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