Ethan Emerson

Research Scientist

About Ethan

Ethan W. Emerson is a Research Scientist at the Energy Institute at Colorado State University. Emerson holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from CSU and a B.S. in Chemistry and Physics from Bates College. His research focus is methane emissions from the oil and natural gas supply chain and test programs to evaluate the effectiveness of different systems to detect methane emissions. 

Within the Zimmerle group he guides the research objectives and coordinates testing programs at the Methane Emissions Technology Evaluation Center (METEC). Prior to working with the Zimmerle group he developed instruments for atmospheric research and has extensive experience in particle phase measurements, field campaigns, instrumentation, and data processing and analysis.