Master and Diploma Theses

2024
Research on types and sources of ice nucleating particles in boreal forests
Dominik Spannagel, master thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2024 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
Development of new methods to identify heat-sensitive ice-nucleating particles in agricultural areas
Desiree Sieber, master thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2024 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
2023
Ice-Nucleating Particle Measurements With a High Temporal Resolution in Svalbard during Springtime 2023
Tim Lippmann, master thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2023 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
2022
Impacts of climate change on orographic precipitation – A model study using the Piggybacking method
Julia Thomas, master thesis Heidelberg University 2022 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
2021
A new Aerosol Payload for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Design and First Application for Ice-Nucleating Particle Measurements
Alexander Böhmländer, master thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2021 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
Viability Study of Ice Nucleating Active Bacteria at Mixed-Phase Cloud Conditions
Corina Wieber, master thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2021 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
2020
The new mobile ice nucleation instrument mINKA: setup and first application during secondary organic aerosol experiments at the CERN-CLOUD chamber
Pia Bogert, master thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2020 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
Analysis of the freezing dynamics of levitated water droplets by thermal imaging
Judith Kleinheins, master thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2020 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
The impact of molecular size and particle polarity on CCN activation and cloud particle growth at the nanometre-scale
Demetrius Ramette, master thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2020 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
2019
Long-term Measurements of Ice Nucleating Particles in a Boreal Forest during the Winter to Spring Transition
Julia Kaufmann, master thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2019 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
2018
Secondary Ice Production upon Freezing of Supercooled Water Droplets in Airflow
Alice Keinert, master thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2018 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
Characterization of Anthropogenic Fractions in Secondary Organic Aerosol
Yvette Nadine Gramlich, master thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2018 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
First field application of a mobile expansion chamber to measure ice nucleating particles
Franziska Vogel, master thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2018 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
Bestimmung von Wasserkonzentrations- und Temperaturprofilen in Methan-Sauerstoffflammen mittels Diodenlaserspektroskopie
Sebastian Schulz, master thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2018 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
2017
Gefrieren von unterkühlten Wassertropfen beim Kontakt mit hoch-aktiven Eiskeimen: Laborexperimente und Monte-Carlo-Simulationen
Michael Koch, master thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2017 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
2016
Potential ice multiplication mechanisms associated with the freezing process of drizzle droplets
Annika Lauber, master thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2016 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
Setup and Characteriszation of an Optical-Feedback Cavity System for Nanoparticle Detection
Jian Shi, master thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2016 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
2015
Elektronenmikroskopische Betrachtung von Eiswachstum auf natürlichen Mineraloberflächen
Felix Bachmann, master thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2015 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
Development and Application of a Spectrometer to Determine Fast Variations of Atmospheric Particles and Water Vapor
Simon Sudermann, master thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2015 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
2014
Laboratory experiments on ice nucleation and growth rates on meteoric smoke particles at mesospheric conditions
Mario Nachbar, master thesis Heidelberg University 2014 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
Influence of biodiesel fuel composition on morphology and microstructure of particles emitted from Diesel engines
Natascha Savic, master thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2014 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
Homogeneous Freezing of Water Droplets and its Dependence on Droplet Size
Thea Schmitt, diploma thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2014 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner or Prof. Dr. Corinna Hoose)
Auslegung und Realisierung eines experimentellen Aufbaus zur Messung des Wasserdampfpartialdrucks bei den Temperaturen der Mesopause (in German)
Martin Felix Loskill, diploma thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2014 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
2013
Laboruntersuchengen zur Dynamik der Sekundäreisbildung (in German)
Patricia Vera Klara Handmann, diploma thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2013 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
Charakterisierung von Wolkenkondensationskeimeigenschaften am Standort Schneefernerhaus (Zugspitze) (in German)
Katharina Weixler, diploma thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2013 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
Entwicklung und Einsatz eines Spektometers zur Bestimmung von schnellen Variationen des Atmosphärischen Wasserdampfes (in German)
Christine Nast, diploma thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2013 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
Cold-Stage-Experimente zur heterogenen Eisnukleation im Immersionsmodus
Moritz Haarig, diploma thesis Karsruhe Institute of Technology 2013 (Contact: Prof. Corinna Hoose or Prof. Thomas Leisner)
Simulating Arctic Mixed-Phase Clouds and their Sensitivity to Ice Nucleation
Marco Paukert, diploma thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2013 (Contact: Prof. Corinna Hoose or Prof. Thomas Leisner)
2012
Eigenschaften von Rußpartikeln als Wolkenkondensationskeime am Schneefernerhaus gemessen mit einem Rußphotometer (in German)
Barbara Altstädter, diploma thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2012 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
Aufbau und Charakterisierung von Aerosolmessungen auf dem Schneefernerhaus (Zugspitze) (in German)
Andreas Riehl, diploma thesis Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 2012 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
Kombinierte Messung des Wasserdampfgehalts und der 3D-Windgeschwindigkeiten (in German)
Stefan Barth, diploma thesis Heidelberg University 2012 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
Laborexperiment zum Kontaktgefrieren unterkühlter Wolkentropfen (in German)
Nadine Hoffmann, diploma thesis Heidelberg University 2012 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
2011
2010
Laborexperimente zur Wirksamkeit von Minerastaub und Bakterien als atmosphärische Eiskeime (in German)
Maren Brinkmann, diploma thesis Technical University of Ilmenau 2010 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
2009
Charakterisierung eines bepumpten virtuellen Gegenstromimpaktors zur Sammlung von Eispartikelresiduen von der Wolkenkammer AIDA (in German)
Caroline Oehm, diploma thesis Heidelberg University 2009 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
Aufbau und Charakterisierung eines resonatorverstärkten Wasserdampf-Absorptionsspektrometers (in German)
Jan Christoph Habig, diploma thesis Heidelberg University 2009 Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
2008
Aufbau eines automatisierten Gefrierexperiments in einer elektrodynamischen Partikelfalle (in German)
Jens Nadolny, diploma thesis Technical University of Ilmenau 2008 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
2007
Speicherung und gezielte Kollision zweier Partikel in einer elektrodynamischen Falle (in German)
Christiane Wender, diploma thesis Technical University of Ilmenau 2007 (Contact: Prof. Thomas Leisner)
2006
Charakterisierung einer Laserstreulichtapparatur zum Nachweis von Eiskristallen unter simulierten atmosphärischen Bedingungen (in German)
Marlen Vragel, diploma thesis Leipzig University 2006 (copy available in PDF format, 2.50 MB)
2005
2004
2003
Bestimmung der klimarelevanten Absorptions- und Streueigenschaften von Verbrennungsrußaerosolen (in German)
Melanie Gimmler, diploma thesis Fachhochschule Trier 2003 (copy available in PDF format, 3.06 MB)
2002
Charakterisierung von Rußaerosolen durch thermische Analyse (in German)
Nicole Blatt, diploma thesis Fachhochschule Trier 2002 (copy available in PDF format, 1.35 MB)