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84
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32069
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775
National Ranking
28

Overview

Josef Dommen is affiliated with the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland and focuses on research in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work predominantly centers on atmospheric studies, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Spectroscopy, and Oceanography.

Their main research topics include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Analytical chemistry methods development.

Josef Dommen has contributed to multiple publications, with notable papers including:

  • Sources of particulate-matter air pollution and its oxidative potential in Europe (2020, Nature)
  • Rapid growth of new atmospheric particles by nitric acid and ammonia condensation (2020, Nature)
  • Frequent new particle formation over the high Arctic pack ice by enhanced iodine emissions (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Role of iodine oxoacids in atmospheric aerosol nucleation (2021, Science)
  • On the fate of oxygenated organic molecules in atmospheric aerosol particles (2020, Science Advances)

They frequently publish in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Science Advances, Atmospheric chemistry and physics, Environmental Science Atmospheres, and UEF eRepo (University of Eastern Finland).

Their research is often conducted in collaboration with a consistent group of coauthors. Frequent collaborators include Urs Baltensperger, Imad El Haddad, Andrea Baccarini, Katrianne Lehtipalo, and Chuan Ping Lee.

Best Publications

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

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

  • O/C and OM/OC Ratios of Primary, Secondary, and Ambient Organic Aerosols with High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometry

    Allison C. Aiken;Peter F. DeCarlo;Jesse H. Kroll;Douglas R. Worsnop

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

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

  • Identification of polymers as major components of atmospheric organic aerosols.

    Markus Kalberer;Dwane Paulsen;Mirjam Sax;Martin Steinbacher

  • 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

  • Sources of particulate-matter air pollution and its oxidative potential in Europe.

    Kaspar R. Daellenbach;Kaspar R. Daellenbach;Kaspar R. Daellenbach;Gaëlle Uzu;Jianhui Jiang;Laure Estelle Cassagnes

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

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

  • New particle formation in the free troposphere: A question of chemistry and timing.

    Federico Bianchi;Federico Bianchi;Federico Bianchi;Jasmin Tröstl;Heikki Junninen;Carla Frege

  • Global atmospheric particle formation from CERN CLOUD measurements

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

  • Evidence for the role of organics in aerosol particle formation under atmospheric conditions.

    Axel Metzger;Bart Verheggen;Josef Dommen;Jonathan Duplissy

  • 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

  • Relating hygroscopicity and composition of organic aerosol particulate matter

    J. Duplissy;J. Duplissy;P. F. DeCarlo;P. F. DeCarlo;J. Dommen;M. R. Alfarra

  • Aging of biogenic secondary organic aerosol via gas-phase OH radical reactions

    Neil M. Donahue;Kaytlin M. Henry;Thomas F. Mentel;Astrid Kiendler-Scharr

  • Secondary organic aerosols from anthropogenic and biogenic precursors

    U. Baltensperger;M. Kalberer;J. Dommen;D. Paulsen

  • 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

  • A mass spectrometric study of secondary organic aerosols formed from the photooxidation of anthropogenic and biogenic precursors in a reaction chamber

    M. R. Alfarra;M. R. Alfarra;D. Paulsen;D. Paulsen;M. Gysel;M. Gysel;A. A. Garforth

Frequent Co-Authors

Urs Baltensperger
Urs Baltensperger Paul Scherrer Institute
Jonathan Duplissy
Jonathan Duplissy University of Helsinki
Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki
Katrianne Lehtipalo
Katrianne Lehtipalo University of Helsinki
André S. H. Prévôt
André S. H. Prévôt Paul Scherrer Institute
Siegfried Schobesberger
Siegfried Schobesberger University of Eastern Finland
Douglas R. Worsnop
Douglas R. Worsnop University of Helsinki
Neil M. Donahue
Neil M. Donahue Carnegie Mellon University
Joachim Curtius
Joachim Curtius Goethe University Frankfurt
Andreas Kürten
Andreas Kürten Goethe University Frankfurt

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