Member Since 1986
John M C Plane
Prof of Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Leeds
1979 B.A. (First Class) Chemistry, University of Cambridge; 1984 Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry), Cambridge; 1982-1985 Research Fellow, St. John’s College, Cambridge; 1985-1991 Assistant/Associate Professor, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami; 1999-2006 Lecturer/Reader/Professor of Environmental Science, University of East Anglia; 2006- Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Leeds; 2012-2017 ERC Advanced Fellow, University of Leeds
Professional Experience
University of Leeds
Prof of Atmospheric Chemistry
2006 - Present
University of East Anglia
Lecturer/Reader/Professor
1991 - 2006
University of Miami
Associate Professor
1985 - 1991
University of Cambridge
Research Professor at St. John's College
1982 - 1985
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Education
Cambridge University
Doctorate
1984
Honors & Awards
Marcel Nicolet Lecture
Received 2023
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Outstanding Reviewer Award
Received 2017
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Union Fellow
Received 2017
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Publications
Ephemeral Ice Clouds in the Upper Mesosphere of Venus

The conditions in Venus' upper mesosphere at around 120 km have some similarities to the upper mesosphere of Earth and Mars where ice clouds f...

November 30, 2023
AGU Abstracts
A novel gravity wave transport parametrization for global chemistry climate models: description and validation
ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES, FROM THE SURFACE TO THE EDGE OF SPACE II POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 15 december 2023
John M. Plane, MV Guarino, Chester S. Gardner, WUH...
The gravity wave drag parametrization of the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM) has been modified to include the wave-driven atmospheric...
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Global Modeling of Meteor-Ablated Metals in the Martian Atmosphere
PROCESSES IN THE PRESENT-DAY ATMOSPHERE OF MARS IV ORAL
planetary sciences | 15 december 2023
John M. Plane, WUHU FENG, Caitlin J. Gough, Dan Ma...
The ablation of cosmic dust in planetary atmospheres produces a continuous injection of metallic vapours such as Mg, Fe, Na and Si. Although metallic ...
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The impact of Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring on Martian meteoric metal layers
PROCESSES IN THE PRESENT-DAY ATMOSPHERE OF MARS I POSTER
planetary sciences | 15 december 2023
WUHU FENG, John M. Plane, Daniel R. Marsh, Francis...
A close encounter of comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring passed within 105 km of Mars on 19 October 2014 around 18:28 UTC. The total input of around 80 tons...
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Volunteer History
2020 - 2021
Member
Macelwane Medal Committee
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