Nicolas Bukowiecki

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Paul Scherrer Institut
Labor für Atmosphärenchemie
CH-5232 Villigen PSI
Switzerland

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Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry

Aerosol Physics Group

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Curriculum Vitae

2009 - date Research scientist at the Paul Scherrer Institut, Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry.
2006 - 2009 Research scientist at Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research
2003 - 2005

Postdoc at the Paul Scherrer Institut, Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry.

2003

received Ph.D. in Natural Sciences (Dr. sc. nat. ETH), ETH Zürich.
1999 - 2003

Ph.D. studies at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland. Dissertation: Mobile pollutant measurement laboratories - Spatial distribution and seasonal variation of aerosol parameters in the Zürich (Switzerland) and Minneapolis (USA) area. Advisor: Dr. U. Baltensperger (PSI), Supervisor: Prof. Dr. T. Peter (ETHZ).
Open access via ETH Zürich

1999

received Diploma in Chemistry (master degree equivalent), ETH Zürich. Thesis: Laser-induced thermal desorption of ice films: Collisional cooling in the desorption plume. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. R. Zenobi.
1993 - 1999

Diploma studies at the Department of Chemistry of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zürich). Focus: Analytical and inorganic chemistry.


List of Publications

 

Bukowiecki, N., Lienemann, P., Hill, R., Richard, A., Furger, M., Prévôt, A.S.H., Baltensperger, U, Buchmann, B. and Gehrig, R.,
PM10 emission factors for non-exhaust particles generated by road traffic in an urban street canyon and along a freeway in Switzerland.
Atmospheric Environment 44 (19) 2330-2340, 2010.

Bukowiecki, N., Lienemann, P., Hill, M., Figi, R., Richard, A., Furger, M., Rickers, K.,
Falkenberg, G., Zhao, Y., Cliff, S.S., Prévôt, A.S.H., Baltensperger, U, Buchmann, B. and Gehrig, R.,
Real-world emission factors for antimony and other brake wear related trace elements: Size-segregated values for light and heavy duty vehicles.
Environmental Science and Technology 43 (21), 8072–8078, 2009.

Bukowiecki, N., Richard, A., Furger, M., Aguirre, M., Huthwelker, T., Lienemann, P., Gehrig, R., and Baltensperger., U.,
Deposition uniformity and particle size distribution of ambient aerosol collected with a rotating drum impactor.
Aerosol Science and Technology 43, 891-901, 2009.

Bukowiecki, N., P. Lienemann, C. N. Zwicky, M. Furger, A. Richard, G. Falkenberg,
K. Rickers, D. Grolimund, C. Borca, M. Hill, R. Gehrig, and U. Baltensperger
X-ray fluorescence spectrometry for high throughput analysis of atmospheric aerosol samples: The benefits of synchrotron X-rays.
Spectrochimica Acta Part B 63, 929-938, 2008.

Gehrig, R., Hill, M., Lienemann, P., Zwicky, C.N., Bukowiecki N., Weingartner E., Baltensperger, U. and Buchmann, B.,.
Contribution of railway traffic to local PM10 concentrations in Switzerland,
Atmospheric Environment 41, 923-933, 2007.

Bukowiecki, N., Gehrig, R., Hill, M., Lienemann, P., Zwicky, C.N., Buchmann, B., Weingartner, E. and Baltensperger, U.,
Iron, manganese and copper emitted by railway traffic: Size-segregated mass concentrations in ambient air.
Atmospheric Environment 41, 878-889, 2007.

Bukowiecki, N., Hill, M., Gehrig, R., Lienemann, P., Zwicky, C.N., Hegedüs, F., Falkenberg, G., Weingartner, E. and Baltensperger, U.,
Trace metals in ambient air: Hourly size-segregated mass concentrations detemined by Synchrotron-XRF.
Environmental Science and Technology 39, 5754-5762, 2005.

Bukowiecki, N., Dommen, J., Prévôt, A.S.H., Weingartner, E. and Baltensperger, U. (2003).
Fine and ultrafine particles in the Zurich ( Switzerland) area measured with a mobile laboratory:
An assessment of the seasonal and regional variation throughout a year.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 3, 1477-1494, 2003.

Bukowiecki, N., Dommen, J., Prevot, A.S.H., Richter, R., Weingartner, E. and Baltensperger, U.,
A mobile pollutant measurement laboratory –
Measuring gas phase and aerosol ambient concentrations with high spatial and temporal resolution.
Atmospheric Environment 36, 5569-5579, 2002.

Bukowiecki, N., Kittelson, D.B., Watts, W.F., Burtscher, H., Weingartner, E. and Baltensperger, U.,
Real-time characterization of ultrafine and accumulation mode particles in ambient combustion aerosols.
Journal of Aerosol Science 33, 1139-1154, 2002.

Nessler, R., Bukowiecki, N., Henning, S., Weingartner, E., Calpini, B. and Baltensperger, U.,
Simultaneous dry and ambient measurements of aerosol size distributions at the Jungfraujoch.
Tellus 55B, 808-819, 2003.

Kasper, M., Matter, U., Burtscher, H., Bukowiecki, N. and Mayer, A.,
NanoMet, a new instrument for on-line size- and substance-specific particle emission analysis.
SAE Technical Paper Series, No. 2001-01-0216, 2001.
Awarded with the SAE Arch. T. Colwell Award (Society of Automotive Engineering)

Burtscher, H., Baltensperger, U., Bukowiecki, N., Cohn, P., Hüglin, C., Mohr, M., Matter, U., Nyeki, S., Schmatloch, V., Streit, N. and Weingartner, E.,
Separation of volatile and non-volatile aerosol fractions by thermodesorption: instrumental development and applications.
Journal of Aerosol Science 32, 427-442, 2001.

Kittelson, D.B., Johnson, J., Watts, W., Wei, Q., Drayton, M., Paulsen, D. and Bukowiecki, N.,
Diesel aerosol sampling in the atmosphere. SAE Technical Paper Series, No. 2000-01-2212, 2000.

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