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Christian Pfrang

@cpfrang.bsky.social

Professor of Atmospheric Science at University of Birmingham; physical chemist with interests e.g. in aerosols, indoor air & pollution impact on plants/insects. https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/en/persons/christian-pfrang/

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ISIS 2025 Society Impact Award: Professor Christian Pfrang from the University of Birmingham

It was a great honour to receive the ISIS Society Impact Award 2025 building on highly collaborative research with leading contributions from Max Skoda, Adam Milsom, Ben Woden, Federica Sebastiani, Richard Campbell, @adsquires.bsky.social and others. Many thanks!
www.isis.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/News25...

22.03.2025 10:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very exciting to be part of this collaborative work on metal-organic frameworks!

02.02.2025 10:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Make metalโ€“organic frameworks safe and sustainable by design for industrial translation Nature Reviews Materials - Metalโ€“organic frameworks hold immense application potential, but their stability and environmental safety remain barriers to industrial translation. Embracing the...

What an exciting way to kick off the year. Before the end of the month, a new paper led by Swaroop Chakraborty & @iseultlynch.bsky.social and together with, Iuliia Mikulska, @cpfrang.bsky.social and Superb K. Misra!

Published in @natrevmater.bsky.social rdcu.be/d7Xl5

@cebcambridge.bsky.social

31.01.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Diesel exhaust and ozone adversely affect pollinators and parasitoids within flying insect communities The effects of air pollution on human and animal health, and on the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, are wide-ranging. This potentially includesโ€ฆ

Our latest collaborative work on the impact of pollution (diesel and/or ozone) on pollinators and parasitoids was just published in Science of the Total Environment @elsevierconnect.bsky.social:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

12.12.2024 16:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Aerosol pollutants from cooking may last longer in the atmosphere โ€“ new study - University of Birmingham New insights into the behaviour of aerosols from cooking emissions and sea spray reveal that particles may take up more water than previously thought.

Our latest paper in Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics on fatty acid self-assembly and the impact of its nanostructure on reactivity and water uptake:
acp.copernicus.org/articles/24/...

www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/ae...

12.12.2024 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Air-frying prevails in tests on indoor pollutant production Environmental scientists find that pan-frying leads to peak VOC concentrations of 260ppb, versus 20ppb for air-frying

Our latest study on cooking emissions out in Indoor Air:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...
Chemistry World article:
www.chemistryworld.com/news/air-fry...

03.12.2024 12:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
2025 projects | Aerosol Science CDT

Exciting PhD opportunities on aerosols are available here:

www.aerosol-cdt.ac.uk/2025-projects/

18.11.2024 11:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Here's the atmospheric chemistry starter pack! Let me know if you'd like to join! Looking forward to hearing about everyone's fun science on bluesky!
go.bsky.app/GgmWgSo

13.11.2024 11:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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