Seth Lyman

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Seth directs Utah State University’s Bingham Research Center, located in Vernal, and is a Research Professor in USU's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He has a doctoral degree in Environmental Science and Health from the University of Nevada, Reno, and his expertise is in atmospheric measurements, instrumentation, and analysis.  Seth's research focuses on the environmental outcomes of energy production.  He and his colleagues at the Center have carried out projects to quantify emissions of organic compounds from various oil and gas sources, understand the conditions that lead to wintertime ozone production in the Rocky Mountain region, and develop computer models of atmospheric emissions and air quality. Seth is also an expert in atmospheric mercury. He has invented several novel methods to measure elemental and oxidized mercury in the atmosphere and calibration systems for those measurements. Seth currently serves on the board of directors for the Utah Clean Air Partnership (UCAIR) and the Utah Legislature's Air Quality Policy Advisory Board.