
Dr. Christopher Blaszczak-Boxe is a lifelong educator that uses numerical-modeling platforms to assess the atmospheric evolution of planets on various timescales. For Earth, he focuses on air quality modeling. On the experimental front, he participates in field and laboratory studies that assess the abundance of potentially toxic substances in indoor/outdoor environments and their potential impacts on human health. The majority of his field work takes place in New York and Pennsylvania. At Penn State, he is an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Geosciences, an Associate at their Earth and Environmental Science Institute and Institute of Computational and Data Sciences, and Co-Director of PSU EnvironMentors. Dr. Boxe also implements STEM-education initiatives to help increase, retain, and inevitably steer students toward STEM disciplines and careers. His work converges at the nexuses of sustainable and environmental research, education, and justice.
Dr. Boxe earned a B.S. in Chemistry and a Minor in Math from Morehouse College in 1999 and later completed a Ph.D. in Environmental Science & Engineering at Caltech in 2005 (along with a Minor in Geology, an MS in Environmental Science & Engineering and an MS in Planetary Science). Since graduating, he worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Earth & Space Science Division (as a Research Scientist), the City University of New York (as an Associate Professor & Deputy Chair), and several STEM-focused high schools within the borough of Brooklyn (as an AP/Regents Science Teacher).
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Recent Publications
Investigating the potentiality of Scenedesmus obliquus and Acinetobacter pittii partnership system and their effects on nutrients removal from synthetic domestic wastewater
Russel, M., Meixue, Q., Alam, M. A., Lifen, L., Daroch, M., Blaszczak-Boxe, C. & Kumar Gupta, G., Mar 2020, In: Bioresource technology. 299, 122571.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Diurnal variation in Mars equatorial odd oxygen species: Chemical production and loss mechanisms
Viúdez-Moreiras, D., Saiz-Lopez, A., Blaszczak-Boxe, C. S., Manfredi, J. A. R. & Yung, Y. L., Jan 15 2020, In: Icarus. 336, 113458.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The impact of fertilizers on the uptake of manganese in Cherry Belle radish plants: implications for human health
Clarke-Lambert, S. A., Hilaire, D. S., Stock, J., Salako, O., Lebetkin, M., Nasimov, U., Strothers, J., Blasczak-Boxe, A., Skeete, D. & Blaszczak-Boxe, C., Apr 1 2019, In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26, 10, p. 10414-10428 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Modeling the Sources and Chemistry of Polar Tropospheric Halogens (Cl, Br, and I) Using the CAM-Chem Global Chemistry-Climate Model
Fernandez, R. P., Carmona-Balea, A., Cuevas, C. A., Barrera, J. A., Kinnison, D. E., Lamarque, J. F., Blaszczak-Boxe, C., Kim, K., Choi, W., Hay, T., Blechschmidt, A. M., Schönhardt, A., Burrows, J. P. & Saiz-Lopez, A., 2019, In: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 11, 7, p. 2259-2289 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Nitrate photolysis in ice and snow: A critical review of its multiphase chemistry
Blaszczak-Boxe, C. S. & Saiz-Lopez, A., Nov 2018, In: Atmospheric Environment. 193, p. 224-241 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
A detailed pathway analysis of the chemical reaction system generating the Martian vertical ozone profile
Stock, J. W., Blaszczak-Boxe, C. S., Lehmann, R., Grenfell, J. L., Patzer, A. B. C., Rauer, H. & Yung, Y. L., Jul 15 2017, In: Icarus. 291, p. 192-202 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Characterization of pollution transport into Texas using OMI and TES satellite, GIS and in situ data, and HYSPLIT back trajectory analyses: implications for TCEQ State Implementation Plans
Bella, D., Culpepper, J., Khaimova, J., Ahmed, N., Belkalai, A., Arroyo, I., Andrews, J., Gentle, S., Emmanuel, S., Lahmouh, M., Ealy, J., King, Z., Jenkins, O., Fu, D., Choi, Y., Osterman, G., Gruszczynski, J., Skeete, D. & Blaszczak-Boxe, C. S., Jul 1 2016, In: Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health. 9, 5, p. 569-588 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Production of Molecular Iodine and Tri-iodide in the Frozen Solution of Iodide: Implication for Polar Atmosphere
Kim, K., Yabushita, A., Okumura, M., Saiz-Lopez, A., Cuevas, C. A., Blaszczak-Boxe, C. S., Min, D. W., Yoon, H. I. & Choi, W., Feb 2 2016, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 50, 3, p. 1280-1287 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The polar iodine paradox
Saiz-Lopez, A. & Blaszczak-Boxe, C. S., Nov 1 2016, In: Atmospheric Environment. 145, p. 72-73 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review