Athanasios Nenes
Prof. Athanasios Nenes
Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts
Institut d’Ingénierie de l’Environnement IIEEPF LausanneENAC IIE
Bâtiment GR, Station 2
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0) 21 693 80 31
Phone2: +41 (0) 21 693 37 75
Fax: +41 (0) 21 693 80 35
E-mail:
athanasios.nenes(at)epfl.chURL Institution:
lapi.epfl.chPersonal URL:
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Additional functions:
President of Atmospheric Sciences Section, European Geosciences Union
Committee on Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols, Member.
International Universities Climate Alliance, EPFL representative.
Swiss Academy of Sciences, Geosciences Research Infrastructure Roadmap, Atmospheric Sciences co-Chair, Science Board.
Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP) – Working Group 38 (Atmospheric input of chemicals to the ocean).
Hellenic Institute of Advanced Studies, Member
Key Publications of Athanasios Nenes (up to ten) :
?otos, G., Freitas, G., Georgakaki, P., Wieder, J., Aas, W., Lunder, C., Krejci, R., Pasquier, J.T., Henneberger, J., David, R.O., Ritter, C., Mohr, C., Zieger, P., Nenes, A. (2023) Aerosol and dynamical contributions to cloud droplet formation in Arctic low-level clouds, Atmos.Chem.Phys., 23, 13941–13956 (? comprehensive analysis of a long timeseries on the drivers of cloud formation in the Arctic).
Kodros, J.K., Papanastasiou, D., Paglione, M., Masiol, M., Squizzato, S., Florou, K., Skyllakou, K., Kaltsonoudis, C., Nenes, A., Pandis, S.N.P. (2020) Rapid dark aging of biomass burning as an overlooked source of oxidized organic aerosol, Proc.Nat.Acad Sci, vol. 117, no. 52; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2010365117 (in the top 5% of cited papers of its age; identifies completely new ways that pollution from woodburning smoke is formed in cities and affects public health)
Pye, H. O. T., Nenes, A., Alexander, B., Ault, A. P., Barth, M. C., Clegg, S. L., Collett Jr., J. L., Fahey, K. M., Hennigan, C. J., Herrmann, H., Kanakidou, M., Kelly, J. T., Ku, I.-T., McNeill, V. F., Riemer, N., Schaefer, T., Shi, G., Tilgner, A., Walker, J. T., Wang, T., Weber, R., Xing, J., Zaveri, R. A., and Zuend, A.: (2020) The Acidity of Atmospheric Particles and Clouds, Atmos.Chem.Phys., 20, 4809–4888 (top downloaded paper in the journal for 2020; a first of its kind review co-lead by A.Nenes on acidity of atmospheric particles)
Ito, T., Nenes, A., Johnson, M. S., Meskhidze, N., Valett, J., and Deutsch, C. (2016) Late 20th century deoxygenation of the tropical Pacific enhanced by aerosol pollutants, Nature Geosci., doi:10.1038/ngeo2717 (synthesizes the impact of acid-dissolution of iron in dust from pollution, work that was first extensively studied by Meskhidze, Nenes and coworkers in 2003).
Sullivan, S.C., Lee, D., Oreopoulos, L., and Nenes, A (2016) The role of updraft velocity in temporal variability of cloud hydrometeor number, Proc.Nat.Acad.Sci, 113, 21, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1514039113 (downloaded > 11000 times. Showed that vertical velocity, is virtually unconstrainted in climate models – yet drives most of the variability in cloud particle formation)
Weber, R.J., Guo, H., Russell, A.G., Nenes, A. (2016) High aerosol acidity despite declining atmospheric sulfate concentrations over the past 15 years, Nature Geosci., doi:10.1038/ngeo2665 (262 citations to date in Google Scholar. Proved that strongly acidic particles are ubiquitous & many of the counterintuitive responses of aerosol to emissions)
DeLeon-Rodriguez, N., Lathem, T.L., Rodriguez, L.M., Barazesh, J.M., Anderson, B.E., Beyersdorf, A.J., Ziemba, L.D., Bergin, M., Nenes, A., Konstantinidis, K.T. (2013) The microbiome of the upper troposphere: species composition and prevalence, effects of tropical storms, and atmospheric implications, Proc.Nat.Acad.Sci., doi: 10.1073/pnas.1212089110 (380 citations to date in Google Scholar. Identified that atmospheric bacteria are ubiquitous, viable and potentially affecting clouds everywhere)
Fountoukis, C. and Nenes, A. (2007) ISORROPIA II: A Computationally Efficient Aerosol Thermodynamic Equilibrium Model for K+ – Ca2+ – Mg2+ – NH4+ – Na+ – SO42- – NO3- – Cl- – H2O Aerosols, Atmos.Chem.Phys., 7, 4639–4659 (1046 citations to date in Google Scholar. Model of choice used worldwide to predict particulate matter composition).
Roberts, G., and Nenes, A. (2005) A Continuous-Flow Longitudinal Thermal-Gradient CCN Chamber for Atmospheric Measurements, Aeros.Sci.Tech., 39, 206–221, doi:10.1080/027868290913988 (~696 citations in Google Scholar. Paper illustrating the CCN instrument that was eventually patented and dominated the field)
Nenes, A. and Seinfeld, J.H. (2003) Parameterization of cloud droplet formation in global climate models, J.Geoph.Res., 108, 4415, doi: 10.1029/2002JD002911 (~317 citations in Google Scholar. Initiated a “family” of widely adopted parameterizations considered as “the gold standard”).
Expertise of Athanasios Nenes:
| Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
|---|
| Expert Type | Expert Type |
| Scientific / Fundamental Research |
| Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering |
| Topic Atmosphere | Atmosphere |
| Meteorology |
| Climate |
| Global Warming |
| Air Pollution |
| Topic Integrated Systems | Integrated Systems and Ecology |
| Biogeochemical Cycles except Carbon |
| Nutrient Cycle / Food Chain |
| Topic Ecosystems | Ecosystems |
| Marine Ecosystems |
| Topic Health | Health |
| Infectious / Vector Borne Disease |
| Pollution Effects / Water Quality |
| Weather / Radiation / Climatic Effects |
| Spatial Scale | Spatial Scale |
| Global / Hemispheric |
| Continental |
| Regional |
| National / Cultural |
| Local / Community |
| Statistical Focus | Statistical Focus |
| Mean Change / Trends |
| Variability |
| Time Scale | Time Scale |
| Seasonal / Annual |
| Decadal / Centennial |
| Methods | Method |
| Data Collection |
| Data Collection - Measurement |
| Data Analysis |
| Modeling |
Last update: 12/10/23
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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