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2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
16373
World Ranking
4143
National Ranking
102

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Allan K. Bertram is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their primary fields of study encompass Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Environmental Science. The scientist's work includes substantial contributions to Atmospheric Science and related subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Oceanography, and Aerospace Engineering.

The research topics covered by Allan K. Bertram are diverse within atmospheric and environmental sciences. Main themes include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Air Quality and Health Impacts, nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure.

Their publications appear frequently in several specialized scientific journals. Key venues for their work include ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, Environmental Science & Technology, Atmospheric chemistry and physics, Environmental Science Atmospheres, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Recent publications illustrate the focus and scope of their research:

  • "Coexistence of three liquid phases in individual atmospheric aerosol particles" (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Rate of atmospheric brown carbon whitening governed by environmental conditions" (2022) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Humidity-Dependent Viscosity of Secondary Organic Aerosol from Ozonolysis of β-Caryophyllene: Measurements, Predictions, and Implications" (2021) published in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • "The ice-nucleating activity of Arctic sea surface microlayer samples and marine algal cultures" (2020) published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Viscosity and liquid-liquid phase separation in healthy and stressed plant SOA" (2021) published in Environmental Science Atmospheres

Allan K. Bertram frequently collaborates with several researchers. Coauthors include Fabian Mahrt, Sergey A. Nizkorodov, Yuanzhou Huang, Sepehr Nikkho, and Manabu Shiraiwa. These collaborations indicate a multidisciplinary approach and integration of expertise across atmospheric chemistry and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • A marine biogenic source of atmospheric ice-nucleating particles

    Theodore W. Wilson;Luis A. Ladino;Peter A. Alpert;Mark N. Breckels

  • High concentrations of biological aerosol particles and ice nuclei during and after rain

    J. A. Huffman;J. A. Huffman;A. J. Prenni;P. J. DeMott;C. Pohlker

  • Viscosity of α-pinene secondary organic material and implications for particle growth and reactivity

    Lindsay Renbaum-Wolff;James W. Grayson;Adam P. Bateman;Mikinori Kuwata

  • The viscosity of atmospherically relevant organic particles

    Jonathan P. Reid;Allan K. Bertram;David O. Topping;Alexander Laskin

  • Predicting the relative humidities of liquid-liquid phase separation, efflorescence, and deliquescence of mixed particles of ammonium sulfate, organic material, and water using the organic-to-sulfate mass ratio of the particle and the oxygen-to-carbon elemental ratio of the organic component

    A. K. Bertram;S. T. Martin;S. J. Hanna;M. L. Smith

  • The Reaction Probability of OH on Organic Surfaces of Tropospheric Interest

    Allan K. Bertram;Andrey V. Ivanov;Martin Hunter;Luisa T. Molina

  • The formation of cubic ice under conditions relevant to Earth's atmosphere

    Benjamin J. Murray;Daniel A. Knopf;Allan K. Bertram

  • Gas–particle partitioning of atmospheric aerosols: interplay of physical state, non-ideal mixing and morphology

    Manabu Shiraiwa;Andreas Zuend;Allan K. Bertram;John H. Seinfeld

  • Images reveal that atmospheric particles can undergo liquid-liquid phase separations

    Yuan You;Lindsay Renbaum-Wolff;Marc Carreras-Sospedra;Sarah J. Hanna

  • Contribution of feldspar and marine organic aerosols to global ice nucleating particle concentrations

    Jesús Vergara-Temprado;Benjamin J. Murray;Theodore W. Wilson;Daniel O'Sullivan

  • Liquid–liquid phase separation in atmospherically relevant particles consisting of organic species and inorganic salts

    Yuan You;Mackenzie L. Smith;Mijung Song;Scot T. Martin

  • Predicting the glass transition temperature and viscosity of secondary organic material using molecular composition

    Wing-Sy Wong DeRieux;Ying Li;Peng Lin;Julia Laskin

  • Overview paper: New insights into aerosol and climate in the Arctic

    Jonathan P. D. Abbatt;W. Richard Leaitch;Amir A. Aliabadi;Allan K. Bertram

  • Heterogeneous nucleation of ice in (NH4)2SO4‐H2O particles with mineral dust immersions

    Bilal Zuberi;Allan K. Bertram;Allan K. Bertram;Christopher A. Cassa;Luisa T. Molina

  • Dimethyl sulfide control of the clean summertime Arctic aerosol and cloud

    W. Richard Leaitch;Sangeeta Sharma;Lin Huang;Desiree Toom-Sauntry

  • Deposition ice nucleation on soot at temperatures relevant for the lower troposphere

    Magdalena Dymarska;Benjamin J. Murray;Limin Sun;Michael L. Eastwood

  • Ice Nucleation Efficiency of Hydroxylated Organic Surfaces Is Controlled by Their Structural Fluctuations and Mismatch to Ice

    Yuqing Qiu;Nathan Odendahl;Arpa Hudait;Ryan H Mason

  • Resolving the mechanisms of hygroscopic growth and cloud condensation nuclei activity for organic particulate matter

    Pengfei Liu;Mijung Song;Tianning Zhao;Sachin S. Gunthe;Sachin S. Gunthe

  • Formation and stability of cubic ice in water droplets.

    Benjamin J. Murray;Allan K. Bertram

  • Hygroscopic influence on the semisolid-to-liquid transition of secondary organic materials.

    Adam P. Bateman;Allan K. Bertram;Scot T. Martin

  • Contribution of Feldspar and Marine Organic aerosols to global ice nucleating particles concentrations

    Jesús Vergara Temprado;Benjamin J. Murray;Theodore W. Wilson;Daniel O'Sullivan

  • Images reveal that atmospheric particles can undergo liquid-liquid phase separations

    A. K. Bertram;Y. You;L. Renbaum-Wolff;M. Carreras-Sospedra

  • Viscosity of α-pinene secondary organic material and implications for particle growth and reactivity

    Lindsay Renbaum-Wolff;James W. Grayson;Mikinori Kuwata;Adam P. Bateman

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin J. Murray
Benjamin J. Murray University of Leeds
Scot T. Martin
Scot T. Martin Harvard University
Paul J. DeMott
Paul J. DeMott Colorado State University
Daniel A. Knopf
Daniel A. Knopf Stony Brook University
Alexander Laskin
Alexander Laskin Purdue University West Lafayette
W. R. Leaitch
W. R. Leaitch Environment and Climate Change Canada
Sergey A. Nizkorodov
Sergey A. Nizkorodov University of California, Irvine
Manabu Shiraiwa
Manabu Shiraiwa University of California, Irvine
Scot T. Martin
Scot T. Martin Harvard University
G. N. Patey
G. N. Patey University of British Columbia

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