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Dr. Nancy Jeanne Brown is a Senior Scientist and Department Head of the Atmospheric Sciences Department at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Her research interests are chemical kinetics, atmospheric science, air quality modeling, model uncertainty and sensitivity, aerosols, high performance computing, combustion, combustion modeling, and emissions. She received a B.S. in Chemistry at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, an M.S. in Molecular Physics and Ph.D., in Chemical Physics at the University of Maryland. Dr. Brown has published numerous scientific papers and served as a principal investigator on many projects. She has also held a number of teaching and research positions on the Berkeley campus and remains an Affiliate faculty in the Energy and Resources Group of the University of California at Berkeley. She has been a Professor Inviteé, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI, a Governor's Appointee, Scientific Advisory Committee, State of California Acid Deposition Program, Member, Board of Directors, The Combustion Institute. She has also served on numerous State and Federal Advisory Committees. Among them are: Chair, Western States Section of The Combustion Institute, Committee on Ozone-Forming Potential of Reformulated Gasoline, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council, Executive Committee and Chemistry Leader for DOE's Combustion Simulation and Modeling Initiative for the Strategic Simulation Initiative, University of California Executive Committee on Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program, Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, EPA Center (at MIT, Caltech, and NJIT) for Airborne Toxics, Member, Advisory Committee - National Science Foundation, Directorate of Engineering. Member Review Committee, Air Quality Program Peer Review, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.