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Richard Gammon is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Washington. He obtained his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1970. His interdisciplinary research, referred to as biogeochemistry, focuses on understanding the habitability of planets, particularly how radiative and photo-chemical properties of biologically produced trace gases contribute to the total atmospheric burden. His work emphasizes the microbial metabolic processes that generate trace gases in low-oxygen terrestrial and marine environments, and how these processes influence the present atmospheric composition and climate. He has developed sensitive analytical methods to accurately measure trace gases in parts-per-trillion-by-volume in different environments. Recent studies led by his group look into carbon, sulfur, and halogen cycles, assessing their contributions to climate change. He engages in ongoing projects investigating molecular hydrogen's atmospheric cycling and the sources of methyl halides, among other topics.
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