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Our research group focuses on the ways in which atmospheric aerosol particles can affect the Earth’s climate system. Aerosols can directly impact climate by absorbing or scattering solar and terrestrial radiation. Particles can also indirectly affect climate by acting as the seeds on which cloud droplets and ice crystals form. Elucidating how particle properties, especially chemical composition, impact the climate system is the goal of our group.
We are located in the Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Department (EAPS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We are part of the Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate (PAOC).
Please have a look around the website. Information is available for prospective students and post doctoral fellows and you can view our papers and presentations. Feel free to leave a comment or contact us if you have any questions.
Current Highlights
With researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration our recent paper on the identification of biological particles in Earth’s atmospheres is open for discussion at Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. A link to the paper can be found here.
Other Media
A PBS “Science for the Public” interview based on our “Science of Geoengineering” class can be viewed here.
The 2016 EAPS Climate Symposium can be viewed here.
Dan Cziczo at the University of Wisconsin’s Weston-SAGE Seminar Series here.
The Cziczo Group’s research on “Science for the Public” here.