Curriculum Vitae, Robert M. Yantosca

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Cambridge, MA, USA)
Email: yantosca [at] seas.harvard.edu
Phone: 1-617-496-9424

Professional Experience

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

• Senior Software Engineer (2012-present)
• Software Engineer (2002-2012)
• Scientific Programmer (1996-2002)

Quincy College (Quincy, MA)

• Summer Physics Instructor (1996)

Quincy High School (Quincy, MA)

• Student Teacher (1996)

Center for Space Physics, Boston University (Boston, MA)

• Research Assistant (1994-1996)

Education

• M.A.T. in Science Education, Boston University, 1996
• M.A. in Astronomy, Boston University, 1994
• B.S. in Astronomy, Case Western Reserve University, 1991
  • with minor concentration in Classics
• Diploma, Boston College High School, 1987

Expertise

• 30+ years of experience in computer programming, data analysis, and visualization
• Implementation of chemical tracer models (CTMs) for atmospheric chemistry applications
• Integration of CTMs with Earth System Models (ESMs)
• Benchmarking CTM performance with standard simulations
• Creation of automatic forecasting and hindcasting systems to support of aircraft field campaigns
• Providing documentation and technical support for CTM users
• Co-developer of the GCPy (Python) and GAMAP (IDL) packages for visualization of CTM output

Technology and Tools

Current Responsibilities

• Senior member, GEOS-Chem Support Team.
• Serves on GEOS-Chem Steering Committee as Model Engineer.
• Co-chairs the GEOS-Chem Software Engineering Working Group.
• Serves as Co-Investigator on several proposals.
• Collaborates on various scientific projects.
• Provides feedback and shares best practices with colleagues at other institutions
  • EPA, NASA, NCAR, NOAA, + universities

Honors

• Received the NASA Group Achievement Award for the ARCTAS mission (2009).
• Admitted to Pi Lambda Theta (1996).
• Received the Boston University Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award (1994).
• Admitted to Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Ohio (1991).
• Received a Case Alumni Association Scholarship (1989-1991).
• Received the J. J. Nassau Prize for Outstanding Senior in Astronomy (1991).
• Received the Abraham Lincoln Fuller Prize for Excellence in the Study of Latin (1989).

Five Recent Publications

Global methane budget and trend, 2010–2017: complementarity of inverse analyses using in situ (GLOBALVIEW plus CH4 ObsPack) and satellite (GOSAT) observations

Lu, X., D.J. Jacob, Y. Zhang, J.D. Maasakkers, M.P. Sulprizio, L. Shen, Z. Qu, T.R. Scarpelli, H. Nesser, R.M. Yantosca, J. Sheng, A. Andrews, R.J. Parker, H. Boesch, A.A. Bloom, S. Ma, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 4637–4657, 2021

WRF-GC: online coupling of WRF and GEOS-Chem for regional atmospheric chemistry modeling, Part 1: description of the one-way model (v1.0)

Lin, H., X. Feng, T.-M. Fu, H. Tiang, Y. Ma, L. Zhuang, D.J. Jacob, R. M. Yantosca, M.P. Sulprizio, E.W. Lundgren, J. Zhuang, Q. Zhang, X. Lu, L. Zhang, L. Shen, J. Guo, S.D. Eastham, and C.A. Keller, Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 3241-3265, 2020.

Enabling high-performance cloud computing for Earth science modeling on over a thousand cores: application to the GEOS-Chem atmospheric chemistry model

Zhuang, J., D.J. Jacob, H. Lin, E.W. Lundgren, R.M. Yantosca, J. Flo Gaya, M.P. Sulprizio, S.D. Eastham, and K. Jorissen, JAMES, 12, e2020MS002064, 2020. 1(3).

Enabling immediate access to Earth science models through cloud computing: application to the GEOS-Chem model

Zhuang, J., D.J. Jacob, J. Flo-Gaya, R.M. Yantosca, E.W. Lundgren, M.P. Sulprizio, and S.D. Eastham, Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 2019.

GEOS-Chem High Performance (GCHP): A next-generation implementation of the GEOS-Chem chemical transport model for massively parallel applications

Eastham, S.D., M.S. Long, C.A. Keller, E. Lundgren, R.M. Yantosca, J. Zhuang, C. Li, C.J. Lee, M. Yannetti, B.M. Auer, T.L. Clune, J. Kouatchou, W.M. Putman, M.A. Thompson, A.L. Trayanov, A.M. Molod, R.V. Martin, and D.J. Jacob, Geosci. Mod. Dev., 11, 2941-2953, 2018.

Service and Leadership

• Focolare Movement
  • Volunteer of God (vocation)
• Watertown (MA) Catholic Collaborative
  • Eucharistic Minister

Personal

• Citizenship: United States
• Languages:
  • English (native)
  • Italian (fluent)
  • Neapolitan (can understand)