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Overview

Thomas Koop is a researcher affiliated with Bielefeld University in Germany, with a notable focus on Environmental Science and Materials Science. Their work spans subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ceramics and Composites, and Materials Chemistry.

Their research topics include Glass properties and applications, Physiological and biochemical adaptations, nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Thermal and Kinetic Analysis, Planetary Science and Exploration, and Astro and Planetary Science.

Thomas Koop's recent publications include:

  • "Water activity in Venus's uninhabitable clouds and other planetary atmospheres" (2021), Nature Astronomy
  • "Specific Ion-Protein Interactions Influence Bacterial Ice Nucleation" (2021), Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Water-organizing motif continuity is critical for potent ice nucleation protein activity" (2022), Nature Communications
  • "Machine-Learning-Based Prediction of the Glass Transition Temperature of Organic Compounds Using Experimental Data" (2023), ACS Omega
  • "Cloud Activation via Formation of Water and Ice on Various Types of Porous Aerosol Particles" (2021), ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

Frequent co-authors working alongside Thomas Koop include:

  • Jan-Hendrik Peters
  • Lukas Eickhoff
  • Gianluca Armeli
  • Ulrich Pöschl
  • Nàama Reicher

Their research has been published multiple times in the following venues:

  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Astronomy
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Water activity as the determinant for homogeneous ice nucleation in aqueous solutions

    Thomas Koop;Beiping Luo;Athanasios Tsias;Thomas Peter

  • An amorphous solid state of biogenic secondary organic aerosol particles

    Annele Virtanen;Jorma Joutsensaari;Thomas Koop;Jonna Kannosto

  • Glass transition and phase state of organic compounds: dependency on molecular properties and implications for secondary organic aerosols in the atmosphere.

    Thomas Koop;Johannes Bookhold;Manabu Shiraiwa;Ulrich Pöschl

  • Gas uptake and chemical aging of semisolid organic aerosol particles

    Manabu Shiraiwa;Markus Ammann;Thomas Koop;Ulrich Pöschl

  • Amorphous and crystalline aerosol particles interacting with water vapor: conceptual framework and experimental evidence for restructuring, phase transitions and kinetic limitations

    E. Mikhailov;E. Mikhailov;S. Vlasenko;S. T. Martin;T. Koop

  • Do atmospheric aerosols form glasses

    B. Zobrist;B. Zobrist;C. Marcolli;D. A. Pedernera;Thomas Koop

  • Global distribution of particle phase state in atmospheric secondary organic aerosols

    Manabu Shiraiwa;Ying Li;Alexandra P. Tsimpidi;Vlassis A. Karydis

  • A comprehensive laboratory study on the immersion freezing behavior of illite NX particles: a comparison of 17 ice nucleation measurement techniques

    Naruki Hiranuma;Stefanie Augustin-Bauditz;Heinz Bingemer;Carsten Budke

  • Ultra-slow water diffusion in aqueous sucrose glasses

    Bernhard Zobrist;Bernhard Zobrist;Vacharaporn Soonsin;Bei P. Luo;Ulrich K. Krieger

  • Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation Rate Coefficient of Water Droplets Coated by a Nonadecanol Monolayer

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

  • Humidity-dependent phase state of SOA particles from biogenic and anthropogenic precursors

    E. Saukko;A. T. Lambe;P. Massoli;Thomas Koop

  • Ice nucleation by water-soluble macromolecules

    B. G. Pummer;Carsten Budke;S. Augustin-Bauditz;D. Niedermeier;D. Niedermeier

  • Phase transitions of sea-salt/water mixtures at low temperatures: Implications for ozone chemistry in the polar marine boundary layer

    Thomas Koop;Abha Kapilashrami;Luisa T. Molina;Mario J. Molina

  • Freezing of HNO3/H2SO4/H2O Solutions at Stratospheric Temperatures: Nucleation Statistics and Experiments

    Thomas Koop;Beiping Luo;Uta M. Biermann;Paul J. Crutzen

  • Do stratospheric aerosol droplets freeze above the ice frost point

    Thomas Koop;U. M. Biermann;W. Raber;B. P. Luo

  • Competition between water uptake and ice nucleation by glassy organic aerosol particles

    T. Berkemeier;M. Shiraiwa;U. Pöschl;T. Koop

  • Heterogeneous nucleation of ice on surrogates of mineral dust

    Daniel A. Knopf;Daniel A. Knopf;Thomas Koop

  • Size dependence of phase transitions in aerosol nanoparticles

    Yafang Cheng;Hang Su;Thomas Koop;Eugene Mikhailov

  • A NEW OPTICAL TECHNIQUE TO STUDY AEROSOL PHASE TRANSITIONS : THE NUCLEATION OF ICE FROM H2SO4 AEROSOLS

    Thomas Koop;Huey P. Ng;Luisa T. Molina;Mario J. Molina

  • When dry air is too humid

    Thomas Peter;Claudia Marcolli;Peter Spichtinger;Thierry Corti

  • Size-dependent stratospheric droplet composition in Lee wave temperature fluctuations and their potential role in PSC freezing

    S. K. Meilinger;Thomas Koop;B. P. Luo;T. Huthwelker

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrich Pöschl
Ulrich Pöschl Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Thomas Peter
Thomas Peter ETH Zurich
Ottmar Möhler
Ottmar Möhler Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Yinon Rudich
Yinon Rudich Weizmann Institute of Science
Beiping Luo
Beiping Luo ETH Zurich
Norbert Sewald
Norbert Sewald Bielefeld University
Daniel A. Knopf
Daniel A. Knopf Stony Brook University
Manabu Shiraiwa
Manabu Shiraiwa University of California, Irvine
Mario J. Molina
Mario J. Molina University of California, San Diego
Heike Wex
Heike Wex Leibniz Association

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