Jeffrey Geddes

Jeffrey Geddes is a Core Faculty Member of the Global China Initiative at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment at Boston University.

Before coming to Boston University, Jeff earned his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Toronto and was a Post-doctoral Fellow at Dalhousie University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research combines satellite observations of atmospheric composition with models of atmospheric chemistry and transport to learn about the sources, sinks and spatial distribution of atmospheric pollutants relevant to global air quality. He is currently leading projects focused on understanding the role land use and land cover changes on atmospheric composition and advancing the applications of satellite observations to determine ground-level air pollutant concentrations. He is involved in algorithm development and validation for multiple geostationary satellite instruments dedicated to monitoring atmospheric composition, is a co-chair of the Chemistry-Ecosystem-Climate working group for the GEOS-Chem model and is a steering committee member for the World Meteorological Organization’s Measurement-Model Fusion for Global Total Atmospheric Deposition project. Within the Global China Initiative, Jeff’s work explores the development of open-source modeling tools to quantify the air pollutant impacts of Chinese-funded coal-based electricity generation associated with the Belt and Road Initiative.