Aerosols of biological origin play a vital role in the Earth system, particularly in the
interactions between atmosphere, biosphere, climate, and public health. Airborne bacteria …

Detection of bioaerosols, or primary biological aerosol particles (PBAPs), has become
increasingly important for a wide variety of research communities and scientific questions. In …

Background Ambient air quality monitoring is a governmental duty that is widely carried out
in order to detect non-biological (“chemical”) components in ambient air, such as particles …

To benefit allergy patients and the medical practitioners, pollen information should be
available in both a reliable and timely manner; the latter is only recently possible due to …

Outdoor field measurements of bioaerosols are performed within a wide range of basic and
applied scientific disciplines, each with its own goals, assumptions, and terminology. This …

We present the first validation of the Swisens Poleno, currently the only operational
automatic pollen monitoring system based on digital holography. The device provides in …

Despite making up a significant proportion of airborne allergens, the relationship between
fungal spores and asthma is not fully explored. Only 80 taxa of fungi have so far been …

Pollen identification and quantification are crucial but challenging tasks in addressing a
variety of evolutionary and ecological questions (pollination, paleobotany), but also for other …

The field of medicine is witnessing an exponential growth of interest in artificial intelligence
(AI), which enables new research questions and the analysis of larger and new types of …

This chapter reviews the emerging importance of pollen allergies in relation to ongoing
climate change. Allergic diseases have been increasing in prevalence over the last …