About me
Originally trained in Molecular Biosciences, I am since 2009 focusing on research on Environmental and Climate issues. I am currently pursuing two research directions:
Carbonaceous Aerosols
Carbon-containing aerosols, e.g., black carbon (BC) affect the climate system and the quality of the air we breathe. However, these effects are currently associated with large uncertainties, e.g., with respect to emission sources and optical properties. In this line of research we are combining isotopic (e.g., D14C and d13C), molecular (e.g., polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, PAHs), and physical (e.g., light-absorption and scattering) techniques with the aim to contribute to constraining the emission sources and atmospheric processing of these components, and investigating the coupling between sources/processing and optical properties. Our approach is largely field-based, with ongoing measurements in South and East Asia, the Arctic and Africa, while chemical/isotopic analysis is conducted here at Stockholm University.
Source Apportionment Calulation Methodology
In this line of research we focus on developing/implementing statistical/numerical analysis techniques for various Environmental and Geo-applications. Much recent focus has been directed towards characterizing the uncertainties in mass-balance source apportionment calculations, mainly by using Monte Carlo techniques in collaboration with Dr. Martin Sköld at the Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University.
News Story
A short clip on our joint sampling campaign, with Dr. Michael Gatari, at the University of Nairobi, Kenya:
http://www.enca.com/africa/find-out-how-traffic-nairobi-bad-your-health
R-code (courtesy of Martin Sköld, e-mail: mskold@math.su.se):
Dual isotope Monte Carlo-based source apportionment from Andersson et al., ES&T 49, 2038-2043, doi: 10.1021/es503855e
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es503855e
https://github.com/mskoldSU/Andersson_et_al_2015
Dual isotope Monte Carlo-based source apportionment with spline-modeled time-dependence from Keskitalo et al., Clim. Past 13, 1213-1226, doi: 10.5194/cp-13-1213-2017
https://www.clim-past.net/13/1213/2017/
https://github.com/mskoldSU/Keskitalo_et_al
14C- bomb spike-resolved Monte Carlo-based source apportionment from Vonk et al., Geochim. Geocosm. Acta 244, 502-521, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2018.09.034
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0016703718305702
