ACS Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science & Technology: Douglas R. Worsnop

Sponsor: ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Science & Technology, and Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Citation: For pioneering research on gas-aqueous atmospheric chemistry and the development of the aerosol mass spectrometer, which has revolutionized atmospheric aerosol measurements.

Current position: vice president, Aerodyne Research; professor of physics, University of Helsinki

Education: B.A., chemistry, Hope College; Ph.D., chemistry, Harvard University

Worsnop on what gets his creative juices flowing: “My motivation is simple–interacting with young people (students . . .