Citizen science (CS) involves public participation and collaboration in scientific research to increase scientific knowledge. Despite its potential, producing CS collected data that is perceived as trustworthy enough to be published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and influence policy-making remains a challenge, in part due to issues involving data accuracy and standardisation. For example, the use of mobile field sensors in CS provides us with the opportunity to monitor air quality at a higher spatial resolution, but requires more thorough data analysis.

The 7th International Workshop on Heterogeneous Kinetics Related to Atmospheric
Aerosols will take place on October 18-21, 2024, at Qingdao campus, Shandong
University.

William Apondo is an Air Quality Data Analyst for the Cities program. He supports the Emission Inventory team with collecting, processing, and analyzing indicator data for the emission inventory being developed for the cities, including the efficiency of data collection and analysis processes, and routine data QA/QC analysis to establish the scientific robustness of the collected data.

I am a final-year PhD student with the Atmospheric Sciences Research group at the North-West University (NWU) in South Africa. My PhD research uses eddy-covariance techniques to measure the first-ever fluxes of SO2 and NO2 with specific focus on the dry deposition of these acidifying species in a semi-arid African savanna. I have a background in ecology and interest in terrestrial-atmosphere interactions, climate change and biogeochemistry.

Diana Halim is from Sarawak, a cultural state on Borneo Island of Malaysia. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Science in Microbiology in 2012. Diana then went on to earn a Master’s of Environmental Management (majoring in Atmospheric Science) in 2015 and a Ph.D. in Environment and Development from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), MALAYSIA in 2021, where her Ph.D.

Key challenges for tropospheric chemistry in the Southern Hemisphere 

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