Ross Beardsley, PhD is experienced in both the development and use of air quality models. He has advanced knowledge of atmospheric processes, as well as environmental monitoring and data analysis. Ross has developed new atmospheric modeling tools and utilized such regional and global models as CAMx, CMAQ, and GEOS-Chem. Ross was the primary developer of a comprehensive secondary organic aerosol (SOA) model that predicts the chemical and physical transformation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the atmosphere. He also co-developed the fully automated Florida Air Quality Modeling System that generates three-day forecasts of Florida’s air quality using WRF for meteorology and CMAQ for air quality. A strong technical programmer, Ross is proficient in Fortran, Linux/Unix, Shell Script, Python, R, and VBA.