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Dr. Katherine Potter
Affiliations
CGCS, AGAGE
Research Interests:
Dr. Potter served as the Station Principal Investigator of the Rwanda Climate Observatory Project, which is a partnership between the Rwandan Ministry of Education and MIT to establish the first climate observatory station in Africa as a part of the AGAGE (Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment) network. The objectives of the observatory are to: collect atmospheric observations to contribute to meteorological forecasting and to monitor climatic conditions and trace gases, and to build scientific, engineering, and educational capacity within the Republic of Rwanda.
Contact Information
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e: kep@mit.edu
w: https://sites.google.com/site/katpotter/
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Education
B.S., Chemistry and Environmental Science, The College of William and Mary, 2004
Ph.D., Climate Physics and Chemistry, MIT, 2011
Ph.D. Thesis: Nitrous oxide (N2O) isotopic composition in the troposphere: instrumentation, observations at Mace Head, Ireland, and regional modeling