Colette Heald, the Mitsui Career Development Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), was awarded the American Geophysics Union (AGU) James B. Macelwane Medal on July 20 in recognition of “significant contributions to the geophysical sciences by an outstanding young scientist.”

Heald, an atmospheric chemist, is regarded as an international leader in biosphere-atmosphere interactions, aerosol sources, and transformations, with a particular focus on the connections between atmospheric chemistry and climate. Heald was promoted to associate professor with tenure this July.

"I'm very honored to have been nominated and supported by my colleagues for this prestigious AGU award,” she said. “Receiving the Macelwane medal is one of the highlights of my career.” 

Heald completed her Ph.D. at Harvard University in 2005, and later became a NOAA Global and Climate Change Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California at Berkeley from 2006 to 2007. In 2008, she became an assistant professor in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University and joined the MIT faculty in 2012.

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