NEWS & RESEARCH

We are pleased to announce that abstract submission for START 2027 is now open. Researchers from all areas of aerosol science are warmly invited to submit their latest findings and contribute to an exciting and diverse scientific program.

We are happy to announce that the election process for the GAeF Board 2026 – 2028 has been completed.

As part of START 2026, Baseerat Romshoo and Roman Pohorsky were awarded the GAeF PhD Award 2025 in recognition of their outstanding work. Warm congratulations from the entire GAeF team.

To better accommodate participants’ schedules, we are pleased to announce that the abstract submission deadline has been extended to 15 March 2026. We would greatly appreciate your help in circulating this information within your networks and encouraging the submission of additional abstracts for your country.

To ensure inclusion in the scientific programme, all abstracts must be submitted through the official submission portal by the extended deadline. The submission webpage is available at:
https://www.iac2026.cn

We are pleased to announce the Call for Nominations for the 2026 International Aerosol Fellow Award, which is issued by the IARA and will be awarded at IAC2026 in Xian.
The deadline for submissions is 1 May 2026.

The Fuchs Memorial Award Committee invites nominations for the 2026 Award, to be presented at the Twelfth International Aerosol Conference in Xian, China, August 30 - September 5, 2026.

During EAC2025 in Lecce, Eirini Goudeli received the prestigious Schmoluchowski Award for her contributions to advancing aerosol science and technology in the field of particle synthesis and formation.

This third GAeF START conference on aerosol science will be hosted by the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) in Leipzig on 10 and 11 March 2026.

During START 2025 Una Trivanovic and Maximilian Dollner have been awarded with the GAeF PhD Award 2024. Congratulations to both of you from the whole GAeF Team. Unfortunately Maximilian could not be present at the event.