Congratulations to Fabian Mahrt, from both the department and the Center for Chemistry of Clouds (C3) for being one of the recipients of the prestigious Villum Young Investigator (VYI) grant awarded by the Villum Foundation.

“I am honored and beyond excited to have the Villum Foundation supporting our research project on aerosol particles and clouds” Fabian says.

Aerosols, tiny airborne particles, are omnipresent in Earth’s atmosphere and critical for many processes. For example, depending on their chemical and physical properties, they can form clouds, which strongly impact Earth’s climate. This 5-year VYI-project aims to explore the secondary organic aerosols, one of the most prominent types of atmospheric particles. In particular, Fabian’s group will investigate how the phase behavior, the number and type of phases in aerosol particles, impacts their ability to form clouds.

“I am thrilled that this grant will enable us to establish a research group at the Department of Chemistry Aarhus University to investigate aerosols and clouds. The funding will be an enormous asset to support our group’s mission to experimentally explore fundamental aerosol properties to better understand their role for the formation of clouds and climate.” 

The VYI grant amounts to DKK 9 million and will support the recruitment of PhD students as well as postdoctoral researchers.

Follow the Center for Chemistry of Clouds (C3) on LinkedIn or their website for updates on this VYI-project and other ongoing research activities.

Contact 

Assistant Professor Fabian Mahrt, Aarhus University, Department of Chemistry, mahrt@chem.au.dk