Carl Malings is an Assistant Research Scientist at Morgan State University, working under the GESTAR II cooperative agreement at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Global Modelling and Assimilation Office. He works to combine atmospheric chemistry models, satellite retrievals, and surface monitor data to better estimate & forecast air quality to support air quality decision-making globally. He also participates in capacity building through the NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) program, providing guidance on how to best use NASA data products to support air quality monitoring and management. He obtained his PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2017. Following this, he worked as a post-doctoral researcher with low-cost air quality sensors until 2019.
Supporting local government public health and air quality decision-making with a sub-city scale air quality forecasting system from data fusion of models, satellite, in-situ measurements, and low-cost sensors
Project PI: K. Emma Knowland
This project aims to develop an online tool for the data fusion of model, satellite, and surface air quality monitoring data, including low-cost sensor data, to improve the estimation and forecasting of air quality at sub-city scales. The tool will be developed in the Google Earth Engine platform, incorporating new and existing air quality datasets. The tool will be made available to the end-users of this project for development and testing in several global and US cities, and following completion of the project will be handed off to the US EPA and UNEP for continued use with stakeholder groups in the US and worldwide.
Forecasting, Modeling Support and Analysis for Asia-AQ
Project PI: Patricia Castellanos
This project provides modeling and data analysis support for the NASA ASIA-AQ campaign, including the use of data fusion methods for downscaling regional air quality estimates and forecasts, to be compared and validated with in-situ data obtained during the campaign.
4/2020
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4/2022
NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow
Universities Space Research Association,
Greenbelt, MD
2/2019
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2/2020
Postdoctoral Researcher
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique,
Paris, France Worked on a "Make Out Planet Great Again" project, looking at assessing air quality using low-cost sensor systems in France and Africa.
6/2017
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12/2018
Postdoctoral Researcher
Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, PA Worked to characterize, calibrate and deploy low-cost sensors for air quality assessment.
4/2022
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Present
Assistant Research Scientist
Morgan State University GESTAR-II Cooperative Agreement,
Goddard Space Flight Center
Bachelor of Engineering, Civil Engineering, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 2012
Master of Science, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2013
PhD, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2017
Working Groups
Co-lead, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Health and Air Quality Working Group, 2021-Present
Co-lead, GEOHealth Community of Practice Air Quality Work Group, 2023-Present
Conferences
Program Committee, Meteorology and Climate - Modeling for Air Quality Conference, 2023
Conference Planning Committee, Air Sensors International Conference, 2024
Other
Community Scientist, AGU Thriving Earth Exchange project "Establishing an Air Quality Monitoring Network to Inform Local Strategies in Columbus, Ohio"
Volunteer Judge, NASA Future Engineers Student Challenges, 2021, 2022, 2023
Volunteer Judge, GLOBE International Virtual Science Symposium student contest, 2022
Volunteer Judge, NASA Power to Explore student challenge, 2022
Trainer, NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training Program. for Health and Air Quality, 2023-Present. Contributed to the following trainings:
Refereed
Bittner, A. S., E. S. Cross, D. H. Hagan, et al. 2022. "Performance characterization of low-cost air quality sensors for off-grid deployment in rural Malawi."
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques,
15
(11):
3353-3376
[10.5194/amt-15-3353-2022]
Duncan, B. N., C. A. Malings, K. E. Knowland, et al. 2021. "Augmenting the Standard Operating Procedures of Health and Air Quality Stakeholders With NASA Resources."
GeoHealth,
5
(9):
[10.1029/2021gh000451]
McFarlane, C., G. Raheja, C. Malings, et al. 2021. "Application of Gaussian Mixture Regression for the Correction of Low Cost PM2.5 Monitoring Data in Accra, Ghana."
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry,
5
(9):
2268-2279
[10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00217]
Li, J., A. Hauryliuk, C. Malings, et al. 2021. "Characterizing the Aging of Alphasense NO2 Sensors in Long-Term Field Deployments."
ACS Sensors,
6
(8):
2952-2959
[10.1021/acssensors.1c00729]
Malings, C., K. E. Knowland, C. A. Keller, and S. E. Cohn. 2021. "Sub‐City Scale Hourly Air Quality Forecasting by Combining Models, Satellite Observations, and Ground Measurements."
Earth and Space Science,
8
(7):
[10.1029/2021ea001743]
McFarlane, C., P. K. Isevulambire, R. S. Lumbuenamo, et al. 2021. "First Measurements of Ambient PM2.5 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo and Brazzaville, Republic of Congo Using Field-calibrated Low-cost Sensors."
Aerosol and Air Quality Research,
21:
[10.4209/aaqr.200619]
Invited
Air Sensors as Input to an Air Quality Data Fusion System
7
/
26
/
2023
US Environmental Protection Agency Air Sensors Quality Assurance Workshop 2023, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Satellites and Low-Cost Sensors: Advantages, Limitations, and Opportunities for Integration
7
/
13
/
2023
African Centre for Clean Air Webinar on Understanding the Use of Satellite Data for Air Quality Management, remote presentation.
NASA Data for Air Quality
6
/
29
/
2023
CanAIRy Alert training: Tools for AQ management and capacity building, remote presentation.
NASA Resources to Support Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
5
/
3
/
2023
Training Course for Jakarta City: Air Quality Monitoring Best Practices: Data Collection, Management, and Use, remote presentation.
Creating & Using Open Global and Local Air Quality Data at NASA GMAO
1
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26
/
2023
ESIP Meeting January 2023, remote presentation.
Air quality forecasting at sub-city-scale by combining models, satellites, and surface measures
10
/
31
/
2022
6th AfriGEO Symposium, remote presentation.
Air Quality Analysis with Sensors, Satellites, and Models
9
/
23
/
2022
American University Fall Colloquium Series, Washington, DC, USA.
Air Quality Forecasting with NASA GEOS-CF
6
/
23
/
2022
Presentation to Ghana EPA on behalf of Dr. Danial Westervelt and Mr. Emmanuel Appoh, remote presentation.
Other
Towards a Flexible Data Fusion Tool for Air Quality Estimations & Forecasting with a Global Scope in Google Earth Engine
5
/
23
/
2023
“Hyperwall” presentation at the NASA exhibition booth at the American Thoracic Society 2023 Conference, Washington, DC, USA.
Refereed
Bittner, A. S., E. S. Cross, D. H. Hagan, et al. 2022. "Performance characterization of low-cost air quality sensors for off-grid deployment in rural Malawi."
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
15
(11):
3353-3376
[10.5194/amt-15-3353-2022]
Duncan, B. N., C. A. Malings, K. E. Knowland, et al. 2021. "Augmenting the Standard Operating Procedures of Health and Air Quality Stakeholders With NASA Resources."
GeoHealth
5
(9):
[10.1029/2021gh000451]
McFarlane, C., G. Raheja, C. Malings, et al. 2021. "Application of Gaussian Mixture Regression for the Correction of Low Cost PM2.5 Monitoring Data in Accra, Ghana."
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
5
(9):
2268-2279
[10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00217]
Li, J., A. Hauryliuk, C. Malings, et al. 2021. "Characterizing the Aging of Alphasense NO2 Sensors in Long-Term Field Deployments."
ACS Sensors
6
(8):
2952-2959
[10.1021/acssensors.1c00729]
Malings, C., K. E. Knowland, C. A. Keller, and S. E. Cohn. 2021. "Sub‐City Scale Hourly Air Quality Forecasting by Combining Models, Satellite Observations, and Ground Measurements."
Earth and Space Science
8
(7):
[10.1029/2021ea001743]
McFarlane, C., P. K. Isevulambire, R. S. Lumbuenamo, et al. 2021. "First Measurements of Ambient PM2.5 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo and Brazzaville, Republic of Congo Using Field-calibrated Low-cost Sensors."
Aerosol and Air Quality Research
21
[10.4209/aaqr.200619]
