Archive Colloquium in Environmental Science

Held on select Thursdays from 11.00 to 12.00h in person at PSI with an option to join online

Zoom link to join online: https://psich.zoom.us/j/61937757335?pwd=aTR1MnpHS0NtYnVyMDhDL0J2cjVxZz09  

2025

Date and locationSpeakerTopic
Friday 24 January, OHSA/E13Joel Thornton (Uni. of Washington)Microphysical and chemical linkages between deep convective clouds and aerosol particles - from lightning to new particle formation.
Thursday 27 February, OHSA/E13Michihiro Mochida (Nagoya Uni.) Analysis of the light absorption and hygroscopicity of atmospheric organic aerosol based on fractionation methods.
Thursday 3 April, OFLG/402Emil Iversen (Aarhus Uni.)Instrumental upgrades in the AURA atmospheric simulation chamber towards a better understanding of particle wall loss
Thursday 24 April, OSGA/EG6bTobias Schripp (ZHAW)Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Chemistry, Emissions & Climate Impact.
Thursday 18 SeptemberEliza Harris (Uni Bern) 
Thursday 16 OctoberColette Heald (ETHZ) 

2024

Date and locationSpeakerTopic
Thursday 22 February, OFLG/402Federico Bianchi (Helsinki)Chasing pre-industrial aerosol: Where are we and where do we go?
Thursday 21 March, OFLG/402Ali Hoshyaripour (KIT)Impacts of aerosol processes and interactions on photovoltaic generation
Thursday 28 March, OFLG/402Catherine Larose (Grenoble)Microorganisms in frozen environments: understanding colonization, communities and interactions using DNA
Thursday 9 April, OFLG/402Andy Ault (Michigan)Dropping Acid in the Atmosphere: Is it just a phase?
Thursday 18 April, OHSA/E13Christian George (Lyon)Spontaneous interfacial oxidant formation as a key driver for aerosol oxidation
Thursday 23 May, OHSA/E13Frank Burgay (PSI)Non-target screening analysis on ice and snow samples: a new opportunity to enhance our understanding on past and present atmospheric aerosol composition 
Thursday 13 June, OHSA/E13Kees de Hoogh (Swiss TPH)Novel methods for exposure modelling to assess the external urban exposome
Thursday 26 September, OHSA/E13Hendrik Fuchs (Julich)Gas-phase radical chemistry
Thursday 31 October, OHSA/E13Timofei Sukhodolov (pmod/WRC)Exploring the chemical and climatic impacts of solid particles for stratospheric solar geoengineering
Thursday 28 November, OHSA/E13Chiara Giorio (Cambridge)Coordination chemistry in atmospheric aerosols: effects on metal solubility, dissolution kinetics, and health
Thursday 12 December, OHSA/E13Stefan Reimann (Empa)30 years of VOC measurements and analyses in Switzerland