2025 HAAR Summer School

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This is a video about the 7th Summer school of the Hellenic Association for Aerosol Research (HAAR): Theory and practice of aerosol chemistry and engineering for climate, air quality, emissions and health effects.that took place at Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO) in Messinia, Greece from 12-18th of June 2025.

The objective of the summer school is to train young researchers (Master and PhD students mainly) on state-of-the-art instruments for determining the key properties of atmospheric aerosols, the tools for analyzing and interpreting the data, and the knowledge for putting those in the context of climate change. It included a number of Lectures and hands-on training, which lasted all day, followed by afternoon and evening activities (movie nights, swimming and other) in the beautiful Greek Peloponnese countryside which provided ample opportunities for relaxed networking, scientific discussions and fun.

This years' lecturers and their topics covered were:

Alfred Wiedensohler (ACTRIS-CAIS-ECAC): Physical properties of atmospheric aerosols
Spyros Pandis (University of Patras and CSTACC/FORTH): Organic Aerosols
Manos Manousakas (NCSR-Demokritos): Aerosol source apportionment techniques
Spyros Lykoudis (National Observatory of Athens): Statistical analysis for data treatment
Katerina Bougiatioti (National Observatory of Athens): Aerosol Thermodynamics
Athanasios Nenes (EPFL, CSTACC/FORTH, U.Patras): Aerosols, Clouds, Precipitation and Climate
George Biskos (Cyprus Institute and Delft University of Technology): Novel sensors for aerosol measurements
Georgia Kastrinaki (Chemical Process & Energy Resources Institute, CERTH): Aerosol Particles and Health Effects
Martin Rigler (Aerosol Magee Scientific): Measurements of absorption of atmospheric aerosols
Carsten Kykal, Torsten Tritscher (TSI): Particle size analysis
Stratos Bourtsoukidis (Cyprus Institute): Gas phase precursors of aerosols
Michael Pikridas (Cyprus Institute): Back-trajectory analysis

Hope to see you there next year!

Media credits:

Photos/Videos: Sedef Bayram (ITU), Seda Tokgöz (ITU), Ester Skylaki (HCMR/UoC), Sofia Gkretsi (EPFL), Christos Mitsios (FORTH/UoP/EPFL), Georgia Kastrinaki (CERTH), Athanasios Nenes (FORTH/EPFL).

Music: J. Brahms (Intermezzo no.2 in A major, op.118. "Andante teneramente", excerpt), Athanasios Nenes (FORTH/EPFL: piano).

Video editing/montage: Nikitas Diamantopoulos

Acknowledgments: Funding for the school was provided by the HAAR, European Union’s Horizon Europe project “CleanCloud” (Grant agreement No. 101137639) and participant registration. NEO provided the facilities and accommodation at no extra cost.

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