Benjamin Murray

(he/him)
University of Leeds
Current PositionProfessor of Atmospheric Science
Email[email protected]
Department(s)School of Earth and Environment
ECRNo
YES.DTN Core ThemesAtmosphere and Climate
Profile(s)Benjamin Murray (0000-0002-8198-8131) – ORCID

Key Research Interests

  • Atmospheric ice nucleation
  • Aerosol-cloud interactions
  • Measurement of ice nucleating particles in the atmosphere
  • Laboratory studies of ice nucleation
  • Contrail formation

Recent Key Papers

  • Murray, B. J., Carslaw, K. S., & Field, P. R. (2021). Opinion: Cloud-phase climate feedback and the importance of ice-nucleating particles. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21(2), 665-679. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-665-2021
  • Raif, E. N., Barr, S. L., Tarn, M. D., McQuaid, J. B., Daily, M. I., Abel, S. J., Barrett, P. A., Bower, K. N., Field, P. R., Carslaw, K. S., & Murray, B. J. (2024). High ice-nucleating particle concentrations associated with Arctic haze in springtime cold-air outbreaks. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24(24), 14045-14072. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-14045-2024
  • Toll, V., Rahu, J., Keernik, H., Trofimov, H., Voormansik, T., Manshausen, P., Hung, E., Michelson, D., Christensen, M. W., Post, P., Junninen, H., Murray, B. J., Lohmann, U., Watson-Parris, D., Stier, P., Donaldson, N., Storelvmo, T., Kulmala, M., & Bellouin, N. (2024). Glaciation of liquid clouds, snowfall, and reduced cloud cover at industrial aerosol hot spots. Science, 386(6723), 756-762. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adl0303