Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry Group

Elena Popa

Research interests

• High precision atmospheric measurement techniques for trace gases and oxygen
• Mechanisms and controls on gas exchange between land biosphere, soil and atmosphere
• Multi-species approaches for quantifying and understanding land-atmosphere carbon exchange

Curriculum Vitae

1993 - 1998	Physics Faculty, University of Bucharest, Romania
1998 - 2001	Technological engineer – electronic components, Bucharest, Romania
2001 - 2003	Project engineer - technical security systems, Bucharest, Romania
2003 - 2008	PhD researcher, Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry and Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany. PhD thesis: 'Continuous tall tower multi-species measurements in Europe for quantifying and understanding land-atmosphere carbon exchange'
2008 - 2010	Researcher, ECN, Petten, the Netherlands
2010 -	Post-doc researcher, IMAU, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands