Working Group Atmospheric Chemistry

The Working Group Atmospheric Chemistry of the GDCh Division Environmental Chemistry & Ecotoxicology is primarily concerned with tropospheric chemistry and the influence of anthropogenic emissions (e.g. air traffic) and natural emissions (e.g. desert dust) on the composition of the air and its effects on the climate.

Increasing attention is also being paid to the chemistry of the condensed phase, particle formation and photochemistry in cloud droplets, the long-range transport and atmospheric degradation of pesticides and semi-volatile chemicals.

Members of the working group play a key role in the GDCh/DECHEMA/DBG Joint Committee on Chemistry, Air Quality and Climate (photo-oxidants, halogenated hydrocarbons) and contribute to the working group on particulate matter of DECHEMA, KRdL and GDCh.

Prof. Dr. Hartmut Herrmann, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Peter Wiesen, University of Wuppertal