User:Dlary
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 David Lary |
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| Born | 7 December 1965 [O.S. 7 December 1965] |
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| Nationality | English |
| Field | Chemistry |
| Alma Mater | University of Cambridge |
| Academic Advisor | John A Pyle |
| Known for | Chemical data assimilation |
David Lary completed his education in the United Kingdom. He received a First Class Double Honors B.Sc. in Physics and Chemistry from King’s College London (1987) with the Sambrooke Exhibition Prize in Natural Science, and a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Chemistry from the University of Cambridge, Department of Chemistry while at Churchill College (1991). His thesis described the first chemical scheme for the ECMWF numerical weather prediction model. He then held post-doctoral research assistant and associate positions at Cambridge University until receiving a Royal Society University Research Fellowship in 1996 (also at Cambridge). From 1998 to 2000 he held a joint position at Cambridge and the University of Tel-Aviv as a senior lecturer and Alon fellow. In 2001 he joined UMBC/GEST as the first distinguished Goddard fellow in earth science. His automatic code generation software, AutoChem, has received five NASA awards. He is currently involved with NASA Aura validation using probability distribution functions and chemical data assimilation, neural networks for accelerating atmospheric models, the use of Earth Observing data for health and policy applications, and the optimal design of Earth Observing Systems. The thread running through all the research is observation and automation to facilitate scientific discovery.
