James F. Pankow

{{short description|American environmental engineer (born 1951)}}

James F. Pankow (born 1951) is an American environmental engineer.

Pankow studied chemistry at the State University of New York at Binghamton (1973) and earned a doctorate in engineering from the California Institute of Technology (1979). He is a professor of chemistry and engineering at Portland State University. Pankow has been an ISI highly cited researcher since 2003.{{cite news |title=Dr. James F. Pankow |url=https://www.pdx.edu/profile/dr-james-f-pankow |accessdate=January 28, 2019 |publisher=Portland State University |archive-date=January 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128030429/https://www.pdx.edu/profile/dr-james-f-pankow |url-status=dead }} In 2009, Pankow was elected a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering "for contributions to understanding the chemical thermodynamics of organic particulate matter in urban air and the global atmosphere."{{cite news |title=Professor James F. Pankow Elected to Prestigious National Academy of Engineering |url=https://www.pdx.edu/clas/professor-james-f-pankow-elected-to-prestigious-national-academy-of-engineering |accessdate=January 28, 2019 |publisher=Portland State University |date=2009 |archive-date=January 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128030418/https://www.pdx.edu/clas/professor-james-f-pankow-elected-to-prestigious-national-academy-of-engineering |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |title=Dr. James F. Pankow |url=https://www.nae.edu/30323.aspx |accessdate=January 28, 2019 |publisher=United States National Academy of Engineering}}