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Michael B. McElroy

Michael B. McElroy

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
105
Citations
34664
World Ranking
275
National Ranking
126

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy
  • 1984 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1972 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1971 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Michael B. McElroy is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their academic work spans Environmental Science and Engineering, with significant contributions in related subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's research encompasses topics including Integrated Energy Systems Optimization, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, Climate Variability and Models, Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, and Air Quality and Health Impacts.

Frequent co-authors contributing to collaborative projects with Michael B. McElroy include Shaojie Song, Peter Sherman, Chris Nielsen, Xi Lu, and Meng Gao.

Common venues for publication include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature Communications, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Environmental Science & Technology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by McElroy involve research focused primarily on China's energy systems, pollution, and climate goals. Selected works include:

  • "Prospective contributions of biomass pyrolysis to China's 2050 carbon reduction and renewable energy goals" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Breaking the hard-to-abate bottleneck in China's path to carbon neutrality with clean hydrogen" (2022, Nature Energy)
  • "Pathway toward carbon-neutral electrical systems in China by mid-century with negative CO2 abatement costs informed by high-resolution modeling" (2021, Joule)
  • "Ozone pollution over China and India: seasonality and sources" (2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics)
  • "Combined solar power and storage as cost-competitive and grid-compatible supply for China's future carbon-neutral electricity system" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Michael B. McElroy has been recognized through various awards, including:

  • Member of the Royal Irish Academy (2009)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1984)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1972)
  • Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) (1971)

Best Publications

  • Tropospheric chemistry: A global perspective

    Jennifer A. Logan;Michael J. Prather;Steven C. Wofsy;Michael B. McElroy

  • Three-dimensional climatological distribution of tropospheric OH: Update and evaluation

    C. M. Spivakovsky;J. A. Logan;S. A. Montzka;Y. J. Balkanski

  • Production of NO2- and N2O by Nitrifying Bacteria at Reduced Concentrations of Oxygen

    Thomas J. Goreau;Warren A. Kaplan;Steven C. Wofsy;Michael B. McElroy

  • Reductions of Antarctic ozone due to synergistic interactions of chlorine and bromine

    Michael B. McElroy;Ross J. Salawitch;Steven C. Wofsy;Jennifer A. Logan

  • Global potential for wind-generated electricity

    Xi Lu;Michael Brendon McElroy;Juha Kiviluoma

  • Extreme ultraviolet observations from Voyager 1 encounter with Jupiter

    A. L. Broadfoot;M. J. S. Belton;P. Z. Takacs;B. R. Sandel

  • Composition and structure of Mars' Upper atmosphere: Results from the neutral mass spectrometers on Viking 1 and 2

    A. O. Nier;M. B. McElroy

  • Changes in atmospheric CO2: Influence of the marine biota at high latitude

    Fanny Knox;Michael B. McElroy

  • Isotopic composition of atmospheric CO2 inferred from carbon in C4 plant cellulose

    Bruno D. Marino;Michael B. McElroy

  • The chemistry of atmospheric bromine

    Steven C. Wofsy;Michael B. McElroy;Yuk Ling Yung

  • Quantifying the uncertainties of a bottom-up emission inventory of anthropogenic atmospheric pollutants in China

    Y. Zhao;Y. Zhao;Chris P. Nielsen;Yu Lei;Michael Brendon McElroy

  • Production of NO and N2O by soil nitrifying bacteria

    F. Lipschultz;S. C. Wofsy;M. B. Mcelroy;O. C. Zafiriou

  • Chemistry of the global troposphere: Fluorocarbons as tracers of air motion

    Michael Prather;Michael McElroy;Steven Wofsy;Gary Russell

  • Stability of the Martian Atmosphere

    Michael B. McElroy;Thomas M. Donahue

  • Mars: An Evolving Atmosphere

    Michael B. McElroy

  • Prospective contributions of biomass pyrolysis to China's 2050 carbon reduction and renewable energy goals.

    Qing Yang;Hewen Zhou;Pietro Bartocci;Francesco Fantozzi

  • ELECTRON TEMPERATURES IN THE IONOSPHERE

    A. Dalgarno;M.B. McElroy;R.J. Moffett

  • Impacts of boundary layer mixing on pollutant vertical profiles in the lower troposphere: Implications to satellite remote sensing

    Jin-Tai Lin;Michael B. McElroy

  • Tropospheric OH in a three-dimensional chemical tracer model: An assessment based on observations of CH3CCl3

    C. M. Spivakovsky;R. Yevich;J. A. Logan;S. C. Wofsy

  • Aquatic sources and sinks for nitrous oxide

    James W. Elkins;Steven C. Wofsy;Michael B. McElroy;Charles E. Kolb

  • Regional CO pollution and export in China simulated by the high-resolution nested-grid GEOS-Chem model

    D. Chen;Yichao Wang;Yichao Wang;Michael Brendon McElroy;K. He

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven C. Wofsy
Steven C. Wofsy Harvard University
Michael J. Prather
Michael J. Prather University of California, Irvine
Ross J. Salawitch
Ross J. Salawitch University of Maryland, College Park
Yuk L. Yung
Yuk L. Yung California Institute of Technology
Chris P. Nielsen
Chris P. Nielsen Harvard University
Donald M. Hunten
Donald M. Hunten University of Arizona
Jennifer A. Logan
Jennifer A. Logan Harvard University
Yuxuan Wang
Yuxuan Wang University of Houston
Darrell F. Strobel
Darrell F. Strobel Johns Hopkins University
Alfred O. Nier
Alfred O. Nier University of Minnesota

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