Prof. Dr. Konrad Kandler

Studiendekan

Kontakt

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64287 Darmstadt

Research Positions
since 2016 Professor
Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften – Atmosphärisches Aerosol,
Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
2007-2016 Associate Research Scientist
Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften – Umweltmineralogie,
Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
2003-2007 Postdoctoral Researcher
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
and Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften – Umweltmineralogie,
Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
1998-2003 Research Assistant
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
Education
2013 venia legendi in environmental geosciences
title of the cumulative habilitation thesis: “Physikalische und chemische Eigenschaften von Wüstenaerosol im Hinblick auf seine Klimawirksamkeit“ [”Physical and chemical properties of desert aerosol with respect to its climate impact“]
2003 PhD in meteorology, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
title of the dissertation thesis: „Hygroskopische Eigenschaften atmosphärischer Partikel in kontinentalen Luftmassen“ [”Hygroscopic properties of atmospheric particles in continental airmasses“]
1998–2003 Graduate studies in atmospheric physics, aerosol sciences, electronics and geosciences at the Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
1998

Diploma in meteorology, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre,
Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
title of the diploma thesis: „Größenverteilung unlöslicher Bestandteile der Naßdeposition bei Advektion subtropischer Luftmassen“ [„Size distribution of insoluble components in wet deposition during advection of subtropical air masses“]
1992–1998 Studies in meteorology, physics and geography at the Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Mineral Dust

  • Compositional properties: chemistry, mineralogy, provenance, size-dependence, single particle composition and structure
  • Mixing state: mixing with secondary aerosol, soot and sea-salt, atmospheric ageing and cloud-interactions
  • Optical properties: refractive index, shape
  • Ecosystem interactions: nutrient input to tropical forests and oceans
  • Ice nucleation and hygroscopic properties of atmospheric mineral dusts
  • Dust in glacial systems: fluxes, feedbacks; dust sources in the Arctic
  • Ice-cores: evolution of dust properties in the past

General Aerosol

  • Biological particles: dust-biological mixtures, bio-particle fluxes and single particle characterization
  • Urban and rural aerosol dry deposition: characterization and provenance
  • Soot: electron microscopy characterization
  • Volcanic dust properties

Measurement Techniques and Applications

  • Inertial aerosol sampling: impactor construction for aircrafts and unmanned vehicles, impactor miniaturization, free-wing impactors (‘giant’ particle collection)
  • Deposition samplers, thermophoretic samplers
  • Dust aerosol generation
  • Application of image analysis methods, in particular to microscopy
  • Electron microscopy: application to large particles numbers, automation
  • Optical aerosol techniques, coupled techniques