Tel: (302) 562-9537
Email: kmolsen2@ncsu.edu
Education:
M.S. student, Marine, Earth, Atmospheric Science, NC State University, 2007- 2009
B.S., Meteorology with Mathematics minor, Millersville University, 2001-2005
Work Experience:
Graduate Research Assistant, Air Quality Forecasting Lab, NCSU, Raleigh, NC, August 2007 – May 2009
Teachers Assistant, Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, NCSU, Raleigh, NC August 2007 – May 2008
Customer Contact Specialist/Credit Analyst, Access Group, Inc, Wilmington, DE, June 2005 – July 2007
Meteorology Intern, WGAL-TV8, Lancaster, PA, Jan 2005 – May 2005
Campus Weather Service, MU, Millersville, PA, Jan 2003 – May 2005
WIXQ 91.7 FM Weather Broadcaster, MU, Millersville, PA, Feb 2004 – March 2005
Refereed Journal Publications
Olsen, K. M., Y. Zhang, S.-Y. Wu, W. Robarge, and J. Walker, 2009, Fine Scale Modeling of Agricultural Air Quality over the Southeastern United States, Part I. Application and Evaluation of Two Air Quality Models, Atmos. Environ. (in preparation).
Olsen, K. M., Y. Zhang, J. Walker, and W. Robarge, 2009, Fine Scale Modeling of Agricultural Air Quality over the Southeastern United States, Part II. Sensitivity Studies and Policy Implications, Atmos. Environ. (in preparation).
Liu, X.-H., Y. Zhang, K. M. Olsen, W.-X. Wang, B. Do, and G. Bridgers, 2009, Responses of Future Air Quality to Emission Controls over North Carolina, Part I: Model Evaluation for Current-Year Simulations, Environ. Sci. Technol. (in preparation).
Zhang, Y., X.-H. Liu, K. M. Olsen, W.-X. Wang, B. Do, and G. Bridgers, 2009, Responses of Future Air Quality to Emission Controls over North Carolina, Part II: Analysis of Future-Year Predictions and Their Policy Implications, Environ. Sci. Technol. (in preparation).
Invited Presentations
Olsen, K. M., 2009, Fine Scale Air Quality Modeling, guest lecture for MEA 779: Advanced Air Quality, 7 April 2009, Raleigh, NC.
Research Presentations
Zhang, Y., K. M. Olsen, X.-H. Liu, W. Robarge, J. Walker, 2009, Agricultural Air Quality Application of CMAQ and CAMx at a Fine Scale, oral presentation at the 2009 Joint Annual Meeting of the National Research Initiative Air Quality Project Directors: Improving the Sustainability of Livestock and Poultry Production in the United States (S-1032) and Systems for Controlling Air Pollutant Emissions and Indoor Environments of Poultry, Swine, and Dairy Facilities (S-1025), Kansas City, MO, June 2-4.
Olsen, K. M., Y. Zhang, W. Robarge, and J. Walker, 2009, Assessing the Impacts of Reduced SO2, NOx, and Agricultural-Livestock NH3 Emissions in the Southeastern U.S. Using CMAQ, to be submitted for presentation at the 8th Annual CMAS Conference, 19-21 October, 2009, Chapel Hill, NC.
Zhang, Y., K. M. Olsen, and X.-H. Liu, 2008, Improvement of CMAQ for agricultural air quality applications: Fine scale simulation, evaluation, and policy implications, poster presentation at the 30th NATO/SPS International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and its Application, 18-22 May 2008, San Francisco, CA.
Liu, X-H, K. M. Olsen, and Y. Zhang, 2009, Simulating Air Quality in the Southeastern U.S.: Process Analysis and Responses to Future-Year Emissions, poster presented at the 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry/the 89th AMS Annual Meeting, January 11-15, 2009, Phoenix, AZ.
Olsen, K. M., Y. Zhang, J. Walker, and W. Robarge, 2008, Impact of Reduced Nitrogen on Air Quality: Fine Scale Simulation, Evaluation, and Sensitivity Study, presented at the 7th Annual CMAS Conference, October 6-8, Chapel Hill, NC.
Olsen, K. M., and Y. Zhang, 2008, Modeling the Fate and Impact of Reduced Nitrogen over the Southeastern United States, poster presented at the USDA project meeting, July 23-24, Research Triangle Park, NC.
Olsen, K. M., S.-Y. Wu, E. Frazier, and Y. Zhang, 2008, Fine-Scale Modeling of Air Quality Using Two Air Quality Models Over the Southeastern United States, poster presented at the 2008 Graduate Student Research Symposium, March 19, Raleigh, NC.
Memberships/Activities:
Air & Waste Management Association, August 2007 – present
Tresurer of NC State Student Chapter, 2008-2009
Wolfpack Women in Science, August 2007 – present
Mentoring Committee Chair, 2008-2009
American Meteorological Society, Sept 2001 – present
