Dr. Levine is Senior Research Scientist, Theoretical Studies Branch, Atmospheric Sciences Division, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. Born and raised in New York City, he received a B.S. (Physics), Brooklyn College, City University of New York, M.S. (Meteorology), New York University, and M.S. (Aeronomy and Planetary Atmospheres) and Ph.D. (Atmospheric Sciences), both from the University of Michigan. Dr. Levine's areas of research include the origin, early history, evolution, and future of the atmosphere, atmospheric chemistry, the origin of life, the atmospheres of the planets, and biomass burning and global change. He is author or coauthor of more than 100 scientific papers and book chapters and has edited four books.
Dr. Levine founded and directs the Atmospheric Science Program, a masters and doctorate-granting program in the Applied Sciences Department at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, and is an Adjunct Professor of Physics and Adjunct Professor of Applied Science at the College of William and Mary. He teaches courses in atmospheric chemistry, global change, and planetary atmospheres.
Dr. Levine was the co-creator, scientific script writer and on-camera science host for the Public Broadcast System (PBS) television series, "Mission EarthBound." In January 1995, "Mission EarthBound" was selected as the top Education/Distance Learning program for the 1993-94 television season at the international New York Film and Television Festival. Dr. Levine accepted the award on behalf of NASA. The series premiered in January 1994 and consisted of six live one-hour television programs: "Mission EarthBound: A Preview" on January 14, 1994, "The Earth's Atmosphere: A Cosmic Perspective" (January 28), "Atmospheric Ozone: What Is It and What Is Happening To It?" (February 25), "The Climate System and Climate Modeling" (March 25), "Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change" ((April 29), and "Challenges and Solutions to Global Atmospheric Change" (May 27).
Dr. Levine wrote and served as the on-camera host for four other PBS television programs: twelve one-hour programs dealing with the origin, evolution, and future of the atmosphere for the "Earth Science for Teachers" series (1985-86), five half-hour programs in the series, "Life in the Cosmos" (1987), the live 90-minute program, "Global Biomass Burning" (March 23, 1990), and the live 60-minute program, "Biomass Burning and Global Change (April 25, 1995).
Dr. Levine developed and edited two textbooks: The Photochemistry of Atmospheres: Earth, The Other Planets, and Comets (Academic Press, Inc., 1985, 518 pages) and Global Biomass Burning: Atmospheric, Climatic, and Biospheric Implications (MIT Press, Inc., 1991, 569 pages) and two books published by NASA: Man's Impact on the Troposphere (NASA RP-1022, 1978, 376 pages) (Co-editor) and Space Opportunities for Tropospheric Chemistry Research (NASA CP-2450, 1987, 90 pages).
During the past few years, Dr. Levine has presented invited scientific seminars and public lectures on global atmospheric and climatic change throughout the world, including Beijing, Berlin, Bloemfontein, Eilat, Fairbanks, Helsinki, Johannesburg, Lisbon, London, Paris, Pretoria, Rio de Janeiro, Stockholm, and Tokyo. In 1993, he was selected as a Distinguished Lecturer by the Foundation for Research Development of South Africa and presented a series of lectures throughout the country.
Dr. Levine serves or served on the following NASA scientific advisory committees: Space Science and Applications Advisory Committee (SSAAC), Life Sciences Advisory Committee (LSAC), Exploration Science Working Group (EXSWG), and chaired the Biospheric Discipline Working Group. He presently serves on the following committees of the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP): Co-Director, Global Emissions Inventory Activity (GEIA) on Biomass Burning; Member, Science Team, Impact of Biomass Burning on Global Atmosphere (BIBEX); Member, Science Team, Biosphere Atmosphere Trace Gases Exchange (BATGE). Dr. Levine serves as Principal Investigator on the IGAC/BIBEX Southern Africa Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative (SAFARI) and on the Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS). Dr. Levine is the Principal Investigator and originator of "FireSat," a small Earth satellite that will measure the global distribution of fire and burning on our planet. FireSat is presently in a Phase A study.
In 1987 and again in 1992, Dr. Levine was appointed by the Governor of Virginia to the Board of Trustees of the Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Dr. Levine received NASA's Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement, the New York Academy of Sciences Halpern Award for Photochemistry, and was selected as Virginia's Outstanding Scientist. For three consecutive years (1990, 1991, and 1992), Dr. Levine was selected as the Speaker of the Year at the NASA Langley Research Center.
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