Margaret A. Tolbert

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Margaret A. Tolbert
Alma mater California Institute of Technology
University of California
Grinnell College
Known for Atmospheric chemistry
Spouse Owen Toon
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship
Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
Member of the National Academy of Sciences
NASA Group Achievement Award
Newcomb Cleveland Prize
Scientific career
Institutions University of Colorado Boulder
Thesis Mechanisms and Energetics of Alkane Activation by Transition Metal Ions in the Gas Phase  (1986)
Doctoral advisor Jesse L. Beauchamp
Website https://cires.colorado.edu/research-groups/margaret-tolbert-group

Margaret A. Tolbert is an American atmospheric chemist, specializing in polar stratospheric clouds.

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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

  1. ↑ "Oral History with Bert Tolbert, OH3008". Carnegie Library for Local History. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  2. ↑ "Bert Tolbert Obituary (1921 - 2021) - Boulder, CO - The Daily Camera". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  3. 1 2 "Margaret Tolbert '79, Doctor of Science". Grinnell College. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  4. 1 2 jon (2010-09-21). "Three faculty members earn Distinguished Professor title". CU Connections. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  5. ↑ Tolbert, Margaret A. (1986). Mechanisms and Energetics of Alkane Activation by Transition Metal Ions in the Gas Phase (phd thesis). California Institute of Technology.
  6. ↑ 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. PMID   17744363.
  7. ↑ "Chemistry Tree - Matthew E. Wise Family Tree". academictree.org. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  8. 1 2 "Hazel Barnes Prize 2007". Office of the Chancellor. 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  9. ↑ "Council of Fellows". cires.colorado.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ 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.
  20. ↑ Maze, Stephanie (2000). I want to be an environmentalist. San Diego: Harcourt. p. 8. ISBN   9780152018627.
  21. ↑ "MARGARET A. TOLBERT" (PDF). CU Experts. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  22. ↑ "Past Recipients". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  23. ↑ "Margaret A. Tolbert". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation... Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  24. ↑ "Margaret A. Tolbert". nasonline.org. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  25. 1 2 "CU-Boulder Professor Margaret Tolbert to Receive American Chemical Society Award". CU Boulder Today. 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  26. 1 2 "Margaret Tolbert". Chemistry. 2015-10-22. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  27. ↑ "Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program All Award Recipients" (PDF). The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  28. ↑ 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.
  29. ↑ 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.
  30. ↑ "(Tolbert, Margaret A - 1992) -- NSF Young Investigator | CU Experts | CU Boulder". experts.colorado.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  31. ↑ "Newcomb Cleveland Prize Recipients". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
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