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Pawel K. Misztal is an associate professor in the Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. His research group focuses on discoveries related to time-resolved measurements of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and their implications for air quality and chemical interactions within the human environment. He has a background as an associate specialist in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley. Misztal has published over 30 peer-reviewed papers, contributing significantly to the understanding of ground-based direct VOC fluxes in tropical oil palm plantations and rainforest ecosystems in Borneo. He is known for developing methodologies that enhance the detection of structural isomers using proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry. His leadership on the CABERNET airborne VOC flux campaign led to improvements in biogenic emission models, accurately simulating emissions across California. Actively engaged in the global chemistry community, Misztal works to discover new compound families emitted from stressed plants, seeking to understand the underlying processes that govern the atmospheric fates of biogenic VOCs. He collaborates with microbiologists at UC Berkeley to explore controls over microbial VOC (mVOC) emission rates from environmental bacteria and fungi.
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