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Neil Donahue

Professor Cheme/Chemistry

Chemical Engineering

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  • Professor Cheme/Chemistry
    Chemical Engineering
  • 412-268-4415 (Work)

BIO

Prof. Neil Donahue received a B.A. in Physics from Brown University in 1984 and a PhD in Meteorology and Atmospheric Chemistry from MIT in 1991. His thesis was "Non-methane Hydrocarbon Chemistry in the Remote Marine Atmosphere" and his advisor was Ronald G. Prinn. Prof. Donahue was a Postdoc and Research Scientist at Harvard from 1991 - 2000 with James G. Anderson and thereupon joined Carnegie Mellon University. He is currently Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and the Director of the Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Lord University Professor of Chemistry
    Carnegie Mellon University, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Engineering and Public Policy, Pittsburgh, United States18 May 2019 - present
  • Docent
    University of Helsinki, Physics, Helsinki, Finland1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018
  • Director
    Carnegie Mellon University, Steinbrenner Institute, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jan 2013 - present
  • Lord Professor of Chemistry
    Carnegie Mellon University, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Engineering and Public Policy, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jan 2014 - 18 May 2019
  • Professor of Chemistry
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States2008 - 2015
  • Professor of Chemical Engineering
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States2008 - 2015
  • Professor of Engineering and Public Policy
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States2008 - 2015
  • Associate Professor of Chemistry
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States2005 - 2008
  • Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States2005 - 2008
  • Director
    Carnegie Mellon University, Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States2005 - 2013
  • Assistant Professor of Chemistry
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States2000 - 2005
  • Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States2000 - 2005
  • Visiting Professor
    University College Cork, Chemistry, Cork, Ireland1 Aug 2024 - 31 Jul 2025

DEGREES

  • PhD (Meteorology/Atmospheric Chemistry)
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States1 Jun 1991
  • BA (Physics)
    Brown University, Providence, United States1 Jun 1985

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Research
    Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States1991 - 2000

CAMPUS

  • Pittsburgh

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • 13 Climate Action
  • 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

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