Dr. Olga Popovicheva

Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics

Faculty of Geography

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Head of research group “Environmental Pollution”

Leading Scientist

Email: [email protected]

Qualification

1989 Ph.D., Plasma Physics, Physics Department of Moscow State University, Russia

1986 M.Sc., Physics Department, Moscow State University, Russia

Research interest

Aerosol Chemistry, Atmospheric Aerosols, Air Pollution, Climate Change, Arctic Aerosol Research

Research focuses on aerosol chemistry, air pollution, and climate change. Dr. Olga Popovicheva has led national and international projects investigating the cloud condensation and ice-nucleating properties of combustion aerosols and their impacts on climate. Her work includes comprehensive studies of climate-relevant and toxic pollutants in urban and densely populated regions. A major area of her research is Arctic aerosol science, including aerosol measurements at polar stations, investigations of short-lived climate forcers (SLCFs) over Arctic seas, the development of mobile aerosol monitoring technologies, and the establishment of aerosol observation networks in the Russian Arctic. Her current interests include urban aerosol pollution and its effects on weather forecasting, regional climate, and environmental processes, as well as the assessment of megacity ecological conditions through integrated analyses of atmospheric particles, snow, road dust, soil, and surface water.

Publications (Selected)

1. Baumgardner, D., Popovicheva, O., Allan, J., Bernardoni, V., Cao, J., et al. (2012). Soot reference materials for instrument calibration and intercomparisons: A workshop summary with recommendations. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 5, 1869–1887.
2. Popovicheva, O., Kireeva, E., Persiantseva, N., Timofeev, M., Niessner, R., & Moldanová, J. (2012). Microscopic characterization of individual particles from multicomponent ship exhaust. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 14(12), 3101–3110.
3. Yun, Y., Penner, J. E., & Popovicheva, O. (2013). The effects of hygroscopicity on ice nucleation of fossil fuel combustion aerosols in mixed-phase clouds. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13, 4339–4348.
4. Steiner, S., Czerwinski, J., Comte, P., Popovicheva, O. B., Kireeva, E., et al. (2013). Comparison of the toxicity of diesel exhaust produced by bio- and fossil diesel combustion in human lung cells in vitro. Atmospheric Environment, 81, 380–388.
5. Popovicheva, O. B., Kireeva, E. D., Steiner, S., Rothen-Rutishauser, B., Persiantseva, N. M., et al. (2014). Microstructure and chemical composition of diesel and biodiesel particle exhaust. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 14, 1392–1401.
6. Diapouli, E., Popovicheva, O., Kistler, M., Vratolis, S., Persiantseva, N., et al. (2014). Physicochemical characterization of aged biomass burning aerosol after long-range transport to Greece from large-scale wildfires in Russia and surrounding regions, summer 2010. Atmospheric Environment, 96, 393–404.
7. Popovicheva, O., Kistler, M., Kireeva, E., Persiantseva, N., Timofeev, M., et al. (2014). Physicochemical characterization of smoke aerosol during large-scale wildfires: Extreme event of August 2010 in Moscow. Atmospheric Environment, 96, 405–414.
8. Popovicheva, O., Engling, G., Lin, K.-T., Persiantseva, N., Timofeev, M., et al. (2015). Diesel/biofuel exhaust particles from modern internal combustion engines: Microstructure, composition, and hygroscopicity. Fuel, 157, 232–239.
9. Popovicheva, O. B., Kozlov, V. S., Engling, G., Diapouli, E., Persiantseva, N. M., et al. (2015). Small-scale study of Siberian biomass burning: I. Smoke microstructure. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 15, 117–128.
10. Popovicheva, O. B., Persiantseva, N. M., Timofeev, M. A., Shonija, N. K., & Kozlov, V. S. (2016). Small-scale study of Siberian biomass burning: II. Smoke hygroscopicity. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 16, 1558–1568.
11. Popovicheva, O. B., Engling, G., Diapouli, E., Saraga, D., Persiantseva, N. M., et al. (2016). Impact of smoke intensity on size-resolved aerosol composition and microstructure during the biomass burning season in Northwest Vietnam. Aerosol and Air Quality Research.
12. Popovicheva, O., Jefferson, M. A., Johnson, M., Rogak, S. N., & Baldelli, A. (2019). Microstructure and chemical composition of particles from small-scale gas flaring. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 19(10), 2205–2221.
13. Popovicheva, O. B., Padoan, S., Schnelle-Kreis, J., Nguyen, D. L., Adam, T. W., et al. (2020). Spring aerosol in urban atmosphere of a megacity: Analytical and statistical assessment for source impacts. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 20, 702–719.
14. Popovicheva, O. B., Evangeliou, N., Kobelev, V. O., Chichaeva, M. A., Eleftheriadis, K., & Kasimov, N. S. (2022). Siberian Arctic black carbon: Gas flaring and wildfire impact. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22(9), 5983–6000.
15. Schneider, E., Czech, H., Popovicheva, O., Kobelev, V., Kasimov, N., et al. (2024). Mass spectrometric analysis of unprecedented high levels of carbonaceous aerosol particles long-range transported from wildfires in the Siberian Arctic. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24(1), 553–576.
16. Popovicheva, O., Diapouli, E., Chichaeva, M., Kosheleva, N., Kovach, R., et al. (2024). Aerosol characterization and peculiarities of source apportionment in Moscow, the largest and northernmost European megacity. Science of the Total Environment, 918, 170315.
17. Kasimov, N., Chalov, S., Chubarova, N., Kosheleva, N., Popovicheva, O., et al. (2024). Urban heat and pollution island in the Moscow megacity: Urban environmental compartments and their interactions. Urban Climate, 55, 101972.
18. Popovicheva, O., Chichaeva, M., Kovach, R., Tsai, Y. I., Diapouli, E., & Kasimov, N. (2025). Seasonal and wildfire biomass burning impact on a gas-fuel-heated northern European megacity: Brown carbon apportionment. Atmospheric Environment, 357, 121325.
19. Popovicheva, O. B., Chichaeva, M. A., Evangeliou, N., Eckhardt, S., Diapouli, E., & Kasimov, N. S. (2025). Multi-year black carbon observations and modeling close to the largest gas flaring and wildfire regions. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 25, 7719–7739.

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