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Programme

Tuesday 28th October

10:30 - 11:00

Welcome and Registration

11:00 - 12:30

Welcome and Platform Session 1 – Chair – Paul Williams

11:00 - 11:15

Talk 1 – Zhonghua Zheng – University of Manchester – Integrating Simulations and Observations: A Foundation Model for Estimating the Aerosol Mixing State Index

11:15 - 11:30

Talk 2 – Danny Blundell – University of Leeds – A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis: How are Pathogens Distributed in Respiratory Emissions?

 

11:30 - 11:45

Talk 3 – Pongpanot Pongworasuwanna – University of York – UV Photochemistry of New Particle Systems using Laser-interfaced Mass Spectrometry

11:45 - 12:00

Talk 4 – Xu Zhang – University of Bristol – Photobleaching of Imidazole Brown Carbon in Single Levitated Aerosol Particles

12:00 - 12:15

Talk 5 – Stephen Robertson – University of Manchester – Comparison of Oxidation Flow Reactor and Atmospheric Chamber Produced Secondary Organic Aerosol with Varying Aerosol Seed Concentration

12:15 - 12:30

Talk 6 – Petra Nikuri – Helsinki University – Aerosol Production Across Respiratory Activities in Tracheostomized Outpatients

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch and Poster Session 1

14:00 - 15:15

Platform Session 2, Chair – Amanda Lea-Langton

14:00 - 14:45

Plenary 1 -Hugh Coe –

Professor of Atmospheric Composition at The University of Manchester

Aerosols effects on marine clouds and climate: changes in shipping emissions and climate cooling

14:45 - 15:00

Talk 7 – Ciara A. Higham – University of Leeds – Time-resolved quantification of airborne particle deposition using lithium chloride tracers and the Automated Multiplate Passive Air Sampler (AMPAS)

15:00 - 15:15

Talk 8 – Nathan Croll Dawes – University of Bristol – Development of a Novel Single Droplet Mass Spectrometry Approach to Investigate Interfacial Photochemistry in Aerosol Droplets

15:15 - 15:45

Tea/Coffee Break

15:45 - 17:30

Platform Session3, Chair – James McGrath

15:45 - 16:30

Plenary 2 – Chiara Giorio –

Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry

Metal containing aerosols in the atmosphere: speciation, reactivity, and health impacts

16:30 - 16:45

Talk 9 – Sami Harni – Finnish Meteorological Institute – Influence of long-range transport episode on pollutant concentrations indoors

16:45 - 17:00

Talk 10 – Xia Yi – University of Bristol – Factors influencing bacterial survival in aerosols: physical, chemical, and biological perspectives

17:00 - 17:15

Talk 11 – Fraser Crawford – University of Bristol – Measuring the Heterogeneous Nucleation Rate of NaCl by Silver Halides in an Electrodynamic Balance

17:15

Close of Day 1

Wednesday 29th

08:40 - 9:00

Welcome and Registration

9:00 - 10:30

Platform Session 4, Chair – Paul Williams

09:00 - 09:45

Plenary 3 – John Wenger –

Professor of Chemistry and founding director of the Centre for Research into Atmospheric Chemistry at University College Cork

Aerosols from residential solid fuel burning in Ireland: a science to policy perspective

09:45 - 10:00

Talk 13 – Andreas Schwendimann – Swisens AG – Improved Aerosol Particle Characterization by Combining Depolarization and Multi-Modal Size Estimation

10:00 - 10:15

Talk 14 – Zehua Li – University of Glasgow – Controlling microdroplet reactivity through solvent vapour pressure in aerosols

10:15 - 10:30

Talk 15 – Luokun Zhang – University of Glasgow – Rapid aerosol-phase synthesis of covalent organic framework coatings

10:30 - 11:00

Tea/Coffee break

11:00 - 12:00

Exhibitor Session

12:00 - 13:30

Lunch Break and Poster Session 2

13:30 - 14:30

Platform Session 5, Chair – Bryan Bzdek

13:30 - 13:45

Talk 16 – Dogushan Kilic – University of Manchester – Real-Time Molecular Emissions from a Domestic Stove: Impacts of Malfunctions and Operating Conditions

13:45 - 14:00

Talk 17 – Rosie Lewis – University of Leeds – Monitoring Volcanic PM2.5 with Low-Cost Sensors: Insights from the Caribbean

14:00 - 14:15

Talk 18 – Zakaria Mansouri – Nottingham Trent University – In-situ measurements of nanoparticles emission from a hybrid methane-iron powder flame

14:15 - 14:45

AGM – Annual General Meeting

14:45 - 15:15

Tea/Coffee Break

15:15 - 15:30

Awards Presentation

15:30

Close of Day 2

Poster Sessions - Tuesday 28th & Wednesday 29th

Poster 1

Jiyeong Jung – University of Leeds – Activity-Induced Airborne Contamination in Hospital Rooms: An Integrated Experimental and CFD Approach

Poster 3

Andrew Brown – NPL – Monitoring biodiversity using airborne environmental DNA: results from a first national survey and ongoing work to advance metrology

Poster 4

Xiaoxuan Qin – University of Leeds – Aerosol deposition and fomite transmission risk assessment on public transport: integrating airborne particle settling with surface contact behaviour

Poster 5

Mia Dierks-Treece – University of Bristol – The survival of Neisseria meningitidis in human saliva: Nothing beats the real thing

Poster 6

Padraig Eoghan Meehan – University of Oxford – Characterization of Single Aerosol Particle Optical Properties using Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy and Broadband Light Scattering

Poster 7

Mirjana Markovic – University of Exeter – Evaluating the performance of low-cost optical particle counters for detecting allergenic pollen in field conditions

Poster 8

Anushi Khandare – University of Leeds – Assessing the placement of air cleaners in a multi-zone hospital ward to reduce infection risk

Poster 9

Amy Forsbacka – University of Manchester – Modelling the Association between PM2.5 Concentrations and the Attributable Burden of Disease, using WHO Methodology

Poster 10

David Tupman – Kromek – A New Bioaerosol Test Facility, and Sampler/Concentrator Performance Results with Fluorescent Salt Aerosol

Poster 11

Anita Grasso – Trinity College Dublin – From Barn to Breeze: Optimising Aerosol Microbial Recovery from the Farm Environment.

Poster 12

Emily Winter – Imperial College London – Characterisation of emission properties to understand contrail formation

Poster 13

Mehdi Abou Hamad – University of Bristol – Impact of aviation sulphur emissions on atmospheric cloudiness

Poster 14

Prity S. Pippal – Central University of Rajasthan – Assessment of Aerosol Optical Properties and Dual Nature of Aerosol Induced Radiative Forcing for Shortwave and Longwave over Northwest India

Poster 15

Alan Britten – Ph6 Ltd – Initial validation of a portable hand-held device to measure aerosol particle concentrations in exhaled human breath in non-clean environments

Poster 17

Imogen Wadlow – University of Leeds – Observational constraint of Arctic cloud-forming aerosol size distributions in UKESM

Poster 18

Lanka Weerasiri – University of Hertfordshire – Sampling of a Bio-aerosol using Electrowetting-Enhanced Electrostatic Precipitation

Poster 19

Etelka Chung – University of Hertfordshire – Exploring new concepts for aerosol collection: corona-free actuation of aerosolised microspheres

Poster 20

Nan Zhou – University of Bristol – AIRMAP: A Longitudinal Respiratory Aerosol Monitoring Study

Poster 21

Miriam Byrne/Dylan Sinnott – University of Galway – Investigating Aerosol Emission from Air Fryer Cooking Events

Poster 22

Ajay Potavadoo – University of Bristol – Exploring the role of charge and chemical reactivity in Single Droplet Mass Spectrometry

Poster 23

Nicolas Duthou – University of Bristol – Aerosol resuspension under realistic flows: integrating near-surface physics into a Lagrangian CFD model