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Hartmut Herrmann

Hartmut Herrmann

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Chemistry
Germany
2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
99
Citations
38243
World Ranking
1321
National Ranking
101

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
98
Citations
38470
World Ranking
411
National Ranking
26

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Hartmut Herrmann is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and has made substantial contributions to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research focus spans multiple subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their work addresses various topics related to atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality and health impacts, atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, air quality monitoring and forecasting, as well as cardiac valve diseases and treatments and infective endocarditis diagnosis and management.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Andreas Tilgner, Laurent Poulain, Khanneh Wadinga Fomba, Thomas Schaefer, and Erik H. Hoffmann.

They have published extensively in prominent scientific venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Some of their recent papers include:

  • The acidity of atmospheric particles and clouds, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Organosulfates in Ambient Aerosol: State of Knowledge and Future Research Directions on Formation, Abundance, Fate, and Importance, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • European aerosol phenomenology − 8: Harmonised source apportionment of organic aerosol using 22 Year-long ACSM/AMS datasets, 2022, Environment International
  • Acidity and the multiphase chemistry of atmospheric aqueous particles and clouds, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: Volume VII - Criegee intermediates, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

In addition to journal publications, Hartmut Herrmann has also contributed to book publications. One such example is a book titled "Geografski oris občine Loški Potok" published in 2022 by Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) eBooks.

Best Publications

  • The formation, properties and impact of secondary organic aerosol: current and emerging issues

    Mattias Hallquist;J. C. Wenger;U. Baltensperger;Y. Rudich

  • A European aerosol phenomenology 3: Physical and chemical characteristics of particulate matter from 60 rural, urban, and kerbside sites across Europe

    J.-P. Putaud;R. Van Dingenen;A. Alastuey;H. Bauer

  • The acidity of atmospheric particles and clouds

    Havala O. T. Pye;Athanasios Nenes;Becky Alexander;Andrew P. Ault

  • Tropospheric aqueous-phase chemistry: kinetics, mechanisms, and its coupling to a changing gas phase.

    Hartmut Herrmann;Thomas Schaefer;Andreas Tilgner;Sarah A. Styler

  • Production of extremely low volatile organic compounds from biogenic emissions: Measured yields and atmospheric implications

    Tuija Jokinen;Tuija Jokinen;Torsten Berndt;Risto Makkonen;Veli-Matti Kerminen

  • Nitrate radicals and biogenic volatile organic compounds: oxidation, mechanisms, and organic aerosol

    Nga Lee Ng;Steven S. Brown;Steven S. Brown;Alexander T. Archibald;Elliot Atlas

  • Atmospheric chemistry and environmental impact of the use of amines in carbon capture and storage (CCS)

    Claus J. Nielsen;Hartmut Herrmann;Christian Weller

  • Kinetics of aqueous phase reactions relevant for atmospheric chemistry.

    Hartmut Herrmann

  • CAPRAM2.3: A chemical aqueous phase radical mechanism for tropospheric chemistry

    H. Herrmann;B. Ervens;Hans-Werner Jacobi;R. Wolke

  • Aerosol-chamber study of the α-pinene/O3 reaction: influence of particle acidity on aerosol yields and products

    Yoshiteru Iinuma;Olaf Böge;Thomas Gnauk;Hartmut Herrmann

  • Atmospheric stability of levoglucosan: a detailed laboratory and modeling study.

    D. Hoffmann;A. Tilgner;Y. Iinuma;H. Herrmann

  • Time-resolved microwave conductivity. Part 1.—TiO2 photoreactivity and size quantization

    Scot T. Martin;Hartmut Herrmann;Wonyong Choi;Michael R. Hoffmann

  • General overview: European Integrated project on Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality interactions (EUCAARI) - integrating aerosol research from nano to global scales

    M. Kulmala;A. Asmi;H. K. Lappalainen;H. K. Lappalainen;U. Baltensperger

  • Determination of levoglucosan in biomass combustion aerosol by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection

    Guenter Engling;Christian M. Carrico;Sonia M. Kreidenweis;Jeffrey L. Collett

  • The Arctic Cloud Puzzle: Using ACLOUD/PASCAL Multiplatform Observations to Unravel the Role of Clouds and Aerosol Particles in Arctic Amplification

    Manfred Wendisch;Andreas Macke;André Ehrlich;Christof Lüpkes

  • Source characterization of biomass burning particles: The combustion of selected European conifers, African hardwood, savanna grass, and German and Indonesian peat

    Y. Iinuma;E. Brüggemann;T. Gnauk;K. Müller

  • Evidence for the Existence of Organosulfates from β-Pinene Ozonolysis in Ambient Secondary Organic Aerosol

    Yoshiteru Iinuma;Conny Müller;Torsten Berndt;Olaf Böge

  • Enhanced role of transition metal ion catalysis during in-cloud oxidation of SO2.

    Eliza Harris;Bärbel Sinha;Bärbel Sinha;Dominik van Pinxteren;Andreas Tilgner

  • An advanced modeling study on the impacts and atmospheric implications of multiphase dimethyl sulfide chemistry

    Erik Hans Hoffmann;Andreas Tilgner;Roland Schrödner;Peter Bräuer

  • Ubiquity of organic nitrates from nighttime chemistry in the European submicron aerosol

    A. Kiendler-Scharr;A. A. Mensah;A. A. Mensah;E. Friese;David Topping

  • A European aerosol phenomenology-3: Physical and chemical characteristics of particulate matter from 60 rural, urban, and kerbside sites across Europe

    J. P. Putaud;R. Van Dingenen;A. Alastuey;H. Bauer

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Gnauk
Thomas Gnauk Leibniz Association
Yoshiteru Iinuma
Yoshiteru Iinuma Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Alfred Wiedensohler
Alfred Wiedensohler Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research
Gerald Spindler
Gerald Spindler Leibniz Association
Laurent Poulain
Laurent Poulain Leibniz Association
Christian George
Christian George Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Wolfram Birmili
Wolfram Birmili German Environment Agency
Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki
Jeffrey L. Collett
Jeffrey L. Collett Colorado State University
Tuija Jokinen
Tuija Jokinen Cyprus Institute

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