Dr. Daniel
Mendoza holds joint appointments as a Research Assistant Professor in the
Department of Atmospheric Sciences and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the
Pulmonary Division in the School of Medicine and the Department of City
& Metropolitan Planning at the University of Utah. His research
interests include quantifying and characterizing urban greenhouse gas
and criteria pollutant emissions for use in human exposure estimation and
metropolitan planning. He also examines the health effects associated with
acute and chronic pollutant exposure, particularly in vulnerable
populations. He is the co-director of the Consortium for Dark Sky Studies,
serves as Editor in Chief of the Journal of Dark Sky Studies, and is the
Director for the Dark Sky Studies Minor and instructor of the Capstone Class on
Dark Sky Studies at the University of Utah.