Athanasios Nenes#
| Membership Number: | 5642 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://lapi.epfl.ch |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-3873-9970 |
| Twitter: | @LAPI_epfl |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 - present Professor of Atmospheric Processes, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
- 2008 - present Affiliated Scientist, Foundation for Research and Technology, Greece
- 2018 - present Adjunct Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
- 2015 - 2020 Affiliated Scientist, National Observatory of Athens, Greece
- 2015 - 2016 Visiting Professor, California Institute of Technology
- 2011 - 2018 Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
- 2008 - 2011 Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
- 2002 - 2008 Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Air quality and health impacts of airborne pollutants
- Modeling of aerosols, clouds and climate
- Aerosol and cloud instrumentation
- Development of advanced sensitivity and data mining tools for air quality and climate models
- Aerosol-cloud-climate interactions
- Biogeochemical cycling of trace nutrients
Honours and Awards
- 2020 Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher
- 2020 American Geophysical Union Fellow
- 2019, 2009, 2010 Group Achievement Award, NASA
- 2016 European Research Council, Consolidator Grant
- 2014 Vaughan Lectureship in Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
- 2012 Atmospheric Sciences Section Ascent Award, American Geophysical Union
- 2011 Kenneth T. Whitby Award, American Association for Aerosol Research
- 2009 Henry G. Houghton Award, American Meteorological Society
- 2007 Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award
- 2005 Sheldon K Friedlander Award, American Association for Aerosol Research
- 2004 NASA New Investigator Program Award
- 2004 US National Science Foundation CAREER Award
- 1998 Dean’s Prize, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
- 1996 Best Diploma Thesis Award in Chemical Engineering, Chamber of Engineers (Greece)
