CHEE Seminar: Luis Ladino
May 2, 2022, 3:00 p.m.
Luis Ladino
Professor
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate Change
The National Autonomous University of Mexico
"Locally Emitted vs. Long-Range Transported Aerosol Particles: Air Quality and Mixed-phase Cloud Formation"
Harshbarger Rm 206
Zoom Link
Social Hour in Harshbarger 118B from 2:30-2:50 p.m.
ABSTRACT:
Aerosol particles play an important role in the climate system as they can impact the Earth’s radiative balance and the hydrological cycle. Additionally, they can impact human health as they are known to significantly degrade air quality. Although aerosol particles can be emitted by a variety of local sources, they can also be transported over long-distances impacting places far away from the emitting source. In the present work, the impact on air quality and mixed-phase cloud formation of locally emitted marine, urban, volcanic, and agricultural particles is compared with the impacts caused by the long-range transported African dust and biomass burning particles.
BIOSKETCH:
Dr. Luis Ladino received his bachelor of science in chemistry from University of Valle in 2005 and his master’s of science in chemistry from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 2008. He completed his Ph.D. in the Department of Environmental Sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich in 2011 after which he spent time as a research associate at the University of Toronto and as a visiting fellow at Environment and Climate Change Canada. He has been a professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico since 2016 and has recently won the Marcos Moshinsky Fellowship for young scientists.