Matthew Brown: Aerosol and Atmospheric Instrumentation Scientist

Dr. Matthew Brown is an aerosol and atmospheric instrumentation scientist in the NASA Langley Aerosol Research Group (LARGE). He specializes in designing, developing and deploying instruments that measure particle microphysical properties for high-altitude research aircraft operating in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS).

He joined the group as a postdoctoral researcher through the NASA NPP program and has participated in multiple airborne science campaigns to study how aerosols are transported into the stratosphere by various mechanisms. Brown holds a Ph.D. (2017), M.S. (2014) and B.S.

(2011) in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University. His publications include "On the fate of aerosols produced by new particle formation in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere" (Geophysical Research Letters, 2025) and "Development and characterization of a high-efficiency, aircraft-based axial cyclone cloud water collector" (Atmospheric measurement techniques, 2018).

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