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Daniel Knopf
Professor
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Biography
Daniel Knopf’s research focuses on the physical and chemical properties of aerosol particles and their role in air pollution and cloud formation and thus climate. Phase transitions of aerosol particles, like the formation of ice and its impact on the global radiation budget, is one of the least understood processes in the atmosphere. Also, aerosol particles provide a medium for gas-to-particle reactions, with the Antarctic ozone hole being the most prominent example.
Education
- PhD, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
- MSc and BSc, Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg/Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics
News Highlights
June 16, 2017
Strange ice lolly icicles seen floating in clouds above the UK 12
News Scientist
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December 21, 2016
Scientists Have Witnessed The Birth of an Ice Cloud For The First Time
Science Alert
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January 4, 2016
Does Everyday Dust Create The Seeds Of Precipitation In Clouds?
Inside Science
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October 8, 2015
Bursting bubbles send plankton parts skyward, Stony Brook team finds
TBR News Media
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September 12, 2015
Tiny plants on ocean's surface help build clouds, research shows
Los Angeles Times
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