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Canada

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PhD | Atmospheric & Environment Scientist

Profile Summary

I’m an atmospheric scientist specializing in air quality modeling, atmospheric measurements, and satellite remote sensing. I help organizations translate complex environmental data into clear, decision-ready insights—whether that’s validating air quality products, auditing modelling methodologies, or building reproducible pipelines for forecasting and reporting. My background includes government research, industry collaboration, and startup advisory; I prioritize pragmatic solutions, transparent methods, and fixed-scope deliverables that minimize risk and maximize clarity.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Remote Sensing
• ☆ Earth & Atmospheric Science
• ☆ Arctic & Antarctic Studies
• ☆ Climate Science
• ☆ Atmospheric Chemistry
• ☆ Environmental Science
• ☆ Pollution Control & Waste Management
• ☆ Air Pollution
• ☆ Environmental Policy
• ☆ Python
• ☆ LaTex

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting

Research Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Go-to-Market Strategy Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Data Visualization

Product Development Formulation, Concept Development

Work Experience

Environment and Climate Change Canada

- Present

Founder / CEO

Aer Labs Inc

May 2025 - Present

Research Scientist

Environment and Climate Change Canada

April 2023 - April 2025

Research Assistant - Research Associate

University of Toronto

October 2019 - March 2023

Doctoral Candidate

University of Toronto

September 2014 - September 2019

Education

PhD - Physics

University of Toronto

September 2014 - September 2019

MSc - Physics

University of Toronto

September 2013 - September 2014

BSc

University of Waterloo

September 2008 - December 2012

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Erik Lutsch and Kimberly Strong and Dylan B. A. Jones and Thomas Blumenstock and Stephanie Conway and Jenny A. Fisher and James W. Hannigan and Frank Hase and Yasuko Kasai and Emmanuel Mahieu and Maria Makarova and Isamu Morino and Tomoo Nagahama and Justus Notholt and Ivan Ortega and Mathias Palm and Anatoly V. Poberovskii and Ralf Sussmann and Thorsten Warneke(2020). Detection and attribution of wildfire pollution in the Arctic and northern midlatitudes using a network of Fourier-transform infrared spectrometers and GEOS-Chem . Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 20. (21). p. 12813--12851. Copernicus {GmbH}

Yamanouchi, S., Strong, K., Lutsch, E., Jones, D.B.A.(2020). Detection of HCOOH, CH<inf>3</inf>OH, CO, HCN, and C<inf>2</inf>H<inf>6</inf> in Wildfire Plumes Transported Over Toronto Using Ground-Based FTIR Measurements From 2002–2018 . Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 125. (16).

Sun, Y., Liu, C., Zhang, L., Palm, M., Notholt, J., Yin, H., Vigouroux, C., Lutsch, E., Wang, W., Shan, C., et al.(2020). Fourier transform infrared time series of tropospheric HCN in eastern China: Seasonality, interannual variability, and source attribution . Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 20. (9). p. 5437-5456.

Franco, B., Clarisse, L., Stavrakou, T., M&#252;ller, J.-F., Taraborrelli, D., Hadji-Lazaro, J., Hannigan, J.W., Hase, F., Hurtmans, D., Jones, N., et al.(2020). Spaceborne Measurements of Formic and Acetic Acids: A Global View of the Regional Sources . Geophysical Research Letters. 47. (4).

Vigouroux, C., Langerock, B., Augusto Bauer Aquino, C., Blumenstock, T., Cheng, Z., De Mazi&#232;re, M., De Smedt, I., Grutter, M., Hannigan, J.W., Jones, N., et al.(2020). TROPOMI-Sentinel-5 Precursor formaldehyde validation using an extensive network of ground-based Fourier-transform infrared stations . Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 13. (7). p. 3751-3767.

Yamanouchi, S. and Strong, K. and Lutsch, E. and Jones, D.B.A.(2020). Detection of HCOOH, CH3OH, CO, HCN, and C2H6 in Wildfire Plumes Transported Over Toronto Using Ground-Based FTIR Measurements From 2002–2018 . Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 125. (16).

(2019). Unprecedented Atmospheric Ammonia Concentrations Detected in the High Arctic From the 2017 Canadian Wildfires . Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

(2019). Updated validation of ACE and OSIRIS ozone and NO2 measurements in the Arctic using ground-based instruments at Eureka, Canada . Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer.

(2019). Characterization of aerosol growth events over Ellesmere Island during the summers of 2015 and 2016 . Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

Tremblay, S., Picard, J.-C., Bachelder, J.O., Lutsch, E., Strong, K., Fogal, P., Richard Leaitch, W., Sharma, S., Kolonjari, F., Cox, C.J., et al.(2019). Characterization of aerosol growth events over Ellesmere Island during the summers of 2015 and 2016 . Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 19. (8). p. 5589-5604.

Ranjbar, K., O&#39;Neill, N.T., Lutsch, E., McCullough, E.M., AboEl-Fetouh, Y., Xian, P., Strong, K., Fioletov, V.E., Lesins, G., Abboud, I.(2019). Extreme smoke event over the high Arctic . Atmospheric Environment. 218.

Dammers, E., McLinden, C.A., Griffin, D., Shephard, M.W., Van Der Graaf, S., Lutsch, E., Schaap, M., Gainairu-Matz, Y., Fioletov, V., Van Damme, M., et al.(2019). NH3 emissions from large point sources derived from CrIS and IASI satellite observations . Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 19. (19). p. 12261-12293.

Bognar, K., Zhao, X., Strong, K., Boone, C.D., Bourassa, A.E., Degenstein, D.A., Drummond, J.R., Duff, A., Goutail, F., Griffin, D., et al.(2019). Updated validation of ACE and OSIRIS ozone and NO<inf>2</inf> measurements in the Arctic using ground-based instruments at Eureka, Canada . Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer.

Lutsch, E., Strong, K., Jones, D.B.A., Ortega, I., Hannigan, J.W., Dammers, E., Shephard, M.W., Morris, E., Murphy, K., Evans, M.J., et al.(2019). Unprecedented Atmospheric Ammonia Concentrations Detected in the High Arctic From the 2017 Canadian Wildfires . Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 124. (14). p. 8178-8202.

(2018). NDACC harmonized formaldehyde time series from 21 FTIR stations covering a wide range of column abundances . Atmospheric Measurement Techniques.

Vigouroux, C., Augusto Bauer Aquino, C., Bauwens, M., Becker, C., Blumenstock, T., De Mazi&#232;re, M., Garc&#237;a, O., Grutter, M., Guarin, C., Hannigan, J., et al.(2018). NDACC harmonized formaldehyde time series from 21 FTIR stations covering a wide range of column abundances . Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 11. (9). p. 5049-5073.

Dammers, E., Shephard, M.W., Palm, M., Cady-Pereira, K., Capps, S., Lutsch, E., Strong, K., Hannigan, J.W., Ortega, I., Toon, G.C., et al.(2017). Validation of the CrIS fast physical NH3 retrieval with ground-based FTIR . Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 10. (7). p. 2645-2667.

(2016). An evaluation of IASI-NH3 with ground-based Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy measurements . Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

Dammers, E., Palm, M., Van Damme, M., Vigouroux, C., Smale, D., Conway, S., Toon, G.C., Jones, N., Nussbaumer, E., Warneke, T., et al.(2016). An evaluation of IASI-NH<inf>3</inf> with ground-based Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy measurements . Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 16. (16). p. 10351-10368.

Lutsch, E. and Dammers, E. and Conway, S. and Strong, K.(2016). Long-range transport of NH3, CO, HCN, and C2H6 from the 2014 Canadian Wildfires . Geophysical Research Letters. p. n/a--n/a.

Lutsch, E., Dammers, E., Conway, S., Strong, K.(2016). Long-range transport of NH<inf>3</inf>, CO, HCN, and C<inf>2</inf>H<inf>6</inf> from the 2014 Canadian Wildfires . Geophysical Research Letters. 43. (15). p. 8286-8297.