Jun.-Prof. Dr. Eva Pfannerstill

Young Investigator Group Leader

Areas of expertise

atmospheric chemistry, biosphere-atmosphere exchange, air pollution, atmospheric reactivity, volatile organic compounds, mass spectrometry

Contact

+49 2461/61-6768

+49 2461/61-5346

E-Mail

https://www.fz-juelich.de/de/forschung/unsere-forschung/wissenschaftlicher-nachwuchs/nachwuchsgruppen/biogene-emissionen-und-auswirkungen-auf-die-luftqualitaet

ORCID

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Address

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße
52428 Jülich

Institute of Climate and Energy Systems (ICE)

Troposphere (ICE-3)

Building 05.2 / Room 2030

About me

I am a Helmholtz Investigator Group leader investigating the effects of climate change on volatile organic compound emissions and air quality using chambers and airborne observations by Zeppelin. I received my PhD from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, focusing on atmospheric reactivity in the Amazon rainforest. Until fall 2023, I was a Feodor Lynen Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley using aircraft-based measurements to map emissions.

Vita

W1 Junior Professor (Jülich Model, tenure track), University of Cologne, since 03/2024

Helmholtz Investigator Group Leader, Forschungszentrum Jülich, since 10/2024

Postdoctoral fellow, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 2023 - 2024

Postdoctoral Feodor Lynen fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 2020 - 2023

Postdoctoral researcher, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, 2019 - 2020

Dr. rer. nat. Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 2015 - 2019

M.Sc. Chemical Biology, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena and NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, 2013 - 2015

B.Sc. Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena with exchange semester at Université de Montréal, 2009 - 2013

Publications

Zhu, Q., Schwantes, R. H., Stockwell, C. E., Harkins, C., Lyu, C., Coggon, M., Yu, K. A., Warneke, C., Schnell, J., He, J., Pye, H. O. T., Li, M., Ahmadov, R., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Place, B., Wooldridge, P., Schulze, B. C., Arata, C., Bucholtz, A., Seinfeld, J. H., Xu, L., Zuraski, K., Robinson, M. A., Neuman, J. A., Gilman, J., Lamplugh, A., Veres, P. R., Peischl, J., Rollins, A., Brown, S. S., Goldstein, A. H., Cohen, R. C., and McDonald, B. C.: Incorporating Cooking Emissions To Better Simulate the Impact of Zero-Emission Vehicle Adoption on Ozone Pollution in Los Angeles, Environ. Sci. Technol., https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c00902, 2025.

Pfannerstill, E. Y., Arata, C., Zhu, Q., Schulze, B. C., Ward, R., Woods, R., Harkins, C., Schwantes, R. H., Seinfeld, J. H., Bucholtz, A., Cohen, R. C., and Goldstein, A. H.: Temperature-dependent emissions dominate aerosol and ozone formation in Los Angeles, Science, 384, 1324–1329, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adg8204, 2024.

Machado, L. A. T., Kesselmeier, J., Botía, S., van Asperen, H., O. Andreae, M., Araújo, A. C. de, Artaxo, P., Edtbauer, A., R. Ferreira, R., Franco, M. A., Harder, H., Jones, S. P., Dias-Júnior, C. Q., Haytzmann, G. G., Quesada, C. A., Komiya, S., Lavric, J., Lelieveld, J., Levin, I., Nölscher, A., Pfannerstill, E., Pöhlker, M. L., Pöschl, U., Ringsdorf, A., Rizzo, L., Yáñez-Serrano, A. M., Trumbore, S., Valenti, W. I. D., Vila-Guerau de Arellano, J., Walter, D., Williams, J., Wolff, S., and Pöhlker, C.: How rainfall events modify trace gas mixing ratios in central Amazonia, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 8893–8910, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-8893-2024, 2024.

Coggon, M. M., Stockwell, C. E., Claflin, M. S., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Xu, L., Gilman, J. B., Marcantonio, J., Cao, C., Bates, K., Gkatzelis, G. I., Lamplugh, A., Katz, E. F., Arata, C., Apel, E. C., Hornbrook, R. S., Piel, F., Majluf, F., Blake, D. R., Wisthaler, A., Canagaratna, M., Lerner, B. M., Goldstein, A. H., Mak, J. E., and Warneke, C.: Identifying and correcting interferences to PTR-ToF-MS measurements of isoprene and other urban volatile organic compounds, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 801–825, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-801-2024, 2024.

Pfannerstill, E. Y., Arata, C., Zhu, Q., Schulze, B. C., Woods, R., Harkins, C., Schwantes, R. H., McDonald, B. C., Seinfeld, J. H., Bucholtz, A., Cohen, R. C., and Goldstein, A. H.: Comparison between Spatially Resolved Airborne Flux Measurements and Emission Inventories of Volatile Organic Compounds in Los Angeles, Environ. Sci. Technol., https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c03162 , 2023.

Pfannerstill, E. Y., Arata, C., Zhu, Q., Schulze, B. C., Woods, R., Seinfeld, J. H., Bucholtz, A., Cohen, R. C., and Goldstein, A. H.: Volatile organic compound fluxes in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley – spatial distribution, source attribution, and inventory comparison, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 12753–12780, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-12753-2023 , 2023.

Schulze, B. C., Ward, R. X., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Zhu, Q., Arata, C., Place, B., Nussbaumer, C., Wooldridge, P., Woods, R., Bucholtz, A., Cohen, R. C., Goldstein, A. H., Wennberg, P. O., and Seinfeld, J. H.: Methane Emissions from Dairy Operations in California's San Joaquin Valley Evaluated Using Airborne Flux Measurements, Environ. Sci. Technol., https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c03940, 2023.

Zhu, Q., Schwantes, R. H., Coggon, M., Harkins, C., Schnell, J., He, J., Pye, H. O. T., Li, M., Baker, B., Moon, Z., Ahmadov, R., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Place, B., Wooldridge, P., Schulze, B. C., Arata, C., Bucholtz, A., Seinfeld, J. H., Warneke, C., Stockwell, C. E., Xu, L., Zuraski, K., Robinson, M. A., Neuman, A., Veres, P. R., Peischl, J., Brown, S. S., Goldstein, A. H., Cohen, R. C., and McDonald, B. C.: A better representation of VOC chemistry in WRF-Chem and its impact on ozone over Los Angeles, EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2742, 2023.

Zhu, Q., Place, B., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Tong, S., Zhang, H., Wang, J., Nussbaumer, C. M., Wooldridge, P., Schulze, B. C., Arata, C., Bucholtz, A., Seinfeld, J. H., Goldstein, A. H., and Cohen, R. C.: Direct observations of NO x emissions over the San Joaquin Valley using airborne flux measurements during RECAP-CA 2021 field campaign, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 9669–9683, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-9669-2023 , 2023.

Nussbaumer, C. M., Place, B. K., Zhu, Q., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Wooldridge, P., Schulze, B. C., Arata, C., Ward, R., Bucholtz, A., Seinfeld, J. H., Goldstein, A. H., and Cohen, R. C.: Measurement report: Airborne measurements of NO x fluxes over Los Angeles during the RECAP-CA 2021 campaign, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 13015–13028, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-13015-2023 , 2023.

Pugliese, G., Ingrisch, J., Meredith, L. K., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Klüpfel, T., Meeran, K., Byron, J., Purser, G., Gil-Loaiza, J., van Haren, J., Dontsova, K., Kreuzwieser, J., Ladd, S. N., Werner, C., and Williams, J.: Effects of drought and recovery on soil volatile organic compound fluxes in an experimental rainforest, Nature Communications, 14, 5064, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40661-8 , 2023.

Honeker, L. K., Pugliese, G., Ingrisch, J., Fudyma, J., Gil-Loaiza, J., Carpenter, E., Singer, E., Hildebrand, G., Shi, L., Hoyt, D. W., Chu, R. K., Toyoda, J., Krechmer, J. E., Claflin, M. S., Ayala-Ortiz, C., Freire-Zapata, V., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Daber, L. E., Meeran, K., Dippold, M. A., Kreuzwieser, J., Williams, J., Ladd, S. N., Werner, C., Tfaily, M. M., and Meredith, L. K.: Drought re-routes soil microbial carbon metabolism towards emission of volatile metabolites in an artificial tropical rainforest, Nature microbiology, 8, 1480–1494, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-023-01432-9 , 2023.

Ringsdorf, A., Edtbauer, A., Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, J., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Gromov, S., Kumar, V., Pozzer, A., Wolff, S., Tsokankunku, A., Soergel, M., Sá, M. O., Araújo, A., Ditas, F., Poehlker, C., Lelieveld, J., and Williams, J.: Inferring the diurnal variability of OH radical concentrations over the Amazon from BVOC measurements, Scientific reports, 13, 14900, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41748-4 , 2023.

Carter, T. S., Heald, C. L., Kroll, J., Apel, E. C., Blake, D., Coggon, M., Edtbauer, A., Gkatzelis, G., Hornbrook, R., Peischl, J., Pfannerstilll, E. Y., Piel, F., Reijrink, N., Ringsdorf, A., Warneke, C., Williams, J., Wisthaler, A., Xu, L.: An Improved Representation of Fire Non-Methane Organic Gases (NMOGs) in Models: Emissions to Reactivity, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22, 12093–12111, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-12093-2022 , 2022.

Pfannerstill, E. Y., Reijrink, N. G., Edtbauer, A., Ringsdorf, A., Zannoni, N., Araújo, A., Ditas, F., Holanda, B. A., Sá, M. O., Tsokankunku, A., Walter, D., Wolff, S., Lavrič, J. V., Pöhlker, C., Sörgel, M., and Williams, J.: Total OH reactivity over the Amazon rainforest: variability with temperature, wind, rain, altitude, time of day, season, and an overall budget closure, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 6231–6256, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-6231-2021 , 2021.

Edtbauer, A., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Pires Florentino, A. P., Barbosa, Williams, J., et al.: Cryptogamic organisms are a substantial source and sink for volatile organic compounds in the Amazon region, Communications Earth and Environment, 2, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00328-y , 2021.

Werner, C., Meredith, L. K., Ladd, S. N., Ingrisch, J., Kübert, A., van Haren, J., Bahn, M., Bailey, K., Bamberger, I., Beyer, M., Blomdahl, D., Byron, J., Daber, E., Deleeuw, J., Dippold, M. A., Fudyma, J., Gil-Loaiza, J., Honeker, L. K., Hu, J., Huang, J., Klüpfel, T., Krechmer, J., Kreuzwieser, J., Kühnhammer, K., Lehmann, M. M., Meeran, K., Misztal, P. K., Ng, W.-R., Pfannerstill, E., Williams, J., et al.: Ecosystem fluxes during drought and recovery in an experimental forest, Science, 374, 1514–1518, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abj6789 , 2021.

Dienhart, D., Crowley, J. N., Bourtsoukidis, E., Edtbauer, A., Eger, P. G., Ernle, L., Harder, H., Hottmann, B., Martinez, M., Parchatka, U., Paris, J.-D., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Rohloff, R., Schuladen, J., Stönner, C., Tadic, I., Tauer, S., Wang, N., Williams, J., Lelieveld, J., and Fischer, H.: Measurement report: Observation-based formaldehyde production rates and their relation to OH reactivity around the Arabian Peninsula, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 17373–17388, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-17373-2021 , 2021.

Friedrich, N., Eger, P., Shenolikar, J., Sobanski, N., Schuladen, J., Dienhart, D., Hottmann, B., Tadic, I., Fischer, H., Martinez, M., Rohloff, R., Tauer, S., Harder, H., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Wang, N., Williams, J., Brooks, J., Drewnick, F., Su, H., Li, G., Cheng, Y., Lelieveld, J., and Crowley, J. N.: Reactive nitrogen around the Arabian Peninsula and in the Mediterranean Sea during the 2017 AQABA ship campaign, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2021-42 , 2021.

Edtbauer, A., Stönner, C., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Berasategui, M., Walter, D., Crowley, J. N., Lelieveld, J., and Williams, J.: A new marine biogenic emission: methane sulfonamide (MSAM), dimethyl sulfide (DMS), and dimethyl sulfone (DMSO2) measured in air over the Arabian Sea, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20, 6081–6094, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-6081-2020 , 2020.

Bourtsoukidis, E., Pozzer, A., Sattler, T., Matthaios, V. N., Ernle, L., Edtbauer, A., Fischer, H., Könemann, T., Osipov, S., Paris, J.-D., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Stönner, C., Tadic, I., Walter, D., Wang, N., Lelieveld, J., and Williams, J.: The Red Sea Deep Water is a potent source of atmospheric ethane and propane, Nature Communications, 11, 1–9, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14375-0 , 2020.

Pfannerstill, E. Y., Wang, N., Edtbauer, A., Bourtsoukidis, E., Crowley, J. N., Dienhart, D., Eger, P. G., Ernle, L., Fischer, H., Hottmann, B., Paris, J.-D., Stönner, C., Tadic, I., Walter, D., Lelieveld, J., and Williams, J.: Shipborne measurements of total OH reactivity around the Arabian Peninsula and its role in ozone chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19, 11501–11523, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-11501-2019 , 2019.

Dlugi, R., Berger, M., Mallik, C., Tsokankunku, A., Zelger, M., Acevedo, O. C., Bourtsoukidis, E., Hofzumahaus, A., Kesselmeier, J., Kramm, G., Marno, D., Martinez, M., Nölscher, A. C., Ouwersloot, H., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Rohrer, F., et al.: Segregation in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer: The Case of OH - Isoprene, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 1–61, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2018-1325 , 2019.

Pfannerstill, E. Y., Nölscher, A. C., Yáñez-Serrano, A. M., Bourtsoukidis, E., Keßel, S., Janssen, R. H. H., Tsokankunku, A., Wolff, S., Sörgel, M., Sá, Williams, J., et al.: Total OH Reactivity Changes Over the Amazon Rainforest During an El Niño Event, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 1, 600, https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2018.00012 , 2018.

Fuchs, H., Novelli, A., Rolletter, M., Hofzumahaus, A., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Kessel, S., Edtbauer, A., Williams, J., Michoud, V., Dusanter, S., Locoge, N., Zannoni, N., Gros, V., et al.: Comparison of OH reactivity measurements in the atmospheric simulation chamber SAPHIR, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 10, 4023–4053, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4023-2017 , 2017.

Praplan, A. P., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Williams, J., and Hellén, H.: OH reactivity of the urban air in Helsinki, Finland, during winter, ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, 169, 150–161, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.09.013 , 2017.

Weiss, G. M., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J. S., and van der Meer, M. T. J.: Effects of alkalinity and salinity at low and high light intensity on hydrogen isotope fractionation of long-chain alkenones produced by Emiliania huxleyi, Biogeosciences, 14, 5693–5704, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5693-2017 , 2017.

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