Rate My Professor Merete Bilde

Merete Bilde is Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Aarhus University, with additional appointments as Professor at the Arctic Research Centre and the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center. She heads the Atmospheric Physical Chemistry Group and leads the Center for Chemistry of Clouds (C3), a Danish National Research Foundation Center of Excellence focused on investigating molecular-level dynamics at atmospheric interfaces that drive aerosol formation, transformation, and cloud development. Her research specializes in atmospheric physical chemistry, encompassing aerosol formation mechanisms, growth processes, hygroscopic properties, and interactions with water molecules essential for cloud droplet activation and ice nucleation. Bilde has developed key infrastructure, including the AURA atmospheric simulation chamber, to simulate atmospheric processes and study aerosol-cloud interactions, aeromicrobiology, biogenic ice-nucleating particles, and marine aerosol sources.

With a PhD in Atmospheric Chemistry, Bilde has produced over 123 peer-reviewed journal articles, garnering more than 8,600 citations and an h-index of 54 on Google Scholar. Notable publications include 'Aerosol-Cloud Interactions: Overcoming a Barrier to Projecting Near-Term Climate Evolution and Risk' (2026, AGU Advances), 'Aerosolisation of microalgae: unveiling dimethyl-sulfide emissions during bubbling' (2026, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science), 'Atmospheric Biogenic Ice-Nucleating Particles Link to Microbial Communities in the Arctic Marine Environment in Western Greenland' (2025, Environmental Science & Technology), 'The effect of nitrogen dioxide on particle formation during ozonolysis of two abundant monoterpenes indoors' (2006, Atmospheric Environment), and 'Evaporation of organic and inorganic/organic particles' (2008). She has supervised six PhD students, serves on the Independent Research Fund Denmark since 2015, holds an editorial role, and presented the public lecture 'Air pollutants and climate studies at Villum Research Station' in 2016. Her work contributes significantly to advancing models of air quality, climate impacts, and atmospheric chemistry.