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Environmental Sciences
Austria
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
95
Citations
31505
World Ranking
483
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Austria Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Austria Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Austria Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Armin Hansel is affiliated with the University of Innsbruck in Austria and conducts research primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work focuses extensively on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Materials Chemistry, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's research covers various topics related to atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, air quality and health impacts, air quality monitoring and forecasting, and nuclear physics and applications.

Hansel's recent publications include the following papers:

  • Rapid growth of new atmospheric particles by nitric acid and ammonia condensation, 2020, Nature
  • Role of iodine oxoacids in atmospheric aerosol nucleation, 2021, Science
  • Molecular understanding of new-particle formation from α-pinene between −50 and +25 °C, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Enhanced growth rate of atmospheric particles from sulfuric acid, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Molecular understanding of the suppression of new-particle formation by isoprene, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Armin Hansel include:

  • Markku Kulmala
  • Wiebke Scholz
  • Tuukka Petäjä
  • Neil M. Donahue
  • Katrianne Lehtipalo

Hansel's publications are often found in these venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Science Atmospheres
  • UEF eRepo (University of Eastern Finland)

Best Publications

  • On-line monitoring of volatile organic compounds at pptv levels by means of proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) medical applications, food control and environmental research

    W. Lindinger;A. Hansel;A. Jordan

  • Role of sulphuric acid, ammonia and galactic cosmic rays in atmospheric aerosol nucleation

    Jasper Kirkby;Joachim Curtius;João Almeida;João Almeida;Eimear Dunne

  • Molecular understanding of sulphuric acid-amine particle nucleation in the atmosphere

    Joao Almeida;Joao Almeida;Siegfried Schobesberger;Andreas Kürten;Ismael K. Ortega

  • The role of low-volatility organic compounds in initial particle growth in the atmosphere

    Jasmin Tröstl;Wayne K. Chuang;Hamish Gordon;Martin Heinritzi

  • Ion-induced nucleation of pure biogenic particles

    Jasper Kirkby;Jasper Kirkby;Jonathan Duplissy;Jonathan Duplissy;Kamalika Sengupta;Carla Frege

  • The Indian Ocean Experiment: Widespread Air Pollution from South and Southeast Asia

    Jos Lelieveld;Paul J. Crutzen;V. Ramanathan;M. O. Andreae

  • Practical approaches to plant volatile analysis

    Dorothea Tholl;Wilhelm Boland;Armin Hansel;Francesco Loreto

  • Oxidation products of biogenic emissions contribute to nucleation of atmospheric particles.

    Francesco Riccobono;Siegfried Schobesberger;Catherine E. Scott;Josef Dommen

  • Global atmospheric particle formation from CERN CLOUD measurements

    Eimear M. Dunne;Hamish Gordon;Andreas Kürten;João Almeida;João Almeida

  • High resolution PTR-TOF: quantification and formula confirmation of VOC in real time.

    Martin Graus;Markus Müller;Armin Hansel

  • Molecular understanding of atmospheric particle formation from sulfuric acid and large oxidized organic molecules

    Siegfried Schobesberger;Heikki Junninen;Federico Bianchi;Gustaf Lönn

  • Causes and importance of new particle formation in the present-day and preindustrial atmospheres

    Hamish Gordon;Jasper Kirkby;Jasper Kirkby;Urs Baltensperger;Federico Bianchi

  • Volatile organic compounds emitted after leaf wounding: On-line analysis by proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry

    Ray Fall;Thomas Karl;Armin Hansel;Alfons Jordan

  • Biomass burning as a source of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, methanol, acetone, acetonitrile and hydrogen cyanide

    Rupert Holzinger;Carsten Warneke;Armin Hansel;Alfons Jordan

  • Transport of Biomass Burning Smoke to the Upper Troposphere by Deep Convection in the Equatorial Region.

    M. O. Andreae;P. Artaxo;H. Fischer;S. R. Freitas

  • Global budget of methanol : Constraints from atmospheric observations

    Daniel J. Jacob;Brendan D. Field;Qinbin Li;Qinbin Li;Donald R. Blake

  • Acetone, methanol, and other partially oxidized volatile organic emissions from dead plant matter by abiological processes: Significance for atmospheric HOx chemistry

    Carsten Warneke;Thomas Karl;Helmut Judmaier;Armin Hansel

  • Rapid growth of new atmospheric particles by nitric acid and ammonia condensation.

    Mingyi Wang;Weimeng Kong;Ruby Marten;Xu Cheng He

  • Neutral molecular cluster formation of sulfuric acid-dimethylamine observed in real time under atmospheric conditions.

    Andreas Kürten;Tuija Jokinen;Mario Simon;Mikko Sipilä

  • Multicomponent new particle formation from sulfuric acid, ammonia, and biogenic vapors

    Katrianne Lehtipalo;Katrianne Lehtipalo;Katrianne Lehtipalo;Chao Yan;Lubna Dada;Federico Bianchi

  • Seasonal variation of biogenic VOC emissions above a mixed hardwood forest in northern Michigan

    T. Karl;A. Guenther;C. Spirig;A. Hansel

  • On-Line Monitoring of Microbial Volatile Metabolites by Proton Transfer Reaction-Mass Spectrometry

    Michael Bunge;Nooshin Araghipour;Tomas Mikoviny;Jürgen Dunkl

Frequent Co-Authors

Armin Wisthaler
Armin Wisthaler University of Oslo
Martin Graus
Martin Graus University of Innsbruck
Jonathan Duplissy
Jonathan Duplissy University of Helsinki
Katrianne Lehtipalo
Katrianne Lehtipalo University of Helsinki
Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki
Thomas Karl
Thomas Karl University of Innsbruck
Werner Lindinger
Werner Lindinger University of Innsbruck
Siegfried Schobesberger
Siegfried Schobesberger University of Eastern Finland
Neil M. Donahue
Neil M. Donahue Carnegie Mellon University
Joachim Curtius
Joachim Curtius Goethe University Frankfurt

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