Achievement
ERC grants to study the production, physicochemical evolution and impacts of atmospheric particulate matter on air quality and climate change.
Prof. Athanasios Nenes (left), Dr. Nicolas Sifakis, Scientific Officer, European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA) (middle) and Prof. Spyros Pandis (right) at the combustion chamber facility used to generate biomass burning emissions that is later processed in the Environmental Chamber Facility of C-STACC.
Two ERC grants (an Advanced Researcher and a Consolidator Grant) were obtained to study the production, physicochemical evolution and impacts of atmospheric particulate matter on air quality and climate change. The properties and impacts of biomass burning particles are currently studied. The infrastructure that was established using ERC and other funding sources has further upgraded ICE-HT as a go-to place for environmental chamber research.