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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Paul Winkler, Privatdoz.
T: +43-1-4277-73403
Summer term 2026
260080 SE Bachelorseminar
260111 VO Aerosolphysik
280324 PR Physikpraktikum
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Aerosol MSA, Sommer E, Konrat R, Morawiec A, Winkler PM. Impact of humidity on aerosol growth from methanesulfonic acid. Environmental Science: Atmospheres. 2026 Sept 1;6(9):1356–1367. Epub 2026 Jul 6. doi: 10.1039/d5ea00123d

CERN CLOUD, Sommer E, Jacobshagen A, Konrat R, Morawiec A, Winkler PM. Nucleation of α-pinene oxidation products with sulfuric acid. Environmental Science: Atmospheres. 2026 Aug 1;6(8):1131–1146. Epub 2026 Jun 9. doi: 10.1039/d6ea00046k

Klebach H, Caudillo-Plath L, Heinritzi M, Russell DM, Rörup B, Baalbaki R et al. Rapid new particle formation driven by methanesulfonic acid and amines. Environmental Science: Atmospheres. 2026 Jul 1;6(7):1028-1039. doi: 10.1039/d5ea00081e

CERN CLOUD, Stolzenburg D, Sommer E, Winkler PM. Role of methanesulfonic acid in atmospheric particle nucleation and growth. Nature. 2026 Jul;655(8125):1204-1211. doi: 10.1038/s41586-026-10810-2

Donahue NM, Hofbauer V, Finkenzeller H, Stolzenburg D, Bauer PS, Chiu R et al. Calibrating interdependent photochemistry, nucleation, and aerosol microphysics in chamber experiments. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2026 May 26;19(10):3363-3396. doi: 10.5194/amt-19-3363-2026

Xiao M, Wang M, Mentler B, Garmash O, Lamkaddam H, Molteni U et al. Anthropogenic organic aerosol in Europe produced mainly through second-generation oxidation. Nature Geoscience. 2025 Mar;18(3):239-245. doi: 10.1038/s41561-025-01645-z

Stolzenburg D, Sarnela N, Bianchi F, Cai J, Cai R, Cheng Y et al. Incomplete mass closure in atmospheric nanoparticle growth. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science . 2025;8(1):75. doi: 10.1038/s41612-025-00893-5

CERN CLOUD, Morawiec A, Winkler PM. New particle formation from isoprene under upper-tropospheric conditions. Nature. 2024 Dec 5;636(8041):115-123. doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-08196-0

Schervish M, Heinritzi M, Stolzenburg D, Dada L, Wang M, Ye Q et al. Interactions of peroxy radicals from monoterpene and isoprene oxidation simulated in the radical volatility basis set. Environmental Science: Atmospheres. 2024 Jun 24;4(7):740–753. doi: 10.1039/d4ea00056k

Wlasits PJ, Enroth J, Vanhanen J, Pajunoja A, Grothe H, Winkler PM et al. Reduced particle composition dependence in condensation particle counters. Aerosol Research. 2024 Jun 24;2(1):199-206. doi: 10.5194/ar-2-199-2024

He XC, Simon M, Iyer S, Xie HB, Rörup B, Shen J et al. Iodine oxoacids enhance nucleation of sulfuric acid particles in the atmosphere. Science. 2023 Dec 14;382(6676):1308-1314. doi: 10.1126/science.adh2526

Kirkby J, Amorim A, Baltensperger U, Carslaw KS, Christoudias T, Curtius J et al. Atmospheric new particle formation from the CERN CLOUD experiment. Nature Geoscience. 2023 Nov;16(11):948-957. doi: 10.1038/s41561-023-01305-0

Dada L, Stolzenburg D, Simon M, Fischer L, Heinritzi M, Wang M et al. Role of sesquiterpenes in biogenic new particle formation. Science Advances. 2023 Sept 8;9(36):eadi5297. doi: 10.1126/SCIADV.ADI5297

Wlasits PJ, Konrat R, Winkler PM. Heterogeneous Nucleation of Supersaturated Water Vapor onto Sub-10 nm Nanoplastic Particles. Environmental Science and Technology. 2023 Jan 31;57(4):1584-1591. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c07643

Gonzalez Carracedo L, Lehtipalo K, Ahonen LR, Sarnela N, Holm S, Kangasluoma J et al. On the relation between apparent ion and total particle growth rates in the boreal forest and related chamber experiments. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2022 Oct 13;22(19):13153-13166. doi: 10.5194/acp-22-13153-2022

Leiminger M, Fischer L, Brilke S, Resch J, Winkler PM, Hansel A et al. A high-transmission axial ion mobility classifier for mass-mobility measurements of atmospheric ions. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2022 Jun 21;15(12):3705-3720. doi: 10.5194/amt-15-3705-2022

Wang M, Xiao M, Bertozzi B, Marie G, Rorup B, Schulze B et al. Synergistic HNO3-H2SO4-NH3 upper tropospheric particle formation. Nature. 2022 May;605(7910):483-489. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04605-4

CLOUD Collaboration, Marten R, Xiao M, Rörup B, Wang M, Kong W et al. Survival of newly formed particles in haze conditions. Environmental Science: Atmospheres. 2022 Apr 8;2(3):491-499. doi: 10.1039/d2ea00007e

Winkler PM, Wagner PE. Characterization techniques for heterogeneous nucleation from the gas phase. Journal of Aerosol Science. 2022 Jan;159:105875. Epub 2021 Sept 14. doi: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2021.105875

Kulmala M, Stolzenburg D, Dada L, Cai R, Kontkanen J, Yan C et al. Towards a concentration closure of sub-6 nm aerosol particles and sub-3 nm atmospheric clusters. Journal of Aerosol Science. 2022 Jan;159:105878. doi: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2021.105878

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Aerosol Particle Formation by Nucleation - to grow or not to grow

Winkler, P. (Speaker) & Mohr, C. (Speaker)

21 Feb 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Size Characterization of Aerosol Nanoplastics Generated Under Nitrogen Atmosphere

Constantin, H. (Speaker), Winkler, P. (Contributor) & Wlasits, P. J. (Contributor)

5 Sept 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Heterogeneous nucleation of water onto sub-10 nm nanoplastic particles

Wlasits, P. J. (Speaker), Konrat, R. (Contributor) & Winkler, P. (Contributor)

8 Sept 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Generation and size characterization of aerosolized nanoplastics

Wlasits, P. J. (Speaker), Stöllner, A. (Contributor), Lattner, G. (Contributor), Maggauer, K. (Contributor) & Winkler, P. (Contributor)

6 Sept 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Über die Entstehung von biogenen Nanoteilchen in einem weiten Temperaturbereich der Troposphäre

Winkler, P. (Invited speaker)

19 Sept 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Quantitative particle-sizing in the cluster-particle transition region with a DMA-train

Winkler, P. (Invited speaker)

10 Sept 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


CPC Counting efficiency measurements with mobility standards in the 1-4nm range generated by a bipolar electrospray source

Brilke, S. (Speaker), Resch, J. (Contributor), Steiner, G. (Contributor), Leiminger, M. (Contributor) & Winkler, P. (Contributor)

29 Aug 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


In-situ aerosol nanoparticle characterization by small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS)

Bauer, P. (Speaker), Amenitsch, H. (Contributor), Baumgartner, B. (Contributor), Köberl, G. (Contributor), Rentenberger, C. (Contributor) & Winkler, P. (Contributor)

29 Aug 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Characterization of a non-thermal plasma source for the use as a mass spec calibration tool and non-radioactive aerosol charger

Tauber, C. (Contributor), Gruenwald, J. (Contributor), Schmoll, D. (Speaker), Brilke, S. (Contributor) & Winkler, P. (Contributor)

27 Aug 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Collision enhancement in sulfuric acid driven nanoparticle growth

Stolzenburg, D. (Speaker), Simon, M. (Contributor), Ranjithkumar, A. (Contributor), Lehtipalo, K. (Contributor), Kürten, A. (Contributor), Nieminen, T. (Contributor), Gordon, H. (Contributor), Kirkby, J. (Contributor) & Winkler, P. (Contributor)

27 Aug 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Measurement of aerosol growth rate in the free molecular regime using vacuum ultra violet light with the constant angle mie scattering (VUV-CAMS) Method

Vázquez-Pufleau, M. (Contributor) & Winkler, P. (Speaker)

26 Aug 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Verschwindet der Weltraum am Tag?

Winkler, P. (Speaker)

10 Jul 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public


Aerosol particle formation studies in the industrial region of Vienna

Winkler, P. (Invited speaker)

26 Jun 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Nano meets Enviro – Ultrafine Particles in the Ambient Air

Winkler, P. (Invited speaker)

3 Apr 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Aerosolteilchenentstehung durch Nukleation

Winkler, P. (Invited speaker)

25 Feb 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public


Combining a PTR3-TOF-MS with a Nitrate-CIMS: Quantifying initial nanoparticle growth over a wide tropospheric temperature range

Stolzenburg, D. (Speaker), Fischer, L. (Contributor), Vogel, A. L. (Contributor), Heinritzi, M. (Contributor), Schervish, M. (Contributor), Simon, M. (Contributor), Donahue, N. M. (Contributor), Hansel, A. (Contributor) & Winkler, P. (Contributor)

7 Feb 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Heterogeneous Nucleation onto Monoatomic Ions and the Role of Stable Pre-nucleation Clusters

Tauber, C. (Invited speaker), Chen, X. (Contributor), Wagner, P. (Contributor), Winkler, P. (Contributor), Hogan, C. J. (Contributor) & Maißer, A. (Contributor)

11 Sept 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


New particle formation and sub-10nm particle size distribution measurements in Paphos, Cyprus, during A-LIFE field experiment

Brilke, S. (Speaker), Fölker, N. (Contributor), Kandler, K. (Contributor), Ma, N. (Contributor), Müller, T. (Contributor), Philipp, A. (Contributor), Ryerson, T. (Contributor), Seibert, P. (Contributor), Weinzierl, B. (Contributor) & Winkler, P. (Contributor)

11 Sept 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


New particle formation and sub-10nm particle size distribution measurements in Paphos, Cyprus, during A-LIFE field experiment

Brilke, S. (Speaker), Fölker, N. (Contributor), Kandler, K. (Contributor), Ma, N. (Contributor), Müller, T. (Contributor), Philipp, A. (Contributor), Ryerson, T. (Speaker), Seibert, P. (Contributor), Weinzierl, B. (Contributor) & Winkler, P. (Contributor)

7 Sept 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Heterogeneous nucleation onto monoatomic ions and the role of stable pre-nucleation clusters

Tauber, C. (Contributor), Chen, X. (Contributor), Wagner, P. (Contributor), Winkler, P. (Contributor), Hogan, C. J. (Contributor) & Maißer, A. (Speaker)

6 Sept 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Experimental determination of aerosol growth kinetics via simultaneous measurement of constant angle mie scattering pattern at two different wavelengths

Vázquez-Pufleau, M. (Speaker) & Winkler, P. (Contributor)

5 Sept 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


In-situ characterization of aerosol nanoparticles at close-to-ambient conditions by small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS)

Bauer, P. (Speaker), Amenitsch, H. (Contributor), Baumgartner, B. (Contributor), Rentenberger, C. (Contributor) & Winkler, P. (Contributor)

4 Sept 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Quantifying aerosol nanoparticle dynamics by high time resolution experiments

Winkler, P. (Invited speaker)

3 Sept 2018 → 6 Sept 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Quantifying initial nanoparticle growth of organic and inorganic systems with the CLOUD Experiment

Stolzenburg, D. (Contributor), Fischer, L. (Contributor), Heinritzi, M. (Contributor), Simon, M. (Contributor), Lehtipalo, K. (Contributor), Yan, C. (Contributor), Dada, L. (Contributor) & Winkler, P. (Speaker)

3 Sept 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Method advances from CLOUD - aerosol measurement in very low nanometer regime

Winkler, P. (Invited speaker)

2 Sept 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Measurement of the condensational growth in the free molecular regime via simultaneous detection of constant angle mie scattering at two different wavelengths

Vázquez-Pufleau, M. (Speaker) & Winkler, P. (Contributor)

19 Jun 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Aerosol nanoparticle sizing and growth rate determination in the sub-10 nm size range

Winkler, P. (Invited speaker)

19 Apr 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


The Cosmics Leaving OUtdoor Droplets (CLOUD) experiment

Winkler, P. (Invited speaker)

16 Apr 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


New particle formation and sub-10nm particle size distribution measurements in Paphos, Cyprus, during A-LIFE field experiment

Brilke, S. (Speaker), Fölker, N. (Contributor), Kandler, K. (Contributor), Ma, N. (Contributor), Müller, T. (Contributor), Philipp, A. (Contributor), Ryerson, T. (Contributor), Seibert, P. (Contributor), Weinzierl, B. (Contributor) & Winkler, P. (Contributor)

6 Mar 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Quantifying aerosol nanoparticle dynamics by high time resolution experiments

Winkler, P. (Invited speaker)

27 Nov 2017 → 28 Nov 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


In-situ Nanoparticle Characterization at Ambient Pressure by Small Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS)

Bauer, P. (Speaker), Amenitsch, H. (Contributor) & Winkler, P. (Contributor)

19 Oct 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Wolken und Wetter

Winkler, P. (Speaker)

20 Sept 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public


In-situ characterization of aerosol nanoparticles at close-to-amibient conditions by small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS)

Bauer, P. (Speaker), Amenitsch, H. (Contributor) & Winkler, P. (Contributor)

1 Sept 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


On the temperature dependence of heterogeneous nucleation of n-butanol vapor on Ag and NaCl particle

Tauber, C. (Speaker), Steiner, G. (Speaker) & Winkler, P. (Speaker)

28 Jun 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Detailed determination of size- and time-dependent growth rates during new particle formation

Stolzenburg, D. (Speaker), Pichelstorfer, L. (Contributor), Kokkola, H. (Contributor), Lehtinen, K. E. J. (Contributor), Smith, J. N. (Contributor), McMurry, P. H. (Contributor) & Winkler, P. (Contributor)

27 Jun 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Three-phase contact line properties of critical clusters determined from heterogeneous nucleation experiments

Winkler, P. (Speaker), McGraw, R. L. (Contributor), Bauer, P. (Contributor), Rentenberger, C. (Contributor) & Wagner, P. (Contributor)

27 Jun 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Experimental retrieval of nanoparticle dynamics from high time resolution measurements at low signal

Winkler, P. (Speaker)

19 Apr 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Experimental retrieval of nanoparticle dynamics from high time resolution measurements at low signal

Winkler, P. (Speaker)

22 Mar 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


ERC Talk "Science & Drinks"

Winkler, P. (Speaker)

13 Mar 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public


Aerosole

Winkler, P. (Speaker)

16 Nov 2016

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other


The Cosmics Leaving OUtdoor Droplets (CLOUD) experiment

Winkler, P. (Speaker)

4 Nov 2016

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other


In-Situ Characterization of Aerosol Nanoparticles at Close-to-Ambient Concentrations by Small Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS)

Bauer, P. (Speaker), Amenitsch, H. (Contributor) & Winkler, P. (Contributor)

18 Oct 2016

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


In-situ Aerosol Nanoparticle Characterization by Small Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS)

Bauer, P. (Speaker), Amenitsch, H. (Contributor) & Winkler, P. (Contributor)

29 Sept 2016

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Heterogeneous Nucleation Experiments of n-Butanol Vapor at Varying Nucleation Temperature

Winkler, P. (Speaker)

14 Oct 2015

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other


A DMA Train for Precision Quantification of Nanoparticle Growth Rates in the sub-10 nm Size Range

Winkler, P. (Speaker)

13 Oct 2015

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other


Size and temperature effects in heterogeneous nucleation

Winkler, P. (Speaker)

9 Oct 2015

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other


Novel optical approaches for studying biogenic nanoparticles

Bauer, P. (Speaker), Amenitsch, H. (Contributor), Peterlik, H. (Contributor), Rentenberger, C. (Contributor) & Winkler, P. (Contributor)

10 Sept 2015

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Woher die Wolken kommen

Winkler, P. (Speaker)

19 Jun 2015

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other


Short wavelength optical characterization of aerosol nanoparticles in a flow tube

Bauer, P. (Speaker), Amenitsch, H. (Contributor), Peterlik, H. (Contributor) & Winkler, P. (Contributor)

16 Jun 2015

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science


Effects of Nucleation Temperature on the Response of a Butanol Condensation Particle Counter

Winkler, P. (Speaker)

1 Sept 2014

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other


Characterization of freshly nucleated 1-3 nm clusters using a comprehensive set of nano-particle instrumentation

Winkler, P. (Speaker)

29 Aug 2014

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other


A fast-scanning DMA train for precision quantification of early nanoparticle growth

Winkler, P. (Speaker)

25 Jun 2013

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other


Size-resolved chemical characterization of biogenic nanoparticles by thermal desorption chemical ionization mass spectrometry

Winkler, P. (Invited speaker)

7 Feb 2013

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other


Nucleation of clusters bridging the scale from molecules to nanoparticles

Winkler, P. (Contributor)

9 Oct 2012

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other


The vSANC - An instrument for basic nucleation studies and ambient measurements of nanoparticles

Winkler, P. (Contributor)

9 Oct 2012

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other



Description of heterogeneous nucleation using a physically consistent heterogeneous nucleation probability function (pchnpf)

Winkler, P. (Contributor)

11 Aug 2009

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other


Heterogeneous nucleation by nanoparticles: Recent experiments and some applications

Winkler, P. (Invited speaker)

11 Aug 2009

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other


Seminar: Wolkenbildung und Aerosoldynamik im Labor: Detektion von Nanoteilchen

Winkler, P. (Speaker)

28 Oct 2008

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other


Seed diameter and cluster size in heterogeneous nculeation processes

Winkler, P. (Invited speaker)

25 Aug 2008

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other


Condensation particle counting for particle diameters down to 1NM

Winkler, P. (Speaker)

11 Sept 2007

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other


Experimental Observation of Heterogeneous Nucleations Probabilities for Ion-induced Nucleation

Winkler, P. (Speaker)

16 Aug 2007

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other


The Effect of Seed Particle Charge on Heterogeneous Nucleation

Winkler, P. (Speaker)

16 Aug 2007

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other


Independent determination of mass and thermal accommodation coefficients from water droplet growth measurements

Winkler, P. (Speaker)

10 Apr 2007

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other


Freezing atmospheric organic nucleation clusters

Winkler, P. (Project Lead)

1/11/24 → 31/10/27

Project: Research funding


Physical & Chemical Characterization of Nanoplastic Aerosol

Winkler, P. (Project Lead)

1/09/24 → 31/08/28

Project: Research funding


CLOUD-DOC: CLOUD Doctoral Network

Winkler, P. (Project Lead)

1/09/22 → 30/04/27

Project: Research funding


CLOUD-MOTION: CLOUD-MObility, Training and InnOvation Network

Winkler, P. (Project Lead) & Theussl, L. (Admin)

1/09/17 → 31/12/21

Project: Research funding



Chemical Characterization of Organic Nanoparticles

Winkler, P. (Project Lead)

1/09/11 → 31/03/13

Project: Research funding


Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics

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T: +43-1-4277-73403

paul.winkler@univie.ac.at