Job description

Context

Reactive nitrogen is quickly becoming the dominant pollutant in many regions in the world, with important consequences for ecosystems, human health and climate. This leads to changes in atmospheric chemistry and physics that need to be understood in order to more effectively address this pollution. In the CAINA project we are investigating how aerosols and clouds interact in this new nitrogen-dominated chemical regime, by combining field experiments, chamber studies and modelling. The project is based in located mainly the Netherlands, where nitrogen pollution is particularly problematical serious problem. We make extensive use of the Ruisdael atmospheric observatory (https://ruisdael-observatory.nl) with its advanced in-situ and remote sensing infrastructure.

Your Role
You will study aerosol-cloud interaction in the boundary layer in different meteorological regimes, using a combination of ground-based remote sensing instruments, such as radars, radiometers and lidars. With the radars you will study cloud properties and dynamics and lidar measurements will be used to obtain aerosol properties and water vapour. By combining these data with 3D simulations, you will aim at understanding what the dominant parameters are in the interaction between polluted air and clouds.

Your PhD project will be based at TU Delft and supervised by Herman Russchenberg, George Biskos, and Isabelle Steinke. You will be part of our lively Atmospheric Science research team, which has a strong focus on modelling and observing clouds. 

Link to the full application:

Use this link to apply for the position. For full consideration please apply before 15 April 2023.