• Ph.D., Applied Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (2011)
• S.M., Applied Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (2005)
• B.A., Physics (with Honors), minor Mathematics, Pomona College, Claremont, CA (2004)

Study of greenhouse gases by using a multi-pronged approach through development of new instrumentation, in-situ atmospheric measurements, and data-model studies, all intent on improving our understanding of the atmospheric concentration and distribution of these climate relevant species, along with the key processes driving current trends in these trace gases.

• W. M. Keck Institute for Space Studies Postdoctoral Fellow, JPL, Caltech (2011-Present)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University (2011)
• Graduate Research, Harvard University (2005-2011
• Research Assistant, Caltech (2002-2003)

• W.M. Keck Institute for Space Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship (2011)
• Outstanding Student Paper Award, Fall Meeting, AGU (2010)
• National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship (2007-2010)
• Edmunds Physics Prize, Pomona College (2004)
• Tileston Physics Prize, Pomona College (2003)

1. Worden J, Wecht K, Frankenberg C, Alvarado M, Bowman K, Kort E, Kulawik S, Lee M, Payne V, Worden H, CH₄ and CO distributions over tropical fires as observed by the Aura TES satellite instrument and modeled by GOES-Chem, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Disc., 12, 26207-26243, 2012.
2. Kort EA, Frankenberg C, Miller CE, and Oda T, Space-based Observations of Megacity Carbon Dioxide, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 39, L17806, doi: 10.1029/2012GL052738, 2012.
3. Wennberg PO, Mui W, Wunch D, Kort EA, Blake DR, Atlas EL, Santoni GW, Wofsy SC, Diskin GS, Jeong S, and Fischer ML, On the Sources of Methane to the Los Angeles Atmosphere, Environmental Science and Technology, 46 (17), pp 9282-9289, doi: 10.1021/es301138y, 2012.
4. Kort EA, Wofsy SC, Daube BC, Diao M, Elkins JW, Gao RS, Hintsa EJ, Hurst DF, Jimenez R, Moore FL, Spackman JR, and Zondlo MA, Atmospheric observations of high latitude Arctic Ocean methane emissions up to 82°north, Nature Geoscience, 5, 318-321, doi:10.1038/ngeo1452, 2012.
5. Miller SM, Kort EA, Hirsch AI, Dlugokencky EJ, Andrews AE, Xu X, Tian H, Nehrkorn T, Eluszkiewicz J, Michalak AM, and Wofsy SC, Regional sources of nitrous oxide over the United States: seasonal variation and spatial distribution, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D06310, doi:10.1029/2011JD016951, 2012.
6. Newman S, Jeong S, Fischer ML, Xu X, Haman CL, Lefer B, Alvarez S, Rappenglueck B, Kort EA, Andrews AE, Peischl J, Gurney KR, Miller CE, and Yung YL, Diurnal tracking of anthropogenic CO2 emissions in the Los Angeles basin mega-city during spring, 2010, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Disc., 12, 5771-5801, 2012.
7. Pollack IB, Ryerson TB, Trainer M, Parrish DD, Andrews AE, Atlas EL, Blake DR, Brown SS, Commane R, Daube BC, de Gouw JA, Dube WP, Flynn J, Frost GJ, Gilman JB, Grossberg N, Holloway JS, Kofler J, Kort EA, Kuster WC, Lang PM, Lefer B, Lueb RA, Neuman JA, Nowak JB, Novelli PC, Peischl J, Perring AE, Roberts JM, Santoni G, Schwarz JP, Spackman JR, Wagner NL, Warneke C, Wofsy SC, and Xiang B, Airborne and ground-based observations of a weekend effect in ozone, precursors, and oxidation products in the California South Coast Air Basin, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D00V05, doi:10.1029/2011JD016772, 2012.
8. Wecht KJ, Jacob DJ, Wofsy SC, Kort EA, Worden JR, Kulawik SS, Henze DK, Kopacz M, and Payne VH, Validation of TES methane with HIPPO aircraft observations: implications for inverse modeling of methane sources, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 182301832, 2012.
9. Kort EA, Patra PK, Ishijima K, Daube BC, Jiménez R, Elkins J, Hurst D, Moore FL, Sweeney C, and Wofsy SC, Tropospheric distribution and variability of N₂O: Evidence for strong tropical emissions, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 38, L15806, doi:10.1029/2011GL047612, 2011.
10. Wofsy SC, & HIPPO team, HIAPER Pole-to-Pole Observations (HIPPO): Fine grained, global scale measurements for determining rates for transport, surface emissions, and removal of climatically important atmospheric gases and aerosols, Phil. Trans. of the Royal Society A, 369(1943), 2073-2086, 2011.
11. Pickett-Heaps CA, Jacob DJ, Wecht KJ, Kort EA, Wofsy SC, Diskin GS, Worthy DEJ, Kaplan JO, Bey I, and Drevet J: Magnitude and seasonality of wetland methane emissions from the Hudson Bay Lowlands (Canada), Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 3773-3779, doi:10.5194/acp-11-3773-2011, 2011.
12. Wunch D, Toon GC, Wennberg PO, Wofsy SC, Stephens BB, Fischer ML, Uchino O, Abshire JB, Bernath P, Biraud SC, Blavier JFL, Boone C, Bowman KP, Browell EV, Campos T, Connor BJ, Daube BC, Deutscher NM, Diao M, Elkins JW, Gerbig C, Gottlieb E, Griffith DWT, Hurst DF, Jimenez R, Keppel-Aleks, Kort EA, Macatangay R, Machida T, Matsueda H, Moore F, Morino I, Park S, Robinson J, Roehl CM, Sawa Y, Sherlock V, Sweeney C, Tanaka T, Zondlo MA, Calibration of the Total Carbon Column Observing Network using aircraft profile data, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 3, 1351-1362 doi: 10.5194/amt-3-1351-2010, 2010.
13. Kort EA, Andrews AE, Dlugokencky EJ, Sweeney C, Hirsch, A, Eluszkiewicz J, Nehrkorn T, Michalak AM, Stephens BB, Gerbig C, Miller JB, Kaplan J, Houweling S, Daube BC, Tans PP, Wofsy SC, Atmospheric constraints on 2004 emissions of methane and nitrous oxide in North America from atmospheric measurements and a receptor-oriented modeling framework, Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, 7: 2, 125-133, doi:10.1080/19438151003767483, 2010.
14. Zahniser MS, Nelson DD, McManus JB, Herndon S, Wood E, Shorter JH, Lee BW, Santoni GH, Jimenez R, Daube BC, Park S, Kort EA, Wofsy SC, Infrared QC laser applications to field measurements of atmospheric trace gas sources and sinks in environmental research: enhance capabilities using continuous wave QCLs, SPIE, Vol. 7222, doi:10.1117/12.815172, 2009.
15. Kort EA, Eluszkiewicz J, Stephens BB, Miller JB, Gerbig C, Nehrkorn T, Daube BC, Kaplan JO, Houweling S, Wofsy SC, Emissions of CH₄ and N₂O over the United States and Canada based on a receptor-oriented modeling framework and COBRA-NA atmospheric observations, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 35, L18808, doi:10.1029/2008GL034031, 2008.
16. Cubukcu E, Kort EA, Crozier KB, Capasso F, Plasmonic laser antenna, Applied Physics Letters, 89, 093120, 2006.