)
- University of Cambridge, Centre for Atmospheric Science; Research Associate (2008)
Publications
Journals
Blackford K, Kasoar M, Burton C, et al., 2024, INFERNO-peat v1.0.0: a representation of northern high latitude peat fires in the JULES-INFERNO global fire model, Geoscientific Model Development, ISSN:1991-959X
Wells CD, Kasoar M, Ezzati M, et al., 2024, Significant human health co-benefits of mitigating African emissions, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol:24, ISSN:1680-7316, Pages:1025-1039