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David Mobley
AMAD Staff
Education:
- B. S., Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 1970
Professional Experience:
July 2003-present – Associate Director, Atmospheric Modeling Division, Research Triangle Park, NC – Support the development of advanced air quality models that can simulate the transport and fate of pollutants in the atmosphere. The models support EPA and the general air pollution community in understanding not only the magnitude of the air pollution problem, but also in developing emission control policies and regulations. Also, support activities to develop international emission inventories and to characterize emissions from key source categories.
September 2002-July 2003 – Emission Inventory Specialist, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC – Responsible for activities to develop international emission inventories and to characterize emissions from key source categories impacting air quality across international boundaries. Served as Co-chair of the Emissions Committee of the NARSTO public-private partnership to coordinate and enhance policy-relevant scientific research and assessment of tropospheric pollution behavior. Supported emission inventory and emission characterization activities of the North America Commission for Environmental Cooperation. Through these activities, supported development and harmonization of emission inventories across the US, Canada and Mexico as well as around the world (NARSTO formerly stood for North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone).
February 1997-September 2002 – Acting Director/Associate Director, Emissions Monitoring and Analysis Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Research Triangle Park, NC – Responsible for establishing and implementing broad policy, plans, guidelines, regulations, procedures and objectives of the Agency in assessing and managing the quality of the Nation's air. Supported the development and implementation of technical support programs for source test methods development, emission measurement field tests, emission factor development, emission inventory development and compilation, air quality modeling for control strategy assessments, ambient monitoring, quality assurance, and data analysis. These programs provided the technical infrastructure for air quality management programs for criteria pollutants of ozone, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and lead, as well as air toxic pollutants. Provided technical consultation to Headquarters, Regional Offices, and State/local agencies, as well as international programs in formulating overall emission inventory, ambient monitoring, and air quality modeling policies and programs to determine air quality and the effectiveness of the regulatory programs in reducing ambient concentrations of various pollutants. Key products included the National Ambient and Emission Trends Reports which are issued each year. Responsible for activities of 120 people plus an extramural contract budget of ~$15M and grants of ~$100M per year.
July 1970-February 1997 – Environmental Engineer or First-Line Supervisor with the following organizations:
- February 1991-February 1997 – Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Research Triangle Park, NC
- July 1976-February 1991 – Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC
- July 1973-July 1976 – Air Pollution Control Bureau, City of Richmond, Richmond, VA
- July 1970-July 1973 – Mobile Source Pollution Control Program, EPA, Ann Arbor, MI
These positions offered progressively increasing responsibility in developing national strategies to address acid rain, ozone, particulate matter, regional haze, and climate change, along with emission control technologies for SO2, NOx and particulate matter from coal-fired sources.
Awards and Memberships:
- Member, Science Advisory Board, Houston Advanced Research Center, 2006-present
- Embassy Science Fellow to New Zealand, January-May 2008
- USEPA, Exceptional/Outstanding ORD Technical Assistance to the Regions or Program Offices, 2008
- Air and Waste Management Association Fellow, 1999; Director, 2006-2008; and Vice President, 2008
- USEPA, Scientific & Technological Achievement Awards, 1984, 2008
- Contributor, Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change and their Award of the Nobel Peace Prize, 2007
- USEPA Bronze Medals, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007
- USEPA/NERL Special Achievement Award, Science Integration to Solve Environmental Problems, 2007
- USEPA Excellence in Response Award to 09/11/01 Attacks, 2002
- USEPA Gold Medal for PM2.5 Monitoring Program Implementation, 2000
- Commendation, Ozone Transport Assessment Group of the Environmental Council of the States, 1997
- Federal Engineer of the Year by the Professional Society of Engineers, 1993
- Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; also Local Chapter President, 1984
- Pollution Engineering Magazine 5-Star Award for Technology Development, 1982
- Registered Professional Engineer
Recent Publication
Mobley, D. and P. Gurnsey. New Zealand's Innovative Approach to Emissions Trading for Addressing Global Climate Change. EM: Air and Waste Management Association’s Magazine for Environmental Managers, Air & Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA, , 14-19, (2008).
Roy, D., G. Pouliot, D. Mobley, T. Pace, T. Pierce, A. Soja, J. Szykman, and J. Al-Saadi. Development of Fire Emissions Inventory Using Satellite Data. Chapter 2, Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XIX. Springer, New York, NY, 217-225, (2008).
Mobley, D., L. Beck, G. Sarwar, A. Reff, and M. Houyoux. SPECIATE - EPA's Database for Speciated Emission Profiles, Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XIX. Springer, New York, NY, p 665-666, (2008).
Pouliot, G., T. Pace, D. Roy, T. Pierce, and D. Mobley. Development of a Biomass Burning Emissions by Combining Satellite and Ground-based Information. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing. SPIE/International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, WA, 2(1):021501, (2008).
Rao, S., R. Dennis, V. Garcia, A. Gilliland, R. Mathur, D. Mobley, T. Pierce, AND K. Schere. Summary Report of Air Quality Modeling Research Activities for 2006. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-07/103 (NTIS PB2008-110094), 2008.
Chow, J.C., J.L. Watson, H.J. Feldman, J.E. Nolen, B. Wallerstein, G. Gidy, P.J. Lioy, D. Mobley, K. Baugues, and J.D. Bachmann. 2007 Critical Review Discussion--Will The Circle Be Unbroken: A History of the U.S. National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, Vol 57 (10): 1151-1163, October 2007.
Mobley, D., Coordinator, SPECIATE 4.0—Speciation Database Development Documentation, EPA/600/R-06/161, November 2006.
Miller, C.A., G. Hidy, J. Hales, C. Kolb, A. Werner, B. Haneke, D. Parrish, C. Frey, L. Rojas-Bracho, M. Deslauriers, B. Pennell, D. Mobley. Air Emission Inventories in North America: A Critical Assessment, Vol 56, No. 8, p 1115-1129, August 2006.
Pennell, W.T. and D. Mobley. The Case for Improving Emission Inventories in North America. EM: Air and Waste Management Association’s Magazine for Environmental Managers, p 24-27, January 2006.
Mobley, D., Coordinator, Improving Emission Inventories for Effective Air Quality Management Across North America: A NARSTO Assessment, NARSTO-05-01, August 2005.
Mobley, J.D., and S. Cadle. Innovative Methods For Emission Inventory Development and Evaluation: Workshop Summary. Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, Vol 54, No. 11, p 1422-1439, November 2004.
Hidy, G.M., J.D. Mobley and S. Cadle. Innovative Methods for Emission Inventory Development and Evaluation: Workshop Synthesis. EM: Air and Waste Management Association’s Magazine for Environmental Managers, p 31-34, November 2004.
Werner, A.S. and D. Mobley. Emissions Inventories: Then Now, and Tomorrow. EM: Air and Waste Management Association’s Magazine for Environmental Managers, p 41-45, Jan 2005.
Benkovitz, C., H. Akimoto, J. Corbett, D. Mobley, J. Oliver, J. Aardenne, and V. Vestreng.
Compilation of Regional to Global Inventories of Anthropogenic Emissions. Chapter 2, Emission of Atmospheric Trace Compounds. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Hingham, MA, p 17-69, 2004.
Mobley, D., Editor, Innovative Methods for Emission Inventory Development and Evaluation, NARSTO Emission Inventory Workshop, Austin, TX, October 14-17, 2003. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA/600/R-03/008, October 2003.
Presentations:
Mobley, D., SPECIATE—EPA’s Database of Speciated Emission Profiles. Presented at AWMA Webcast, February 22, 2007; AWMA Annual Conference and Exhibition, June 28, 2007; and 29thInternational Technical Meeting, NATO, Aveiro, Portugal, September 25, 2007.
Mobley, D., Development of a Fire Emission Inventory Using Satellites, 29th International Technical Meeting, NATO, Aveiro, Portugal, September 25, 2007.
Mobley, D., Improving Emission Inventories for Effective Air Quality Management Across North America – A NARSTO Assessment. Mexico Emission Inventory Workshop, Mexico City, Mexico, February, 2003; Air Quality Research Subcommittee of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, Washington, DC, January 15, 2004; EPA Science Forum, Washington, DC, June, 2004; NARSTO Executive Assembly Meeting, Washington, DC, April 2004; AAAR PM Supersites Program, February 7-11, 2005, Atlanta, GA; NARSTO Executive Assembly Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, April 11, 2005; EPA Emission Inventory Conference, Las Vegas, NV, April 12, 2005; EPA Science Forum 2005, Washington, DC, May 16-18, 2005; AWMA Annual Conference and Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN, June 23, 2005; and House Science Committee, US Congress, Washington, DC, October 21, 2005; AWMA Research Triangle Park Chapter Meeting, Research Triangle Park, NC, March 2006.
Mobley, D., Chair and Organizer, NARSTO Emission Inventory Workshop, Innovative Methods for Emission Inventory Development and Evaluation. Austin, TX, October 14-17, 2003.
Mobley, D., Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic Emissions in the US. Long Range Transport Workshop, Ann Arbor, MI, September 16-17, 2003.
Narrative:
My work supports the development of advanced air quality models that can simulate the transport and fate of pollutants in the atmosphere, including the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Model. EPA and the general air pollution community use these models to understand the magnitude of the air pollution problem and to develop emission control policies and regulations. I also support activities to develop international emission inventories and to characterize emissions from key source categories, and serve as CoChair of the Emissions Committee of NARSTO, a public-private partnership to promote policy-relevant research on air quality issues. Through these actions, I promote the development and application of air quality models that enhance national air quality management programs.