Prof. Dr. Markus Ammann

Portrait Ammann Markus

Group Head Multiphase Chemistry

Paul Scherrer Institut
Forschungsstrasse 111
5232 Villigen PSI
Suisse
Téléphone
+41 56 310 40 49
  • 1988 Degree in physical chemistry and solid state physics at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, with thesis on 'Photoemission from ultrafine platinum and nickel particles in gas suspension'
  • 1992 PhD at ETH Zürich with laboratory work on photoemission from inorganic salt aerosol particles, development of a field sensor for detecting ultrafine aerosol particles in volcanic gases, field work on Mt.Etna, Volcano and Stromboli, Italy, and Kilauea, Hawaii.
  • 1993 Postdoc University of Bern
  • 1996 Staff Scientist, Aerosol Chemistry group, Paul Scherrer Institut
  • Since 1997 Head Surface Chemistry group (renamed Multiphase Chemistry as of 2023)
  • 2005 Visiting Scientist at University of California, Irvine
  • Since 2008 Lecturer at ETH Zürich
  • Since 2014 Adjunct Professor of ETH Zürich
  • Laboratory experiments of gas - aerosol and gas - ice interactions of relevance to the environment
  • Aerosol and coated wall flow tube experiments 
  • X-ray absorption and photoelectron spectroscopy of condensed phase - air interfaces
  • Development of mechanisms and concepts to describe multiphase atmospheric chemistry