Summer School "Basic Aerosol Science 2024", Vienna
When?
The Summer School will take place at the University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics as an in-person meeting from 7 to 13 July 2024 and will start with a Heurigen Dinner on 7 July 2024 and a Plenary Lecture (Keynote & Icebreaker) on 8 July 2024.
What?
The Summer School "Basic Aerosol Science" offers a broad education in basic principles and techniques of aerosol science. The main focus is on aerosol physics, but other fields such as aerosol chemistry and applications of aerosol science for e.g. issues of human health are also covered. The teachers of this Summer School are leading European experts in the field of aerosol science.
Who?
The Summer School is targeting international graduate students and early post‐doctoral researchers, as well as persons who work in the field of aerosol science.
Why?
The participants of this Summer School will acquire an excellent knowledge of the basics of aerosol science needed to understand and critically review aerosol processes and their interaction with the environment. They can immediately implement their knowledge in research projects of their institutions, act as decision makers in solving air pollution problems or contribute to regulatory processes and setting of standards.
How to participate
- Apply for participation (click button above or use this link).
- Applicants will be informed about the admission to the Summer School continuously after receiving their applications. Please note: although the application deadline for the Summer School is 15 May 2024, the maximum number of participants may be reached before 15 May 2024. We therefore recommend an early application.
- After receiving admission to the Summer School, applicants can register. For our cancellation policy, see here.
Registration Fee
- Academic: EUR 740,00 (early bird) / EUR 790,00 (regular)
- Corporate: EUR 1.390,00 (early bird) / EUR 1.490,00 (regular)
The registration fee includes the costs for attending all lectures, coffee and lunch breaks, the costs for the Heurigen on Sunday, the Icebreaker on Monday, the transfer to the field experiment and the Heurigen on Saturday.
Grants
In the course of the application process, people can also apply for grants.
- Four tuition waivers, covering half of the registration fee (395,-- EUR), will be sponsored by the University of Vienna (International Office).
Eligible are regular students and young researchers of all disciplines from the University of Vienna and its Partner Universities which are admitted to a Bachelor/Diploma/Master/Doctorate or PhD programme. - Members of the Association for Aerosol Research (GAeF) can also apply for four grants amounting to 495,-- EUR each. The aim of the GAeF-funded grants is to cover part of the registration fees for students attending the Summer School.
To be eligible for a GAeF-funded grant, a student must be member of GAeF by 30 April 2024 latest.
To join GAeF, see here: GAeF website, membership application - Note: To apply for a grant, please fill the second page in the general application form.
- Deadline for the application for grants: 30 April 2024
Important Dates
- Deadline for application if participants also would like to apply for a grant: 30 April 2024
- Deadline for application: 15 May 2024
Applicants will be informed about the admission to the Summer School continuously after receiving their applications.
Please note: although the application deadline for the Summer School is 15 May 2024, the maximum number of participants may be reached before 15 May 2024. We therefore recommend an early application.
- Deadline for Early Bird registration: 15 May 2024
- Deadline for registration: 4 June 2024
Cancellation Policy
- Cancellations received by 4 June 2024 (11:59 pm CET) will receive 100% of the registration fee refunded.
- Cancellations received by 17 June 2024 (11:59 pm CET) will receive 50% of the registration fee refunded.
- Cancellations received after 17 June 2024 or no-shows will receive no refund of the registration fees.
List of Lecturers (in alphabetical order)
| Name | Institution | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Prof. Dr. Christof Asbach | Institut für Umwelt & Energie, Technik & Analytik e. V. (IUTA), Duisburg, Germany | Particle deposition: particle impaction, diffusion and filtration |
| Prof. Dr. Lea Ann Dailey | University of Vienna, Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Austria | Aerosol & respiratory system |
| Dr. Josef Gasteiger | Hamtec Consulting GmbH / EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany | Aerosol remote sensing |
| Prof. Dr. Hinrich Grothe | TU Wien, Institute of Materials Chemistry, Austria | Primary biological aerosol in the atmosphere |
| Prof. Dr. Anne Kasper‐Giebl | TU Wien, Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Austria | Aerosol chemistry |
| Prof. Dr. Frank Keutsch | Harvard University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, USA | Modern spectroscopy |
| Prof. Dr. Jyrki Mäkelä | Tampere University, Aerosol Physics Laboratory, Finland | Electrical properties of aerosols, electrical aerosol measurement |
| Prof. Dr. Andreas Petzold | Research Center Jülich, Institute for Energy and Climate Research, Germany | Measurement methods for black and brown carbon |
| Prof. Dr. Imre Salma | Etövös University, Institute of Chemistry, Budapest, Hungary | Particle statistics, aerosol sampling and measurement |
| Dr. Johannes Schneider | Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany | Aerosol mass spectrometry |
| Dr. Gerhard Steiner | GRIMM Aerosol Technik, Ainring, Germany | Aerosol generation |
| Prof. Dr. Andreas Stohl | University of Vienna Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy, Department of Meteorology and Geophysics, Austria | Aerosol transport modelling |
| Dr. Agnieszka Straus (Kupc) | University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, Austria | Aerosol mechanics |
| Prof. Dr. Wladyslaw Szymanski | University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, Austria | Optical particle measurements |
| Prof. Dr. Carlos Toledano | Universidad de Valladolid, Grupo de Óptica Atmosférica, Spain | Aerosol optics |
| Prof. Dr. Paul Wagner | University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, Austria | Nucleation and condensation – basics |
| Prof. Dr. Bernadett Weinzierl | University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, Austria | Introduction to aerosol & the atmospheric aerosol, field experiment |
| Prof. Dr. Paul Winkler | University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, Austria | Nucleation and condensation ‐ measurements |
Requirements to obtain a certificate (5 ECTS points)
- Attendance of lectures and participation in the field experiment
- Submission of assignments from the individual lectures (assignments can be handed in during the summer school or within two weeks after the end of the Summer School)
- Grading will be based on submitted assignments
Public Transportation
There is a seven-day ticket available, where you can choose the starting day, so the ticket would be valid for the whole summer school. You can buy the ticket in advance here:
https://shop.wienmobil.at/en/products/T7T31_VIE
Please note that this ticket does not include transportation to/from the airport.
For a one-way ticket (at a cost of 4.40 €) from the airport to the city center it is best to take the train, you can get tickets here or directly at the ticket machine at the airport/train station.
https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?personOkClicked=true
Link to the interactive city map of Vienna (© wien.at):
https://www.wien.gv.at/stadtplan/en/
Contact
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Bernadett Weinzierl
Boltzmanngasse 5
A‐1090 Wien
Austria
aerosol.summerschool@univie.ac.at