Rebecca Hornbrook

Rebecca works in the Community In Situ Measurements section as a member of the VOC Measurement Group in ACOM. She received her Ph. D. under Dr. Jochen Rudolph at York University in Toronto, Canada. She has over 20 years of experience in the measurement and analysis of ambient gas-phase VOCs. As well, she has experience in laboratory studies of processes involved in tropospheric oxidation of VOCs, including work she led developing the methodology for measuring stable carbon kinetic isotope effects in the reactions of NMHC with OH radicals and Cl atoms. She has experience in the measurement of hydroperoxy and organic peroxy radicals, and has studied the photochemical processes involved in VOC oxidation and contribution to ambient radical loading. In recent years, Rebecca has participated in the development of state-of-the-art measurements of VOCs at NCAR, and has contributed to improving the measurement capabilities of the current TOGA instrumentation, both in observation frequency and the growing suite of targeted compounds. She has participated in many field experiments, both airborne and ground-based, including MIRAGE, INTEX-B, PASE, ARCTAS, OASIS, BEACHON-ROCS, TORERO, DC3, NOMADSS, CONTRAST, FRAPPÉ, WINTER, and most recently, ORCAS and ATom.