Houston Advanced Research CenterMOVING KNOWLEDGE TO ACTION
Jay OlaguerDirector, Air Quality Research
email: eolaguer@harc.edu
Dr. Eduardo (Jay) Olaguer holds a Ph.D. in Meteorology from MIT. He has designed and built complex 3-D models of the global atmosphere with climate dynamics, chemistry, and multi-media (i.e., air-soil-water) interactions. He has also assisted in the construction of human exposure models and been involved in the development and implementation of air pollution policies, including those pertaining to stratospheric ozone protection, climate change, and regional and local air quality. Dr. Olaguer has been a major contributor to various industry, state, federal, and international panels evaluating, planning, funding, or overseeing research on atmospheric pollution. This includes the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the California Air Resources Board's Reactivity Research Advisory Committee, and the NARSTO Reactivity Research Work Group. Dr. Olaguer also served on the editorial board of the peer-reviewed science journal, Environmental Science and Pollution Research- International. Dr. Olaguer has been especially involved in the issue of long-range transport of air pollution, and its implications for tropospheric ozone, climate, and air toxics. He has broad experience working with various stakeholders, including the research and consulting communities, the chemical industry, and regulatory agencies. Dr. Olaguer is currently a Senior Research Scientist at the Houston Advanced Research Center, where he is responsible for directing air quality research under the aegis of the Texas Environmental Research Consortium.
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