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Professor, group leader

I'm professor of atmospheric science & physics at INAR and Finnish Meteorological Institute. I'm also Director of the Doctoral program in Atmospheric Sciences. My expertise is in aerosol physics and I have wide experience with field and laboratory experiments on atmospheric aerosols and nanoparticle measurement techniques. I'm interested in processes altering the atmospheric aerosol and ion population, such as aerosol formation and growth. The main projects I'm involved in are ACTRIS and CLOUD.

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Contact: katrianne.lehtipalo(a)helsinki.fi

Twitter: @Katrianne_L

Doctoral researcher

I am interested in understanding the mechanisms of atmospheric new particle formation in different environments, mainly in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East region. My research work involves laboratory experiments, field measurements and data analysis. I dislike working with ‘black boxes’ and I enjoy learning about the internal workings of instruments and other research tools. 

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Contact: rima.baalbaki(a)helsinki.fi

Twitter: @BaalbakiRima

Doctoral researcher

I am interested in the optical properties of aerosol particles, especially black and brown carbon, to calculate some of the input parameters that are required for better regional and global climate projections.

Contact: sujai.banerji(a)helsinki.fi

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Doctoral researcher

I am a PhD student working on atmospheric ice nucleation. My main research topic is heterogeneous ice nucleation and the interactions between atmospheric aerosols and clouds. I am interested in boreal and polar environments and I am using data from field and laboratory experiments. 

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Contact: zoe.brasseur(a)helsinki.fi

Twitter: @ZoeBrasseur

Doctoral Researcher

My PhD project under the Doctoral School of Industrial Innovations aims towards the enhancement, optimization and characterisation of condensation-based size spectrometers for ultrafine aerosol measurements. 

Contact: herbert.hartl(a)helsinki.fi

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Staff scientist

Working for the ACTRIS Cluster Calibration Center
Expertise: sub-10 nm particle measurements, ion spectrometers, airborne measurements. 

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Contact: janne.lampilahti(a)helsinki.fi

Post doctoral researcher

I am a postdoctoral researcher with interests in ion spectroscopic measurements, experimental lab work on nanoparticles as well as field measurements at different locations.

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Contact: markus.lampimaki(a)helsinki.fi

Research professor (tenure track)

I am tenure track research professor of aerosol and cloud processes at the Finnish Meteorological Institute and INAR. My work focuses on using in-situ observations to reduce aerosol radiative forcing uncertainty in global scale models. My background includes airborne and chamber observations, while my current modelling work focuses on EC-Earth.

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Contact: christina.williamson(a)fmi.fi

Doctoral researcher

I am a CLOUD-DOC student at INAR. I conduct my research at the Cosmics Leaving Outdoor Droplets (CLOUD) chamber at CERN, Geneva and compare the experimental results with atmospheric observations.

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Contact: wenjuan.yu(a)helsinki.fi