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SUMMARY:ENAC Seminar Series by Prof. G. Biskos
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. George Biskos\n13:15 – 14:15 – Prof. George Biskos\n
 Associate Professor\, The Cyprus Institute\, CY / Delft University of Tech
 nology\, NL\n\nAerosol Science and Technology: An Enabling Discipline for 
 Environmental Sensing\n\nSensing technologies for probing key parameters i
 n the atmospheric\, the aquatic and the terrestrial environment are crucia
 l for assessing natural and anthropogenically-induced changes\, and conseq
 uently for designing effective strategies to mitigate them. For example\, 
 to assess the impacts of fossil fuel burning on climate change we need rob
 ust instruments and sensors that can determine the concentrations of gaseo
 us pollutants as well as the physical and chemical properties of the parti
 culate matter emitted by combustion sources in the atmospheric environment
 .\n\nIn the first part of this talk I will provide a brief overview of ins
 truments for characterizing the physical properties of atmospheric aerosol
  particles\, and how these can be combined for probing some of their clima
 te-relevant properties. I will then focus on recent advances that have ena
 bled the development of miniaturized\, lightweight and cost-effective – 
 yet highly accurate – instruments that can enable game-changing approach
 ing for characterizing the atmospheric aerosol. The second part of my talk
  will focus on the synthesis of engineered aerosol nanoparticles and the f
 abrication of nanomaterials using those as building blocks. Here I will br
 iefly highlight the capabilities of spark ablation\, and advances in the r
 ecent years that have enabled it as an effective process for the synthesis
  of nanoparticulate-based materials. I will then demonstrate how the techn
 ique can be employed for synthesizing novel metal oxide semiconductor gas 
 sensors that can be employed for air quality monitoring. I will summarize 
 my talk by highlighting new opportunities enabled by the aforementioned te
 chnologies\, and how these are leading to observational approaches that go
  far beyond the current state of art.\n\n\nShort bio:\nGeorge Biskos is an
  Associate Professor at the Cyprus Institute\, where he leads the Innovati
 on Department and the Instrumentation for Nanoparticle Synthesis and Chara
 cterisation Laboratory of the Climate and Atmosphere Research Centre\, and
  affiliated with the Geosciences and Remote Sensing Department of Delft Un
 iversity of Technology. His research interests fall in the broader field o
 f Aerosol Science and Technology\, with activities ranging from designing 
 and building aerosol instrumentation to developing and implementing aeroso
 l-based nanotechnology tools for producing nanomaterials for various appli
 cations. Results from these activities have so far led to the creation of 
 three spin-off companies.\n\nGeorge holds an MSc degree in Environmental S
 cience and Engineering (Imperial College\, UK)\, and a PhD in Engineerin
 g  (Cambridge University\, UK). After his PhD studies he has worked as a
  postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University (USA) and has held facult
 y positions at the University of the Aegean (Greece)\, and at Delft Univer
 sity of Technology (Netherlands) before joining the Cyprus Institute.\n 
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