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Yoshiteru Iinuma is affiliated with the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions spanning subfields such as ecology, atmospheric science, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, and spectroscopy.

The scientist's work encompasses several specialized topics, including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Microbial community ecology and physiology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Coral and marine ecosystems studies
  • Air quality and health impacts
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Indoor air quality and microbial exposure

Yoshiteru Iinuma's publications have appeared in a variety of journals, emphasizing environmental and atmospheric research. The venues include:

  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmosphere
  • Chemical Communications
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Iinuma include:

  • "Extreme storms cause rapid but short-lived shifts in nearshore subtropical bacterial communities," 2020, Environmental Microbiology
  • "Source apportionment and impact of long-range transport on carbonaceous aerosol particles in central Germany during HCCT-2010," 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Structural Characterisation of Dimeric Esters in α-Pinene Secondary Organic Aerosol Using N2 and CO2 Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry," 2020, Atmosphere
  • "Charged chiral derivatization for enantioselective imaging of d-,l-2-hydroxyglutaric acid using ion mobility spectrometry/mass spectrometry," 2023, Chemical Communications
  • "Typhoon-enhanced BVOC and Pollutants Drive Highly Oxidized SOA Formation in Subtropical Evergreen Forests in Okinawa, Japan," 2025, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

Frequent collaborators include:

  • A. Ares
  • Margaret Mars Brisbin
  • Kirk N. Sato
  • Juan P. Martín
  • Satoshi Mitarai

Best Publications

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

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

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

    Barbara Nozière;Markus Kalberer;Magda Claeys;James Allan

  • Nitrate radicals and biogenic volatile organic compounds: oxidation, mechanisms, and organic aerosol

    Nga Lee Ng;Steven S. Brown;Steven S. Brown;Alexander T. Archibald;Elliot Atlas

  • Aerosol-chamber study of the α-pinene/O3 reaction: influence of particle acidity on aerosol yields and products

    Yoshiteru Iinuma;Olaf Böge;Thomas Gnauk;Hartmut Herrmann

  • Atmospheric stability of levoglucosan: a detailed laboratory and modeling study.

    D. Hoffmann;A. Tilgner;Y. Iinuma;H. Herrmann

  • 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

  • Determination of levoglucosan in biomass combustion aerosol by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection

    Guenter Engling;Christian M. Carrico;Sonia M. Kreidenweis;Jeffrey L. Collett

  • Source characterization of biomass burning particles: The combustion of selected European conifers, African hardwood, savanna grass, and German and Indonesian peat

    Y. Iinuma;E. Brüggemann;T. Gnauk;K. Müller

  • Evidence for the Existence of Organosulfates from β-Pinene Ozonolysis in Ambient Secondary Organic Aerosol

    Yoshiteru Iinuma;Conny Müller;Torsten Berndt;Olaf Böge

  • Methyl-nitrocatechols: atmospheric tracer compounds for biomass burning secondary organic aerosols.

    Yoshiteru Iinuma;Olaf Böge;Ricarda Gräfe;Hartmut Herrmann

  • Highly Oxidized Multifunctional Organic Compounds Observed in Tropospheric Particles: A Field and Laboratory Study.

    Anke Mutzel;Laurent Poulain;Torsten Berndt;Yoshiteru Iinuma

  • Terpenylic acid and related compounds: precursors for dimers in secondary organic aerosol from the ozonolysis of α- and β-pinene

    F Yasmeen;F Yasmeen;R Vermeylen;R Szmigielski;R Szmigielski;Y Iinuma

  • Terpenylic Acid and Related Compounds from the Oxidation of α-Pinene: Implications for New Particle Formation and Growth above Forests

    Magda Claeys;Yoshiteru Iinuma;Rafal Szmigielski;Jason D. Surratt

  • A highly resolved anion-exchange chromatographic method for determination of saccharidic tracers for biomass combustion and primary bio-particles in atmospheric aerosol

    Yoshiteru Iinuma;Guenter Engling;Hans Puxbaum;Hartmut Herrmann

  • The formation of organic sulfate esters in the limonene ozonolysis secondary organic aerosol (SOA) under acidic conditions

    Yoshiteru Iinuma;Conny Müller;Olaf Böge;Thomas Gnauk

  • Laboratory chamber studies on the formation of organosulfates from reactive uptake of monoterpene oxides

    Yoshiteru Iinuma;Olaf Böge;Ariane Kahnt;Hartmut Herrmann

  • Seasonal variation of aliphatic amines in marine sub-micrometer particles at the Cape Verde islands

    C. Müller;Y. Iinuma;Johannes Karstensen;D. van Pinxteren

  • Sulfate radical-initiated formation of isoprene-derived organosulfates in atmospheric aerosols

    J. Schindelka;Y. Iinuma;D. Hoffmann;H. Herrmann

  • Monoterpene SOA – Contribution of first-generation oxidation products to formation and chemical composition

    Anke Mutzel;Maria Rodigast;Yoshiteru Iinuma;Olaf Böge

  • Organic aerosol source apportionment by offline-AMS over a full year in Marseille

    Carlo Bozzetti;Imad El Haddad;Dalia Salameh;Kaspar Rudolf Daellenbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Hartmut Herrmann
Hartmut Herrmann Leibniz Association
Thomas Gnauk
Thomas Gnauk Leibniz Association
Willy Maenhaut
Willy Maenhaut Ghent University
Magda Claeys
Magda Claeys University of Antwerp
Alfred Wiedensohler
Alfred Wiedensohler Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research
Laurent Poulain
Laurent Poulain Leibniz Association
Gerald Spindler
Gerald Spindler Leibniz Association
Meinrat O. Andreae
Meinrat O. Andreae Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Thorsten Hoffmann
Thorsten Hoffmann Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Astrid Kiendler-Scharr
Astrid Kiendler-Scharr Forschungszentrum Jülich

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