Christine Wiedinmyer

Dr. Christine Wiedinmyer is the Associate Director for Science at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder (CIRES), overseeing the science portfolio of the University of Colorado Boulder's largest research institute with a focus on managing our research in service to NOAA, CIRES’ primary partner. Dr. Wiedinmyer is also a Research Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder. A former scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Dr. Wiedinmyer holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Tulane University and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Wiedinmyer’s research focuses on the identification and quantification of various emission sources and modeling the transport and fate of emitted pollutants in the atmosphere. She is the creator of the Fire INventory from NCAR (FINN) model that estimates emissions of pollutants from open burning globally; the FINN emissions estimates have been applied in numerous air quality and climate studies to wildfire smoke impacts. Further, Dr. Wiedinmyer is an expert in interdisciplinary research to connect her research to other areas of societal relevance, such as public health, land management, and climate.

Dr. Wiedinmyer, who has published more than 140 peer-reviewed papers and earned Thomson Reuters “highly cited researcher” status in 2014. Dr. Wiedinmyer serves as a Trustee for the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. She helped found the Earth Science Women’s Network and has served on the organization’s Board of Directors for 10 years.