Dr. Jon Grahame Bell

Work at ZHAW

Position

Scientist

Focus

• Aircraft Emissions: Atmospheric Vapour-Soot Interactions
• Cabin Air Purification using Sustainable Adsorbent Materials
• Electrochemical Sensing of Noxious Vapours in Aviation Process Streams

Teaching

AVPM4

Experience

• Marie Curie Fellow in Electroceramics and Electrochemical Gas Sensing
  EMPA, CH
  09 / 2019 - 12 / 2022
• Operational Manager: Waterwater Pilot Plant Development
  Northumbria Water, UK
  06 / 2017 - 07 / 2019
• Scientist in Hemilabile Metal Organic Frameworks
  Newcastle University, UK
  07 / 2013 - 06 / 2017
• Principal Scientist in Pressure and Temperature Swing Adsorption
  Nano-Purification Solutions, UK
  01 / 2010 - 06 / 2013
• Process Modelling and Simulation
  Procter and Gamble
  01 / 2009 - 12 / 2009

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7903-4582

Awards

SmartSorp, Marie Curie Sklodowska Individual Fellowship
Horizon 2020, European Commission
09 / 2019

Projects

• Jet Engine Emissions and Toxicology Studies on Sustainable Aviation Fuels Aiming at Reduced Particle Emission and Climate Impact / Team member / ongoing
• Understanding Non-CO2 Impact for deCarbonized aviation / Deputy project leader / ongoing
• Renewable Fuels and Chemicals for Switzerland / Team member / ongoing

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

Narayanasamy, S. et al. (2025) 'Insights into gel maturation from alteration of borosilicate glass from 7 days to 27 years', npj Materials Degradation, 9(118). doi: 10.1038/s41529-025-00664-w.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Schripp, T. et al. (2025) 'Advancements in aircraft engine measurement : the new SR Technics test cell emission monitoring system', in 28th ETH Nanoparticles Conference (NPC), Zurich, Switzerland, 16-19 June 2025.
• Schripp, T. et al. (2025) 'Advancements in aircraft engine measurement : the new SR Technics test cell emission monitoring system', in 2nd GAeF START, Winterthur, Switzerland 25-26 February 2025. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-32669.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Schripp, T. et al. (2025) 'Quantitative assessment of gaseous and particulate matter emissions from a business jet engine operated with sustainable aviation fuel', in European Aerosol Conference (EAC), Lecce, Italy, 31 August - 5 September 2025.
• Liang, Y. et al. (2025) 'Model study of water vapor and VOCs adsorption on bulk jet engine soot particles : thermodynamic and kinetic aspects', in EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 27 April - 2 May 2025. Copernicus. doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu25-15808.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Narayanasamy, S., Bell, J.G., Tiwari, S. et al. Insights into gel maturation from alteration of borosilicate glass from 7 days to 27 years. npj Mater Degrad 9, 118 (2025).

Other publications

• Hydrogen Spillover Drives Room Temperature Sensing on Spark Plasma Sintered BaTiO3 with Pt Electrodes, JG Bell, S Huangfu, L Artiglia, T Graule, M Stuer, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024
• Synthesis of B-site high-entropy BaTi0. 2Hf0. 2Zr0. 2Y0. 2Nb0. 2O3 with water sensing properties, AC Austin, AJ Knorpp, JG Bell, H Shiel, L Artiglia, K Marquardt, M Stuer, Open Ceramics 19, 100646, 2024
• Spectroelectrochemical study of carbon structural and functionality characteristics on vanadium redox reactions for flow batteries, HH Phan, JG Bell, GA Mutch, AJ McCue, AN Phan, KM Thomas, Materials Advances, 2024
• Tuning the magnetic and electronic properties of LiNi0. 5Mn1. 5O4 with post-sintering treatments via oxygen non-stoichiometry. R Shukla, JG Bell, S Huangfu, L Artiglia, M Stuer - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2025.
• Jon G. Bell, Rishabh Shukla, Shangxiong Huangfu, Michael Stuer, Investigating the effect of spark plasma sintering temperature and post-sintering annealing in LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 for its ideal design towards practical battery applications. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Volume 45, Issue 13, 2025, 117524, ISSN 0955-2219,

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