Dr. Silvia Henning
Leibniz Institute for
Tropospheric Research
Permoserstraße 15
04318 Leipzig
Phone: +49 341 2717-7321
Mail: henning@tropos.de
Room: 001 (Geb. 23.3)
Function
Teamlead
Aerosol-Cloud-Interactions
Department:
Research areas & research interest:
Cloud microphysics and aerosol-cloud interactions
Results and publications on Cloud Condensation Nuclei: Characterization in the Field
Results and publications on atmospheric concentrations of ice nucleating particles (INP)
Current projects:
- VACCINE (Variation of Antarctic Cloud Condensation (CCN) and Ice Nucleating Particle (INP) concentrations and properties at NEumayer Station compared to their values in the Arctic at Villum Research Station)
- ACORES (Vertical CCN distribution in a marine environment)
- ACE-SPACE (Study of Preindustrial-like Aerosol-Climate Effects)
- ACTRIS (In-situ CCN measurements at TROPOS field station Melpitz)
Finished projects:
- Hygroscopic particle growth at temperatures below freezing point of water
- HCCT-2010 (Hill Cap Cloud Thuringia 2010)
- HaChi (Haze in China)
- LExNO (LACIS Experiment in November)
- CLACE (Cloud and Aerosol Characterization Experiment at Jungfraujoch, CH)
- ACE-2 (In-situ measurements of aerosol particle number size distributions at Mt. Fóia, Pt)
Curriculum vitae
Research Experience
since 02/2005 Postdoc at Leibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) Leipzig, Topic: Investigation of aerosol-cloud interaction in lab and field experiments
04/2003–12/2004 Postdoc at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark (first year supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation), Topic: Investigation of organic aerosol particles with respect to their cloud activation properties
01/1999–03/2003 Scientist at the Paul Scherrer Institut (Villigen), Switzerland, Topic: Partitioning of the atmospheric aerosol between aerosol and cloud phase at the high-alpine site Jungfraujoch (3454 m asl, Switzerland), chemical composition of the water-soluble fraction of the high-alpine aerosol
Academic qualification
10/2002 PhD Natural Sciences
01/1999-10/2002 PhD student at the Paul Scherrer Institut and University of Bern, Switzerland
12/1998 Graduated as Diplom Meteorologin
11/1997-11/1998 Diploma work at Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
10/1993-12/1998 Diploma student in Meteorology, University of Leipzig, Germany
Memberships
since 07/1999 Member of German Aerosol Foundation (GAeF)