Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences - Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
Teaching and Mentoring
Hynes teaches undergraduate courses on atmospheric science, atmospheric and environmental chemistry and also “Molecules of Life”. This class is team taught with Professor Mike Gaines from the Department of Biology and it explores the modern science of biological molecules, which occurs at the intersection of chemistry, biology, and medicine. His graduate courses focus on atmospheric chemistry. Hynes has supervised three students who graduated with Ph.D.’s in Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry and eight Postdoctoral Research Associates. He has mentored several high school students and he was named an “Outstanding Mentor of a 2001 Siemens Westinghouse Science and Technology Competition Regional Finalist” by the Siemens Foundation. He is currently the director of the Undergraduate Atmospheric Science Program.
Service at UM and for the wider Scientific Community.
Hynes served as a member of the Rosenstiel School Council and was elected by the RSMAS faculty as SC Vice-Chair in 2006. After 4 years as SC Vice –Chair he was elected as the chair of the Division of Marine and Atmospheric chemistry. He has served as a member of the Faculty Senate as a representative from both RSMAS, and the University of Miami Graduate School. He was a member and then Chair of the Library and Information Resources Committee and he also served a term on the Committee on Rank, Salary and Conditions of Employment. He is currently a member of two standing committees, the Faculty Senate Committee on Professional Conduct and the Faculty Senate Hearing Panel.
Education
| B.Sc. Chemistry, University of Leeds | |
| M.Sc. Combustion and Energy Studies, University of Leeds | |
| Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, University of Leeds |
