Research Projects
The INUIT Ice Nuclei Research Unit consists the following research projects:
In situ measurements of ice nucleating particles (INP) and quantification of biological INP
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Joachim Curtius
Assistance: Fabian Frank, Rebecca Kohl
Project leader: Dr. Johannes Schneider, Dr. Frank Stratmann
Assistance: Stephan Mertes, Hans-Christian Clemen, Thomas Conrath
Project leader: Dr. Karoline Diehl, Dr. Miklós Szakáll
Assistance: Oliver Eppers, Amelie Mayer
Heterogeneous ice nucleation induced by porous materials
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Thomas Koop
Assistance: Dr. Carsten Budke, Katharina Dreischmeier, Evelyn Jantsch
Statistics of ice nucleation conditions in mixed-phase clouds
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Corinna Hoose
Assistance: Dr. Monika Niemand, Dr. Luke Hande, Isabelle Reichardt
From lab to field: examining immersion freezing of atmospheric relevant ice nucleating particles
Project leader: Dr. Heike Wex
Assistance: Dr. Susan Hartmann, Sarah Grawe, Thomas Conrath, Stefanie Augustin
Project leader: Dr. Ottmar Möhler, Dr. Alexei Kiselev, Prof. Thomas Leisner
Assistance:
Chemical and mineralogical characterization of ice nuclei and ice particle residuals
Project leader: PD Dr. Martin Ebert, Prof. Dr. Stephan Weinbruch, Dr. Heinz Bingemer
Assistance: Daniel Weber
Project leader: Dr. Janine Fröhlich, PD Dr. Ulrich Pöschl
Assistance: Dr. Bernhard G. Pummer, Dr. Martin Linden, Dr. Jan Frederik Scheel, Petya Yordanova, Anna T. Kunert
Central coordination & administration of the INUIT research unit
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Joachim Curtius
Assistance: Birte Hülsen und Susanne Staechelin