Gregor Kiesewetter
Senior Research Scholar
Pollution Management Research Group
Energy, Climate, and Environment Program
Biography
Gregor Kiesewetter is an atmospheric physicist. He joined the Mitigation of Air pollution& Greenhouse gases (MAG) Program in November 2011 to work on the improvement of the GAINS model. In particular, Dr. Kiesewetter’s topics include the introduction of a downscaling methodology linking the different spatial scales of air pollution impacts in GAINS (regional to street-level), as well as further advancing the treatment of radiative forcing in GAINS.
Dr. Kiesewetter graduated from the University of Vienna with a degree in physics in 2006, and earned his PhD in environmental physics from the University of Bremen, Germany, in 2011. During his PhD studies, he worked in the field of atmospheric chemistry transport modeling and satellite data assimilation, identifying anthropogenic and natural contributions to changes in the ozone layer.
Before joining IIASA as a research scholar, Dr. Kiesewetter participated in the 2009 Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) working on long-range transport of European air pollution to the Arctic and connections to hemispheric modes of climate variability. For his study, he was awarded IIASA’s Peccei fellowship in 2010, and returned to IIASA in summer 2011.
Last update: 07 DEC 2011
Publications
Mohajeri, N., Hsu, S.-C., Milner, J., Taylor, J., Kiesewetter, G. , Gudmundsson, A., Kennard, H., Hamilton, I., & Davies, M. (2023). Urban–rural disparity in global estimation of PM2·5 household air pollution and its attributable health burden. The Lancet Planetary Health 7 (8) 660-672. 10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00133-X.
Shu, Y., Li, H., Wagner, F. , Zhang, S. , Yang, T., Klimont, Z. , Kiesewetter, G. , Wang, H., Sander, R. , & Nguyen, B. (2023). Pathways toward PM2.5 air quality attainment and its CO2 mitigation co-benefits in China's northern cities by 2030. Urban Climate 50 e101584. 10.1016/j.uclim.2023.101584.
Kiesewetter, G. , Klimont, Z. , Ru, M., & Slater, J. (2023). Assessment of the Cost of Inaction of Tackling Air Pollution in Cambodia. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and the United Nations Environment Programme , Laxenburg, Austria.
Kiesewetter, G. , Klimont, Z. , Ru, M., & Slater, J. (2023). Assessment of the Cost of Inaction of Tackling Air Pollution in Indonesia. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and the United Nations Environment Programme , Laxenburg, Austria.
Kiesewetter, G. , Klimont, Z. , Ru, M., & Slater, J. (2023). National Assessment of the Cost of Inaction of Tackling Air Pollution in Thailand. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and the United Nations Environment Programme , Laxenburg, Austria.