Conference Agenda

Session
SS6: Airborne Nano and Microplastics: measurements, observations, pathways and impacts
Time:
Tuesday, 02/Sept/2025:
3:00pm - 4:30pm

Session Chair: Anke Christine Noelscher
Session Chair: Roy Harrison
 Location: Room Raffaello

Presentations
3:00pm - 3:15pm
TU4-4: 1

Tracking Microplastics through Time and Space: Variability in Airborne Microplastic Particle Deposition

Myriam Younes1, Sarmite Kernchen2, Martin G. J. Löder2, Wolfgang Babel3, Christoph Thomas3, Mirza Becevic4, Eva Lehndorff4, Christian Laforsch2, Anke C. Nölscher1

1Atmospheric Chemistry Group, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Germany; 2Department of Animal Ecology I, University of Bayreuth, Germany; 3Micrometeorology Group, University of Bayreuth, Germany; 4Department of Soil Ecology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Germany


3:15pm - 3:30pm
TU4-4: 2

Size-resolved chemical characterisation of airborne Nano- and Micro-plastics interacting with carbonaceous species in an urban environment

Ankush Kaushik1, Anju Elizbath Peter1, Manuela van Pinxteren1, Barbara M. Scholz-Böttcher2, Hartmut Herrmann1

1Atmospheric Chemistry Department (ACD), Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Permoserstraße 15, Leipzig, 04318, Germany; 2Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, P.O. Box 2503, D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany


3:30pm - 3:45pm
TU4-4: 3

Applying Particulate Matter Sampling and Detection to Airborne Micro- and Nanoplastics: Plastics Recycling as a Use Case

Elena M. Höppener1, Johann. B. Kasper2, Luke A. Parker1, Alexandra H. Leighton1, Sander H. J. Postema2, Marcel C.P. van Eijk2,3

1TNO, Environmental Modelling, Sensing and Analysis, The Netherlands; 2NTCP, The Netherlands; 3Maastricht University, The Netherlands


3:45pm - 4:00pm
TU4-4: 4

The INAIL BRiC CELLOPHAN project: Characterization of Emissions in Workplaces of Airborne Microplastics and Nanoplastics

Adriana Pietrodangelo1, Catia Balducci1, Tommaso Rossi1, Benedetta Giannelli Moneta1, Marco Giusto1, Tiziana Sargolini1, Mattia Perilli1, Marina Cerasa1, Gabriella Di Carlo2, Donatella Pomata3

1CNR Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Italy; 2CNR Institute of Nanostructured Materials, Italy; 3Italian Workers‘ Compensation Authority, Italy


4:00pm - 4:15pm
TU4-4: 5

Potential impact of microplastics on cloud formation via heterogeneous ice nucleation

Teresa M. Seifried1, Sepehr Nikkho1, Aurelio Morales-Murillo2, Lucas J. Andrew1, Gurcharan Uppal1, Cameron Varcoe3, Steven N. Rogak3, Edward R. Grant1, Allan K. Bertram1

1Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z1, Canada; 2Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada; 3Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, Canada


4:15pm - 4:30pm
TU4-4: 6

Study of airborne microplastics emissions in workplaces

Federica Bianchi1, Marianna Pascucci1, Elena Messina1, Cristina Riccucci1, Adriana Pietrodangelo2, Donatella Pomata3, Gabriella Di Carlo1

1Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials (ISMN), National Research Council (CNR), Italy; 2Institute of Atmospheric Pollution (IIA), National Research Council (CNR); 3Department of technological innovations and safety of plants, products and anthropic settlements, Italian Workers‘ Compensation Authority