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Prof. Dr. Thomas Koop

T. Koop
  Faculty of Chemistry
Bielefeld University
Universitätsstr. 25
D-33615 Bielefeld
Germany

Phone: +49-(0)521-106-6135
E-mail: thomas.koop@uni-bielefeld.de
Room: E3-150

ResearcherID: B-7861-2008


Personal Information

born 3. April 1967 in Homberg (Niederrhein), Germany
married, three children

Education and Academic Career

10.1987 - 09.1992: Undergraduate student of Chemistry at the University of Duisburg (Germany)
01.1993 - 10.1996: PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz (Germany)
with Prof. Paul J. Crutzen
10.1996 - 02.1997: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Junior Research Group with Dr. Thomas Peter
03.1997 - 12.1998: Postdoctoral Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge (U.S.A.)
with Prof. Mario J. Molina
01.1999 - 02.2004: Research Associate and Lecturer at ETH Zurich (Switzerland) with Prof. Thomas Peter
06.2002 - 7.2002: Guest Scientist at the University of Washington in Seattle (U.S.A.)
Since 03.2004: Professor of Physical Chemistry at Bielefeld University

Degrees granted

09.1992: Diploma in Chemistry, University of Duisburg (Germany)
10.1996: Ph.D. in Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz (Germany)
04.2004: Habilitation, ETH Zurich (Switzerland)

Honors and Awards:

12.1990 - 09.1992: Scholarship of the German Scholarship Foundation
06.1997: Otto Hahn Medal 1996 of the Max Planck Society for outstanding scientific achievements of a young scientist
07.1997 - 12.1998: Feodor Lynen Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
06.2002 - 07.2002: Research Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
06.2003 - 07.2008: Elected Member of Die Junge Akademie at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina
11.2003: Latsis Prize of the ETH Zurich for outstanding independent scientific contributions by a young scientist at ETH Zurich
10.2006: Karl Peter Grotemeyer Prize 2006 of the Westfälisch-Lippische Universitätsgesellschaft for outstanding achievements and personal dedication in teaching at Bielefeld University
2008: Marian Smoluchowski Award 2008 (shared with Markus Kalberer) of the Association for Aerosol Research for significant research contribution to aerosol science

Activities:

since 09.2001: Co-founder and Executive Editor of the Journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
03.2004 - 06.2007: Speaker of the working group "Water" at Die Junge Akademie
06.2007 - 07.2008: Member of the Executive Board of the Die Junge Akademie
since 09.2004: Coordinator of the Graduate School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Bielefeld University

Selected Recent Invited Talks

2012: 12th IGAC Open Science Conference "Atmospheric Chemistry in the Anthropocene", Beijing (China)
2012: American Chemical Society National Fall Meeting, Philadelphia (U.S.A.)
2012: European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna (Austria)
2011: Gordon Research Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, Mount Snow Resort (U.S.A.)
2011: Harvard University Atmospheric Sciences seminar, Cambridge MA (U.S.A.)
2010: Telluride Workshop on Aerosol-Cloud Chemistry, Telluride CO (U.S.A.)

Selected Publications

Citations in ISI Web of Science:


Shiraiwa, M.; Ammann, M.; Koop, T.; Pöschl, U.;
Gas uptake and chemical aging of semisolid organic aerosol particles,
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 108, 11003–11008, 2011.   article online*
Virtanen, A.; Joutsensaari, J.; Koop, T.; Kannosto, J.; Yli-Pirilä, P.; Leskinen, J.; Mäkelä, J.M.; Holopainen, J.K.; Pöschl, U.; Kulmala, M.; Worsnop, D.R.; Laaksonen, A.;
An amorphous solid state of biogenic secondary organic aerosol particles,
Nature, 467, 824-827, 2010.   article online*
Zobrist, B.; Marcolli, C.; Pedernera, D.A.; Koop, T.;
Do atmospheric aerosols form glasses?,
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 5221-5244, 2008.   article online
Peter, T.; Marcolli, C.; Spichtinger, P.; Corti, T.; Baker, M.B.; Koop, T.;
When dry air is too humid,
Science, 314, 1399-1402, 2006.   article online*
Murphy, D.M.; Koop, T.;
Review of the vapour pressures of ice and supercooled water for atmospheric applications,
Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 131, 1539-1565, 2005.   article online*
Koop, T.;
Homogeneous Ice Nucleation in Water and Aqueous Solutions (Review Article),
Z. Phys. Chem., 218, 1231-1258, 2004.   article online*
Koop, T.; Luo, B.P.; Tsias, A., Peter, T.;
Water activity as the determinant for homogeneous ice nucleation in aqueous solutions,
Nature, 406, 611-614, 2000.   article online*
Koop, T.; Ng, H.P.; Molina, L.T.; Molina, M.J.;
A New Optical Technique to Study Aerosol Phase Transitions: The Nucleation of Ice from H2SO4 Aerosols,
J. Phys. Chem. A, 102, 8924-8931, 1998.   article online*
Koop, T.; Carslaw, K.S.;
Melting of H2SO4·4H2O Particles Upon Cooling: Implications for Polar Stratospheric Clouds,
Science, 272, 1638-1641, 1996.   article online*
Koop, T.; Biermann, U.M.; Raber, W.; Luo, B.P.; Crutzen, P.J.; Peter, T.;
Do stratospheric aerosol droplets freeze above the ice frost point?,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 917-920, 1995.   PDF article online*

See also the full publication list.

 
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