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partner 01 - BUW (co-ordinator)

Institution	Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Department	Institut für Physikalische Chemie
Address	Gaußstraße 20, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
Phone	+49-202-439-2515
Fax	+49-202-439-2757
World Wide Web	http://www.physchem.uni-wuppertal.de/

Principal investigator:

Name	Prof. Dr. Peter Wiesen
Position	senior scientist
Email	Mail to P. Wiesen
Scientific interests	Prof. Dr. Peter Wiesen is senior research scientist of the Physical Chemistry Department at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal, where he obtained both his Diplom and PhD in chemistry. He has more than 20 years experience in the field of physical chemistry and his major research fields are: (i) relative kinetic measurements and product analysis of atmospheric processes in medium sized photo-reactors using in situ long-path absorption spectroscopy for analysis (path length in the IR up to 1 km, detection range: sub-ppb), (ii) measurements of trace gas (N₂O, CH₄, selected hydrocarbons) emissions from different combustion sources (household burners, power stations, automobiles and jet engines of aircrafts), (iii) studies of heterogeneous processes at ambient temperatures and at low temperatures (< -80 °C) and (iv) the development of ultra-sensitive instruments for the measurement of atmospheric trace species such as HONO and HNO₃.

Important publications:

Atmospheric Photooxidation of Fluoroacetates as a Source of Fluorocarboxylic Acids Blanco, M.B., Bejan, I., Barnes, I., Wiesen, P., Teruel, M.A., Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010, 44, 2354-2359

The Cl-initiated oxidation of CH3C(O)OCH=CH2, CH3C(O)OCH2CH=CH2, and CH2=CHC(O)O(CH2)3CH3 in the troposphere Blanco, M.B., Bejan, I., Barnes, I., Wiesen, P., Teruel, M.A., Environ Sci Pollut Res (2009) 16:641-648

Temperature-dependent rate coefficients for the reactions of Cl atoms with methyl methacrylate, methyl acrylate and butyl methacrylate at atmospheric pressure Blanco, M.B., Bejan, I., Barnes, I., Wiesen, P., Teruel, M.A., Atmospheric Environment 43 (2009) 5996-6002

OH-Initiated Degradation of Unsaturated Esters in the Atmosphere: Kinetics in the Temperature Range of 287-313 K Blanco, M.B., Bejan, I., Barnes, I., Wiesen, P., Teruel, M.A., J. Phys. Chem. A 2009, 113, 5958-5965

Atmospheric Chemistry of Acetylacetone Zhou, Sh., Barnes, I., Zhu, T., Bejan, I., Albu, M., Benter, Th., Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42, 7905-7910

Kinetics of the reactions of chlorine atoms with selected fluoroacetates at atmospheric pressure and 298 K Blanco, M.B., Bejan, I., Barnes, I., Wiesen, P., Teruel, M.A., Chemical Physics Letters 453 (2008) 18-23

Investigations on the gas-phase photolysis and OH radical kinetics of methyl-2-nitrophenols Bejan, I., Barnes, I., Olariu, R., Zhou, Sh., Wiesen, P., Benter, Th., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 5686-5692