The Early Career Poster Awards were given to the following posters and presenting authors (in alphabetical order) 

1. Stylianos Kakavas for poster ATAS-P1_035,

 “Effects of organic water on inorganic aerosol thermodynamics”

by Stylianos Kakavas^1,2, Athanasios Nenes^1,3 and Spyros N. Pandis^1,2

¹Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, ICE/FORTH, Patras, Greece; ²Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Patras, Greece; ³School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 

2. Lauren P. McCarthy for poster SS-2-P1_016,

“Aerosol Exhalation Rates From Children and Adults During Breathing, Speaking and Singing”

by L. P. McCarthy¹, J. Archer¹, H. E. Symons¹, N. A. Watson², C. M. Orton^3,4,5, W. J. Browne¹, J. Harrison¹, B. Moseley⁴, K. E. J. Philip^3,5, J. D. Calder^5,6, P. L. Shah^3,4,5, B. R. Bzdek¹, D. Costello⁷ and J. P. Reid¹

¹University of Bristol; ²Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, ³Royal Brompton Hospital, ⁴Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, ⁵Imperial College London, ⁶Fortius Clinic, ⁷Wexham Park Hospital

3. Padryk Merkl for poster AT-P1_009,

“Ammonia sensing by silver nanoparticles for point of care diagnostic applications”

by Padryk Merkl and Georgios A. Sotiriou

Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

4. Vaios Moschos for poster ATAS-P5_001,       

“Brown-black carbon aerosol ambient sources, absorption properties and optical interactions”

by V. Moschos^1,a, M. Gysel-Beer¹, R. L. Modini¹, J. C. Corbin², D. Massabò³, C. Costa⁴, S. G. Danelli³,A. Vlachou¹, K. R. Daellenbach¹, S. Szidat⁵, P. Prati³, A. S. H. Prévôt¹, U. Baltensperger¹ and I. El Haddad¹

¹Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen-PSI, Switzerland; ²Metrology Research Centre, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Canada; ³Department of Physics/National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Uni. of Genoa, Genova, Italy; ⁴Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, ⁵Dpt. (Bio-)Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Sciences/Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, Uni. Bern, Switzerland;

^aNow at: University of North Carolina System, Greensboro and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

5. Pier Giuseppe Rivano for poster BAP-P4_005,

“Light extinction and steam generation by gold nanoparticle agglomerates”

by P.G. Rivano, D. Gao, G.A. Kelesidis, S.E. Pratsinis

Particle Technology Laboratory, ETH Zürich, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland

This poster was also awarded a special prize sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry’s journal, Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts.

6. Una Trivanovic for poster BAP-P3_001,

“Carbonaceous aerosol formation & growth by enclosed spray combustion of hydrocarbons”

by U. Trivanovic, M. Pereira Martins, S. Benz, G.A. Kelesidis, S.E. Pratsinis

Particle Technology Laboratory, ETH Zürich, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland

This poster was also awarded a special prize sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry’s journal, Environmental Science: Atmospheres. 

7. Yu Wang for poster ATAS-P3_015,

“Reconciliation of sub- and super-saturated water uptake of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) from mixed precursors”

by Y. Wang^1,2, A. Voliotis¹, D. Hu¹, Y. Shao¹, M. Du¹, Y. Chen^3,4, J. Kleinheins², C. Marcolli², M. R. Alfarra^1,5,6, and G. McFiggans¹

¹Centre for Atmospheric Science, The University of Manchester; ²Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland; ³Exeter Climate Systems, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QE, UK; ⁴Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland; ⁵National Centre for Atmospheric Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK; ⁶Environment & Sustainability Center, Qatar Environment & Energy Research Institute, Doha, Qatar