Xavier Querol Carceller

Permanent Researcher

Air quality and atmospheric processes

Summary

Research Professor led the EGAR group at IDAEA-CSIC since its origin to 2026. Main focus on atmospheric pollution and applied geochemistry. Supervisor of 38 PhD Theses. 840 articles in the WoS. Member of CLRTAP-UNECE, WHO and EC committees and working groups advising on air quality . Environment Award from Generalitat de Cataluna 2010, 2013 Award “Rey Jaime I” for the Protection of the Environment. 2020 National Research Award on Natural Resources. Honorary Doctor University Jaume I. Included in the WoS Highly Cited Researcher in 2014-2024, H.index 123.

Latest publications

Anna Canals-Angerri, Philip K. Hopke, Yunfei Shangguan, Xueming Zhou, Xinguo Zhuang, Andrés Alastuey, Barend L. van Drooge, Xavier Querol

Unveiling primary and secondary sources of PM2.5 in a Chinese megacity using detailed organic and inorganic speciation and receptor modelling

Environmental Pollution — 2026 — DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2026.128629

Pedro Salvador, David Scofield, Jorge Pey, Noemí Pérez, Andrés Alastuey, Xavier Querol, Manuel Pujadas

Recent trends in probability of African dust outbreaks occurrence over Spain: Quantitative partitioning of dynamic and thermodynamic effects.

2026 — DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-plinius19-13

Miguel Escudero, Natividad Miguel, José Hernández de la Torre, Miguel Arner, Julia Marín-Sáez, Juan Hierro, Andrés Alastuey, Xavier Querol, Cristina Reche, Amalia Muñoz, Esther Borrás, Jorge Pey

PM2.5 composition at an atmospheric ammonia hotspot in Europe

Environmental Pollution — 2026 — DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2026.128232

Sebastian Vergara-Palacio, Alexei Kiselev, Franziska Vogel, Adolfo González-Romero, Romy Fösig, Xavier Querol, Corinna Hoose, Nsikanabasi Silas Umo, Ottmar Möhler, Konrad Kandler, Carlos Pérez García-Pando, Martina Klose