Universidade Nacional da Irlanda em Galway -- Ciência sem Fronteiras
PhD Project Template
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Use one form per project
Please complete & submit to international@nuigalway.ie as soon as possible, and by 27/11/2012
In your email, begin the subject line with [SWB] (be sure to use square brackets) to ensure that
your email is filed correctly. Emails will be automatically filed
PI name & contact
details:
School:
Dr. Harald Berresheim
email: harald.berresheim@nuigalway.ie
Tel: +353-91-495705
School of Physics
Has project been agreed
with head (or nominee) of
proposed registration
school?
Yes
Research Centre /
group affiliation:
Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies (C-CAPS)
Research group /
centre website:
http://www.nuigalway.ie/c-caps/
PI website / link to CV: http://www.nuigalway.ie/physics/staff_pages/h_berresheim/index.html
Brief summary of PI research / research group / centre activity (2 or 3 lines max):
Previous work in Brazil: with Prof. Paulo Artaxo of Univ. Sao Paulo; INPA, and with FEEMA (Rio de
Janeiro). Major research areas: atmospheric chemistry & physics, free radicals (OH), aerosol
nucleation, aerosol composition, emissions from oceans, plants, and volcanoes, climate change.
Title & brief description of PhD project (suitable for publication on web):
Seasonal measurements of reactive oxidants and free radicals in the marine atmosphere
Unique selling points of PhD project in NUI Galway:
This project investigates the efficiency of the marine atmosphere to clean itself from pollutants. A
chemical ionization mass spectrometry (CIMS) instrument will be used at our international Mace
Head Atmospheric Research Station near Galway to measure reactive gases and free radicals in the
coastal marine atmosphere. The CIMS instrument is one of only about five such instruments in the
world and currently the only one used for continuous application in the marine atmosphere. We
have recently discovered new oxidant species using this instrument which may be halogen oxides or
potentially Criegee radicals (formed from reaction of ozone with biogenic hydrocarbons emitted
from the ocean). The PhD student will learn and optimize mass spectrometry techniques and data
analysis and explore the seasonal variation of these oxidants and their identification.
Universidade Nacional da Irlanda em Galway -- Ciência sem Fronteiras
Name & contact details for project queries, if different from PI named above:
Please indicate the graduates of which disciplines that should apply:
Physics, Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Meteorology, Environmental Sciences, Ocean Sciences
Ciência sem Fronteiras / Science Without Borders Priority Area:
Please indicate the specific programme priority area under which the proposed PhD project fits- choose only
one (tick box):
Engineering and other technological areas
Pure and Natural Sciences (e.g. mathematics, physics, chemistry)
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Health and Biomedical Sciences
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
Aerospace
Pharmaceuticals
Oil, Gas and Coal
Renewable Energy
Minerals
Biotechnology
Nanotechnology and New Materials
Technology of prevention and remediation of natural disasters
Biodiversity and Bioprospection
Marine Sciences
Creative Industry
New technologies in constructive engineering
Please indicate which of the following applies to this project (referring to Science Without Borders
arrangements):
Suitable only as a Full PhD (Y/N): _ _Y___
Available to candidates seeking a Sandwich PhD arrangement (Y/N): _____
Suitable for either/Don’t know: _____