Dylan Millet

Dylan Millet
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
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[email protected]
612-626-3259
552 Borlaug Hall
• Atmospheric Chemistry @ University of Minnesota
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Education
  • BSc,  University of British Columbia, 1998
  • PhD, University of California Berkeley, 2003
  • Postdoc, University of California Berkeley, 2004
  • Postdoc, Harvard University, 2005 to 2007

Areas of Interest

Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions, Atmospheric Chemistry, Climate Change

Teaching

  • ESPM 1011 Issues in the Environment
  • ESPM 3425 Atmospheric Composition and Chemistry
  • LAAS 5426 Atmospheric Processes II: Radiation, Composition, and Climate

Research

Research in my group aims to understand the chemical composition of the atmosphere and how it is affected by humans and by the biosphere.  We use a combination of field measurements, computer models, and satellite remote sensing to study atmospheric processes at multiple scales.

Select Publications

  • Wells, K.C., D.B. Millet, V.H. Payne, M.J. Deventer, K.H. Bates, J.A. de Gouw, M. Graus, C. Warneke, A. Wisthaler, and J.D. Fuentes (2020), Satellite isoprene retrievals constrain emissions and atmospheric oxidation, Nature, 585, 225-233, doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2664-3.
  • Canaval, E., D.B. Millet, I. Zimmer, T. Nosenko, E. Georgii, E.M. Partoll, L. Fischer, H.D. Alwe, M. Kulmala, T. Karl, J.-P. Schnitzler, and A. Hansel (2020), Rapid conversion of isoprene photooxidation products in terrestrial plants, Commun. Earth Environ., 1, 44, doi:10.1038/s43247-020-00041-2.
  • Fulgham, S.R., D.B. Millet, H.D. Alwe, A.H. Goldstein, S. Schobesberger, and D.K. Farmer (2020), Surface wetness as an unexpected control on forest exchange of volatile organic acids, Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, e2020GL088745, doi:10.1029/2020GL088745.
  • Fu, D.J., D.B. Millet, K.C. Wells, V.H. Payne, S.S. Yu, A. Guenther, and A. Eldering (2019), Direct retrieval of isoprene from satellite-based infrared measurements, Nat. Commun., 10, doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11835-0.
  • Chen, X., D.B. Millet, H.B. Singh, A. Wisthaler, E.C. Apel, E.L. Atlas, D.R. Blake, I. Bourgeois, S.S. Brown, J.D. Crounse, J.A. de Gouw, F.M. Flocke, A. Fried, B.G. Heikes, R.S. Hornbrook, T. Mikoviny, K.E. Min, M. Muller, J.A. Neuman, D.W. O'Sullivan, J. Peischl, G.G. Pfister, D. Richter, J.M. Roberts, T.B. Ryerson, S.R. Shertz, C.R. Thompson, V. Treadaway, P.R. Veres, J. Walega, C. Warneke, R.A. Washenfelder, P. Weibring, and B. Yuan (2019), On the sources and sinks of atmospheric VOCs: An integrated analysis of recent aircraft campaigns over North America, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19(14), 9097-9123, doi:10.5194/acp-19-9097-2019.
  • Chaliyakunnel, S., D.B. Millet, and X. Chen (2019), Constraining emissions of volatile organic compounds over the Indian subcontinent using space-based formaldehyde measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 124, 10,525–510,545, doi:10.1029/2019JD031262.
  • Alwe, H.D., D.B. Millet, X. Chen, J.D. Raff, Z.C. Payne, and K. Fledderman (2019), Oxidation of volatile organic compounds as the major source formic acid in a mixed forest canopy, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 2940-2948, doi:10.1029/2018GL081526.
  • Millet, D.B., H.D. Alwe, X. Chen, M.J. Deventer, T.J. Griffis, R. Holzinger, S.B. Bertman, P.S. Rickly, P.S. Stevens, T. Leonardis, N. Locoge, S. Dusanter, G.S. Tyndall, S.L. Alvarez, M.H. Erickson, and J.H. Flynn (2018), Bidirectional ecosystem-atmosphere fluxes of volatile organic compounds across the mass spectrum: How many matter?, ACS Earth Space Chem., 2(8), 764-777, doi:10.1021/acsearthspacechem.8b00061.
  • Shaw, M.F., B. Sztaray, L.K. Whalley, D.E. Heard, D.B. Millet, M.J.T. Jordan, D.L. Osborn, and S.H. Kable (2018), Photo-tautomerization of acetaldehyde as a photochemical source of formic acid in the troposphere, Nat. Commun., 9, doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04824-2.
  • Clark, L.P., D.B. Millet, and J.D. Marshall (2017), Changes in transportation-related air pollution exposures by race-ethnicity and socioeconomic status: Outdoor nitrogen dioxide in the United States in 2000 and 2010, Environ. Health Persp., doi:10.1289/EHP959.
  • Millet, D.B., M. Baasandorj, D.K. Farmer, J.A. Thornton, K. Baumann, P. Brophy, S. Chaliyakunnel, J.A. de Gouw, M. Graus, L. Hu, A. Koss, B.H. Lee, F.D. Lopez-Hilfiker, J.A. Neuman, F. Paulot, J. Peischl, I.B. Pollack, T.B. Ryerson, C. Warneke, B.J. Williams, and J. Xu (2015), A large and ubiquitous source of atmospheric formic acid, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 6283-6304, doi:10.5194/acp-15-6283-2015.

Honors and Awards