Contact Dr Valerio Ferracci
Areas of expertise
- Air
- Energy and the Environment
- Environment and Health
- Instrumentation, Sensors and Measurement Science
- Monitoring and Environmental Informatics
Background
Research Fellow, Cranfield University, 2017-present
Research Associate, Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Cambridge, 2016-2017
Higher Research Scientist in Gas and Particle Metrology, National Physical Laboratory, 2012-2016
PhD in Atmospheric Chemistry, University College London, 2012
MSci Chemistry, University College London, 2008
Current activities
I am a Research Fellow at the Centre for Atmospheric Informatics and Emissions Technology, School of Water, Energy and Environment.
Gas sensors: development of sensors for trace gas detection (ammonia, isoprene, dimethyl sulfide).
Atmospheric modelling: studies on the oxidising capacity of the troposphere and investigations on the impacts of sinks of the hydroxyl radical (OH).
Reaction kinetics: investigations on the kinetics of halogen oxide radical reactions affecting atmospheric ozone.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Bolas CG, Ferracci V, Robinson AD, Mead MI, Mohd MS, Pyle JA, Jones RL & Harris NRP (2020) iDirac: a field-portable instrument for long-term autonomous measurements of isoprene and selected VOCs, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 13 821-838.
- Otu‐Larbi F, Bolas CG, Ferracci V, Staniaszek Z, Jones RL, Malhi Y, Harris NR, Wild O & Ashworth K (2019) Modelling the effect of the 2018 summer heatwave and drought on isoprene emissions in a UK woodland, Global Change Biology, Available online 13 December 2019.
- Martin NA, Ferracci V, Cassidy N, Hook J, Battersby RM, di Meane EA, Tang YS, Stephens AC, Leeson SR, Jones MR, Braban CF, Gates L, Hangartner M, Stoll JM, Sacco P, Pagani D, Hoffnagle JA & Seitler E (2019) Validation of ammonia diffusive and pumped samplers in a controlled atmosphere test facility using traceable Primary Standard Gas Mixtures, Atmospheric Environment, 199 (February) 453-462.
- Fittschen C, Al Ajami M, Batut S, Ferracci V, Archer-Nicholls S, Archibald AT & Schoemaecker C (2019) ROOOH: the missing piece of the puzzle for OH measurements in low NO environments, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19 (1) 349-362.
- Bacquart T, Perkins M, Ferracci V, Martin NA, Resner K, Ward MK, Cassidy N, Hook JB, Brewer PJ, Irvine JT, Connor PA & Murugan A (2018) Production and stability of low amount fraction of formaldehyde in hydrogen gas standards, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43 (13) 6711-6722.
- Brewer PJ, Gieseking B, Ferracci VF, Ward M, van Wijk J, van der Veen AM, Lima AA, Augusto CR, Oh SH, Kim BM, Lee S, Konopelko LA, Kustikov Y, Shimosaka T, Niederhauser B, Guillevic M, Pascale C, Zhou Z, Wang D & Hu S (2018) International comparison CCQM-K116: 10 μmol mol-1 water vapour in nitrogen, Metrologia, 55 (1A) Article No. 08018.
- Ferracci V, Heimann I, Abraham NL, Pyle JA & Archibald AT (2018) Global modelling of the total OH reactivity: investigations on the “missing” OH sink and its atmospheric implications, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18 (10) 7109-7129.
- Viallon J, Flores E, Idrees F, Moussay P, Wielgosz RI, Kim D, Kim YD, Lee S, Persijn S, Konopelko LA, Kustikov YA, Malginov AV, Chubchenko IK, Klimov AY, Efremova OV, Zhou Z, Possolo A, Shimosaka T, Brewer P, Macé T, Ferracci V, Brown RJC & Aoki N (2017) CCQM-K90, formaldehyde in nitrogen, 2 μmol mol− 1 Final report, Metrologia, 54 (Technical Supplement) Article No. 08029.
- Pogány A, Balslev-Harder D, Braban CF, Cassidy N, Ebert V, Ferracci V, Hieta T, Leuenberger D, Martin NA, Pascale C, Peltola J, Persijn S, Tiebe C, Twigg MM, Vaittinen O, van Wijk J, Wirtz K & Niederhauser B (2016) A metrological approach to improve accuracy and reliability of ammonia measurements in ambient air, Measurement Science and Technology, 27 (11) Article No. 115012.
- Martin N, Ferracci V, Cassidy N & Hoffnagle J (2016) The application of a cavity ring-down spectrometer to measurements of ambient ammonia using traceable primary standard gas mixtures, Applied Physics B, 122 (8) Article No. 219.
- Ferracci V, Brown A, Harris P & Brown R (2015) An investigation of the matrix sensitivity of refinery gas analysis using gas chromatography with flame ionisation detection, Journal of Chromatography A, 1383 144-150.
- Ferracci V & Rowley DM (2014) Kinetic studies of the BrO + ClO cross-reaction over the range T = 246-314 K, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 16 (3) 1182-1196.
- Ferracci V & Rowley D (2012) The temperature dependence of the bimolecular channels of the ClO + ClO reaction over the range T = 298-323 K, International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 44 (6) 386-397.
- Ferracci V, Hino K & Rowley D (2011) Kinetic studies on the temperature dependence of the BrO + BrO reaction using laser flash photolysis, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13 (17) 7997-8007.
- Ferracci V & Rowley D (2010) Kinetic and thermochemical studies of the ClO + ClO + M Cl 2O2 + M reaction, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12 (37) 11596-11608.
Conference Papers
- Bird D, Cook A, Melgari P, Robbins D, Hollis P, Brewer P & Ferracci V (2016) Production and measurement of large-area moisture barriers for electronic applications. In: Sixth Electronic System-Integration Technology Conference (ESTC 2016), Grenoble, 13-16 September 2016.
- Pogany A, Balslev-Harder D, Braban C, Cassidy N, Ebert V, Ferracci V, Hieta T, Leuenberger D, Luttschwager N, Martin N, Pascale C, Tiebe C, Twigg M, Vaittinen O, Van Wijk J, Wirtz K & Niederhauser B (2015) Metrology for ammonia in ambient air-concept and first results of the EMRP project MetNH3. In: 17th International Congress of Metrology (CIM 2015), Paris, 21-24 September 2015.
