Dr. Jacinta Edebeli

Work at ZHAW

Position

Scientist; Group Lead Meteorology, Environment and Aviation Research Unit

Focus

Aviation emissions, urban air quality, air quality monitoring, LDSA, aviation environmental impacts, aviation meteorology

Teaching

AV.PM4 - Aviation projects (sustainability discussions in aviation)

Network

Membership of networks

SAE E-31 aircraft engine gas and particulate emissions

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2465-1783

Social media

• Linkedin
• METENVIA blog

Projects

• Net4Cities – Real-Time Monitoring Networks and Transport Emissions for Tailored Zero Pollution Action Plans in European Cities / Deputy project leader / ongoing
• Renewable Fuels and Chemicals for Switzerland / Project leader / ongoing
• EASA SAMPLE IV SC02 / Project leader / ongoing
• Addressing feasibility studies towards cleaner aviation and environmental impacts research with SAF on unregulated engines / Deputy project leader / ongoing
• AGEAIR II: Investigation of gaseous and particulate emissions of in-service AIRcraft and helicopter turbine engines, as well as the effects of performance deterioration of AGEing aircraft engines / Team member / completed
• COVID-AIR: Influence of the COVID-19-lockdown on Swiss air quality / Team member / completed
• CLEANAIR: Assessment of the impact of aviation on air quality / Team member / completed
• Advancing the Science for Aviation and Climate / Team member / completed
• Research of Aviation PM Technologies, mOdelling and Regulation / Deputy project leader / completed
• nvPM certification measurements for the PD-14 engine / Team member / completed
• nvPM certification measurements for the PS-90 engines / Team member / completed
• AGEAIR: Investigation of the effects of performance deterioration and AGEing on gaseous and particulate emissions of in-service AIRcraft turbofan engines / Team member / completed

Publications

• Durdina, Lukas; Durand, Eliot; Edebeli, Jacinta; Spirig, Curdin; Brem, Benjamin T.; Elser, Miriam; Siegerist, Frithjof; Johnson, Mark; Sevcenco, Yura A.; Crayford, Andrew P.,

  2024.

  Characterizing and predicting nvPM size distributions for aviation emission inventories and environmental impact.

  Environmental Science & Technology.

  58(24), pp. 10548-10557.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c02538

• Durand, Eliot; Durdina, Lukas; Smallwood, Greg; Johnson, Mark; Spirig, Curdin; Edebeli, Jacinta; Roth, Manuel; Brem, Benjamin; Sevcenco, Yura; Crayford, Andrew,

  2023.

  Correction for particle loss in a regulatory aviation nvPM emissions system using measured particle size.

  Journal of Aerosol Science.

  169(106140).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2023.106140

• Edebeli, Jacinta; Spirig, Curdin; Fluck, Stefan; Fierz, Martin; Anet, Julien,

  2023.

  Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of lung-deposited surface area in Zurich Switzerland : lung-deposited surface area as a new routine metric for ambient particle monitoring.

  International Journal of Public Health.

  68.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2023.1605879

• Owen, Bethan; Anet, Julien G.; Bertier, Nicolas; Christie, Simon; Cremaschi, Michele; Dellaert, Stijn; Edebeli, Jacinta; Janicke, Ulf; Kuenen, Jeroen; Lim, Ling; Terrenoire, Etienne,

  2022.

  Review: Particulate matter emissions from aircraft.

  Atmosphere.

  13(8), pp. 1230.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13081230

• Schripp, Tobias; Alig, Mauro; Bell, Jon Grahame; Edebeli, Jacinta; Stähelin, Matteo; Siegerist, Frithjof; Rindlisbacher, Theo,

  2025.

  Advancements in aircraft engine measurement : the new SR technics test cell emission monitoring system[poster].

  In:

  2nd GAeF START, Winterthur, Switzerland 25-26 February 2025.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-32669

• Durdina, Lukas; Edebeli, Jacinta; Spirig, Curdin; Anet, Julien,

  2019.

  Non-volatile particulate matter emission measurements of in-service commercial turbofan engines : a comparison with estimates using certified emissions of new engines[poster].

  In:

  American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco, CA, USA, 9-13 December 2019.

• Testa, Baptiste; Durdina, Lukas; Alpert, Peter A.; Mahrt, Fabian; Dreimol, Christopher H.; Edebeli, Jacinta; Spirig, Curdin; Decker, Zachary C. J.; Anet, Julien; Kanji, Zamin A.,

  2023.

  Soot aerosol from commercial aviation engines are poor ice nucleating particles at cirrus cloud temperatures.

  Munich:

  European Geosciences Union.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2441

• Durdina, Lukas; Durand, Eliot; Spirig, Curdin; Edebeli, Jacinta; Anet, Julien; Crayford, Andrew,

  2021.

  Intercomparison of two reference sampling and measurement systems for aircraft engine nonvolatile PM using a small-scale RQL combustor rig burning conventional and sustainable aviation fuels[poster].

  In:

  Poster Abstracts.

  24th ETH-Conference on Combustion Generated Nanoparticles, online, 22-24 June 2021.

  ETH Zürich.

  pp. PS1-068.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23333

• Edebeli, Jacinta; Spirig, Curdin; Anet, Julien,

  2021.

  Downscaling EDGAR emissions to local emission sectors for Switzerland[poster].

  In:

  EGU General Assembly 2021, Online, 19-30 April 2021.

  European Geosciences Union.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-8208

• Durdina, Lukas; Edebeli, Jacinta; Spirig, Curdin; Roth, Manuel; Anet, Julien; Brem, Benjamin; Elser, Miriam; Schönenberger, David,

  2022.

  Certification versus research measurements : investigating the variability of particle emissions of large jet engines from a long running series of emission tests.

  In:

  5th International Conference on Transport, Atmosphere and Climate (TAC-5), Bad Aibling, Germany, 27-30 June 2022.

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