Pamela I. Lara, Ph.D.
Welcome
I am Dr. Pamela I. Lara, holding a doctorate in atmospheric and environmental sciences.
At present, I am honored to be affiliated with Howard University's Beltsville Campus in Maryland, engaged in advanced postdoctoral research. My primary investigative endeavor revolves around the juxtaposition of the sophisticated Air Quality Model (AQMv7) outputs with empirical observations of tropospheric ozone and PM2.5 pollutants.
This digital platform has been meticulously curated to disseminate my findings and foster intellectual synergy with fellow researchers, distinguished scientists within the realms of environmental and atmospheric sciences, and the enlightened community at large.
As you embark on this academic journey through my work, I ardently encourage thoughtful inquiries, insightful feedback, and scholarly discourse in the comments section.
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About me
BS in Physics from Utah Valley University, 2014, with research in astronomy: variable stars in the Kepler Object of Interest fields (KOI). While the Kepler space telescope was looking for exoplanets , it created a well of KOI fields with candidates. Using photometry to analyze the fields I discovered seven uncatalogued variable stars. You can find the collaborative paper HERE.
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MS in Physics from the University of Texas at El Paso, UTEP, 2018 with research in astrophysics: it was the year 2016 and LIGO detected the first gravitational wave. I collaborated with the UTRGV Gravitation Waves group in the search for the optical counterpart to a gravitational wave, the kilonova. Find it HERE
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Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering from UTEP, 2022, with research in black and brown carbon pollution. I characterized a full year of black (BC) and brown carbon (BrC) over the El Paso and Ciudad Juárez airshed. Through this research I was able to determine the amounts of BC and BrC common to the region and part of it background. and separate it from seasonal changes produced by the west coast wildfires. Find it HERE.