Aerosol and Health

haze_beijing_dada_cropped — Haze in Beijing. Photo credit: Lubna Dada

Our mission

We aim to look for the invisible killer. In this group we investigate the emission sources and chemical composition of particles behind the aerosol particles responsible for degrading human health.

Our techniques

In this group, we chemically analyze aerosol particle archives (e.g. offline AMS/EESI) in order to identify their sources around the globe and simulate air quality with our in-house model.

9 December 2022

Andrea Baccarini – Winner of the Prix de Quervain

Andrea Baccarini, former PhD at the Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry at PSI won the prestigious Prix de Quervain.

14 October 2022

Jungfraujoch Carbon Balance Campaign measures wildfire emissions from southern Europe

The Jungfraujoch Carbon Balance Campaign is a measuring campaign within the ACTRIS project. It is conducted by the Paul Scherrer Institute in collaboration with the Stiftung HFSJG, Empa, FHNW, as well as groups from Lille (France), York (England), and Aerosol d.o.o. (Slovenia). The campaign’s aim is to comprehensively measure and characterize the diversity of carbon-containing molecules present in the air in hopes to obtain helpful information on their role in climate and weather relevant processes.

16 September 2022

Winner of the Schmauss Award 2022!

Imad El Haddad, scientific head (a.i.) of the lab of atmospheric chemistry at PSI, won the Schmauss Award 2022!
The Schmauss award, named after physicist and meteorologist August Schmauss is awarded by the Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung (GAeF) to recognize outstanding research contributions in the field of atmospheric aerosol science.