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Thorsten Hoffmann is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research focuses on environmental and earth sciences, particularly atmospheric science and its related subfields. Hoffmann's scholarly output spans topics such as atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality and health impacts, and atmospheric ozone and climate.

Their major research topics include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Thorsten Hoffmann's scientific publications have appeared frequently in notable journals, with many contributions to:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Nature Communications

The individual has authored several research papers investigating the composition, chemical characteristics, and optical properties of atmospheric aerosols as well as secondary aerosol formation. Recent papers include:

  • Water-Insoluble Organics Dominate Brown Carbon in Wintertime Urban Aerosol of China: Chemical Characteristics and Optical Properties, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Summertime and wintertime atmospheric processes of secondary aerosol in Beijing, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Characterization of the light-absorbing properties, chromophore composition and sources of brown carbon aerosol in Xi'an, northwestern China, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Urban organic aerosol composition in eastern China differs from north to south: molecular insight from a liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (Orbitrap) study, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Contrasting sources and processes of particulate species in haze days with low and high relative humidity in wintertime Beijing, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Collaboration is a significant element of Hoffmann's research activity, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Ru-Jin Huang
  • Jing Duan
  • Colin O'Dowd
  • Haiyan Ni
  • Yongjie Li

Their main fields of study are Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with considerable contributions to applied areas such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, and Ecology.

Best Publications

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

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

  • Gas/Particle Partitioning and Secondary Organic Aerosol Yields

    Jay R. Odum;Thorsten Hoffmann;Frank Bowman;Don Collins

  • Formation of Organic Aerosols from the Oxidation of Biogenic Hydrocarbons

    Thorsten Hoffmann;Jay R. Odum;Frank Bowman;Donald Collins

  • Bioaerosols in the Earth system: Climate, health, and ecosystem interactions

    Janine Fröhlich-Nowoisky;Christopher J. Kampf;Christopher J. Kampf;Bettina Weber;J. Alex Huffman

  • Marine aerosol formation from biogenic iodine emissions

    Colin D. O'Dowd;Colin D. O'Dowd;Jose L. Jimenez;Richard C. Bahreini;Richard C. Flagan

  • The molecular identification of organic compounds in the atmosphere : state of the art and challenges

    Barbara Nozière;Markus Kalberer;Magda Claeys;James Allan

  • Aerosol formation: atmospheric particles from organic vapours.

    Colin D. O'Dowd;Colin D. O'Dowd;Pasi Aalto;Kaarle Hmeri;Markku Kulmala

  • A new feedback mechanism linking forests, aerosols, and climate

    M. Kulmala;T. Suni;K. E. J. Lehtinen;M. Dal Maso

  • HONO Emissions from Soil Bacteria as a Major Source of Atmospheric Reactive Nitrogen

    R. Oswald;T. Behrendt;T. Behrendt;M. Ermel;M. Ermel;D. Wu;D. Wu

  • 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

  • PM2.5-bound oxygenated PAHs, nitro-PAHs and parent-PAHs from the atmosphere of a Chinese megacity: Seasonal variation, sources and cancer risk assessment

    Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe;Hannah Meusel;Ru-jin Huang;Kinfai Ho;Kinfai Ho

  • The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO): overview of pilot measurements on ecosystem ecology, meteorology, trace gases, and aerosols

    M. O. Andreae;M. O. Andreae;O. C. Acevedo;A. Araùjo;P. Artaxo

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

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

  • New particle formation from photooxidation of diiodomethane (CH2I2)

    Jose L. Jimenez;Jose L. Jimenez;Roya Bahreini;David R. Cocker;David R. Cocker;Hong Zhuang

  • Molecular composition of organic aerosols formed in the α‐pinene/O3 reaction: Implications for new particle formation processes

    Thorsten Hoffmann;Rolf Bandur;Ulrich Marggraf;Michael Linscheid

  • Brown Carbon Aerosol in Urban Xi'an, Northwest China: The Composition and Light Absorption Properties.

    Ru-Jin Huang;Lu Yang;Jun-ji Cao;Yang Chen

  • Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds from Sunflower and Beech: Dependence on Temperature and Light Intensity

    G. Schuh;A.C. Heiden;T.H. Hoffmann;J. Kahl

  • A dedicated study of new particle formation and fate in the coastal environment (PARFORCE): overview of objectives and achievements

    Colin D. O'Dowd;Colin D. O'Dowd;Kaarle Hämeri;Kaarle Hämeri;Jyrki M. Mäkelä;Jyrki M. Mäkelä;Liisa Pirjola

  • The role of VOC oxidation products in continental new particle formation

    A. Laaksonen;A. Laaksonen;M. Kulmala;C. D. O'Dowd;J. Joutsensaari

  • Iodine oxide homogeneous nucleation: An explanation for coastal new particle production

    Thorsten Hoffmann;Colin D. O'Dowd;John H. Seinfeld

  • Formation of 3-methyl-1,2,3-butanetricarboxylic acid via gas phase oxidation of pinonic acid – a mass spectrometric study of SOA aging

    L. Müller;M.-C. Reinnig;K. H. Naumann;H. Saathoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Ru-Jin Huang
Ru-Jin Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Colin D. O'Dowd
Colin D. O'Dowd University of Galway
Ulrich Pöschl
Ulrich Pöschl Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Jonathan Williams
Jonathan Williams Max Planck Society
Hang Su
Hang Su Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Yafang Cheng
Yafang Cheng Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki
Meinrat O. Andreae
Meinrat O. Andreae Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Junji Cao
Junji Cao Chinese Academy of Sciences
John H. Seinfeld
John H. Seinfeld California Institute of Technology

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