Thomas Koop - Universität Bielefeld

Prof. Dr. Thomas Koop
Faculty of Chemistry
Bielefeld University
Universitätsstr. 25
D-33615 Bielefeld
Germany

Phone: +49-(0)521-106-6135
E-mail: thomas.koop@uni-bielefeld.de
Room: UHG E3-150

ResearcherID: B-7861-2008

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Personal Information

born 1967 in Homberg (Niederrhein), Germany

married, three children

Education and Academic Career

1987 - 1992	Undergraduate student of Chemistry at the University of Duisburg (Germany)
1993 - 1996	PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz (Germany) with Prof. Paul J. Crutzen
1997 - 1998	Postdoctoral Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge (U.S.A.) with Prof. Mario J. Molina
1999 - 2004	Research Associate and Lecturer at ETH Zurich (Switzerland) with Prof. Thomas Peter
2002	Guest Scientist at the University of Washington in Seattle (U.S.A.)
Since 2004	Professor of Physical Chemistry at Bielefeld University

Degrees granted

1992	Diploma in Chemistry, University of Duisburg (Germany)
1996	Ph.D. in Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz (Germany)
2004	Habilitation, ETH Zurich (Switzerland)

Honors and Awards

1990 - 1992	Scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation
1997	Otto Hahn Medal 1996 of the Max Planck Society for outstanding scientific achievements of a young scientist
1997 - 1998	Feodor Lynen Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2002	Research Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2003 - 2008	Elected Member of Die Junge Akademie at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina
2003	Latsis Prize of the ETH Zurich for outstanding independent scientific contributions by a young scientist at ETH Zurich
2006	Karl Peter Grotemeyer Prize of the Westfälisch-Lippische Universitätsgesellschaft for outstanding achievements and personal dedication in teaching at Bielefeld University
2008	Marian Smoluchowski Award of the Association for Aerosol Research for significant research contribution to aerosol science (shared with Markus Kalberer)
2016:	Harold S. Johnston Lecture in Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, UC Berkeley

Activities

Since 2024	Vice dean of the Faculty of Chemistry at Bielefeld University
2022 - 2024	Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry at Bielefeld University
2020 - 2022	Vice dean of the Faculty of Chemistry at Bielefeld University
since 2022	Member of the Advisory Board of the Journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2001 - 2022	Co-founder and Executive Editor of the Journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2004 - 2007	Speaker of the working group "Water" at Die Junge Akademie
2007 - 2008	Member of the Executive Board of the Die Junge Akademie
since 2004	Coordinator of the Graduate School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Bielefeld University
since 2017	Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)
since 2018	Member of the Committee on Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols

Selected Invited Talks

2022	Gordon Research Conference on Biomineralization, Castelldefels (Spain)
2021	Telluride Conference on Cryopreservation grand challenges: fundamental molecular science to applications, Telluride (U.S.A.)
2018	Gordon Research Conference on Water and Aqueous Solutions, Holderness School (U.S.A.)
2017	3rd Ice Binding Proteins Conference, Rehovot (Israel)
2016	Towards a Molecular Understanding of Atmospheric Aerosols, Santa Cruz (U.S.A.)
2016	The Royal Society Theo Murphy meeting: Nucleation - past and future challenges for experiment, theory and simulation, Chicheley Hall, Chicheley (UK)
2016	WaterX: Exotic properties of water under extreme conditions, Nice (France)
2015	Princeton Center for Theoretical Science Workshop "Ice Nucleation", Princeton University (U.S.A.)
2014	Stefano Franscini Conference "Towards a molecular-level understanding of atmospheric aerosols", Monte Verita, Ascona (Switzerland)
2014	Mario Molina Symposium, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla (U.S.A.)
2013	Gordon Research Conference on the Chemistry and Physics of Liquids, Holderness School (U.S.A.)
2012	12th IGAC Open Science Conference "Atmospheric Chemistry in the Anthropocene", Beijing (China)
2012	American Chemical Society National Fall Meeting, Philadelphia (U.S.A.)
2012	European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna (Austria)
2011	Gordon Research Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, Mount Snow Resort (U.S.A.)

Selected Publications

Eickhoff, L., Keßler, M., Stubbs, C., Derksen, J., Viefhues, M., Anselmetti, D., Gibson, M. I., Hoge, B., Koop, T.;
Ice nucleation in aqueous solutions of short- and long-chain poly(vinyl alcohol) studied with a droplet microfluidics setup,
J. Chem. Phys., 158, 154504, 2023. article online*

Hallsworth, J.E., Koop, T., Dallas, T.D., Zorzano, M.-P., Burkhardt, J., Golyshina, O. V., Martín-Torres, J., Dymond, M. K., Ball, P., McKay, C. P.;
Water activity in Venus’s uninhabitable clouds and other planetary atmospheres,
Nature Astron., 5, 665-675, 2021. article online*

Eickhoff, L., Dreischmeier, K., Zipori, A., Sirotinskaya, V., Adar, C., Reicher, N., Braslavsky, I., Rudich, Y., Koop, T.;
Contrasting behavior of antifreeze proteins: ice growth inhibitors and ice nucleation promoters,
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 10, 966-972, 2019. article online*

Dreischmeier, K.; Budke, C.; Wiehemeier, L.; Kottke, T.; Koop, T.;
Boreal pollen contain ice-nucleating as well as ice-binding ‘antifreeze’ polysaccharides,
Sci. Rep., 7, 41890, 2017. article online

Koop, T.;
Crystals creeping out of cracks,
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 114, 797-799, 2017. article online*

Koop, T.; Mahowald, N.
The seeds of ice in clouds (non-reviewed),
Nature, 498, 302-303, 2013. article online*

Adler, G.; Koop, T.; Haspel, C.; Taraniuk, I.; Moise, T.; Koren, I.; Heiblum, R.H.; Rudich, Y.;
Formation of highly porous aerosol particles by atmospheric freeze-drying in ice clouds,
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 110, 20414-20419, 2013. article online*

Koop, T.; Bookhold, J.; Shiraiwa, M.; Pöschl, U.;
Perspective: Glass transition and phase state of organic compounds: Dependency on molecular properties and implications for secondary organic aerosols in the atmosphere,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 13, 19238-19255, 2011. article online*

Shiraiwa, M.; Ammann, M.; Koop, T.; Pöschl, U.;
Gas uptake and chemical aging of semisolid organic aerosol particles,
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 108, 11003–11008, 2011. article online*

Virtanen, A.; Joutsensaari, J.; Koop, T.; Kannosto, J.; Yli-Pirilä, P.; Leskinen, J.; Mäkelä, J.M.; Holopainen, J.K.; Pöschl, U.; Kulmala, M.; Worsnop, D.R.; Laaksonen, A.;
An amorphous solid state of biogenic secondary organic aerosol particles,
Nature, 467, 824-827, 2010. article online*

Koop, T.;
'Snow joke as festive season gives rise to a blizzard of fake flakes (non-reviewed),
Nature, 462, 985, 2009. article online*

Zobrist, B.; Marcolli, C.; Pedernera, D.A.; Koop, T.;
Do atmospheric aerosols form glasses?,
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 5221-5244, 2008. article online

Peter, T.; Marcolli, C.; Spichtinger, P.; Corti, T.; Baker, M.B.; Koop, T.;
When dry air is too humid,
Science, 314, 1399-1402, 2006. article online*

Murphy, D.M.; Koop, T.;
Review of the vapour pressures of ice and supercooled water for atmospheric applications,
Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 131, 1539-1565, 2005. article online*

Koop, T.;
Homogeneous Ice Nucleation in Water and Aqueous Solutions (Review Article),
Z. Phys. Chem., 218, 1231-1258, 2004. article online*

Koop, T.; Luo, B.P.; Tsias, A., Peter, T.;
Water activity as the determinant for homogeneous ice nucleation in aqueous solutions,
Nature, 406, 611-614, 2000. article online*

Koop, T.; Ng, H.P.; Molina, L.T.; Molina, M.J.;
A New Optical Technique to Study Aerosol Phase Transitions: The Nucleation of Ice from H₂SO₄ Aerosols,
J. Phys. Chem. A, 102, 8924-8931, 1998. article online*

Koop, T.; Carslaw, K.S.;
Melting of H₂SO₄·4H₂O Particles Upon Cooling: Implications for Polar Stratospheric Clouds,
Science, 272, 1638-1641, 1996. article online*

Koop, T.; Biermann, U.M.; Raber, W.; Luo, B.P.; Crutzen, P.J.; Peter, T.;
Do stratospheric aerosol droplets freeze above the ice frost point?,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 917-920, 1995. article online*