Robyn Schofield

Professor Robyn Schofield is Professor in Atmospheric Chemistry in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science, at the University of Melbourne. She is the inaugural Associate Dean for Environment and Sustainability in the Faculty of Science since August 2021 and Director of the Environmental Science Hub. Schofield completed her PhD in Environmental Science jointly at the School of Environmental Sciences, University of Auckland, and the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in Lauder, Central Otago, New Zealand, investigating the vertical distribution of BrO, an ozone-destroying radical, via spectroscopic measurements at Lauder and Arrival Heights, Antarctica. She also holds a Bachelors Degree with Honours from the University of Auckland and a Graduate Certificate from the University of Melbourne.

Post-PhD, Schofield served as a CIRES Visiting Fellow for two years at the NOAA Chemical Sciences Division in Boulder, Colorado, focusing on spectroscopy of clouds, aerosols, sulfur and nitrogen species in the atmosphere, and ozone trends. Between 2006 and 2011, she worked at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Potsdam, Germany, first as a Humboldt Visiting Fellow on polar ozone loss kinetics and then as a Marie Curie International Incoming Fellow on tropical tropopause layer transport of chemical species to the stratosphere. She joined the University of Melbourne in June 2011 within the School of Earth Sciences (now School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences), becoming Lecturer in Climate System Science in March 2014 and advancing to her current professorial position. Her research centers on atmospheric chemistry and aerosol science, including spectroscopic observations of trace gas species, radiative transfer modelling, stratospheric ozone loss kinetics, tropical tropopause layer processes, microphysical and coupled chemistry-climate modelling, urban air quality, health impacts, and airborne transmission in indoor environments. Schofield leads the AIRBOX mobile air chemistry laboratory for measurements in remote locations such as the Southern Ocean and Great Barrier Reef. Notable publications include 'Observations of clouds, aerosols, precipitation, and surface radiation over the Southern Ocean: An overview of CAPRICORN, MARCUS' (2017), 'Atmospheric goals for sustainable development' (Science, 2023), and 'Key challenges for tropospheric chemistry in the Southern Hemisphere' (2022). She received the Marie Curie Fellowship in 2007 and Humboldt Fellowship in 2006. Her work has garnered over 3700 citations.

Professional Email: robyn.schofield@unimelb.edu.au