Affiliations
  • NASA

Richard Moore is an airborne research scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center. His research examines the role of atmospheric particles in influencing cloud formation, air quality, and climate. He has participated in more than 20 airborne field campaign deployments in both instrument and project scientist roles. He designs and executes airborne field campaigns to measure aircraft engine emissions and contrails at cruise altitudes. A particular research interest is to understand how sustainable aviation fuels, low-particle-emitting engine technologies, and hydrogen-burning engines might impact the formation of climate-altering contrail cirrus clouds. Moore received his Ph.D. in chemical and biomolecular engineering from Georgia Tech and B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemical engineering from Bucknell University. He is a member of the American Association for Aerosol Research, American Geophysical Union, and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Projects

Contrail Cirrus and Cirrus Cloud Thinning: Intertwined Climate Strategies

Awarded 2025

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