Summary
Associate Director (& Founding Director) - Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment, and Society
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Atmospheric composition and climate
- Wildfires, air pollution and climate change
- Short-lived climate pollutants
- Emission metrics for climate policy
- Tropospheric oxidizing capacity
- Earth observation and Earth system modelling
EDUCATION:
- PhD in Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK (2008)
- MSc in Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Greece (2004)
- BA in Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (2002)
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:
- NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies & Columbia University Center for Climate Systems Research; Postdoctoral Research Scientist (2009-10) & Associate Research Scientist (2011-12)
- University of Cambridge, Centre for Atmospheric Science; Research Associate (2008)
Publications
Journals
Thomas C, Voulgarakis A, Lim G, et al., 2021, An unsupervised learning approach to identifying blocking events: the case of European summer, Weather and Climate Dynamics, Vol:2, ISSN:2698-4016, Pages:581-608
Kuhn- Regnier A, Voulgarakis A, Nowack P, et al., 2021, The importance of antecedent vegetation and drought conditions as global drivers of burnt areas, Biogeosciences, Vol:18, ISSN:1726-4170, Pages:3861-3879
Kuhn-Régnier A, Voulgarakis A, Nowack P, et al., 2021, Supplementary material to "Quantifying the Importance of Antecedent Fuel-Related VegetationProperties for Burnt Area using Random Forests", Biogeosciences, ISSN:1726-4170
Qu Y, Voulgarakis A, Wang T, et al., 2021, A study of the effect of aerosols on surface ozone through meteorology feedbacks over China, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol:21, ISSN:1680-7316, Pages:5705-5718
Hodnebrog Ø, Myhre G, Kramer RJ, et al., 2020, The effect of rapid adjustments to halocarbons and N2O on radiative forcing, Npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Vol:3, ISSN:2397-3722, Pages:1-7