Georgia Institute of TechnologySchool of Earth and Atmospheric Science
INFORMATION ABOUT

Dr. Athanasios "Thanos" Nenes

Associate Professor

School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
311 Ferst Drive
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0340

Office: ES&T, Room 3258
Phone: 404-894-9225
Fax: 404-894-5638
E-mail: nenes@eas.gatech.edu

Website: http://nenes.eas.gatech.edu/

Education

  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
  • M.S., Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Miami
  • B.S., Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Awards

  • Houghton Award, American Meteorological Society, 2009
  • Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award, Georgia Tech, 2007
  • Friedlander Award, American Association of Aerosol Research, 2005
  • Georgia Tech, College of Science, Blanchard-Milliken Junior Faculty Fellow, 2004
  • CAREER AWARD, National Science Foundation, 2004
  • New Investigator Award, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2004
  • Dean's Prize, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, 1998
  • University of Miami Fellowship, 1996-1997
  • Best Diploma Thesis Award in Chemical Engineering, Chamber of Engineers (Greece), 1996

Research Interests

  • Modeling of aerosol-cloud-climate interactions on a global scale
  • Modeling and parameterization of cloud microphysical processes
  • Thermodynamic modeling of tropospheric aerosols
  • Instrumentation and techniques for characterizing organic-water interactions, hygroscopicitiy and CCN activity of aerosols
  • Laboratory and field studies on CCN activity and aerosol-cloud interactions
  • New particle formation and its impact on CCN concentrations
  • Effect of pollution on marine ecosystem productivity and carbon cycle
  • Impact of marine ecosystem productivity on clouds