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Daniel J. Cziczo

Daniel J. Cziczo

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
55
Citations
11923
World Ranking
3828
National Ranking
1464

Overview

Daniel J. Cziczo is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has a research focus primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans several interconnected subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Ocean Engineering.

The main topics covered in Cziczo's research include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows, Planetary Science and Exploration, and Astro and Planetary Science.

They have authored multiple papers, with recent publications including:

  • A biogenic secondary organic aerosol source of cirrus ice nucleating particles, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Metals from spacecraft reentry in stratospheric aerosol particles, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The effects of morphology, mobility size, and secondary organic aerosol (SOA) material coating on the ice nucleation activity of black carbon in the cirrus regime, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • A link between the ice nucleation activity and the biogeochemistry of seawater, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • CCN and INP activity of middle eastern soil dust, 2021, Aeolian Research

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Cziczo include:

  • Martin J. Wolf
  • Yue Zhang
  • Maria A. Zawadowicz
  • Paul J. DeMott
  • Justin Jacquot

The scientist's work has appeared regularly in several publication venues such as:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Aerosol Science and Technology
  • Science Advances

This research portfolio indicates a concentration on understanding the chemical and physical properties of atmospheric aerosols and their interactions with climate and environmental systems. The intersection of atmospheric science with planetary and environmental change is central to their scientific endeavors.

Best Publications

  • Overview of Ice Nucleating Particles

    Zamin A. Kanji;Luis A. Ladino;Heike Wex;Yvonne Boose

  • Clarifying the Dominant Sources and Mechanisms of Cirrus Cloud Formation

    Daniel J. Cziczo;Karl D. Froyd;Karl D. Froyd;Corinna Hoose;Eric J. Jensen

  • Measurements of the concentration and composition of nuclei for cirrus formation

    P. J. DeMott;D. J. Cziczo;A. J. Prenni;D. M. Murphy

  • Single-particle mass spectrometry of tropospheric aerosol particles

    D. M. Murphy;D. J. Cziczo;K. D. Froyd;P. K. Hudson

  • Interactions of Water with Mineral Dust Aerosol: Water Adsorption, Hygroscopicity, Cloud Condensation, and Ice Nucleation.

    Mingjin Tang;Daniel J. Cziczo;Vicki H. Grassian;Vicki H. Grassian

  • Solid Ammonium Sulfate Aerosols as Ice Nuclei: A Pathway for Cirrus Cloud Formation

    J. P. D. Abbatt;S. Benz;D. J. Cziczo;Z. Kanji

  • Single particle measurements of the chemical composition of cirrus ice residue during CRYSTAL‐FACE

    D. J. Cziczo;D. J. Cziczo;D. M. Murphy;P. K. Hudson;P. K. Hudson;D. S. Thomson;D. S. Thomson

  • Indirect and semi-direct aerosol campaign: The impact of Arctic aerosols on clouds

    Greg M. McFarquhar;Steven Ghan;Johannes Verlinde;Alexei Korolev

  • Infrared spectroscopy of model tropospheric aerosols as a function of relative humidity: Observation of deliquescence and crystallization

    D. J. Cziczo;J. B. Nowak;J. H. Hu;J. P. D. Abbatt

  • Chapter 2: Cirrus Clouds, In: Ice Formation and Evolution in Clouds and precipitation: Measurement and Modeling Challenges

    Andrew J. Heymsfield;Kristof Van Tricht;Paul Lawson;Phil Brown

  • Measurements of heterogeneous ice nuclei in the western United States in springtime and their relation to aerosol characteristics

    Mathews S. Richardson;Paul J. DeMott;Sonia M. Kreidenweis;Daniel J. Cziczo;Daniel J. Cziczo

  • Infrared Observations of the Response of NaCl, MgCl2, NH4HSO4, and NH4NO3 Aerosols to Changes in Relative Humidity from 298 to 238 K

    D. J. Cziczo;J. P. D. Abbatt

  • Deactivation of ice nuclei due to atmospherically relevant surface coatings

    Daniel J Cziczo;Daniel J Cziczo;Karl D Froyd;Karl D Froyd;Stephane J Gallavardin;Stephane J Gallavardin;Ottmar Moehler

  • Ablation, flux, and atmospheric implications of meteors inferred from stratospheric aerosol.

    D. J. Cziczo;D. J. Cziczo;D. S. Thomson;D. S. Thomson;D. M. Murphy

  • Biomass‐burning particle measurements: Characteristic composition and chemical processing

    Paula K. Hudson;Paula K. Hudson;Daniel M. Murphy;Daniel J. Cziczo;Daniel J. Cziczo;David S. Thomson;David S. Thomson

  • In‐situ observations of mid‐latitude forest fire plumes deep in the stratosphere

    Hans-Jürg Jost;Katja Drdla;Andreas Stohl;Andreas Stohl;Leonhard Pfister

  • Chemical composition of ambient aerosol, ice residues and cloud droplet residues in mixed-phase clouds: single particle analysis during the Cloud and Aerosol Characterization Experiment (CLACE 6)

    Michael Kamphus;Michael Kamphus;Matthias Ettner-Mahl;Thomas Klimach;Frank Drewnick

  • Ice nucleation and droplet formation by bare and coated soot particles

    Beth J. Friedman;Gourihar R. Kulkarni;Josef Beranek;Alla Zelenyuk

  • Oxalic acid as a heterogeneous ice nucleus in the upper troposphere and its indirect aerosol effect

    B. Zobrist;C. Marcolli;Thomas Koop;B. P. Luo

  • Deliquescence, efflorescence, and supercooling of ammonium sulfate aerosols at low temperature: Implications for cirrus cloud formation and aerosol phase in the atmosphere

    D. J. Cziczo;J. P. D. Abbatt

  • The Fifth International Workshop on Ice Nucleation phase 2 (FIN-02): laboratory intercomparison of ice nucleation measurements

    Paul J. DeMott;Ottmar Möhler;Daniel J. Cziczo;Naruki Hiranuma;Naruki Hiranuma

  • Nucleation and condensational growth to CCN sizes during a sustained pristine biogenic SOA event in a forested mountain valley

    J. R. Pierce;W. R. Leaitch;J. Liggio;D. M. Westervelt

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel M. Murphy
Daniel M. Murphy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
David S. Thomson
David S. Thomson Original Code Consulting
Karl D. Froyd
Karl D. Froyd Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Ulrike Lohmann
Ulrike Lohmann ETH Zurich
Ottmar Möhler
Ottmar Möhler Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Paul J. DeMott
Paul J. DeMott Colorado State University
Corinna Hoose
Corinna Hoose Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Carsten Warneke
Carsten Warneke National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
James C. Wilson
James C. Wilson University of Denver
Alla Zelenyuk
Alla Zelenyuk Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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