American atmospheric chemist
Margaret A. Tolbert is an American atmospheric chemist, specializing in polar stratospheric clouds.
Early life and education
Margaret Tolbert grew up in Boulder, Colorado .[ 1] She is the daughter of Bert Mills Tolbert, a chemistry professor at University of Colorado Boulder , and sister of Elizabeth Tolbert, Caroline Tolbert , and Sarah Tolbert .[ 2]
Tolbert received a bachelor degree from Grinnell College in 1979 and a master degree in chemistry from University of California in 1985.[ 3] [ 4] She received a PhD in chemistry from University of Colorado Boulder in 1986, under the direction of Jesse L. Beauchamp .[ 5] She completed post-doctoral research at Stanford Research Institute under the direction of David M. Golden.[ 6] [ 7]
Career
Tolbert conducted research at Stanford Research Institute before joining the faculty of University of Colorado Boulder in 1991, teaching environmental chemistry courses to nonscience majors from 1992 to 2006.[ 8] She was awarded Distinguished Professor in 2010.[ 4] She is a Fellow and Associate Director of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, a joint venture between University of Colorado Boulder and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration .[ 9]
Her research focuses on study of atmospheric chemistry , in particular polar stratospheric clouds [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] and planetary atmospheres.[ 16] [ 17] [ 18] She co-authored the book "Stratospheric Ozone Depletion" with Ann M. Middlebrook.[ 19] She was featured in the book "I Want to be an Environmentalist".[ 20]
Awards and honors
References
^ "Oral History with Bert Tolbert, OH3008" . Carnegie Library for Local History . Retrieved 2023-12-25 .
^ "Bert Tolbert Obituary (1921 - 2021) - Boulder, CO - The Daily Camera" . Legacy.com . Retrieved 2023-12-25 .
^ a b "Margaret Tolbert '79, Doctor of Science" . Grinnell College . Retrieved 2023-12-25 .
^ a b jon (2010-09-21). "Three faculty members earn Distinguished Professor title" . CU Connections . Retrieved 2023-12-25 .
^ Tolbert, Margaret A. (1986). Mechanisms and Energetics of Alkane Activation by Transition Metal Ions in the Gas Phase (phd thesis). California Institute of Technology.
^ Tolbert, Margaret A.; Rossi, Michel J.; Malhotra, Ripudaman; Golden, David M. (1987-11-27). "Reaction of Chlorine Nitrate with Hydrogen Chloride and Water at Antarctic Stratospheric Temperatures" . Science . 238 (4831): 1258–1260. Bibcode :1987Sci...238.1258T . doi :10.1126/science.238.4831.1258 . ISSN 0036-8075 .
^ "Chemistry Tree - Matthew E. Wise Family Tree" . academictree.org . Retrieved 2023-12-25 .
^ a b "Hazel Barnes Prize 2007" . Office of the Chancellor . 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2023-12-25 .
^ "Council of Fellows" . cires.colorado.edu . Retrieved 2023-12-25 .
^ Tolbert, Margaret A.; Koehler, Birgit G.; Middlebrook, Ann M. (1992). "Spectroscopic studies of model polar stratospheric cloud films" . Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular Spectroscopy . 48 (9): 1303–1313. Bibcode :1992AcSpA..48.1303T . doi :10.1016/0584-8539(92)80267-Z .
^ Tolbert, Margaret A. (1994-04-22). "Sulfate Aerosols and Polar Stratospheric Cloud Formation" . Science . 264 (5158): 527–528. Bibcode :1994Sci...264..527T . doi :10.1126/science.264.5158.527 . ISSN 0036-8075 . PMID 17732734 .
^ Toon, Owen B.; Tolbert, Margaret A. (1995). "Spectroscopic evidence against nitric acid trihydrate in polar stratospheric clouds" . Nature . 375 (6528): 218–221. Bibcode :1995Natur.375..218T . doi :10.1038/375218a0 . hdl :2060/19970004394 . ISSN 0028-0836 .
^ Tolbert, Margaret A. (1996-06-14). "Polar Clouds and Sulfate Aerosols" . Science . 272 (5268): 1597. Bibcode :1996Sci...272.1597T . doi :10.1126/science.272.5268.1597 . ISSN 0036-8075 .
^ Zondlo, Mark A.; Hudson, Paula K.; Prenni, Anthony J.; Tolbert, Margaret A. (2000). "Chemistry and Microphysics of Polar Stratospheric Clouds and Cirrus Clouds" . Annual Review of Physical Chemistry . 51 (1): 473–499. Bibcode :2000ARPC...51..473Z . doi :10.1146/annurev.physchem.51.1.473 . ISSN 0066-426X . PMID 11031290 .
^ Prenni, Anthony J.; Tolbert, Margaret A. (2001-07-01). "Studies of Polar Stratospheric Cloud Formation" . Accounts of Chemical Research . 34 (7): 545–553. doi :10.1021/ar950186k . ISSN 0001-4842 . PMID 11456472 .
^ Trainer, Melissa G.; Pavlov, Alexander A.; DeWitt, H. Langley; Jimenez, Jose L.; McKay, Christopher P.; Toon, Owen B.; Tolbert, Margaret A. (2006). "Organic haze on Titan and the early Earth" . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 103 (48): 18035–18042. doi :10.1073/pnas.0608561103 . ISSN 0027-8424 . PMC 1838702 . PMID 17101962 .
^ Trainer, Melissa G.; Tolbert, Margaret A.; McKay, Christopher P.; Toon, Owen B. (2010). "Limits on the trapping of atmospheric CH4 in martian polar ice analogs" . Icarus . 208 (1): 192–197. doi :10.1016/j.icarus.2010.02.006 .
^ Hörst, S. M.; Tolbert, M. A (2014-01-07). "The Effect of Carbon Monoxide on Planetary Haze Formation" . The Astrophysical Journal . 781 (1): 53. arXiv :1312.5651 . Bibcode :2014ApJ...781...53H . doi :10.1088/0004-637X/781/1/53 . ISSN 0004-637X .
^ Middlebrook, Ann M.; Tolbert, Margaret A. (2000). Stratospheric ozone depletion . Global change instruction program. Sausalito, Calif: Univ. Science Books. ISBN 978-1-891389-10-8 .
^ Maze, Stephanie (2000). I want to be an environmentalist . San Diego: Harcourt . p. 8. ISBN 9780152018627 .
^ "MARGARET A. TOLBERT" (PDF) . CU Experts . Retrieved 2023-12-25 .
^ "Past Recipients" . American Chemical Society . Retrieved 2023-12-25 .
^ "Margaret A. Tolbert" . John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.. . Retrieved 2023-12-25 .
^ "Margaret A. Tolbert" . nasonline.org . Retrieved 2023-12-25 .
^ a b "CU-Boulder Professor Margaret Tolbert to Receive American Chemical Society Award" . CU Boulder Today . 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2023-12-25 .
^ a b "Margaret Tolbert" . Chemistry . 2015-10-22. Retrieved 2023-12-25 .
^ "Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program All Award Recipients" (PDF) . The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation . Retrieved 2023-12-25 .
^ Anonymous (1993-04-20). "1993 AGU Fellows" . Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union . 74 (16): 190–191. Bibcode :1993EOSTr..74..190. . doi :10.1029/93EO00414 . ISSN 0096-3941 .
^ Solomon, Susan; Tolbert, Margaret (1994-02-22). "Tolbert receives Macelwane medal" . Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union . 75 (8): 85–86. doi :10.1029/94EO00805 . ISSN 0096-3941 .
^ "(Tolbert, Margaret A - 1992) -- NSF Young Investigator | CU Experts | CU Boulder" . experts.colorado.edu . Retrieved 2023-12-25 .
^ "Newcomb Cleveland Prize Recipients" . American Association for the Advancement of Science . Retrieved 2023-12-25 .
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