Dr. Zamin A Kanji

Dr.  Zamin A Kanji

Dr. Zamin A Kanji

Lecturer at the Department of Environmental Systems Science

ETH Zürich

Experimentelle Atmosphärenphysik

CHN O 12.3

Universitätstrasse 16

8092 Zürich

Switzerland

Additional information

Research area

Laboratory and field studies of aerosol physico-chemical properties relevant for warm and cold cloud formation (group page) 

  • Thermodynamic conditions of ice crystal nucleation onto aerosol particles. Ice nucleation pathways are investigated using a combination of continuous flow thermal gradient diffusion chambers (CFDCs) and drop freezing assays
  • Role of morphology vs. composition for ice nucleation, including chemical (trace gases, surface functionalisation and coatings), and morphological ageing effects
  • Spatio-temporal variability and prediction of INP concentrations from field observations
  • Influence of semivolatile species on activation of aerosol particles as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN)
  • Development of custom-built cloud chambers

Group Members

Group Alumni 

BSc: S. Richina, A. Caratsch, J. Aerni, L. Roth, R. Wouters

MSc: J. Wieder, K. Brennan (PhD, ETH), K. Kilchhofer (PhD, PSI), O. Girlanda (FemtoG)

PhD: A. Welti:Sr. Scientist, Y. Boose:Research Manager, M. Burkert-Kohn:Admin, L. Lacher:Research Scientist, R. O. David:Post-Doc, F. Mahrt:Ass. Prof., C. Brunner:Post-Doc, K. Gao:Post-Doc, J. Wieder:Co-Founder, G. Li:Scientist, Deqing academy of Satellite applications,  B. Testa:Post-Doc, AgroParis Tech Mont Pellier

Post-Docs: J. Atkinson:Ethical Power Ltd. UK, M. Paramonov:Project Manager, N. Borduas-Dedekind (Ass. Prof.) C. Roesch:Air quality dept. City of Zurich, N. Shardt (Assoc. Prof.)

My CV is available from the downloadable PDF below

CV PDF

Membership

Additional information

Media and Publication List (also see ORCIDScopusResearcherID, and Google Scholar). 

YaleEnvironment360 (2023): Microplastics are filling the skies. Will they affect climate?

Washington Post (2023): Microplastics and clouds

BBC (2024) Short

Global News (Canada): Cloud Seeding

 *Corresponding and Supervising Author. $Supervised PhD/MSc Student. $$Supervised Post-Doc

2024

  1. Fauré, N., J. Chen$$, L. Artiglia, M. Ammann, T. Bartels-Rausch, Z. A. Kanji, S. Wang, J. B. C. Pettersson, E. S. Thomson, I. Gladich and X. Kong. Formation of Sodium Chloride on the Surface of Sulfate-Rich Gobi Desert Salt in Response to Water Adsorption (2024), Environmental Science and Technology Air, EOR, DOI: 10.1021/acsestair.4c00092
  2. Moallemi, A., A. Alberello, I. Thurnherr, G. Li$Z. A. Kanji, F. Bergamasco, R. Pohorsky, F. Nellie, A. Toffoli and J. Schmale. Links between atmospheric aerosols and sea state in the Arctic Ocean (2024), Atmospheric Environment, 334 (120844), DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120844
  3. $Testa, B., L. Durdina, J. Edebeli, C. Spirig, Z., and Z. A. Kanji*. Simulated contrail-processed aviation soot aerosols are poor ice-nucleating particles at cirrus temperatures (2024), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24(18), 10409-10424, DOI: 10.5194/acp-24-10409-2024
  4. Rocchi, A., A. von Jackowski, A. Welti, G. Li$Z. A. Kanji, V. Povazhnyy, A. Engel, J. Schmale, A. Nenes, E. Berdalet, R. Simó, and M. Dall′Osto. Glucose Enhances Salinity-Driven Sea Spray Aerosol Production in Eastern Arctic Waters (2024), Environmental Science and Technology, 58(20), 8748-8759, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c02826
  5. $Testa, B., L. Durdina, P. A. Alpert, F. Mahrt, C. H. Dreimol, J. Edebeli, C. Spirig, Z. C. J. Decker, J. Anet, and Z. A. Kanji*. Soot aerosols from commercial aviation engines are poor ice-nucleating particles at cirrus cloud temperatures (2024), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24(7), 4537-4567, DOI: 10.5194/acp-24-4537-2024
  6. $$Chen, J., C. Rösch, M, Rösch, A. Shilin and Z. A. Kanji*. Critical Size of Silver Iodide Containing Glaciogenic Cloud Seeding Particles  (2024), Geophysical Research Letters, 51 (7), e2023GL106680, DOI:10.1029/2023GL106680
  7. $Gao, K., and Z. A. Kanji*. Influence of lowering soot-water contact angle on ice nucleation of ozone-aged soot (2024), Geophysical Research Letters, 51 (7), e2023GL106926, DOI:10.1029/2023GL106926
  8. $Miller, A.J.,  F. Ramelli, C. Fuchs, N. Omanovic, R. Spirig, H. Zhang, U. Lohmann, Z. A. Kanji, and J. Henneberger. Two new multirotor uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) for glaciogenic cloud seeding and aerosol measurements within the CLOUDLAB project (2024), Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 17(2), 601-625, DOI: 10.5194/amt-17-601-2024.

2023

  1. ⋆Henneberger, J., F. ⋆Ramelli, R. Spirig , J. Bühl, C. Fuchs, M. Hervo , Z. A. Kanji , A. J. Miller$ , N. Omanovic , M. Radenz , M. Rösch , P. Seifert, H.Zhang , U. Lohmann.  Seeding of supercooled low stratus clouds with an uncrewed aerial vehicle to study microphysical ice processes - The CLOUDLAB project (2023), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 104(11), E1962–E1979, DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0178.1. ⋆Authors contributed to this work equally.
  2. $Li, G., E. K. Wilbourn, Z. Cheng, J. Wieder, A. Fagerson, J. Henneberger, G. Motos, R. Traversi, S. D. Brooks, M. Mazzola, S. China, A. Nenes, U. Lohmann, N. Hiranuma and Z. A. Kanji*. Physicochemical Characterization and Source Apportionment of Arctic Ice Nucleating Particles Observed in Ny-Ålesund in Autumn 2019 (2023), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23(18), 10489 – 10516, DOI: 10.5194/acp-23-10489-2023.
  3. ⋆Castarède, D., Z. Brasseur⋆, Y. Wu, Z. A. Kanji, M. Hartmann, L. Ahonen, M. Bilde, M. Kulmala, T. Petäjä, J. B. C. Pettersson, B. Sierau, O. Stetzer, F. Stratmann, B. Svenningsson, E. Swietlicki, Q. T. Nguyen, J. Duplissy, and E. S. Thomson. Development and characterization of the Portable Ice Nucleation Chamber 2 (PINCii) (2023), Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, DOI: 10.5194/amt-16-3881-2023. ⋆Authors contributed to this work equally
  4. Kong, X, I. Gladich, N. Faure, E. S. Thomson, J. Chen$$, L. Artiglia, M. Ammann, T. Bartels-Rausch, Z. A. Kanji, and J. B. C. Pettersson. Adsorbed Water Promotes Chemically Active Environments on the Surface of Sodium Chloride (2023), Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 14 (26) 6151 – 6156, DOI:10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00980, selected for editor’s choice article and cover.
  5. Fauré, N., J. Chen$$, L. Artiglia, M. Ammann, T. Bartels-Rausch, J. Li, W. Liu, S. Wang, Z. A. Kanji, J. B. C. Pettersson, I. Gladich, E. S. Thomson and X. Kong. Unexpected behaviour of chloride and sulfate ions upon surface solvation of Martian salt analogue (2023), ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.2c00204
  6. $Mahrt, F., C. Rösch$$, K. Gao$, C. H. Dreimol, M. A. Zawadowicz and Z. A. Kanji*. Physicochemical properties of charcoal aerosols derived from biomass pyrolysis affect their ice-nucleating abilities at cirrus and mixed-phase cloud conditions (2023), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23, 1285-1308, DOI: 10.5194/acp-23-1285-2023

2022

  1. $$Shardt, N., F. N. Isenrich, B. Waser, C. Marcolli, Z. A. Kanji, A. J. DeMello and U. Lohmann. Homogeneous freezing of water droplets for different volumes and cooling rates (2022), Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24, 28213-28221, DOI:10.1039/D2CP03896J
  2. $Gao, K., and Z. A. Kanji*. Impacts of cloud-processing on ice nucleation of soot particles internally mixed with sulfate and organics (2022), Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127 (22) e2022JD037146, DOI: 10.1029/2022JD037146
  3. Aeschlimann, M., $G. Li, Z. A. Kanji*, D. M. Mitrano. Potential impacts of atmospheric microplastics and nanoplastics on cloud formation processes (2022), Nature Geoscience, 15, 967-975, DOI:10.1038/s41561-022-01051-9
  4. $Li. G., J. Wieder$⋆, J. T. Pasquier, J. Henneberger and Z. A. Kanji*. Predicting atmospheric number concentrations of ice-nucleaing particles in the Arctic (2022),  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22, 14441 - 14454, DOI:10.5194/acp-22-14441-2022Authors contributed to this work equally
  5. ⋆Isenrich, F. N., N. Shardt$$⋆, M. Rösch, J. Nette, S. Stavrakis, C. Marcolli, Z. A. Kanji, Andrew J. deMello, and U. Lohmann. The Microfluidic Ice Nuclei Counter Zürich (MINCZ): a platform for homogeneous and heterogeneous ice nucleation (2022), Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 15, 5367-5381, DOI: 10.5194/amt-15-5367-2022.Authors contributed to this work equally
  6. $Gao, K., Koch, H-C, Zhou, C-W and Z. A. Kanji*. The dependence of soot particle ice nucleation ability on its volatile content (2022), Environmental Science Processes and Impacts, 24, 2043-2069, DOI: 10.1039/d2em00158f 
  7. $Gao, K. and Z. A. Kanji*. Impacts of simulated contrail processing and organic content change on the ice nucleation of soot particles (2022), Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL099869, DOI: 10.1029/2022GL099869
  8. $Wieder, J., N. Ihn, C. Mignani, M. Haarig, J. Bühl, P. Seifert, R. Engelmann, F. Ramelli, Z. A. Kanji, U. Lohmann, and J. Henneberger. Retrieving ice-nucleating particle concentration and ice multiplication factors using active remote sensing validated by in situ observations (2022), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22, 9767–9797, DOI: 10.5194/acp-22-9767-2022
  9. Pasquier, J. T. , R. O. David, G. Freitas,  R. Gierens, Y. Gramlich, S. Haslett, G. Li$, B. Schäfer, K. Siegel, J. Wieder$, K. Adachi, F. Belosi, T. Carlsen, S. Decesari, K. Ebell, S. Gilardoni, M. Gysel-Beer, J. Henneberger, J. Inoue, Z. A. Kanji, M. Koike, Y. Kondo, R. Krejci, U. Lohmann, M. Maturilli, M. Mazzolla, R. Modini, C. Mohr, G. Motos, A. Nenes, A. Nicosia, S. Ohata, M. Paglione, S. Park, R. E. Pileci, F. Ramelli, M. Rinaldi, C. Ritter, K. Sato, T. Storelvmo, Y. Tobo, R. Traversi, A. Viola and P. Zieger. The Ny-Ålesund Aerosol Cloud Experiment (NASCENT):Overview and First Results, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103 (11), E2533-E2558, DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0034.1
  10. $Brunner, C., B. T. Brem, M. C. Coen, F. Conen, M. Steinbacher, M. Gysel-Beer, and Z. A. Kanji*. The diurnal and seasonal variability of ice-nucleating particles at the High Altitude Station Jungfraujoch (3580 m a.s.l.), Switzerland (2022), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22, 7557–7573, DOI:10.5194/acp-22-7557-2022
  11. Zhang, C., Z. Wu, J. Chen, J. Chen, L. Tang, W Zhu, X. Pei, S. Chen, P. Tian, S. Guo, L. Zeng, M. Hu, and Z. A. Kanji. Ice-nucleating particles from multiple aerosol sources in the urban environment of Beijing under mixed-phase cloud conditions (2022), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22, 7539–7556, DOI:10.5194/acp-22-7539-2022
  12. $Gao, K., C-W. Zhou, E. J. B. Meier, and Z. A. Kanji*. Laboratory studies of ice nucleation onto bare and internally mixed soot–sulfuric acid particles (2022), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22, 5331-5364, DOI:10.5194/acp-22-5331-2022
  13. Brasseur, Z., D. Castarède, E. S. Thomson, M. P. Adams, S. Drossaart van Dusseldorp, P. Heikkilä, K. Korhonen, J. Lampilahti, M. Paramonov$$, J. Schneider, F. Vogel, Y. Wu, J. P. D. Abbatt, N. S. Atanasova, D. H. Bamford, B. Bertozzi, M. Boyer, D. Brus, M. I. Daily, R. Fösig, E. Gute, A. D. Harrison, P. Hietala, K. Höhler, Z. A. Kanji, J. Keskinen, L. Lacher, M. Lampimäki, J. Levula, A. Manninen, J. Nadolny, M. Peltola, G. C. E. Porter, P. Poutanen, U. Proske, T. Schorr, N. S. Umo, J. Stenszky, A. Virtanen, D. Moisseev, M. Kulmala, B. J. Murray, T. Petäjä, O. Möhler, and J. Duplissy. Measurement report: Introduction to the HyICE-2018 campaign for measurements of ice-nucleating particles and instrument inter-comparison in the Hyytiälä boreal forest (2022), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22, 5117-5145, DOI:10.5194/acp-22-5117-2022 
  14. $Gao, K., F. Friebel, C-W. Zhou and Z. Kanji*.Enhanced soot particle ice nucleation ability induced by aggregate compaction and densification (2022), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22, 4985-5016, DOI:10.5194/acp-22-4985-2022
  15. $Wieder, J., C. Mignani, M. Schär, L. Roth, M. Sprenger, J. Henneberger, U. Lohmann, C. Brunner and Z. A. Kanji*. Unveiling atmospheric transport and mixing mechanisms of ice nucleating particles over the Alps (2022), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22, 3111–3130, DOI: 10.5194/acp-22-3111-2022
  16. Book Chapter: Nabat, P., Z. A. Kanji, M. Mallet, C. Denjean and F. Solmon. Aerosol-cloud interactions and impact on regional climate (2022). In: F. Dulac, s. Sauvage, E. Hamonou. (eds) Atmospheric Chemistry in the Mediterranean Region. Springer, Cham. Switzerland, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-82385-6_20
  17. Media Article: Z. A. Kanji. Ice-Cloud Forming Aerosols in the Swiss Alps, (2022), in ProClim Flash -Neuer IPCC-Bericht im Fokus – Forschende geben Einblicke (New IPCC report in focus - researchers provide insight), 76, 24-25.

2021

  1. $Brunner, C., B.T. Brem, M. Collaud Coen, F. Conen, M. Hervo, S. Henne, M. Steinbacher, M. Gysel-Beer and Z. A. Kanji*. The contribution of Saharan dust to the ice nucleating particles concentrations at the High Altitude Station Jungfraujoch (3580 m a.s.l.), Switzerland (2021), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 18029–18053, DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-18029-2021
  2. $Lacher, L., H-C. Clemen, X. Shen, S. Mertes, M. Gysel-Beer, A. Moallemi, M. Steinbacher, S. Henne, H. Saathoff, O. Möhler, K. Höhler, T. Schiebel, D. Weber, J. Schrod, J. Schneider, and Z. A. Kanji*. Sources and nature of ice-nucleating particles in the free troposphere at Jungfraujoch in winter 2017 (2021), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 16925–16953, DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-16925-2021
  3. Paraskevi, G., A. Bougiatioti, J. Wieder$, C. Mignani, F. Ramelli, Z. A. Kanji, J. Henneberger, M. Hervo, A. Berne, U. Lohmann and A. Nenes. On the drivers of droplet variability in Alpine mixed‑phase clouds (2021), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 10993–11012, DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-10993-2021
  4. $Kilchhofer, K., F. Mahrt$ and Z. A. Kanji*. The role of cloud processing for the ice nucleating ability of organic aerosol and coal fly ash particles (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126, e2020JD033338, DOI: 10.1029/2020JD033338.
  5. Mignani, C., J. Wieder$, M. A. Sprenger, Z. A. Kanji, J. Henneberger, C. Alewell, and F. Conen. Towards parametrising atmospheric concentrations of ice nucleating particles active at moderate supercooling (2021), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 657 – 664, DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-657-2021
  6. $Brunner, C. and Z. A. Kanji*. Continuous online-monitoring of ice nucleating particles: Development of the automated Horizontal Ice Nucleation Chamber (HINC-Auto) (2021), Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 14, 269 – 293, DOI: 10.5194/amt-14-269-2021    

2020

  1. Gute, E., R. O. David$Z. A. Kanji and J. P. D. Abbatt. Ice nucleation ability of tree pollen altered by atmospheric processing (2020), ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 4, 2312 - 2319, DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.0c00218
  2. Lohmann, U., F. Friebel, Z. A. Kanji, F. Mahrt$, A. A. Mensah and D. Neubauer. New evidence of soot particles affecting past and future cloud formation and climate (2020), Nature Geoscience, 13, 674 - 680, DOI:10.1038/s41561-020-0631-0 
  3. $David, R.O., J. Fahrni, C. Marcolli, F. Mahrt$, D. Brühwiler and Z. A. Kanji*. The Role of Contact Angle and Pore Width on Pore Condensation and Freezing (2020), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20, 9419 - 9440, DOI: 10.5194/acp-20-9419-2020
  4. $$Paramonov, M., S. Drossaart van Dusseldorp, E. Gute, J. P. D. Abbatt, P. Heikkilä, J. Keskinen, X. Chen, K. Luoma, L. Heikkinen, L. Hao, T. Petäjä and Z. A. Kanji*. Condensation/immersion mode ice nucleating particles in a boreal environment (2019), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20, 66877 - 6706, DOI: 10.5194/acp-20-6687-2020
  5. *Kanji, Z. A., A. Welti, J. C. Corbin, and A. A. Mensah. Black carbon particles do no matter for immersion mode freezing (2020), Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2019GL086764, DOI: 10.1029/2019GL086764
  6. $Mahrt, F., P. A. Alpert, J. Dou, P. Grönquist, P. C. Arroyo, M. Ammann, U. Lohmann and Z. A. Kanji*. Aging induced changes in ice nucleation activity of combustion aerosol as determined by near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy (2020), 22 (4), 895-907, Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, DOI:10.1039/C9EM00525K
  7. $Mahrt, F., K. Kilchhofer, C. Marcolli, P. Grönquist, R. O. David, M. Rösch, U. Lohmann and Z. A. Kanji*. The impact of cloud processing on the ice nucleation abilities of soot particles at cirrus temperatures (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125, e2019JD030922, DOI: /10.1029/2019JD030922

2019

  1. $David, R. O., M. C. Castresana, K. P. Brennan, M. Rösch, N. Els, J. Werz, V. Weichlinger, L. S. Boynton, S. Bogler, N. Borduas-Dedekind$$, C. Marcolli and Z. A. Kanji*. Development of the DRoplet Ice Nuclei Counter Zürich (DRINCZ): Validation and application to field collected snow samples (2019), Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 12, 6865-6888, DOI: 10.5194/amt-12-6865-2019
  2. Ansmann, A., R-E. Mamouri, J. Buhl, P. Seifert, R. Engelmann, J. Hofer, A. Nisantzi, J. D. Atkinson$$Z. A. Kanji, B. Sierau, M. Vrekoussis and J. Sciare. Ice-nucleating particle versus ice crystal number concentration in altocumulus and cirrus embedded in Saharan dust: A closure study (2019), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19, 15087-15115, DOI: 10.5194/acp-19-15087-2019
  3. $$Borduas-Dedekind, N, R. Ossola, R. O. David$, L. S. Boynton, V. Weichlinger, Z. A. Kanji* and K. McNeill. Photomineralization mechanism changes the ability of dissolved organic matter to activate cloud droplets and to nucleate ice crystals (2019), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics,19, 12397-12415, DOI: /10.5194/acp-19-12397-2019
  4. $Welti, A., U. Lohmann and Z. A. Kanji*. Ice nucleation properties of K-Feldspar polymorphs and plagioclase feldspars (2019), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19, 10901-10918, DOI: /10.5194/acp-19-10901-2019
  5. $Mahrt, F., J. Wieder$, R. Dietlicher, H. R. Smith, C. Stopford and Z. A. Kanji*. A High Speed Particle Phase Discriminator (PPD-HS) for the classification of airborne particles as tested in a continuous flow diffusion chamber (2019), Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 12, 3183-3208, DOI: 10.5194/amt-12-3183-2019
  6. Gute, E., $L. Lacher, Z. A. Kanji, R. Kohl, J. Curtius, D. Weber, H. Bingemer, H.-C. Clemen, J. Schneider, M. Gysel-Beer, S. T. Ferguson, and J. P. D. Abbatt. Field evaluation of a Portable Fine Particle Concentrator (PFPC) for ice nucleating particle measurements (2019), Aerosol Science and TechnologyDOI: 10.1080/02786826.2019.1626346.
  7. *Kanji, Z. A., R. C. Sullivan, M. Niemand, P. J. DeMott, A. J. Prenni, C. Chou, H. Saathoff, and O. Möhler. Heterogeneous ice nucleation properties of natural desert dust particles coated with a surrogate of secondary organic aerosol (2019), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19, 5091-5110,  DOI: 10.5194/acp-19-5091-2019.
  8. $David, R. O., C. Marcolli, J. Fahrni, Y. Qiu, Y. A. Perez Sirkin, V. Molinero, F. Mahrt, D. Brühwiler, U. Lohmann, and Z. A. Kanji*. Pore condensation and freezing is responsible for ice formation below water saturation for porous particles (2019), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USADOI: 10.1073/pnas.1813647116.

2018

  1. $Boose, Y., P. Baloh, M.  Plötze, J. Ofner, H. Grothe, B. Sierau, U. Lohmann, and Z. A. Kanji*. Heterogeneous ice nucleation on dust particles sourced from 9 deserts worldwide – Part 2: Deposition nucleation and condensation freezing (2018), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19, 1059-1076, DOI: 10.5194/acp-19-1059-201.
  2. $$Paramonov, M., R. O. David, R. Kretzschmar, and Z. A. Kanji*. A laboratory investigation of the ice nucleation efficiency of three types of mineral and soil dust (2018), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 16515 - 16536, DOI:10.5194/acp-18-16515-2018
  3. DeMott, P. J., O, Möhler, D. J. Cziczo, N. Hiranuma, M. D. Petters, S. S. Petters, F. Belosi, H. G. Bingemer, S. D. Brooks, C. Budke, M. Burkert-Kohn$, K. N. Collier, A. Danielczok, O. Eppers, L. Felgitsch, S. Garimella, H. Grothe, P. Herenz, T. C. J. Hill, K. Höhler, Z. A. Kanji, A. Kiselev, T. Koop, T. B. Kristensen, K. Krüger, G. Kulkarni, E. J. T. Levin, B. J. Murray, A. Nicosia, D. O'Sullivan, A. Peckaus, M. J. Polen, H. C. Price, N. Reicher, D. A. Rothenberg, Y. Rudich, G. Santachiara, T. Schiebel, J. Schrod, T. M. Seifried, F. Stratmann, R. C. Sullivan, K. J. Suski, M. Szakáll, H. P. Taylor, R. Ullrich, J. Vergara-Temprado, R. Wagner, T. F. Whale, D. Weber, A. Welti, T. W. Wilson, M. J. Wolf, and J. Zenker. The Fifth International Workshop on Ice Nucleation phase 2 (FIN-02): Laboratory intercomparison of ice nucleation measurements (2018), Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 11, 6231 - 6257, DOI:10.5194/amt-11-6231-2018
  4. $Mahrt F., C. Marcolli, R. O. David$, P. Grönquist, E. G. Bathazy Meier, U. Lohmann, Z. A. Kanji*. Ice nucleating ability of soot particles determined with the Horizontal Ice Nucleation Chamber (2018), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 13363-13392, DOI:10.5194/acp-18-13363-2018
  5. $Lacher, L., M. Steinbacher, N. Bukowiecki, E. Herrmann, A. Zipori, Z. A. Kanji*. Impact of air mass conditions and aerosol properties on ice nucleating particle concentrations at the High Altitude Research Station Jungfraujoch (2018), Atmosphere, 9, 363,DOI:10.3390/atmos9090363
  6. $Lacher, L., P. J. DeMott, E. Levin, K. Suski, Y. Boose, A. Zipori, E. Herrmann, N. Bukowiecki, M. Steinbacher, E. Gute, J. P. D. Abbatt, U. Lohmann, and Z. A. Kanji*. Background free-tropospheric ice nucleating particle concentrations at mixed-phase cloud conditions (2018), Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 123, 10506 - 10525, DOI:10.1029/2018JD028338
  7. McCluskey, C. S., Ovadnevaite, J., Rinaldi , M., Atkinson, J., Belosi, J., Ceburnis, D., Marullo, S., Hill, T. C. J., Lohmann, U., Kanji, Z. A., O'Dowd, C., Kreidenweis, S. M. and DeMott, P. J. Marine and Terrestrial Organic Ice‐Nucleating Particles in Pristine Marine to Continentally Influenced Northeast Atlantic Air Masses (2018), Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 123, 6196-6212, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JD028033.

2017

  1. $Lacher, L., Lohmann, U., Boose, Y., Zipori, A., Herrmann, E., Bukowiecki, N., Steinbacher, M., Kanji, Z. A*. The Horizontal Ice Nucleation Chamber HINC: INP measurements at Conditions Relevant for Mixed-Phase Clouds at the High Altitude Research Station Jungfraujoch (2017), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17, 15199-15224, DOI:10.5194/acp-17-15199-2017
  2. $Burkert-Kohn, M., Wex, H., Welti, A., Hartmann, S., Grawe, S., Hellner, L., Herenz, P., Atkinson, J. D., Stratmann, F., and Kanji, Z. A*. Leipzig Ice Nucleation chamber Comparison (LINC): Inter-comparison of four online ice nucleation counters (2017), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17, 11683-11705, DOI:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-11683-2017
  3. Garimella, S., Rothenberg, D. A., Wolf, M. J., $David, R. O., Kanji, Z. A., Wang, C., Roesch, M. and D. J. Cziczo. Uncertainty in counting ice nucleating particles with continuous diffusion flow chambers (2017), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , 17, 10855-10864, DOI:10.5194/acp-2016-1180.
  4. Coluzza, I., Creamean, J., Rossi, M. J., Wex, H., Alpert, P. A., Bianco, V., $Boose, Y., Dellago, C., Felgitsch, L., Fröhlich-Nowoisky, J., Herrmann, H., Jungblut, S., Kanji, Z. A., Menzl, G., Moffett, B., Moritz, C., Mutzel, A., Pöschl, U., Schauperl, M., Scheel, J., Stopelli, R., Stratmann, F., Grothe, H., and Schmale, D. G. Perspectives on the Future of Ice Nucleation Research: Research Needs and Unanswered Questions Identified from Two International Workshops (2017), Atmosphere, 8(8) 138, DOI:10.3390/atmos8080138
  5. *Kanji, Z. A., Ladino, L. A., Wex, H., $Boose, Y., $Burkert-Kohn, M., Cziczo, D. J and Krämer, M. Ice Formation and Evolution in Clouds and Precipitation: Measurement and Modeling Challenges: Overview of Ice Nucleating Particles (2017), Meteorological Monographs, American Meteorological Society, 58, 1.1-1.33, DOI:10.1175/AMSMONOGRAPHS-D-16-0006.1.
  6. Cziczo, D. J., Ladino, L., $Boose, Y., Kanji, Z. A., Kupiszewski, P., Lance, S., Mertes, S., and H. Wex. Measurements of Ice Nucleating Particles and Ice Residuals (2017), American Meteorological Society, Meteorological Monographs, 58, 8.1 - 8.13, DOI:10.1175/AMSMONOGRAPHS-D-16-0008.1.
  7. Field, P.R., Lawson, R. P., Brown, P. R. A., Lloyd, G., Westbrook, C., Moisseev D., Miltenberger, A., Nenes, A., Blyth, A., Choularton, T., Connolly, P., Buehl, J., Crosier, J, Cui, Z., Dearden, C., DeMott, P. J., Flossmann, A., Heymsfield, A., Huang, Y., Kalesse, H., Kanji, Z. A., Korolev, A., Kirchgaessner, A., Lasher-Trapp, A., Leisner, T., McFarquhar, G., Phillips, V., Stith, J. and S. Sullivan. Secondary Ice Production: current state of the science and recommendations for the future (2017), American Meteorological Society, Meteorological Monographs, , 58, 7.1 - 7.20, DOI:10.1175/AMSMONOGRAPHS-D-16-0014.1.

2016

  1. $Boose, Y., Welti, A., Atkinson, J., Ramelli, F., Danielczok, A., Bingemer, H. G., Plötze, M., Sierau, B., Kanji, Z. A*. and U. Lohmann. Heterogeneous ice nucleation on dust particles sourced from nine deserts worldwide – Part 1: Immersion freezing (2016), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 15075-15095, DOI:10.5194/acp-16-15075-2016
  1. Lohmann, U., Henneberger, J., Henneberg, O., Fugal, J. P., Bühl, J. and Z. A. Kanji. Persistence of orographic mixed-phase clouds (2016), Geophysical Research Letters, 43, DOI: 10.1002/2016GL071036
  2. $Boose, Y., Sierau, B., García, M. I., Rodríguez, S., Alastuey, A., Linke, C., Schnaiter, M., Kupiszewski, P., Kanji, Z. A*., and U. Lohmann. Ice nucleating particles in the Saharan Air Layer (2016), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 9067-9087, DOI:10.5194/acp-16-9067-2016.
  3. $Kohn, M., Welti, A., Lohmann, U. and Z. A. Kanji*. Immersion mode ice nucleation measurements with the new Portable Immersion Mode Cooling chAmber (PIMCA) (2016), Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 121, 4713-4733, DOI: 10.1002/2016JD024761.
  4. $Boose, Y., Kanji, Z. A*., Kohn, M., Sierau, B., Zipori, A., Crawford, I., Lloyd, G., Bukowiecki, N., Herrmann, E. and P. Kupiszewski. Ice nucleating particle measurements at 241 K during winter months at 3580 m a.s.l. in the Swiss Alps (2016), Journal of Atmospheric SciencesDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-15-0236.1 

2015

  1. Hiranuma, N., Augustin-Bauditz, S., Bingemer, H., Budke, C., Curtius, J., Danielczok, A., Diehl, K., Dreischmeier, K., Ebert, M., Frank, F., Hoffmann, N., Kandler, K., Kiselev, A., Koop, T., Leisner, T., Möhler, O., Nillius, B., Peckhaus, A., Rose, D., Weinbruch, S., Wex, H., $Boose, Y., DeMott, P. J., Hader, J. D., Hill, T. C. J., Kanji, Z. A., Kulkarni, G., Levin, E. J. T., McCluskey, C. S., Murakami, M., Murray, B. J., Niedermeier, D., Petters, M. D., O'Sullivan, D., Saito, A., Schill, G. P., Tajiri, T., Tolbert, M. A., Welti, A., Whale, T. F., Wright, T. P., and K. Yamashita. A comprehensive laboratory study on the immersion freezing behavior of illite NX particles: a comparison of seventeen ice nucleation measurement techniques (2015), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15, 2489 - 2518, DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-2489-2015
  2. Wex, H., S. Augustin-Bauditz, Y. Boose$, C. Budke, J. Curtius, K. Diehl, A. Dreyer, F. Frank, S. Hartmann, N. Hiranuma, E. Jantsch, Z. A. Kanji, A. Kiselev, T. Koop, O. Möhler, D. Niedermeier, B. Nillius, M. Rösch, D. Rose, C. Schmidt, I. Steinke, and F. Stratmann. Intercomparing different devices for the investigation of ice nucleating particles using Snomax® as test substance (2015), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15, 1463-1485, DOI:10.5194/acp-15-1463-2015.

2014

  1. $Welti, A., Z. A. Kanji*., F. Lüönd, O. Stetzer and U. Lohmann. Exploring the Mechanisms of Ice Nucleation on Kaolinite: From Deposition Nucleation to Condensation Freezing (2014), Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 71, 16 – 36, DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0252.1.

2013

  1. *Kanji, Z. A., A. Welti, C. Chou, O. Stetzer and U. Lohmann. Laboratory studies of immersion and deposition mode ice nucleation of ozone aged mineral dust particles (2013). Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13, 9097 – 9118, DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-9097-2013
  2. Chou, C., Kanji, Z. A., Stetzer, O., Tritscher, T., Chirico, R., Heringa, M. F., Weingartner, E., Prévôt, A. S. H., Baltensperger, U., and U. Lohmann. Effect of photochemical ageing on the ice nucleation properties of diesel and wood burning particles (2013). Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , 13, 761-772, DOI:10.5194/acp-13-761-2013

2012

  1. $Welti, A., Lüönd, F., Kanji, Z. A., Stetzer, O., and Lohmann, U. Time dependence of immersion freezing: an experimental study on size selected kaolinite particles (2012). Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12, 9893-9907, DOI:10.5194/acp-12-9893-2012

2011

  1. *Kanji, Z. A., P.J. DeMott, O. Möhler and J. P. D. Abbatt. Results from the University of Toronto Continuous Flow Diffusion Chamber at ICIS 2007: Instrument intercomparison and ice onsets for different aerosol types, (2011). Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11(1), 31-41, DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-31-2011
  2. DeMott, P.J., Möhler, O., Stetzer, O., Vali, G., Levin, Z., Petters, M. D., Murakami, M., Leisner, T., Bundke, U., Klein, H., Kanji, Z. A., Cotton, R., Jones, H., Benz, S., Brinkmann, M., Rzesanke, D., Saathoff, H., Nicolet, M., Saito, A., Nillius, B., Bingemer, H., Abbatt, J. P. D., Ardon, K., Ganor, E., Georgakopoulos, D. G., Saunders, C. Resurgence in Ice Nuclei Measurement Research (2011). Bulletin of American Meteorological Society, 92, 1623-1635, DOI:10.1175/2011BAMS3119.1
  3. Chou, C., Stetzer, O., Weingartner, E., Juranyi, Z., Kanji, Z. A. and Lohmann, U. Ice Nuclei Properties within a Saharan dust event at the Jungfraujoch in the Swiss Alps (2011). Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11(10), 4725-4738, DOI:10.5194/acp-11-4725-2011

2010

  1. *Kanji, Z. A. and J. P. D. Abbatt. Ice Nucleation onto Arizona Test Dust at Cirrus Temperatures: Effect of Temperature and Aerosol Size on Onset Relative Humidity (2010). Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 114(2), 935-941. DOI: 10.1021/jp908661m

2009

  1. Kanji, Z. A. and J. P. D. Abbatt. The University of Toronto Continuous Flow Diffusion Chamber (UT-CFDC): A Simple Design for Ice Nucleation Studies (2009). Aerosol Science and Technology, 43: 730-738. DOI: 10.1080/02786820902889861

2008

  1. *Kanji, Z. A., O. Florea and J. P. D. Abbatt. Ice formation via deposition nucleation on mineral dust and organics: dependence of onset relative humidity on total particulate surface area (2008). Environmental Research Letters 3(2). DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/3/2/025004

2006

  1. Abbatt, J. P. D., Benz, S., Cziczo, D. J., Kanji, Z., Lohmann, U., and Mohler O. Solid ammonium sulfate aerosols as ice nuclei: A pathway for cirrus cloud formation (2006). Science, 303, 1770-1773. DOI: 10.1126/science.1129726
  2. *Kanji, Z. A. and J. P. D. Abbatt. Laboratory studies of ice formation via deposition mode nucleation onto mineral dust and n-hexane soot samples (2006). Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 11(D16), DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006766

2003

  1. Wang, Bin; Abdulali-Kanji, Zamin; Dodwell, Emily; Horton, J. Hugh; Oleschuk, Richard D. Surface characterization using chemical force microscopy and the flow performance of modified polydimethylsiloxane for microfluidic device applications. Electrophoresis (2003), 24(9), 1442-1450, DOI:10.1002/elps.200390186
  2. Wang, Bin; Chen, Lu; Abdulali-Kanji, Zamin; Horton, J. Hugh; Oleschuk, Richard D. Aging Effects on oxidized and amine-modified polydimethylsiloxane surfaces studied with chemical force titrations: Effects on electroosmotic flow rate in microfluidic channels. Langmuir (2003), 19(23), 9792-9798, DOI:10.1021/la0349424

Course Catalogue

Spring Semester 2025

Number Unit
701-1235-00L Cloud Microphysics
701-1264-00L Atmospheric Physics Lab Work
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