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Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry Group

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Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU)
Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Utrecht University

Rupert Holzinger

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Short CV


Education
1989-1996 Master's in Physics, Leopold Fransens University of Innsbruck;
Special training: experimental physics and physical chemistry.
1996-1998 PhD in Physics, Leopold Fransens University of Innsbruck;
Title of thesis: "High time resolution VOC monitoring in the lower troposphere and quantification of biomass burning emissions in tropic regions: applications of PTR-MS in the field of atmospheric chemistry and climate"


Professional experience
2006 - present Assistant Professor, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
2003 - 2006 Associate Specialist, University of California at Berkeley, USA.
1999-2003 Research Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany.


Key qualifications and expertise
technical:
  • Chemical ionization mass spectrometry, especially PTR-MS (proton-transfer-reaction mass-spectrometry)
  • Measurement techniques in atmospheric chemistry
  • Flux measurement techniques for exchange between land/ocean and atmosphere.
scientific:
  • Reactive organic compounds in the troposphere, their transport and chemical evolution.
  • Secondary organic aerosols.
  • Chemical characterization of the sources of organic trace gases: Biogenic emissions, biomass burning, and anthropogenic pollution.
  • Source attribution of atmospheric trace compounds.

Publications

2010

  • Vigano, I., Holzinger, R., Keppler, F., Greule, M., Brand, W. A., Geilmann, H., van Weelden, H. and Röckmann, T.: Water drives the deuterium content of the methane emitted from plants, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74, 3865-3873, 2010
  • Holzinger, R., Kasper-Giebl, A., Staudinger, M., Schauer, G., and Röckmann, T.: Analysis of the chemical composition of organic aerosol at the Mt. Sonnblick observatory using a novel high mass resolution thermal-desorption proton-transfer-reaction mass-spectrometer (hr-TD-PTR-MS), Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 10111-10128, doi:10.5194/acp-10-10111-2010, 2010
  • Derendorp, L., Holzinger, R., Wishkerman, A., Keppler, F., and Röckmann, T.: VOC emissions from dry leaf litter and their dependence on temperature, Biogeosciences Discuss., 7, 823-854, doi:10.5194/bgd-7-823-2010, 2010
  • Fares, S., McKay, M., Holzinger, R., and Goldstein, A. H.: Ozone fluxes in a Pinus ponderosa ecosystem are dominated by non-stomatal processes: Evidence from long-term continuous measurements, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 150, 420-431, 2010
  • Holzinger, R., Williams, J., Herrmann, F., Lelieveld, J., Donahue, N. M., and Rockmann, T.: Aerosol analysis using a Thermal-Desorption Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometer (TD-PTR-MS): a new approach to study processing of organic aerosols, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10, 2257-2267, 2010

2009

  • Schurgers, G., Arneth, A., Holzinger, R., and Goldstein, A. H.: Process-based modelling of biogenic monoterpene emissions combining production and release from storage, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 9, 3409-3423, 2009
  • Smeets, C., Holzinger, R., Vigano, I., Goldstein, A. H., and Rockmann, T.: Eddy covariance methane measurements at a Ponderosa pine plantation in California, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 9, 8365-8375, 2009
  • Vigano, I., Holzinger, R., Rockmann, T., van Dijk, A., Keppler, F., Greule, M., Brand, W. A., van Weelden, H., and van Dongen, J.: UV light induces methane emission from plant biomass: Mechanism and isotope studies, Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, A1382-A1382, 2009
  • Vigano, I., Rockmann, T., Holzinger, R., van Dijk, A., Keppler, F., Greule, M., Brand, W. A., Geilmann, H., and van Weelden, H.: The stable isotope signature of methane emitted from plant material under UV irradiation, Atmospheric Environment, 43, 5637-5646, 2009
  • N. C. Bouvier-Brown, A. H. Goldstein, D. R. Worton, D. M. Matross, J. B. Gilman, W. C. Kuster, D. Welsh-Bon, C. Warneke, J. A. de Gouw, T. M. Cahill, and R. Holzinger, Methyl chavicol: characterization of its biogenic emission rate, abundance, and oxidation products in the atmosphere, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 2061-2074, www.atmos-chem-phys.net/9/2061/2009, 2009
  • N. C. Bouvier-Brown, R. Holzinger, K. Palitzsch, and A. H. Goldstein, Large emissions of sesquiterpenes and methyl chavicol quantified from branch enclosure measurements, Atmos. Environ., 43, 389-401, 2009.

2008

  • C. L. Heald, A. H. Goldstein, J. D. Allan, A. C. Aiken, E. Apel, E. L. Atlas, A. K. Baker, T. S. Bates, A. J. Beyersdorf, D. R. Blake, T. Campos, H. Coe, J. D. Crounse, P. F. DeCarlo, J. A. de Gouw, E. J. Dunlea, F. M. Flocke, A. Fried, P. Goldan, R. J. Griffin, S. C. Herndon, J. S. Holloway, R. Holzinger, J. L. Jimenez, W. Junkermann, W. C. Kuster, A. C. Lewis, S. Meinardi, D. B. Millet, T. Onasch, A. Polidori, P. K. Quinn, D. D. Riemer, J. M. Roberts, D. Salcedo, B. Sive, A. L. Swanson, R. Talbot, C. Warneke, R. J. Weber, P. Weibring, P. O. Wennberg, D. R. Worsnop, A. E. Wittig, R. Zhang, J. Zheng and W. Zheng, Total observed organic carbon (TOOC) in the atmosphere: a synthesis of North American observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 2007-2025, www.atmos-chem-phys.net/8/2007/2008, 2008.
  • I. Vigano, H. van Weelden, R. Holzinger, F. Keppler, and T. Röckmann, Effect of UV radiation and temperature on the emission of methane from plant biomass and structural components, Biogeosciences Discuss., 5, 1-28, 2008.

2007

  • Bouvier-Brown, N.C., R. Holzinger, K. Palitzsch, A.H. Goldstein, Quantifying sesquiterpene and oxygenated terpene emissions from live vegetation using solid-phase microextraction fibers, Journal of Chromatography A, Vol 1161, Iss 1-2, 113-120, DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2007.05.094, 2007.
  • Duck, T.J., B.J Firanski, D.B. Millet, A.H. Goldstein, J. Allan, R. Holzinger, D.R. Worsnop, A.B. White, A. Stohl, C.S. Dickinson, A. van Donkelaar, Transport of forest fire emissions from Alaska and the Yukon Territory to Nova Scotia during summer 2004, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, doi: 10.1029/2006JD007716, 2007.
  • Holzinger, R., D.B. Millet, B. Williams, A. Lee, N.M. Kreisberg, S.V. Hering, J.L. Jimenez, J. Allan, D.R. Worsnop, and A.H. Goldstein, Emission, oxidation, and secondary organic aerosol formation of volatile organic compounds as observed at Chebogue Pt, Nova Scotia, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, doi:10.1029/2006JD007599, 2007.
  • Williams, B.J., A.H. Goldstein, D.B. Millet, R. Holzinger, N.M. Kreisberg, S.V. Hering, A.B. White, D.R. Worsnop, J.D. Allan, and J.L. Jimenez, Chemical speciation of organic aerosol during the International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation 2004: Results from in situ measurements, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 112 (D10S26), doi:10.1029/2006JD007601, 2007.
  • Shaw, S.L., F.M. Mitloehner, W. Jackson, E.J. Depeters, J.G. Fadel, P.H. Robinson, R. Holzinger, and A.H. Goldstein, Volatile organic compound emissions from dairy cows and their waste as measured by proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry, Environmental Science and Technology, 41 (4), 1310-1316, 2007.

2006

  • Millet, D.B., A.H. Goldstein, R. Holzinger, B. Williams, J.D. Allan, J.L. Jimenez, D.R. Worsnop, J.M. Roberts, A.B. White, R. Hudman, I. Bertschi, and A. Stohl, Chemical characteristics of North American surface layer outflow: Insights from Chebogue Point, Nova Scotia, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 111 (D23S53), doi:10.1029/2006JD007287, 2006.
  • Cahill, T.M., V.Y. Seaman, M.J. Charles, R. Holzinger, A.H. Goldstein, Secondary organic aerosols formed from oxidation of biogenic volatile organic compounds in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 111 (D16), 2006.
  • Holzinger, R., A. Lee, M. McKay, A.H. Goldstein, Seasonal variability of monoterpene emission factors for a Ponderosa pine plantation in California, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 6, 1267-1274, 2006.

2005

  • Kuhn, U., T. Dindorf, C. Ammann, S. Rottenberger, P. Guyon, R. Holzinger, S. Ausma, T. Kenntner, F. Helleis, J. Kesselmeier, Design and field application of an automated cartridge sampler for VOC concentration and flux measurements, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 7: 568 - 576, 2005.
  • Lee, A., G.W. Schade, R. Holzinger, A.H. Goldstein, A comparison of new measurements of total monoterpene flux with improved measurements of speciated monoterpene flux, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 5: 505-513, 2005.
  • Holzinger, R., A. Lee, K. T. Paw U and A. H. Goldstein, Observations of oxidation products above a forest imply biogenic emissions of very reactive compounds, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 5: 67-75, 2005.
  • Holzinger, R., J. Williams, G. Salisbury, T. Kl�pfel, M. de Reus, M. Traub, P. J. Crutzen and J. Lelieveld, Oxygenated compounds in aged biomass burning plumes over the Eastern Mediterranean: evidence for strong secondary production of methanol and acetone, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 5: 39-46, 2005.

2004

  • Goldstein, A. H., M. McKay, M. R. Kurpius, G. W. Schade, A. Lee, R. Holzinger and R. Rasmussen, Ozone deposition to forest canopies is dominated by reaction with biogenic VOCs, Geophysical Research Letters, 31 (L22106), doi:10.1029/2004GL021259, 2004.
  • Williams, J., R. Holzinger, V. Gros, X. Xu, E. Atlas and D. W. R. Wallace, Measurements of organic species in air and seawater from the tropical Atlantic, Geophysical Research Letters, 31(L23S06): doi:10.1029/2004GL020012, 2004.
  • De Gouw, J.A., C. Warneke, R. Holzinger, T. Kl�pfel, and J. Williams, Inter-comparison between airborne measurements of methanol, acetonitrile and acetone using two differently configured PTR-MS instruments, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2004.07.025, 2004.
  • Christian, T.J., B. Kleiss, R.J. Yokelson, R. Holzinger, P.J. Crutzen, W.M. Hao, T. Shirai, and D.R. Blake, Comprehensive laboratory measurements of biomass-burning emissions: 2. First intercomparison of open-path FTIR, PTR-MS, GC-MS/FID/ECD, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 109 (D2): Art. No. D02311, 2004.
  • Sanhueza, E., R. Holzinger, B. Kleiss, L. Donoso, and P.J. Crutzen, New insights in the global cycle of acetonitrile: release from the ocean and dry deposition in the tropical savanna of Venezuela, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 4: 275-280, 2004.

2003

  • Christian, T.J., B. Kleiss, R.J. Yokelson, R. Holzinger, P.J. Crutzen, W.M. Hao, B.H. Saharjo, and D.E. Ward, Comprehensive laboratory measurements of biomass-burning emissions: 1. Emissions from Indonesian, African, and other fuels, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 108 (D23): Art. No. 4719, 2003.
  • De Reus, M, H. Fischer, F. Arnold, J. de Gouw, R. Holzinger, C. Warneke, J. Williams, On the relationship between acetone and carbon monoxide in different air masses, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 3: 1709-1723, 2003.
  • Scheeren, B., J. Lelieveld, G.J. Roelofs, J. Williams, H. Fischer, M. de Reus, J.A. De Gouw, C. Warneke, R. Holzinger, H. Schlager, T. Kl�pfel, M. Bolder, C. van der Veen, and M.G. Lawrence, The impact of monsoon outflow from India and Southeast Asia in the upper troposphere over the Eastern Mediterranean, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 3: 1589-1608, 2003.
  • Salisbury, G., J. Williams, R. Holzinger, L. Lange, X. Xu, N. Mihalopoulos, M. Vrekoussis, J. Sciare, H. Berresheim, M.G. Lawrence, R. von Kuhlmann, and J. Lelieveld, Ground-based PTR-MS measurements of reactive organic compounds during the MINOS campaign in Crete, July-August 2001, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 3: 925-940, 2003.
  • Kormann, R, H. Fischer, M. de Reus, M. Lawrence, C. Bruhl, R. von Kuhlmann, R. Holzinger, J. Williams, J. Lelieveld, C. Warneke, J. de Gouw, J. Heland, H. Ziereis, H. Schlager, Formaldehyde over the eastern Mediterranean during MINOS: Comparison of airborne in-situ measurements with 3D-model results, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 3: 851-861, 2003.
  • Traub, M., H. Fischer, M. de Reus, R. Kormann, J. Heland, H. Ziereis, H. Schlager, R. Holzinger, J. Williams, C. Warneke, J.A. De Gouw, and J. Lelieveld, Chemical characteristics assigned to trajectory clusters during the MINOS campaign, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 3: 459-468, 2003.

2002

  • Holzinger, R., E. Sanhueza, R. von Kuhlmann, B. Kleiss, L. Donoso, and P.J. Crutzen, Diurnal cycles and seasonal variation of isoprene and its oxidation products in the tropical savanna atmosphere, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 16 (4): Art. No. 1074, 2002.
  • Lelieveld, J., H. Berresheim, S. Borrmann, P.J. Crutzen, F.J. Dentener, H. Fischer, J. Feichter, P.J. Flatau, J. Heland, R. Holzinger, R. Korrmann, M.G. Lawrence, Z. Levin, K.M. Markowicz, N. Mihalopoulos, A. Minikin, V. Ramanathan, M. de Reus, G.J. Roelofs, H.A. Scheeren, J. Sciare, H. Schlager, M. Schultz, P. Siegmund, B. Steil, E.G. Stephanou, P. Stier, M. Traub, C. Warneke, J. Williams, and H. Ziereis, Global air pollution crossroads over the Mediterranean, Science, 298 (5594), 794-799, 2002.

2001

  • Sanhueza, E., R. Holzinger, L. Donoso, M. Santana, E. Fernandez, and J. Romero, Volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere of La Gran Sabana. I: Concentrations and atmospheric chemistry, Interciencia, 26 (12), 597-605, 2001.
  • Holzinger, R., B. Kleiss, L. Donoso, and E. Sanhueza, Aromatic hydrocarbons at urban, sub-urban, rural (8[deg]52'N; 67[deg]19'W) and remote sites in Venezuela, Atmospheric Environment, 35 (29), 4917-4927, 2001.
  • Wilske, B., R. Holzinger, and J. Kesselmeier, Evidence for ethanolic fermentation in lichens during periods of high thallus water content, Symbiosis, 31 (1-3), 95-111, 2001.
  • Holzinger, R., A. Jordan, A. Hansel, and W. Lindinger, Methanol measurements in the lower troposphere near Innsbruck (047 degrees 16 ' N; 011 degrees 24 ' E), Austria, Atmospheric Environment, 35 (14), 2525-2532, 2001.
  • Poschl, U., J. Williams, P. Hoor, H. Fischer, P.J. Crutzen, C. Warneke, R. Holzinger, A. Hansel, A. Jordan, W. Lindinger, H.A. Scheeren, W. Peters, and J. Lelieveld, High acetone concentrations throughout the 0-12 km altitude range over the tropical rainforest in Surinam, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 38 (2), 115-132, 2001.
  • Williams, J., U. Poschl, P.J. Crutzen, A. Hansel, R. Holzinger, C. Warneke, W. Lindinger, and J. Lelieveld, An atmospheric chemistry interpretation of mass scans obtained from a proton transfer mass spectrometer flown over the tropical rainforest of Surinam, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 38 (2), 133-166, 2001.
  • Warneke, C., R. Holzinger, A. Hansel, A. Jordan, W. Lindinger, U. Poschl, J. Williams, P. Hoor, H. Fischer, P.J. Crutzen, H.A. Scheeren, and J. Lelieveld, Isoprene and its oxidation products methyl vinyl ketone, methacrolein, and isoprene related peroxides measured online over the tropical rain forest of Surinam in March 1998, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 38 (2), 167-185, 2001.
  • Holzinger, R., A. Jordan, A. Hansel, and W. Lindinger, Automobile emissions of acetonitrile: Assessment of its contribution to the global source, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 38 (2), 187-193, 2001.

2000 and before

  • Williams, J., H. Fischer, G.W. Harris, P.J. Crutzen, P. Hoor, A. Hansel, R. Holzinger, C. Warneke, W. Lindinger, B. Scheeren, and J. Lelieveld, Variability-lifetime relationship for organic trace gases: A novel aid to compound identification and estimation of HO concentrations, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 105 (D16), 20473-20486, 2000.
  • Holzinger, R., L. Sandoval-Soto, S. Rottenberger, P.J. Crutzen, and J. Kesselmeier, Emissions of volatile organic compounds from Quercus ilex L. measured by Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry under different environmental conditions, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 105 (D16), 20573-20579, 2000.
  • Crutzen, P.J., J. Williams, U. Poschl, P. Hoor, H. Fischer, C. Warneke, R. Holzinger, A. Hansel, W. Lindinger, B. Scheeren, and J. Lelieveld, High spatial and temporal resolution measurements of primary organics and their oxidation products over the tropical forests of Surinam, Atmospheric Environment, 34 (8), 1161-1165, 2000.
  • Boschetti, A., F. Biasioli, M. van Opbergen, C. Warneke, A. Jordan, R. Holzinger, P. Prazeller, T. Karl, A. Hansel, W. Lindinger, and S. Iannotta, PTR-MS real time monitoring of the emission of volatile organic compounds during postharvest aging of berryfruit, Postharvest Biology and Technology, 17 (3), 143-151, 1999.
  • Hansel, A., A. Jordan, C. Warneke, R. Holzinger, A. Wisthaler, and W. Lindinger, Proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS): on-line monitoring of volatile organic compounds at volume mixing ratios of a few pptv, Plasma Sources Science & Technology, 8 (2), 332-336, 1999.
  • Holzinger, R., C. Warneke, A. Hansel, A. Jordan, W. Lindinger, D.H. Scharffe, G. Schade, and P.J. Crutzen, Biomass burning as a source of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, methanol, acetone, acetonitrile, and hydrogen cyanide, Geophysical Research Letters, 26 (8), 1161-1164, 1999.
  • Prazeller, P., T. Karl, A. Jordan, R. Holzinger, A. Hansel, and W. Lindinger, Quantification of passive smoking using proton-transfer- reaction mass spectrometry, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 178 (3), L1-L4, 1998.
  • Hansel, A., A. Jordan, C. Warneke, R. Holzinger, and W. Lindinger, Improved detection limit of the proton-transfer reaction mass spectrometer: On-line monitoring of volatile organic compounds at mixing ratios of a few PPTV, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 12 (13), 871-875, 1998.
  • Hansel, A., A. Jordan, R. Holzinger, P. Prazeller, W. Vogel, and W. Lindinger, Proton-Transfer Reaction Mass-Spectrometry - Online Trace Gas- Analysis at the Ppb Level, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes, 150, 609-619, 1995.
  • Jordan, A., A. Hansel, R. Holzinger, and W. Lindinger, Acetonitrile and Benzene in the Breath of Smokers and Nonsmokers Investigated by Proton-Transfer Reaction Mass- Spectrometry (PTR-Ms), International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes, 148 (1-2), L1-L3, 1995.

International collaborations

  • Dr. Dylan B. Millet (Harvard)
  • Dr. Susanne V. Hering (Aerosol Dynamics Inc., Berkeley)
  • Prof. Jose L. Jimenez (University of Colorado)
  • Dr. Doug R. Worsnop (Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica)
  • Dr. James Allan (University of Manchester)
  • Prof. A.H. Goldstein (UC Berkeley)
  • Dr. Frank M. Mitloehner (UC Davis)
  • Dr. Tom M. Cahill (UC Davis)
  • Dr. Uwe Kuhn, (MPI Mainz)
  • Dr. C. Ammann (ART Ta�nikon)
  • Prof. J. Kesselmeier (MPI Mainz)
  • Prof. Gunnar W. Schade (Texas A&M)
  • Prof. K. T. Paw U (UC Davis)
  • Prof. Jos Lelieveld (MPI Mainz)
  • Dr. Jonathan Williams (MPI Mainz)
  • Prof. Douglas Wallace (IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel)
  • Prof. Robert J. Yokelson (University of Montana)
  • Prof. Eugenio Sanhueza (IVIC, Caracas)
  • Dr. Carsten Warneke, (NOAA, Boulder)
  • Dr. Bert Scheeren (JRC, Ispra)
  • Dr. Joost De Gouw (NOAA, Boulder)
  • Dr. Hans Schlager, (German Aerospace)
  • Prof. Niko Mihalopoulos (University of Crete)
  • Dr. Harald Berresheim (DWD)
  • Dr. Thomas Karl (NCAR, Boulder),