Observational experiments and flow calculations of primary biological aerosol particles (PBAP): cloud interactions

• Grant number: 20/14143-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: December 01, 2020
• End date: November 30, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Meteorology
• Principal Investigator: Fábio Luiz Teixeira Gonçalves
• Grantee: Mauricio Cruz Mantoani
• Host Institution: Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 16/06160-8 - Sampling and modeling Primary Biological Aerosol Particles (PBAPS) at South-Southern Brazil: associated to improvements of climate models, AP.PFPMCG.TEM

Abstract

The postdoctoral scholar will achieve these objectives: *Collect air samples through filtering during height profiling performed in balloon flights in different locations in Brazil at different seasons (winter/summer) and during harvesting; *Collect samples from soil, coffee and grass leaves in order to detect INA (ice nucleation activity); *Freezing tests using PORTABINA device; *Calculate and/or estimate IN microbiota flux from the ground; *Test half filters (ground and balloon) for IN activity using Conen et al. methodology (Atmos. Meas. Tech., 5, 321-327, 2012), on temperatures between -2oC and -10oC. The other half will be used for total DNA extraction and 16s diversity characterization; *On the filters with positive IN activity, proceed to isolation on generic medium and on medium specific for Pseudomonas, confirmation and characterization of IN activity, and 16s identification of isolates with positive results. **These steps have the scientific goals of: *Assessing the mechanism for the influence from bio-aerosols on the simulated clouds, identifying the nucleation and microphysical growth pathways in clouds, using models. *Quantify the INA impacts on clouds from the various species of bio-aerosols by doing sensitivity tests. (AU)

Scientific publications

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MANTOANI, MAURICIO C.; MARTINS, JORGE A.; MARTINS, LEILA DROPRINCHINSKI; CAROTENUTO, FEDERICO; SANTL-TEMKIV, TINA; MORRIS, CINDY E.; RODRIGUES, FABIO; GONCALVES, FABIO L. T.. Thirty-Five Years of Aerosol-PBAP in situ Research in Brazil: The Need to Think outside the Amazonian Box. CLIMATE, v. 11, n. 1, p. 13-pg., 2023-01-01. (16/06160-8, 20/14143-1)

MANTOANI, MAURICIO C.; SAPUCCI, CAMILA RIBEIRO; GUERRA, LARA C. C.; ANDRADE, MARIA F.; DIAS, MARIA A. F. S.; DIAS, PEDRO L. S.; ALBRECHT, RACHEL IFANGER; SILVA, EVANDRO PEREIRA; RODRIGUES, FABIO; ARAUJO, GABRIEL G.; et al. Airborne fungal spore concentrations double but diversity decreases with warmer winter temperatures in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot. MICROBE, v. 7, p. 8-pg., 2025-06-01. (23/16089-2, 16/06160-8, 20/14143-1, 24/18635-7)

MANTOANI, MAURICIO C.; EMYGDIO, ANA P. M.; DEGOBBI, CRISTIANE; SAPUCCI, CAMILA RIBEIRO; GUERRA, LARA C. C.; DIAS, MARIA A. F. S.; DIAS, PEDRO L. S.; ZANETTI, RAFAEL H. S.; RODRIGUES, FABIO; ARAUJO, GABRIEL G.; et al. Rainfall effects on vertical profiles of airborne fungi over a mixed land-use context at the Brazilian Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, v. 331, p. 8-pg., 2023-02-02. (16/06160-8, 20/14143-1)

MANTOANI, MAURICIO C.; GUERRA, LARA C. C.; ANDRADE, MARIA F.; DIAS, MARIA A. F. S.; DIAS, PEDRO L. S.; RODRIGUES, FABIO; SILVA, DULCILENA M. C.; FILHO, VALTER BATISTA DUO; RUDKE, ANDERSON PAULO; MARTINS, JORGE A.; et al. Land-use patterns and fungal bioaerosols in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest biome. DISCOVER ENVIRONMENT, v. 2, n. 1, p. 13-pg., 2024-03-12. (16/06160-8, 20/14143-1)