• B.S., Physics, California State University Fullerton, with honors and distinction in physics (2001) Minor in Mathematics (2001)
• M.S., Physics, California State University Fullerton (2005)

Measurements of atmospheric composition by remote sensing using advanced instrumental methods such as UV-Visible-NIR interferometry, polarimetry and high resolution spectroscopy.

• Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2002-Present)
• Research Scientist (2009 – present)
• Technical Staff (2006-2009)
• Technical Associate (2004 - 2006)
• ACRO contractor (2002 - 2004)
• California State University Fullerton (2000-2005)
• Teaching Associate - Department of Physics (2001- 2005)
• Research Associate - Physics - Optics Laboratory (2000 - 2002)

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Selected Awards
• NASA Honors Award – Group Achievement – TMF Intercomparison (2009)
• JPL Team Bonus Award – NO2 Intercomparison (2008)
• JPL Outstanding Accomplishment - TMF FTUVS NO2 (2007)
• Academic achievement award, California State University Fullerton (2000-2001)
• Dan Black Scholarship in Physics, California State University Fullerton (1999-2001)

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Selected Publications
1. T. Leblanc, T. D. Walsh, I. S. McDermid, G. Toon, J.-F. Blavier, B. Haines, W. G. Read, B. Herman, E. Fetzer, S. Sander, T. Pongetti, D. N. Whiteman, T. G. McGee, L. Twigg, G. Sumnicht, Demetrius Venable, Monique Calhoun, A. Dirisu, D. Hurst, A. Jordan, E. Hall, L. Miloshevich, H. Vömel, C. Straub, N. Kampfer, G.E. Nedoluha, R. M. Gomez, K. Holub, S. Gutman, J. Braun, T. Vanhove, G. Stiller, and A. Hauchecorne; Measurements of Humidity in the Atmosphere and Validation Experiments (MOHAVE)-2009: Review of campaign operations and results, Atmos. Meas. Tech, 2011.
2. Wang, S., Pongetti, T.J., Sander, S.P., Spinei, E., Mount, G.H., Cede, Alexander, and Herman, J., Direct Sun measurements of NO2 column abundances from Table Mountain, California: Intercomparison of low- and high-resolution spectrometers. J. Geophys. Res., 2010, 115, doi:10.1029/2009JD013503.
3. Cheung, R.; Li, K.; Wang, S.; Pongetti, T.; Cageao, R.; Sander, S. and Yung, Y.; An improved retrieval method for atmospheric hydroxyl (OH) abundances from ground-based ultraviolet solar spectra, Appl. Optics, 2008, 47, 6277-6284.
4. Wang, S.; Pickett, H.; Pongetti, T.; Cheung, R.; Yung, Y.; Shim, C.; Li, Q.; Canty, T.; Salawitch, R.; Jucks, K.; Drouin, B. and Sander, S. Validation of Aura MLS OH measurements with FTUVS total OH column measurements at Table Mountain, California, J. Geophys. Res., 2008, 113, doi:10.1029/2008JD009883.
5. Celarier, E.; Brinksma, E.; Gleason, J.; Veefkind, J.; Cede, A.; Herman, J.; Ionov, D.; Goutail, F.; Pommereau, J.-F.; Lambert, J.-C.; van Roozendael, M.; Pinardi, G.; Wittrock, F.; Schoenhardt, A.; Richter, A.; Imbrahim, O.; Wagner, T.; Bojkov, B.; Mount, G.; Spinei, E.; Chen, C.; Pongetti, T.; Sander, S. ; Bucsela, E.; Wenig, M.; Swart, D.; Volten, H.; Kroon, M.; Levelt, P. Validation of Ozone Monitoring Instrument nitrogen dioxide columns, J. Geophys. Res. 2008, 113, doi:10.1029/2007JD008908.
6. Yang, Z., P. O. Wennberg, R. P. Cageao, T. J. Pongetti, G. C. Toon, and S. P. Sander, Ground-based photon path measurements from solar absorption spectra of the O2 A-band, J. Quant. Spec. Rad. Trans., 90, 309-321, 2004.



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