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Overview

Jay G. Slowik is affiliated with the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland and conducts research predominantly in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work primarily focuses on Atmospheric Science, with significant contributions to Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, Automotive Engineering, and Spectroscopy.

The main topics addressed in their research include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Vehicle emissions and performance, Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications, and Analytical chemistry methods development.

Slowik has published extensively across several prominent venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent collaborators in their research are:

  • Andrê S. H. Prévôt (92 coauthored papers)
  • Urs Baltensperger (56 coauthored papers)
  • Imad El Haddad (44 coauthored papers)
  • Kaspar R. Daellenbach (27 coauthored papers)
  • David M. Bell (27 coauthored papers)

Notable recent publications by Jay G. Slowik include:

  • European aerosol phenomenology − 8: Harmonised source apportionment of organic aerosol using 22 Year-long ACSM/AMS datasets, 2022, Environment International
  • Real-time measurement and source apportionment of elements in Delhi's atmosphere, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • On the fate of oxygenated organic molecules in atmospheric aerosol particles, 2020, Science Advances
  • A new method for long-term source apportionment with time-dependent factor profiles and uncertainty assessment using SoFi Pro: application to 1 year of organic aerosol data, 2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Chemical characterization of PM2.5 and source apportionment of organic aerosol in New Delhi, India, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • High secondary aerosol contribution to particulate pollution during haze events in China

    Ru Jin Huang;Yanlin Zhang;Carlo Bozzetti;Kin Fai Ho

  • Particle Morphology and Density Characterization by Combined Mobility and Aerodynamic Diameter Measurements. Part 1: Theory

    Peter F. DeCarlo;Jay G. Slowik;Douglas R. Worsnop;Paul Davidovits

  • Particulate matter, air quality and climate: Lessons learned and future needs

    S. Fuzzi;U. Baltensperger;K. Carslaw;S. Decesari

  • Single‐particle measurements of midlatitude black carbon and light‐scattering aerosols from the boundary layer to the lower stratosphere

    J. P. Schwarz;J. P. Schwarz;R. S. Gao;D. W. Fahey;D. W. Fahey;D. S. Thomson;D. S. Thomson

  • SoFi, an IGOR-based interface for the efficient use of the generalized multilinear engine (ME-2) for the source apportionment: ME-2 application to aerosol mass spectrometer data

    F. Canonaco;M. Crippa;J. G. Slowik;U. Baltensperger

  • Identification and quantification of organic aerosol from cooking and other sources in Barcelona using aerosol mass spectrometer data

    C. Mohr;C. Mohr;P. F. DeCarlo;P. F. DeCarlo;M. F. Heringa;R. Chirico;R. Chirico

  • Organic condensation: a vital link connecting aerosol formation to cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) concentrations

    I. Riipinen;I. Riipinen;J. R. Pierce;T. Yli-Juuti;T. Nieminen

  • Wintertime aerosol chemical composition and source apportionment of the organic fraction in the metropolitan area of Paris

    M. Crippa;P. F. Decarlo;P. F. Decarlo;J. G. Slowik;C. Mohr;C. Mohr

  • Characterization of aerosol photooxidation flow reactors: heterogeneous oxidation, secondary organic aerosol formation and cloud condensation nuclei activity measurements

    A.T. Lambe;A.T. Ahern;L.R. Williams;J.G. Slowik

  • New insights into PM 2.5 chemical composition and sources in two major cities in China during extreme haze events using aerosol mass spectrometry

    Miriam Elser;Ru-Jin Huang;Ru-Jin Huang;Robert Wolf;Jay G. Slowik

  • An Inter-Comparison of Instruments Measuring Black Carbon Content of Soot Particles

    Jay G. Slowik;Eben S. Cross;Jeong-Ho Han;Paul Davidovits

  • A Novel Method for Estimating Light-Scattering Properties of Soot Aerosols Using a Modified Single-Particle Soot Photometer

    R. S. Gao;J. P. Schwarz;K. K. Kelly;D. W. Fahey

  • Particle Morphology and Density Characterization by Combined Mobility and Aerodynamic Diameter Measurements. Part 2: Application to Combustion-Generated Soot Aerosols as a Function of Fuel Equivalence Ratio

    Jay G. Slowik;K. Stainken;Paul Davidovits;L. R. Williams

  • Soot Particle Studies—Instrument Inter-Comparison—Project Overview

    Eben S. Cross;Timothy B. Onasch;Adam Ahern;William Wrobel

  • The ToF-ACSM: a portable aerosol chemical speciation monitor with TOFMS detection

    R. Fröhlich;M. J. Cubison;J. G. Slowik;N. Bukowiecki

  • The hygroscopicity parameter (κ) of ambient organic aerosol at a field site subject to biogenic and anthropogenic influences: relationship to degree of aerosol oxidation

    R. Y.-W. Chang;J. G. Slowik;N. C. Shantz;N. C. Shantz;A. Vlasenko;A. Vlasenko

  • Identification of significant precursor gases of secondary organic aerosols from residential wood combustion.

    Emily A. Bruns;Imad El Haddad;Jay G. Slowik;Dogushan Kilic

  • Secondary organic aerosol formation from gasoline vehicle emissions in a new mobile environmental reaction chamber

    S. M. Platt;I. El Haddad;A. A. Zardini;M. Clairotte

  • European aerosol phenomenology - 8: Harmonised source apportionment of organic aerosol using 22 Year-long ACSM/AMS datasets.

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  • Laboratory and Ambient Particle Density Determinations using Light Scattering in Conjunction with Aerosol Mass Spectrometry

    Eben S. Cross;Jay G. Slowik;Paul Davidovits;James D. Allan

  • Fossil vs. non-fossil sources of fine carbonaceous aerosols in four Chinese cities during the extreme winter haze episode of 2013

    Y.-L. Zhang;R.-J. Huang;R.-J. Huang;I. El Haddad;K.-F. Ho;K.-F. Ho

Frequent Co-Authors

André S. H. Prévôt
André S. H. Prévôt Paul Scherrer Institute
Urs Baltensperger
Urs Baltensperger Paul Scherrer Institute
Imad El Haddad
Imad El Haddad Paul Scherrer Institute
Ru-Jin Huang
Ru-Jin Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kaspar R. Daellenbach
Kaspar R. Daellenbach Paul Scherrer Institute
Francesco Canonaco
Francesco Canonaco Paul Scherrer Institute
Josef Dommen
Josef Dommen Paul Scherrer Institute
Nicolas Marchand
Nicolas Marchand Aix-Marseille University
Claudia Mohr
Claudia Mohr ETH Zurich
Markus Furger
Markus Furger Paul Scherrer Institute

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