Mira Pöhlker

Mira Pöhlker serves as a University Professor at Leipzig University with a joint appointment in Experimental Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics at TROPOS (Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research), currently on leave. Her office is located at Permoserstr. 15, Room 202, 04318 Leipzig, with direct contact via phone (+49 341 2717-743).

Her research spans Atmospheric Science and Climate Physics, focusing on aerosol-cloud interactions, cloud microphysical processes, and anthropogenic impacts on atmospheric composition. Key investigations include pandemic-related air quality changes, convective cloud dynamics using satellite data, and marine cloud responses to updraft variations. This work combines aircraft measurements, satellite remote sensing, and field observations to quantify climate-relevant processes.

Professor Pöhlker's recent publications demonstrate strong interdisciplinary collaboration across European and transatlantic research networks. Her work frequently appears in high-impact journals like Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics and the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, addressing urgent climate and air quality questions through empirical measurement campaigns.

She maintains an active research partnership with TROPOS, leveraging their expertise in tropospheric processes. Current projects emphasize real-world atmospheric observations during exceptional events (e.g., pandemic lockdowns) and fundamental cloud physics mechanisms affecting climate models.