Born on 28 October 1950 in Warnemünde, Germany
Current position:retired
Last affiliation:Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Meteorology & Climate Research, Department of Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), Kreuzeckbahnstr.19, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany; http://imk-ifu.kit.edu/air_quality.php
Scientific & professional career:
1992-2016
Group leader and project leader, KIT/IMK-IFU (since 2009); Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (2002-2009); Fraunhofer Institute for Atmospheric Environmental Research (1992-2001), Garmisch-Partenkirchen (same institute)

1988
Professor of atmospheric physics, Academy of Sciences of GDR

1987
Doctor thesis B (Dr. sc. nat.), Academy of Sciences of GDR

1984
Leader of the department of atmospheric research, Academy of Sciences of GDR, Heinrich-Hertz-Institute of Atmospheric Research and Geomagnetism, Berlin

1979
Doctor thesis A (Dr. rer. nat.), Academy of Sciences of GDR

1973-1991
Research scientist, Academy of Sciences of GDR, Central Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Potsdam (1973-1978), Berlin (1978-1983), Heinrich-Hertz-Institute of Atmospheric Research and Geomagnetism, Berlin (1983-1991) (same institute)

1973
Diplom-Physiker (physicist, equivalent to MSc), University of Rostock

Research interests:
·Atmospheric environmental research
·Air quality studies by remote sensing (FTIR, DOAS, LIDAR, SODAR) and in situ: gases, particulates
·Meteorological influences upon air pollution (gases, particulates)
·Improvement of emission inventories (anthropogenic, biogenic) and inverse modelling
·Evaluation of numerical modelling of air quality
·Development of FTIR emission spectrometry for passive remote sensing
Selected publications
Total number of ISI-refereed publications: 136 and h-index 20 in Researcher ID A-6173-2013, thereof 66 and h-index 19 in Web of Science
Sch?fer, K., Elsasser, M., Arteaga-Salas, J.M., Gu, J.W., Pitz, M., Schnelle-Kreis, J., Cyrys, J., Emeis, S., Prév?t, A.S.H., Zimmermann, R.: Impact of meteorological conditions on airborne fine particle composition and secondary pollutant characteristics in urban area during winter-time. Meteorol. Z., open access; doi:10.1127/metz/2016/0684.
Shen, R.R., Sch?fer, K., Shao, L.Y, Schnelle-Kreis, J., Wang, Y.S., Li, F.X., Liu, Z., Emeis, S., Schmid, H.P.: Chemical characteristics of PM2.5 during haze episodes in spring 2013, Beijing. Urban Climate (2016), in press; doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2016.01.003.
Tang, G., Zhang, J.Q., Zhu, X.W., Song, T., Münkel, C., Hu, B., Sch?fer, K., Liu, Z., Zhang, J., Wang, L., Xin. J.Y., Suppan, P., Wang, Y.S.: Mixing layer height and the implications for air pollution in Beijing, China. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 2459–2475 (2016); doi:10.5194/acp-16-2459-2016.
Shen, R., Sch?fer, K., Schnelle-Kreis, J., Shao, L., Norra, S., Kramar, U., Michalke, B., Abbaszade, G., Streibel, T., Fricker, M., Chen, Y., Zimmermann, R., Emeis, S., Schmid, H. P.: Characteristics and sources of PM in seasonal perspective - A case study from one year continuously sampling in Beijing. Atmos. Pollut. Res., 7, 235-248 (2016); doi:10.1016/j.apr.2015.09.008.
Zhang, Y.-L., Schnelle-Kreis, J., Abbaszade, G., Zimmermann, R., Zotter, P., Shen, R.-R., Schaefer, K., Shao, L., Prév?t, A.S.H., Szidat, S.: Source apportionment of elemental carbon in Beijing, China: insights from radiocarbon and organic marker measurements. Environ. Sci. Technol., 49 (14), 8408–8415 (2015); doi:10.1021/acs.est.5b01944.
Ling, H., Sch?fer, K., Xin, J., Quin, M., Suppan, P., Wang, Y.: Small-scale Spatial Variations of Gaseous Air Pollutants - A Comparison of Path-integrated and in situ Measurement Methods. Atmos. Environ., 92, 566-575 (2014); doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.01.062.
Sch?fer, K.; Heland, J.; Lister, D.H.; Wilson, C.W.; Howes, R.J.; Falk, R.S.; Lindermeir, E.; Birk, M.; Wagner, G.; Haschberger, P.; Bernard, M.; Legras, O.; Wiesen, P.; Kurtenbach, R.; Brockmann, K.J.; Kriesche, V.; Hilton, M.; Bishop, G.; Clarke, R.; Workman, J.; Caola, M.; Geatches, R.; Burrows, R.; Black, J.D.; Hervé, P.; Vally, J.: Non-intrusive optical measurements of aircraft engine exhaust emissions and comparison with standard intrusive techniques. Appl. Optics, 39, 3, 441-455 (2000), doi:10.1364/AO.39.000441.
Haus, R., Sch?fer, K., Bautzer, W., Heland, J. Mosebach, H., Bittner, H., Eisenmann, T.: Mobile FTIS-Monitoring of Air Pollution. Appl. Optics, 33, 24, 5682-5689 (1994), doi:10.1364/AO.33.005682.
Moroz, V.I., Sp?nkuch, D., Linkin, V.M., D?hler, W., Macygorin, I.A., Sch?fer, K., Zasova, L.V., Oertel, D., D'jachkov, A.V., Schuster, R., Kerzhanovich, V.V., Becker-Ross, H., Ustinov, E.A., Stadthaus, W.: Spacecraft Venus Infrared Radiance Spectra and Some Aspects of Their Interpretation.Appl. Optics, 25, 10, 1710-1718 (1986), doi:10.1364/AO.25.001710.
Sch?fer, K.: Dynamo-electric field-aligned currents in the plasmasphere. J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 40, 755-760 (1978), doi:10.1016/0021-9169(78)90135-6.
Teaching experience:
2001: Lectures at the Institute for Experimental Physics, Technical University Graz, Austria (Spectroscopic and further remote sensing methods for atmospheric environmental research)
2006-2008: Lectures and exercises at Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics, University Innsbruck, Austria (Atmospheric physics for atmospheric environmental research)
Graduate Advisory Experience:
14 Doctoral students (Academy of Sciences of GDR (2), U Wuppertal; U Canterbury, New Zealand; U Regensburg; U Hamburg; U Augsburg; UNAM, Mexico; KIT (3); U Duisburg-Essen; U CAS Beijing, China; TU Munich)
19 Master's or Diploma students (TU München (2); U Appl Sci Bingen (3); U Appl Sci Augsburg; LMU München; U Innsbruck, Austria (4); U Hannover; TU Budapest, Hungaria; Collage Innsbruck, Austria; U Leipzig(2); U Augsburg (2); U Frankfurt/Main)
2 Bachelor‘s students (Management Center Innsbruck, Austria; U Freiburg)
Activities in the scientific community, Awards & Editorial Board Memberships
Coordinator / leader of more than 60 research projects of national and international funding organisations and companies
since 1994: Member of VDI working groups to develop technical guidelines for remote sensing methods (FTIR, DOAS, passive FTIR)
since 1997: Chair of conferences of the European Optical Society and International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) “Remote sensing of clouds and the atmosphere”
2016, 2017: Chair of the SPIE Symposium "Remote Sensing", Edinburgh
since 2006: Associate Editor of "Journal of Applied Remote Sensing"
2012-2015: Guest Editor of journal "Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics"
Review of papers for many peer-reviewed journals and project proposals for funding institutions (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Swiss National Science Foundation, NSF Mexico, OTKA Hungary, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, CONICYT Chile)
Email：kangping@cuit.edu.cn