Welcome to the macromolecular aerosols lab

Reasearch in the cryosphere and pristine environments hostet at the Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland

Research in the cryosphere and pristine environments

Hostet at the Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland

Figure 1: Tjuonavagge, Sápmi

Recent news

Lab Notes

• We successfully completed fieldwork in Greenland and will be analyzing the samples in spring 2024, as part of a ETH Zürich master thesis project
• The Department of Air Quality Basel (Lufthygieneamt beider Basel) supports us with an aerosol sampling device for our Greenland fieldwork. Many thanks!
• All filters have been analysed with 3 different mass spectrometers during a two month campaign. Now comes the data analysis
• We collected over 4,000 filters and are currently setting up our mass spectrometers to analyse a long time series of high-altitude aerosols
• Welcome to our new team member, PhD student Julian Weng!

Published

• Vernooij et. al (2022) A quadcopter unmanned aerial system (UAS)-based methodology for measuring biomass burning emission factors. AMT
• Vernooij et. al (2022) Stable carbon isotopic composition of biomass burning emissions – implications for estimating the contribution of C3 and C4 plants. ACP
• Winiger (2022) Passenger exposure to aerosols on intra-European train travel. Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health