Current Focus of work
Management of the Gasphase and Aerosol Chemistry research group at the Paul Scherrer Institute, currently including 3 Senior scientists, 4 Postdocs, and 12 PhD students.
The research foci include:
- Characterization of the pollution and sources in the boundary layer in field campaigns. The advanced instrumentation includes aerosol mass
spectrometry, proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry, rotating drum/ synchrotron x-ray fluorescence and 14C analyses by accelerator mass spectrometry in collaboration with the University of Berne.
- Study of secondary organic aerosol formation from various exhausts and individual molecules in mobile and stationary smogchambers and oxidation flowtubes.
- Regional modelling of particulate matter and ozone chemistry on European Scale