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Environmental Sciences
Italy
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
84
Citations
31540
World Ranking
777
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Sandro Fuzzi is affiliated with the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Plant Science.

Their work covers a range of topics including atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality and health impacts, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, plant responses to elevated CO2, vehicle emissions and performance, infection control and ventilation, and the impact of COVID-19 on air quality.

Key recent publications include:

  • Tropical and Boreal Forest - Atmosphere Interactions: A Review, 2022, Tellus B
  • The impact of biomass burning and aqueous-phase processing on air quality: a multi-year source apportionment study in the Po Valley, Italy, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Biological fluid dynamics of airborne COVID-19 infection, 2020, RENDICONTI LINCEI
  • Public perception of air pollution sources across Europe, 2020, AMBIO
  • Historical Changes in Seasonal Aerosol Acidity in the Po Valley (Italy) as Inferred from Fog Water and Aerosol Measurements, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology

Their frequent co-authors include Stefano Decesari (4 collaborations), Stefania Gilardoni (3 collaborations), Dimitri Bacco (3 collaborations), Liine Heikkinen (2 collaborations), and Radovan Krejčí (2 collaborations).

Their publications appear in venues such as Tellus B, Atmospheric chemistry and physics, RENDICONTI LINCEI, AMBIO, and Environmental Science & Technology.

Best Publications

  • Organic aerosol and global climate modelling: a review

    M. Kanakidou;J. H. Seinfeld;S. N. Pandis;I. Barnes

  • Flood or drought: How do aerosols affect precipitation?

    Daniel Rosenfeld;Ulrike Lohmann;Graciela B. Raga;Colin D. O'Dowd

  • Biogenically driven organic contribution to marine aerosol.

    Colin D. O'Dowd;Maria Cristina Facchini;Fabrizia Cavalli;Darius Ceburnis

  • A European aerosol phenomenology—1: physical characteristics of particulate matter at kerbside, urban, rural and background sites in Europe

    Rita Van Dingenen;Frank Raes;Jean-P Putaud;Urs Baltensperger

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

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

  • Atmospheric composition change – global and regional air quality

    P.S. Monks;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;S. Fuzzi;A. Stohl

  • 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

  • Cloud albedo enhancement by surface-active organic solutes in growing droplets

    Maria Cristina Facchini;Mihaela Mircea;Sandro Fuzzi;Robert J. Charlson

  • Atmospheric composition change: Ecosystems–Atmosphere interactions

    D. Fowler;Kim Pilegaard;M.A. Sutton;Per Ambus

  • The effect of physical and chemical aerosol properties on warm cloud droplet activation

    G. Mcfiggans;P. Artaxo;Urs Baltensperger;H. Coe

  • Inorganic, organic and macromolecular components of fine aerosol in different areas of Europe in relation to their water solubility

    S. Zappoli;A. Andracchio;S. Fuzzi;M.C. Facchini

  • Primary submicron marine aerosol dominated by insoluble organic colloids and aggregates

    Maria Cristina Facchini;Matteo Rinaldi;Stefano Decesari;Claudio Carbone

  • Characterization of water-soluble organic compounds in atmospheric aerosol: A new approach

    Stefano Decesari;Maria Cristina Facchini;Sandro Fuzzi;Emilio Tagliavini

  • Water-soluble organic compounds in biomass burning aerosols over Amazonia 2. Apportionment of the chemical composition and importance of the polyacidic fraction

    O. L. Mayol-Bracero;P. Guyon;B. Graham;G. Roberts

  • Critical assessment of the current state of scientific knowledge, terminology, and research needs concerning the role of organic aerosols in the atmosphere, climate, and global change

    S. Fuzzi;M.O. Andreae;B.J. Huebert;M. Kulmala

  • Advances in characterization of size-resolved organic matter in marine aerosol over the North Atlantic

    F. Cavalli;M.C. Facchini;S. Decesari;Mihaela Mircea

  • Important source of marine secondary organic aerosol from biogenic amines.

    Maria Cristina Facchini;Stefano Decesari;Matteo Rinaldi;Claudio Carbone

  • Direct observation of aqueous secondary organic aerosol from biomass-burning emissions.

    Stefania Gilardoni;Paola Massoli;Marco Paglione;Lara Giulianelli

  • Hygroscopic growth and critical supersaturations for mixed aerosol particles of inorganic and organic compounds of atmospheric relevance

    B. Svenningsson;J. Rissler;E. Swietlicki;M. Mircea

  • Surface tension of atmospheric wet aerosol and cloud/fog droplets in relation to their organic carbon content and chemical composition

    Maria Cristina Facchini;Stefano Decesari;Mihaela Mircea;Sandro Fuzzi

  • 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

  • Water-soluble organic compounds in biomass burning aerosols over Amazonia 2. Apportionment of the chemical composition and importance of the polyacidic fraction : Large-scale biosphere-atmosphere experiment in Amazonia (LBA)

    O. L. Mayol-Bracero;P. Guyon;B. Graham;G. Roberts

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Cristina Facchini
Maria Cristina Facchini Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Stefano Decesari
Stefano Decesari Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Matteo Rinaldi
Matteo Rinaldi Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Mihaela Mircea
Mihaela Mircea National Agency For New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
Axel Berner
Axel Berner University of Vienna
Paolo Laj
Paolo Laj Grenoble Alpes University
Colin D. O'Dowd
Colin D. O'Dowd University of Galway
Erik Swietlicki
Erik Swietlicki Lund University
Willy Maenhaut
Willy Maenhaut Ghent University
Alfred Wiedensohler
Alfred Wiedensohler Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research

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