Christopher Holmes

Christopher Holmes is an associate professor in the FSU Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science. Holmes' research examines the global cycles of air pollutants and greenhouse gases, and the interactions of both with climate change. He leads the Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Change Research Group, which builds and uses numerical models to understand chemical and physical processes that control the fate and impact of contaminants in the environment. Current research topics in his group include ozone interactions with the biosphere, air quality and climate impacts of biomass burning, multiscale modeling of atmospheric oxidants, changing Arctic chemistry, and biogeochemical cycling of mercury.

Holmes is an NSF CAREER awardee and a NASA New Investigator. He earned a Ph.D. in earth and planetary science from Harvard University in 2010 and worked as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Irvine until joining Florida State University in 2014.