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Andrea Pozzer is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, and Environmental Engineering.

Their scholarly work covers several main topics, including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting

Andrea Pozzer's publications have appeared frequently in these venues:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Geoscientific model development

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Loss of life expectancy from air pollution compared to other risk factors: a worldwide perspective," 2020, Cardiovascular Research
  • "Regional and global contributions of air pollution to risk of death from COVID-19," 2020, Cardiovascular Research
  • "On the widespread enhancement in fine particulate matter across the Indo-Gangetic Plain towards winter," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Global health burden of ambient PM2.5 and the contribution of anthropogenic black carbon and organic aerosols," 2021, Environment International
  • "Air pollution deaths attributable to fossil fuels: observational and modelling study," 2023, BMJ

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Jos Lelieveld
  • Jonathan Williams
  • Hartwig Harder
  • Horst Fischer
  • Sourangsu Chowdhury

Best Publications

  • The contribution of outdoor air pollution sources to premature mortality on a global scale

    J. Lelieveld;Jamie S Evans;M. Fnais;D. Giannadaki

  • Cardiovascular disease burden from ambient air pollution in Europe reassessed using novel hazard ratio functions.

    Jos Lelieveld;Jos Lelieveld;Klaus Klingmüller;Andrea Pozzer;Ulrich Pöschl

  • Effects of fossil fuel and total anthropogenic emission removal on public health and climate.

    J. Lelieveld;J. Lelieveld;K. Klingmüller;A. Pozzer;R. T. Burnett

  • Loss of life expectancy from air pollution compared to other risk factors: a worldwide perspective

    Jos Lelieveld;Jos Lelieveld;Andrea Pozzer;Ulrich Pöschl;Mohammed Fnais

  • Aerosol Health Effects from Molecular to Global Scales

    Manabu Shiraiwa;Kayo Ueda;Andrea Pozzer;Gerhard Lammel

  • The atmospheric chemistry general circulation model ECHAM5/MESSy1: consistent simulation of ozone from the surface to the mesosphere

    P. Jöckel;H. Tost;A. Pozzer;C. Brühl

  • Development cycle 2 of the Modular Earth Submodel System (MESSy2)

    Patrick Jöckel;Astrid Kerkweg;Andrea Pozzer;Rolf Sander

  • Global tropospheric hydroxyl distribution, budget and reactivity

    Jos Lelieveld;Sergey Gromov;Andrea Pozzer;Domenico Taraborrelli

  • Earth System Chemistry integrated Modelling (ESCiMo) with the Modular Earth Submodel System (MESSy) version 2.51

    Patrick Jöckel;Holger Tost;Andrea Pozzer;Markus Kunze

  • Regional and global contributions of air pollution to risk of death from COVID-19.

    Andrea Pozzer;Francesca Dominici;Andy Haines;Christian Witt

  • Global distribution of the effective aerosol hygroscopicity parameter for CCN activation

    K. J. Pringle;H. Tost;A. Pozzer;U. Pöschl

  • Global health burden of ambient PM2.5 and the contribution of anthropogenic black carbon and organic aerosols.

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  • Technical Note: An implementation of the dry removal processes DRY DEPosition and SEDImentation in the Modular Earth Submodel System (MESSy)

    A. Kerkweg;J. Buchholz;L.N. Ganzeveld;A. Pozzer

  • Aerosol optical depth trend over the Middle East

    Klaus Klingmüller;Andrea Pozzer;Swen Metzger;Georgiy L. Stenchikov

  • Impact of agricultural emission reductions on fine-particulate matter and public health

    Andrea Pozzer;Alexandra P. Tsimpidi;Vlassis A. Karydis;Alexander de Meij

  • Air pollution deaths attributable to fossil fuels: observational and modelling study

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  • Long-term (2001–2012) concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) and the impact on human health in Beijing, China

    S. Zheng;S. Zheng;A. Pozzer;C. X. Cao;J. Lelieveld

  • Model calculated global, regional and megacity premature mortality due to air pollution

    J. Lelieveld;J. Lelieveld;C. Barlas;D. Giannadaki;A. Pozzer;A. Pozzer

  • A high-resolution emission inventory of primary pollutants for the Huabei region, China

    B. Zhao;P. Wang;J. Z. Ma;S. Zhu

  • Reversal of global atmospheric ethane and propane trends largely due to US oil and natural gas production

    Detlev Helmig;Samuel Rossabi;Jacques Hueber;Pieter Tans

  • On the widespread enhancement in fine particulate matter across the Indo-Gangetic Plain towards winter

    Narendra Ojha;Amit Sharma;Manish Kumar;Imran Girach

  • Modeled global effects of airborne desert dust on air quality and premature mortality

    D. Giannadaki;A. Pozzer;J. Lelieveld

Frequent Co-Authors

Jos Lelieveld
Jos Lelieveld Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Patrick Jöckel
Patrick Jöckel German Aerospace Center
Holger Tost
Holger Tost Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Rolf Sander
Rolf Sander Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Jonathan Williams
Jonathan Williams Max Planck Society
Thomas Wagner
Thomas Wagner Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Steffen Beirle
Steffen Beirle Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
John N. Crowley
John N. Crowley Max Planck Society
Hartwig Harder
Hartwig Harder Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Peter Hoor
Peter Hoor Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

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