Dr. Nsikanabasi Umo

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsAtmospheric Science
Keywordsmicrophysics, clouds, Ice nucleation, aerosols, combustion

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityWilmington
InstitutionUniversity of North Carolina at Wilmington
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Host during sponsorship

Dr. Ottmar MöhlerForschungsbereich Atmosphärische Aerosolforschung, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Karlsruhe
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2017

Programme(s)

2016Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2021Hiranuma, N. and Auvermann, B. W. and Belosi, F. and Bush, J. and Cory, K. M. and Georgakopoulos, D. G. and H\"ohler, K. and Hou, Y. and Lacher, L. and Saathoff, H. and Santachiara, G. and Shen, X. and Steinke, I. and Ullrich, R. and Umo, N. S. and Vepuri, H. S. K. and Vogel, F. and M\"ohler, O.: Laboratory and field studies of ice-nucleating particles from open-lot livestock facilities in Texas. In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 2021, 14215--14234
2021Umo, N. S. and Ullrich, R. and Maters, E. C. and Steinke, I. and Benker, N. and Höhler, K. and Wagner, R. and Weidler, P. G. and Hoshyaripour, G. A. and Kiselev, A. and Kueppers, U. and Kandler, K. and Dingwell, D. B. and Leisner, T. and Möhler, O.: The Influence of Chemical and Mineral Compositions on the Parameterization of Immersion Freezing by Volcanic Ash Particles. In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126, 2021, e2020JD033356
2019Umo, N. S. and Wagner, R. and Ullrich, R. and Kiselev, A. and Saathoff, H. and Weidler, P. G. and Cziczo, D. J. and Leisner, T. and M\"ohler, O.: Enhanced ice nucleation activity of coal fly ash aerosol particles initiated by ice-filled pores. In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19, 2019, 8783--8800
2018Vergara-Temprado, Jesús and Holden, Mark A. and Orton, Thomas R. and O'Sullivan, Daniel and Umo, Nsikanabasi S. and Browse, Jo and Reddington, Carly and Baeza-Romero, María Teresa and Jones, Jenny M. and Lea-Langton, Amanda and Williams, Alan and Carslaw, Ken S. and Murray, Benjamin J.: Is Black Carbon an Unimportant Ice-Nucleating Particle in Mixed-Phase Clouds?. In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123, 2018, 4273-4283