Satoshi Takahama
EPFL ENAC IIE LAPI
GR C1 507 (Bâtiment GR)
Station 2
CH-1015 Lausanne
Web site: Web site: https://lapi.epfl.ch/
EPFL VPRHO DSPS COSEC-ENAC
GR C1 537 (Bâtiment GR)
Station 2
CH-1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 57 77
Office: GR C1 537
Office: GR C1 507
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Fields of expertise
Measurement, analysis, and modeling of atmospheric aerosols
Mission
To characterize atmospheric aerosols and their impacts on air quality and climate through a combination of analytical and computational methods.Professional course
Assistant Project Scientist
Center for Atmospheric Sciences
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
2009-2012
Postdoctoral Researcher
Center for Atmospheric Sciences
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
2006-2008
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
2005
Education
Ph.D.
Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
2005
B.S.
Civil Engineering
University of Texas at Austin
2000
Publications
Infoscience publications
Infoscience extraction
Quantifying organic matter and functional groups in particulate matter filter samples from the southeastern United States - Part 2: Spatiotemporal trends
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2021-06-14. DOI : 10.5194/amt-14-4355-2021.Molecular scale description of interfacial mass transfer in phase separated aqueous secondary organic aerosol
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2021-01-29.Temporal and spatial analysis of ozone concentrations in Europe based on timescale decomposition and a multi-clustering approach
Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics. 2020-07-30. DOI : 10.5194/acp-20-9051-2020.Biogeography and biochemistry of bile acid 7-dehydroxylation in the mammalian gut
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7350.Statistical methods for accounting and understanding ozone trends derived from observations
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7182.Water Activity from Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Kirkwood-Buff Theory
Journal Of Physical Chemistry B. 2019-12-19. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b06735.Quantifying organic matter and functional groups in particulate matter filter samples from the southeastern United States, part I: Methods
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions. 2019-10-10. DOI : 10.5194/amt-2019-144.Pathway analysis of atmospheric VOC multi-generational degradation
2019-10-05Trends of surface maximum ozone concentrations in Switzerland based on meteorological adjustment for the period 1990-2014
Atmospheric Environment. 2019-09-15. DOI : 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.05.018.An open platform for Aerosol InfraRed Spectroscopy analysis - AIRSpec
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2019-04-12. DOI : 10.5194/amt-12-2313-2019.Atmospheric particulate matter characterization by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy: a review of statistical calibration strategies for carbonaceous aerosol quantification in US measurement networks
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2019-01-28. DOI : 10.5194/amt-12-525-2019.Inactivation of waterborne viruses by ozone: Kinetics and mechanisms
Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9370.Analysis of functional groups in atmospheric aerosols by infrared spectroscopy: systematic intercomparison of calibration methods for US measurement network samples
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2019. DOI : 10.5194/amt-12-2287-2019.Electrospray Film Deposition for Solvent-Elimination Infrared Spectroscopy
Applied Spectroscopy. 2019. DOI : 10.1177/0003702818821330.Statistical and physical characterization of rainfall-driven overland flow morphologies
Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9269.Hyphenated Analytical Techniques for Studying the Speciation and Fate of Contaminants and Nanoparticles in Waste Treatment and Bioenergy Processes
Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7184.Quantification of amine functional groups and their influence on OM/OC in the IMPROVE network (vol 172C, pg 124, 2018)
Atmospheric Environment. 2018-09-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.05.050.Identify homogeneous areas of similar pollution trends thanks to time series of the monitoring network in the Lombardy region
2018Alternative Methods for Assessing Air Quality and Energy Strategies for Developing Countries: A Case Study on Cuba
Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9010.Thermal/optical reflectance equivalent organic and elemental carbon determined from federal reference and equivalent method fine particulate matter samples using Fourier transform infrared spectrometry
Aerosol Science and Technology. 2018. DOI : 10.1080/02786826.2018.1504161.Long-Term Strategy for Assessing Carbonaceous Particulate Matter Concentrations from Multiple Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Instruments: Influence of Spectral Dissimilarities on Multivariate Calibration Performance
Applied Spectroscopy. 2018. DOI : 10.1177/0003702818804574.Wind-packing of snow: How do wind crusts form?
Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8628.Regional Similarities and NOx-Related Increases in Biogenic Secondary Organic Aerosol in Summertime Southeastern United States
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2018. DOI : 10.1029/2018JD028491.Ambient aerosol composition by infrared spectroscopy and partial least squares in the chemical speciation network: Multilevel modeling for elemental carbon
Aerosol Science and Technology. 2018. DOI : 10.1080/02786826.2018.1439571.Ozone time scale decomposition and trend assessment from surface observations in Switzerland
Atmospheric Environment. 2018. DOI : 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.07.039.From the clouds to the ground - Effects of flow-precipitation interactions on snow distribution in complex alpine terrain
Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8636.Molecular phenomena in organic aerosol: water interaction
Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8198.A polarimetric radar operator to evaluate precipitation from the COSMO atmospheric model
Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8408.Quantification of amine functional groups and their influence on OM/OC in the IMPROVE network
Atmospheric Environment. 2018. DOI : 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.10.053.Seasonality and sources of organic particulate matter at selected IMPROVE sites in 2011 determined by infrared spectroscopy measurements
submitted. 2017-03-23.Influence of organic surfactant structure on aerosol-water interactions
3rd International Workshop on Heterogeneous Kinetics Related to Atmospheric Aerosols, Shanghai, China, Oct. 2017.Infrared Spectroscopy Analysis of Aerosols By Solvent Extraction
American Association for Aerosol Research Annual Conference, Raleigh, NC, USA, Oct. 2017.Atomistic study of synergistic interactions among surfactants at the air-water interface
American Association for Aerosol Research Annual Conference, Raleigh, NC, USA, Oct. 2017.Quantitative feature extraction for calibration of aerosol FT-IR spectra
European Aerosol Conference, Zürich, Switzerland, Aug. 2017.Organic aerosol composition in monitoring networks – 2: Top-down Approach
International Aerosol Modeling Algorithms Conference, Davis, CA, USA, Dec. 2017.Organic aerosol composition in monitoring networks – 1: Bottom-up Approach
International Aerosol Modeling Algorithms Conference, Davis, CA, USA, Dec. 2017.Unfolding the Köhler theory by atomistic molecular dynamics simulations
Physics and Chemistry at Fluid/Fluid Interfaces, Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Mol'eculaire Workshop, Vienna, Austria, Dec. 2017.Understanding the composition and sources of organic aerosols from multi-site, multi-seasonal monitoring network measurements
14th International Conference on Atmospheric Sciences and Application to Air Quality, Strasboug, France, May 2017.Analysis of Aerosol in Zurich by Infrared Spectroscopy and Statistical Modelling
Swiss Aerosol Group meeting (SAG 2017), Bern, Switzerland, 13-11-2017.Multi Seasonal Functional Group Analysis by FT-IR Spectroscopy of Atmospheric Aerosol in Zurich
European Aerosol Conference (EAC 2017), Zurich, Switzerland, 27 August - 1 September 2017.Molecular Structure Inhibiting Synergism in Charged Surfactant Mixtures: An Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study
Langmuir. 2017. DOI : 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03346.Air pollution risk assessment on urban agriculture
2017In Situ Calibration of Low-cost Air Quality Sensors using Artificial Neural Network
2017Natural capital data visualization to promote sustainable decision making
2017Technical note: Relating functional group measurements to carbon types for improved model-measurement comparisons of organic aerosol composition
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2017. DOI : 10.5194/acp-17-4433-2017.On the functional group composition of organic aerosol
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7578.Analysis of functional groups in atmospheric aerosols by infrared spectroscopy: sparse methods for statistical selection of relevant absorption bands
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2016-07-28. DOI : 10.5194/amt-9-3429-2016.Sampling strategies and post-processing methods for increasing the time resolution of organic aerosol measurements requiring long sample-collection times
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2016-07-28. DOI : 10.5194/amt-9-3337-2016.Model-measurement comparison of functional group abundance in α-pinene and 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene secondary organic aerosol formation
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2016-07-18. DOI : 10.5194/acp-16-8729-2016.Technical Note: Development of chemoinformatic tools to enumerate functional groups in molecules for organic aerosol characterization
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2016-04-11. DOI : 10.5194/acp-16-4401-2016.Predicting ambient aerosol thermal–optical reflectance (TOR) measurements from infrared spectra: extending the predictions to different years and different sites
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2016-02-11. DOI : 10.5194/amt-9-441-2016.Analysis of functional groups in atmospheric aerosols by infrared spectroscopy: ElnetPLS model for statistical selection of relevant absorption bands for OC predictions
Swiss Aerosol Group 2016 (SAG 2016), Bern, Switzerland, October, 14, 2016.Analysis of functional groups in atmospheric aerosols by infrared spectroscopy: ElnetPLS model for statistical selection of relevant absorption bands for OC predictions
European Aerosol Conference 2016 (EAC 2016), Tours, France, September, 4-9, 2016.Variability of the raindrop size distribution across scales in Mediterranean rainfall
Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7152.Detection of environmental glucocorticoids and investigation of their effects using the zebrafish embryo as a model
Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7321.Ambient aerosol composition by infrared spectroscopy and partial least-squares in the chemical speciation network: Organic carbon with functional group identification
Aerosol Science and Technology. 2016. DOI : 10.1080/02786826.2016.1217389.Formation of N-nitrosodimethylamine during water disinfection with chloramine
Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7196.Prediction of transformation products during ozonation of micropollutant-containing waters
Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7177.Mobile Sensor Networks for Air Quality Monitoring in Urban Settings
Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7068.Carbon Density Is an Indicator of Mass Accommodation Coefficient of Water on Organic-Coated Water Surface
Journal Of Physical Chemistry A. 2016. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b01748.An automated baseline correction protocol for infrared spectra of atmospheric aerosols collected on polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) filters
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2016. DOI : 10.5194/amt-9-2615-2016.Time-resolved size and element analysis of gas-borne nanoparticles
Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6988.Functional group distribution of secondary organic aerosol generated using the Master Chemical Mechanism: similarities and discrepancies with environmental controlled chamber studies
European Aerosol Conference 2015, Milano, Italy, September 6-11, 2015.Estimation of Organic and Elemental Carbon using FT-IR absorbance spectra from PTFE Filters
Swiss Aerosol Group 2015 (SAG 2015), Bern, Switzerland, November, 2, 2015.Estimation of Organic and Elemental Carbon using FT-IR absorbance spectra from PTFE Filters
European Aerosol Conference 2015 (EAC 2015), Milan, Italy, September 6-11, 2015.Organic nitrate aerosol formation via NO3 biogenic volatile organic compounds in the southeastern United States
Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics. 2015. DOI : 10.5194/acp-15-13377-2015.Predicting ambient aerosol thermal–optical reflectance measurements from infrared spectra: elemental carbon
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2015. DOI : 10.5194/amt-8-4013-2015.Model selection for partial least squares calibration and implications for analysis of atmospheric organic aerosol samples with mid-infrared spectroscopy
Journal of Chemometrics. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/cem.2761.Influence of crustal dust and sea spray supermicron particle concentrations and acidity on inorganic NO3- aerosol during the 2013 Southern Oxidant and Aerosol Study
Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics. 2015. DOI : 10.5194/acp-15-10669-2015.Microbial metabolism in the deep subsurface
Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6727.Turbulent Transport in Complex, Alpine Environments
Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6594.Predicting ambient aerosol thermal-optical reflectance (TOR) measurements from infrared spectra: organic carbon
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 2015. DOI : 10.5194/amt-8-1097-2015.Influence of snow cover properties on avalanche dynamics
Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6475.Atmospheric amines and ammonia measured with a chemical ionization mass spectrometer (CIMS)
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2014. DOI : 10.5194/acp-14-12181-2014.Prediction Of Organic Aerosol Volatility And Unidentified Functional Group Concentrations From Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy Measurements
AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 15-19, 2014.Traffic modeling, estimation and control for large-scale congested urban networks
Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6460.Small scale investigation and statistical modelling of mountain snow depth
Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6345.Lignocellulosic ethanol logistics modeling under sustainability constraints
Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6228.Diesel vehicle and urban burning contributions to black carbon concentrations and size distributions in Tijuana, Mexico, during the Cal-Mex 2010 campaign
Atmospheric Environment. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.09.057.Measurements of Submicron Aerosols at the California-Mexico Border during the Cal-Mex 2010 Field Campaign
Atmospheric Environment. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.08.062.Estimated Contributions of Primary and Secondary Organic Aerosol from Fossil Fuel Combustion during the CalNex and Cal-Mex Campaigns
Atmospheric Environment. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.08.047.Fine aerosol composition and prediction of gas-particle partitioning of semi-volatile species at the Centreville SEARCH site (Alabama), during SOAS campaign
European Aerosol Conference 2013, Prague, Czech Republic, September 1-6, 2013.Submicron aerosol organic functional groups, ions, and water content at the Centreville SEARCH site (Alabama), during SOAS campaign
AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 9-13, 2013.Biogenic and biomass burning organic aerosol in a boreal forest at Hyytiala, Finland, during HUMPPA-COPEC 2010
Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics. 2013. DOI : 10.5194/acp-13-12233-2013.Similarities in STXM-NEXAFS Spectra of Atmospheric Particles and Secondary Organic Aerosol Generated from Glyoxal, alpha-Pinene, Isoprene, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, and d-Limonene
Aerosol Science And Technology. 2013. DOI : 10.1080/02786826.2013.772950.Measurements of formaldehyde at the U.S.–Mexico border during the Cal-Mex 2010 air quality study
Atmospheric Environment. 2013. DOI : 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.09.041.Submicron organic aerosol in Tijuana, Mexico, from local and Southern California sources during the CalMex campaign
Atmospheric Environment. 2013. DOI : 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.07.057.Quantification of Carboxylic and Carbonyl Functional Groups in Organic Aerosol Infrared Absorbance Spectra
Aerosol Science and Technology. 2013. DOI : 10.1080/02786826.2012.752065.Temperature response of the submicron organic aerosol from temperate forests
Atmospheric Environment. 2011. DOI : 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.08.047.Organic functional groups in aerosol particles from burning and non-burning forest emissions at a high-elevation mountain site
Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics. 2011. DOI : 10.5194/acp-11-6367-2011.A molecular dynamics study of water mass accommodation on condensed phase water coated by fatty acid monolayers
Journal Of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres. 2011. DOI : 10.1029/2010JD014842.Coatings and clusters of carboxylic acids in carbon-containing atmospheric particles from spectromicroscopy and their implications for cloud-nucleating and optical properties
Journal Of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres. 2010. DOI : 10.1029/2009JD012622.Oxygenated fraction and mass of organic aerosol from direct emission and atmospheric processing measured on the R/V Ronald Brown during TEXAQS/GoMACCS 2006
Journal Of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres. 2009. DOI : 10.1029/2008JD011275.Oxygenated organic functional groups and their sources in single and submicron organic particles in MILAGRO 2006 campaign
Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics. 2009. DOI : 10.5194/acp-9-6849-2009.Characterization of organic ambient aerosol during MIRAGE 2006 on three platforms
Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics. 2009. DOI : 10.5194/acp-9-5417-2009.Organic composition of single and submicron particles in different regions of western North America and the eastern Pacific during INTEX-B 2006
Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics. 2009. DOI : 10.5194/acp-9-5433-2009.Single-particle oxidation state and morphology of atmospheric iron aerosolsle
Journal Of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres. 2008. DOI : 10.1029/2008JD009810.Efflorescence transitions of ammonium sulfate particles coated with secondary organic aerosol
Environmental Science & Technology. 2007. DOI : 10.1021/es0619915.Classification of multiple types of organic carbon composition in atmospheric particles by scanning transmission X-ray microscopy analysis
Atmospheric Environment. 2007. DOI : 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.08.051.Semicontinuous measurements of organic carbon and acidity during the Pittsburgh air quality study: Implications for acid-catalyzed organic aerosol formation
Environmental Science & Technology. 2006. DOI : 10.1021/es050856 .Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Environmental Sciences and Engineering