William (Bill) Bloss
PROFESSOR of ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE
​
This is my personal research site. University page here
​
Atmospheric processing affects the current and future composition of our air, with impacts upon human and environmental health, air quality and climate.
​​
My group's work improves scientific understanding of the causes of poor air quality, and hence the development of effective policy measures for Clean Air. We focus upon the sources of atmospheric pollutants, and the chemical processes which remove some air pollutants and produce others.
​
​
Introduction
Atmospheric processing affects the current and future composition of our air, with impacts upon human and environmental health, air quality and climate. My research group addresses areas of atmospheric chemistry and clean air science and policy, including
​
- Understanding the sources and transformations of air pollutants in the urban atmosphere, ranging from trends in the UK to developing megacities such as Delhi
​
- Quantifying the sources and sinks for atmospheric oxidants: impacts from processes such as new reactive nitrogen emissions and particulate-mediated renoxification
​
- Applying air pollution science to improve local and regional air quality policy measures
​
Our work combines atmospheric field measurements, simulation chamber and laboratory studies and numerical modelling approaches. Fundamental understanding of the atmospheric chemical system is placed in an applied context: working with partners to apply clean air science for improved human and environmental health.
​
​
This is my personal research website. Please also see my official University of Birmingham homepage, and links from there to related work by colleagues. Scroll down for news, current projects and research group members.
​
​
Opportunities: I'm happy to discuss ideas for PhD research projects and applications for funded fellowship schemes, but please be aware we do not have funding other than for openly advertised positions. Please send me an email (ideally with your CV and an outline of your interests and ideas). Our funded job opportunities within research projects / the group, and any funding for PhD study, will always be advertised externally through sites like jobs.ac.uk, on the University jobs pages, and via the NERC CENTA Doctoral Training Partnership for PhD funding.
Research Projects
WM-Air
WM-Air: Clean Air Science for the West Midlands
WM-Air is a five-year impact-focussed project applying environmental science expertise to deliver improved air quality and health across the West Midlands, working in partnership with over 20 public and private sector stakeholder organisations.
ASAP-Delhi
​
Air Pollutant Sources in the Delhi NCR
ASAP-Delhi is assessing the sources, formation process, burden and characteristics of air pollutants in Delhi, with a philosophy of deriving pollutant source, budget and behaviour insights from direct atmospheric observations.
ARNA
Atmospheric Reactive Nitrogen Cycling over the Ocean
Photoenhanced reactions on aerosol particle surfaces may convert NOx sinks into NOx precursors, changing atmospheric oxidising capacity. We are investigating this new mechanism in the laboratory and through field measurements at the Cape Verde atmospheric observatory.
BAQS / OSCA
Birmingham Air Quality Supersite (BAQS)
BAQS is one of three national urban air quality supersites, providing detailed online characterisation of air pollution levels, responses to policy interventions and emerging trends
CLEETS
Clean Energy & Equitable Transport Solutions
The new NSK-UKRI Global Centre for Clean Energy & Equitable Transport Solutions, CLEETS, launched in late 2023. More info here.
Research Group (See also WM-Air Team)
Dr Roberto Sommariva
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Modelling Indoor Air Quality - IAQ-EMS project led by Christian Pfrang
Research Group Alumni
​
Former PhD / Graduate Students
​
Dr Vasileios Matthaios
Assistant Professor at the University of Liverpool​
​
Dr Nicole Cowell
Postdoc at Imperial College London​
​
Dr Karn Vohra
Postdoc at UCL​
​
Dr Helen Pearce​
Now at Air Quality Consultants
​
Dr Manna AlWadei​
Lecturer at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia ​
​
Dr Steven Thomson
Now at Babcock
​
Dr Tara Rasoul
ClNO2 Modelling
​
Dr Danny Blenkhorn
Now at Kore Technology Ltd
​
Dr Lubna Al-Saadi
Lecturer at the University of Qatar
​
Dr Hao Huang
Air Monitors UK / ACOEM
​
Dr Jian Zhong
WM-Air Research Fellow, University of Birmingham
​
Dr Suad Al-Kindi
Lecturer at Higher College of Technology, Muscat, Oman​
​
Dr Salim Alam
Assistant Prof at University of Nottingham
​
Dr Vivien Bright
Research Scientist at UK Met Office​
​
Dr Kate Faloon
Postdoc positions at Leicester and Leeds / NCAS
​
Lucy Concannon
MPhil student: Azko Nobel
​
​
Former Postdocs
​
Dr Andrea Mazzeo
Now at Lancaster University
​
Dr Louisa Kramer
Now at Ricardo AEA
​
Dr Leigh Crilley
Now at York University, Toronto
​
Dr Mike Newland
Postdoc positions at UEA and the University of York
​
Dr Marie Camredon
Lecturer at LISA, Paris
​
Dr Juan Najera
CIBION, Buenos Aires
​
Dr Shana Saha
BSP Optical Performance Centre, Birmingham
​
Dr Catherine Bale
Postdoc at the University of Leeds
​
Microsoft ExCel - Advanced
Microsoft Word - Advanced
Power Point - Proficient
Adobe - Proficient
French - Mother Tongue
Spanish - Advanced
SKILLS
William Bloss - Biography
Publications
Web-of-Science / Reseacher-ID Profile
​
Research Funding
UKRI funding via Grants-on-the-Web
​
​
Career
Professor of Atmospheric Science,
Pro-Vice Chancellor and Head of College, Life and Environmental Sciences
University of Birmingham
​
2007+ : University of Birmingham
​
2001 - 2006: Research Fellow; Lecturer, School of Chemistry, University of Leeds.
1999 - 2001: Caltech Postdoctoral Scholar, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
​
1995 - 1999: Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry), University of Cambridge
​
1992 - 1995: BA (Natural Sciences – Chemistry), University of Cambridge.
​
1991 - 1992: Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory
​
​
Professional
​
Strategic Advisory Board, RESAS Scotland
Clean Air Advisory Panel for Wales​
​
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
Chair, RSC Environmental Chemistry Group (2013 - 2015)
​