Dr. Mihalis Vrekoussis
Address:
Dr. Mihalis Vrekoussis
Institute of Environmental Physics
University of Bremen
Otto-Hahn-Allee 1
D-28359 Bremen
Germany
E-mail: vrekoussis@iup.physik.uni-bremen.de
Telephone: ++49 421-218-62111
Fax: ++49 421 218 4555
Room: U3140
and
Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology
Academy of Athens
24 Omirou str.
Athens
10672 Greece
E-Mail: vrekoussis@academyofathens.gr
Telephone: ++30 210-8832048-17
Fax: ++30 210 8842098
Educational History:
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1994 (June): High school graduation (37th public school of Athens) awarded with the grade of eighteen and nine tenth (18.9/20)
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1995-1999: Chemistry degree from the University of Crete awarded with the grade of eight point fifty five at the scale of 10 (8,55/10) – with the characterization “excellent”.
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2002 (June): MSc in Environmental and Analytical Chemistry (University of Crete) titled “Contribution of Nitrogen Species to the oxidizing capacity of the atmosphere”.
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2005 (Nov): PhD in Environmental and Analytical chemistry (University of Crete) titled “Nitrate radicals (NO3): Their contribution to the Nitrogen cycle and to the Oxidizing Capacity of the atmosphere” and graded as “excellent”.
Current Research Interests:
MVs main major scientific interests are atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, radical measurements (eg. NO3 and ROx radicals), remote sensing, physical and chemical properties of aerosols and radiative forcing, insights into the sulphur and nitrogen cycles, trace gases detection in the atmosphere, photochemical studies (for example ozone formation from pollution sources), and modeling development (box model) and simulations. Through these studies extensive experience has been obtained in setting up, operating and maintaining various analytical instruments and methods (e.g. gas, liquid chromatography, differential optical absorption). Special focus is given on, a) the analysis of UV and VIS data based on the GOME, SCIAMACHY and GOME2 instruments on board the ESR-2, ENVISAT and MetOp-A satellites respectively and b) the optimization of the retrieval algorithms of trace gases such as NO2, HCHO and CHOCHO.
Publications and detailed CV:
A list of recent publications and a more detailed CV can be found here.
Other Interests:
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Two scale keyboards instrument diploma.
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One scale instrumental keyboard diploma.
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Tennis
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Underwater fishing.