Prof. Dr. Rainer M. Volkamer

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsRemote Sensing
Keywordshalogens in the troposphere, field measurements, trace gases and aerosols, biomass burning and wildfires, air quality

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityBoulder
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado at Boulder
InstituteCooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Kimberly A. PratherDepartment of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2005

Programme(s)

2004Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme
2020Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Volkamer is a leading expert in the fields of atmospheric chemistry and remote sensing. He has contributed to these fields with many new ideas and approaches, novel experimental methods, highly complex atmospheric measurement campaigns, and thorough analyses. Recently, he has led studies focusing on emissions from agriculture and biomass burning and their climate impact. In Germany, he continues working on the quantification of land-atmosphere and ocean-atmosphere exchange.