Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts

Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts is an American atmospheric chemist. She works at University of California, Irvine and is the Director of AirUCI Institute.[1] Her works explore the chemistry of the upper and lower Atmosphere. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2006[2] and the laureate for the 2017 Garvan–Olin Medal .[3]

Her husband, James Pitts (1921–2014) was also a notable chemist. They married in 1970, she being his second wife.[4] He followed her to the University of California, Irvine in 1994, where the two collaborated of research and co-authored books and other publications.[4]

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