Paola Formenti

Scientist at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systemes Atmospheriques

61, avenue du Gal De Gaulle 94010 Creteil, France 

email: paola.formenti@lisa.ipsl.fr

CV

Publications

Data sets

Useful links

Paola Formenti is senior researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), where she was originally appointed as junior researcher on January 2004. Her research focuses on the physico-chemical and optical properties of atmospheric aerosols that control their radiative effects on climate. Her research is based on field observations and laboratory simulations. She is the PI of the multi-instrumented airborne platform AVIRAD and of the French National facility PEGASUS for ground-based aerosol observations. She has lead and contributed to several major aerosol field experiments (AMMA, SAFARI-2000, SHADE, DABEX, DODO, Dust-Attack, FENNEC, ChArMex, AEROCLO-sA, AEROFOG), as well as simulation chamber experiments with the CESAM facility at LISA (RED-DUST, CLIMDO). From 2017 to 2023, she chaired the National Steering Committee of the French airborne fleet. She is currently vice-chair of the General Assembly of the European board for aircraft research EUFAR. She is a member of the international Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (iCACGP), one of the Commissions in IAMAS (International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences). Her work in the field of atmospheric aerosols has resulted in 155 peer-reviewed articles and more than 100 communications in national and international conferences. Her H-factor is 45 (web of science)