The Helmholtz-University Young Investigators Group "Aerosol Effects on Cloud Ice, Precipitation and Climate" is working on improved parameterizations of aerosol-cloud interactions for numerical models on different scales. A special focus is on cloud ice formation. The group is lead by Prof. Dr. Corinna Hoose. Read more about our projects and browse our publications.

We are a diverse and interdisciplinary team with background in physics, meteorology and chemistry. From left to right: Isabelle Steinke (PhD student), Sandro di Natale (Diploma student), Candy Anquetil-Deck (Postdoc), Corinna Hoose (group leader), Marco Paukert (PhD student), Matthias Hummel (PhD student), Isabelle Reichardt (PhD student), Alexa-Cora Schnur (Bachelor student) and Ahmad Jhony Rusumdar (Postdoc). Missing on picture: Moritz Haarig (Diploma student) and Monika Niemand (Postdoc). Contact details are given below.

If you are interested in joining our group as a postdoc or PhD student, please contact Corinna Hoose for discussing research topics and funding options. We frequently offer Diploma, Bachelor or Masters thesis topics related to numerical modelling of aerosol-cloud interactions. Please contact us.

Helmholtz-University Young Investigators Groups are jointly funded by the host institute and the Helmholtz Association President‘s Initiative and Networking Fund.

• 2013/01/10 Master/diploma thesis topic available: Arktische Mischphasewolken: Simulation und Vergleich mit in-situ Messungen
• 2012/10/29 Review article published: Hoose, C. and O. Möhler: Heterogeneous ice nucleation on atmospheric aerosols: A review of results from laboratory experiments  
• 2012/10/01 Start of the HD(CP)² (High Definition Cloud and Precipitation for Climate Prediction) project. A postdoc position will be available in this group starting next fall.
• 2012/08/03 Isabelle Steinke wins a poster price at the International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation (ICCP)
• 2012/06/20 Corinna Hoose is elected as spokesperson of the Young Investigator Network (YIN)
• 2012/06/05 Corinna Hoose takes part in a panel discussion on "Karriere in der Wissenschaft: Chancen, Strategien, Risiken" organized by the Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists
• 2012/05/08 Manuscript published for discussion in ACPD: Hoose, C. and O. Möhler: Heterogeneous ice nucleation on atmospheric aerosols: A review of results from laboratory experiments  
• 2012/04/25 Our research is featured in the KIT journal lookKIT  and in a press release : "Staub aus Ackerböden begünstigt Eiswolkenbildung"
• 2012/02/23 Bioaerosol review article published in Tellus B: Despres, V., J. A. Huffman, S. M. Burrows, C. Hoose, A. S. Safatov, G. Buryak, J. Fröhlich-Nowoisky, W. Elbert, M. O. Andreae, U. Pöschl, and R Jaenicke: Primary biological aerosol particles in the atmosphere: A review. link 
• 2012/01/01 Start of INUIT  (Ice Nucleation research UnIT), a DFG-funded project combining laboratory experiments, field measurements and modelling of heterogeneous ice nucleation.
• 2011/12/20 Volcanic ash paper published: Ice nucleation properties of fine ash particles from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption in April 2010  by Steinke et al.
• 2011/10/24 Corinna Hoose serves as external examiner for the licentiate of Salomon Eliasson , Kiruna Space Campus, Sweden.
• 2011/02/28 Isabelle Steinke wins the FameLab  contest in Karlsruhe! Learn more about what experiments at the AIDA cloud chamber have in common with Germany’s Next Topmodel in her recorded presentation . See also the press release .