Noureddine Yassaa

yassaa First Name: NOUREDDINE
Last Name: YASSAA
Date and place of birth : 10/01/1973 in Algiers-ALGERIA-
Citizenship: Algerian
Professional address: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, USTHB, BP 32, El-Alia, Bab-Ezzouar, 16111 Algiers, Algeria.
E-mail: nyassaa@usthb.dz

Education

1991 High School Diploma in Mathematics “Baccalaureate”, with distinction, Algiers.
1995 High Studies Diploma in Chemistry (Baccalaureate + 4) – University of Sciences and Technology, U.S.T.H.B., Algiers- graduated first in the class of chemistry (1st/98 ).
1997Magister in Chemistry (Applied Organic Chemistry). Thesis entitled “Analysis of volatile organic compounds in air”, U.S.T.H.B.-Algiers.
2001 Doctorate in Chemistry (Applied Organic Chemistry). Thesis entitled “Characterisation and quantification of volatile and particulate organic compounds from biogenic and anthropogenic sources in the atmosphere: Air quality in different Algerian sites”, U.S.T.H.B.-Algiers.

Honours

1995Honor Diploma in Chemistry, University of Sciences and Technology, U.S.T.H.B.-Algiers, for being graduated first in the class of Chemistry.
2002Recipient of the “FOREM” (National Foundation for Health Progress and Medical Research Development) award for “ Outstanding achievements in the field of Health-Environment ”
2003 Recipient of the National Conference of the Universities award for the best Young Researcher in Algeria.
2007 Recipient of the Algerian Ministry of Environment award.
2010 Recipient of the First CHEMRAWN VII (Chemical Research Applied for World Needs) Prize for Atmospheric and Green Chemistry” of IUPAC (International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry).
2011 Recognition award from the General Directorate for Scientific Research and Technological Development (DG-RSDT).

Professional Positions

2009-present: Full Professor in Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, USTHB, Algiers.
2003-2009: Associate Professor in Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, USTHB, Algiers.
2001-2003: Assistant Professor in Chemistry, U.S.T.H.B., Algiers.
1997-2001: Contract Assistant Lecturer in Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, USTHB, Algiers.
1996-1997: Part-time Assistant Lecturer in Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy, University of Algiers.
2008-present: Visiting Scientist, Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany.
2004-2008: Research Scientist, Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany. 1998-2001: Visiting Scientist in CNR (National Council of Research), Institute for Atmospheric Pollution, Rome, Italy.
2010-2012: Associate Researcher in CNR (National Council of Research), Institute for Atmospheric Pollution, Rome, Italy.
1997-present: Associate Researcher, CRAPC (Scientific and Technical Research Center in Physical and Chemical Analysis), Algiers.
2008-present: Group Leader, “Analysis of Organic Pollutants in the Environment» in Laboratory of Analytical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, USTHB. www.laof.usthb.dz.

Advisory Committee

Editorial Activities

Research Interests

Participation in Research Projects

Main Field Campaigns

Publications

  1. N. Yassaa, Y. Foudil-Cherif, «Enantiomeric and non-enantiomeric monoterpenes of Juniperus communis L. and Juniperus oxycedrus needles and berries determined by HS-SPME and enantioselective GC/MS », Food Chemistry, 2012, in press.
  2. Y. Foudil-Cherif, N. Yassaa, « Essential Oil Composition and Enantiomeric Distribution of Monoterpenes in the Volatile Fraction of Algerian Myrtle ( Myrtus Communis L.) Leaves », Journal of Essential Oils Research, 2012, submitted.
  3. N. Yassaa, W. Song, J. Lelieveld, A. Vanhatalo, J. Bäck, J. Williams, « Diel cycles of isoprenoids in the emissions of Norway spruce, different Scots pine chemotypes, and in Boreal forest ambient air during HUMPPA-COPEC-2010, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussion, 2012.
  4. B.J.H. van Stratum, J. Vilä -Guerau de Arellano, K. van den Dries, H. G. Ouwersloot, T.W. van Laar, M. Martinez, J. Lelieveld, J.-M. Diesch, F. Drewnick, Z. Hosaynali Beygi, H. Fischer, E. Regelin, H. Harder, V. Sinha, J.A. Adame Carnero, M. Sörgel, R. Sander, H. Bozem, W. Song, J. Williams, and,N. Yassaa, « Study of the diurnal variability of atmospheric chemistry with respect to boundary layer dynamics during DOMINO », Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussion 12, 6519-6550, 2012.
  5. N. Yassaa, P. Ciccioli, E. Brancaleoni, F. Frattoni, B.Y. Meklati, «Ambient measurements of selected VOCs in populated and remote sites of the sahara desert», Atmospheric Research, 100, 2011, 141-146.
  6. W. Song, J. Williams, N. Yassaa, E. Regelin, H. Harder, M. Martinez, J.A.A. Carnero, P.H. Fernandez, H. Bozem, H. Fisher, J. Lelieveld, “Characterization of enantiomeric monoterpenes and anthropogenic BTEX compounds at a Mediterranean Stone pine Forest site in Southern Spain”, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry 68, 233-250, 2011.
  7. J. N. Crowley, J. Thieser, M. Tang, G. Schuster, H. Bozem, Z. Hosaynali Beygi, H. Fischer, J. Diesch, F. Drewnik, S. Borrmann, W. Song, N. Yassaa, J. Williams, D. Pöhler, U. Platt, J. Lelieveld, “Variable lifetimes and loss mechanisms for NO3 and N2O5 during the DOMINO campaign: Contrasts between marine, urban and continental air” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 11, 10853-10870, 2011
  8. J. Williams, J. Crowley, H. Fischer, H. Harder, M. Martinez, T. Petäjä, J. Rinne, J. Bäck, M. Boy, M. Dal Maso, J. Aalto, H. Aaltonen, J. Hakala, M. Kajos, P. Keronen, P. Rantala, J. Levula, T. Pohja, H. Hakola, J. Paatero, T. Vesala, F. Herrmann, J. Auld, E. Mesarchaki, W. Song, N. Yassaa, A. Nölscher, A.M. Johnson, T. Custer, V. Sinha, J. Thieser, N. Pouvesle, D. Taraborrelli, M.J. Tang, H. Bozem, Z. Hosaynali-Beygi, R. Axinte, R. Oswald, A. Novelli, D. Kubistin, K. Hens, U. Jeved, K. Trawny, C. Breitenberger, P.J. Hidalgo, G.J. Ebben, F.M. Geiger, A. L.Corrigan, L.M. Russell, H.G. Ouwersloot, J. Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, L. Ganzeveld, A. Vogel, M. Beck, A. Bayerle, C.J. Kampf, M. Bertelmann, F. Köllner, T. Hoffmann, J. Valverde, D. Gonzàlez, M.-L. Riekkola, M. Kulmala, J. Lelieveld. “The summertime Boreal forest field measurement intensive (HUMPPA-COPEC-2010): an overview of meteorological and chemical influences. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 11, 10599-10618, 2011.
  9. N. Yassaa, T. Custer, W. Song, F. Pech, J. Kesselmeier, J. Williams, “Quantitative and enantioselective analysis of monoterpenes from plant chambers and in ambient air using SPME” , Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 3, 1615-1627, 2010.
  10. R. Ladji, N. Yassaa, C. Balducci, A. Cecinato, “Organic components of Algerian desert dust”, Chemosphere 81, 925-931, 2010.
  11. J. Williams, T. Custer, H. Riede, R. Sander, P. Jöckel, P. Hoor, S. Wong-Zehnpfennig, Z. Hosaynali Beygi, H. Fischer, V. Gros, A. Colomb, B. Bonsang, N. Yassaa, I. Peeken, E. Atlas, C. Waluda, J. van Aardenne, J. Lelieveld, “Ozone over the Southern Oceans is exceptionally sensitive to ship exhausts”, Environmental Chemistry, 2010, 7, 171-182.
  12. B. Bonsang, V. Gros, I. Peeken, N. Yassaa, E. Zöllner, K. Bluhm, R. Sarda-Esteve, J. Williams, “ Isoprene emission from phytoplankton monocultures, relationship with chlorophyll, cell volume, and carbon content”, Environmental Chemistry, 2010, 7, 554-563.
  13. N. Yassaa, A. Wishkerman, F. Keppler, J. Williams “A method for the fast determination of methyl chloride and methyl bromide emissions from plant leaf litter, soil and salt samples using HS-SPME and GC-MS”, Environmental Chemistry 6, 311-318, 2009.
  14. R. Ladji, N. Yassaa, C. Balducci, A. Cecinato and B.Y. Meklati, « Distribution of the solvent extractable organic compounds in fine (PM1) and course (PM1-10) particles in urban, industrial and forest atmospheres of Northern Algeria », Science of the Total Envrionment 408 (2009), 415-424.
  15. R. Ladji, N. Yassaa, C. Balducci, A. Cecinato and B.Y. Meklati, « Annual variation of particulate organic compounds in PM10 in urban atmosphere of Algiers », Atmospheric Research 92, 2009, 258-269.
  16. G. Eerdekens, N. Yassaa, V. Sinha, P. P. Aalto, H. Aufmhoff, F.Arnold, M.Kulmala, J. Williams, “VOC measurements within a boreal forest during spring 2005: the role of monoterpenes in selected intense nucleation events (source inventory)”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 9, 8331-8350, 2009.
  17. S.R. Arnold, D.V. Spracklen, J. Williams, N. Yassaa, J. Sciare C., B. Bonsang, V. Gros, I. Peeken, S. Alvain, C. Moulin, “Isoprene emissions from speciated phytoplankton and impacts on marine organic carbon”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 9, 1253-1262, 2009.
  18. G. Eerdekens, L. Ganzeveld, J. Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, T. Klüpfel, V. Sinha, N. Yassaa, J. Williams, J. Lelieveld, “Flux estimates of isoprene, methanol and acetone from airborne PTR-MS measurements above the Tropical rainforest during the GABRIEL 2005 campaign”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 9, 4207-4227, 2009.
  19. N. Yassaa, I. Peeken, E. Zöllner, K. Bluhm, S. Arnold, D. Spracklen, J. Williams, « Evidence for marine production of monoterpenes», Environmental Chemistry 5, 2008, 391-401.
  20. A. Colomb, N. Yassaa, K. Lochte, I. Peeken, J. Williams, « Screening volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions from five phytoplankton species by headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-GC/MS)», Journal of Environmental Monitoring 10, 2008, 325-330. Highlighted by Chemical Science 2008, N°3 « something fishy in the air » and in Chemistry World, 14 February 2008.
  21. M. Vogt, S. Turner, N. Yassaa, M. Steinke, J. Williams, P. Liss, « Laboratory inter-comparison of dissolved dimethyl sulphide (DMS) measurements using purge-and-trap and solid-phase microextraction techniques during a mesocosm experiment», Marine Chemistry 108, 2008, 32-39.
  22. N. Yassaa and J. Williams, « Enantiomeric monoterpene emissions from natural and damaged Scots pine in a boreal coniferous forest measured using solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry», Journal of Chromatography A 1141, 138-144, 2007.
  23. J. Williams, N. Yassaa, S. Bartenbach, J. Lelieveld, «Mirror image hydrocarbons from Tropical and Boreal forests », Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 7, 973-980, 2007. Highlighted by “Nature” as Views and News, Vol. 446, 26 April 2007, page 991.
  24. R. Ladji, N. Yassaa, A. Cecinato and B.Y. Meklati, « Chemical characterisation and seasonal variation of particulate organic compounds in atmospheric PM10 in the biggest municipal waste landfill of Algeria», Atmospheric Research 86,2007, 249-260.
  25. A. Stickler, H. Fischer, H. Bozem, C. Gurk, C. Schiller, M. Martinez-Harder, D. Kubistin, H. Harder, J. Williams, G. Eerdekens, N. Yassaa, L. Ganzeveld, R. Sander, J. Lelieveld, « Chemistry, transport and dry deposition of trace gases in the boundary layer over the tropical Atlantic Ocean and the Guyanas during the GABRIEL field campaign », Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 7, 3933-3956, 2007.
  26. J. Williams, V. Gros, E. Atlas, K. Maciejczyk, A. Batsaikhan, H. Schöler, C. Forster, B. Quack, N. Yassaa, R. Sander and R. van Dingenen, « Possible evidence for a connection between methyl iodide emissions and Saharan dust », Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, 2007, vol. 112, DO7302, doi: 10.1029/2005JD006702.
  27. N. Yassaa, A. Colomb, K. Lochte, I. Peeken, J. Williams, «Determination of Dimethylsulfide (DMS) emitted by eight marine phytoplankton species using HS-SPME and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry », Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 4, 2006, 374-381. 28.
  28. N. Yassaa, E. Brancaleoni, M. Frattoni and P. Ciccioli, « Isomeric analysis of BTEXs in the atmosphere using -cyclodextrin capillary chromatography coupled with thermal desorption and mass spectrometry », Chemosphere 63, 2006, 502-508. 29.
  29. N. Yassaa and A. Cecinato, « Composition of torched crude oil organic particulate emitted by refinery and its similarity to atmospheric aerosol in the surrounding area», Chemosphere 60, 2005, 1660-1666. 30.
  30. N. Yassaa and J. Williams, « Analysis of the enantiomeric composition of monoterpenes in plant emissions using portable dynamic sample/SPME and chiral gas chromatography/mass spectrometry », Atmospheric Environment 39, 2005, 4875-4884. 31.
  31. N. Yassaa and A. Cecinato, « Composition of extractable organic matter in airborne at a location of 10 km south of Algiers city area, Algeria », Fresenius’ Environmental Bulletin, 14, 2005, 676-680. 32.
  32. A. Cecinato, N. Yassaa, V. Di Paolo and M. Possanzini, « Observation of volatile and semi-volatile carbonyls in an Algerian urban environment using dinitrophenyl hydrazine/silica-HPLC and pentafluorophenylhydrazine/silica-GC-MS », Journal of Environmental Monitoring 4 (2), 2002, 223-228.
  33. N. Yassaa, B.Y. Meklati and A. Cecinato, « Chemical characteristics of organic aerosols in Algiers city area. Influence of a fat manufacture plant », Atmospheric Environment 35 (34), 2001, 6003-6013.
  34. N. Yassaa, B.Y. Meklati and A. Cecinato, « Particulate n-alkanes, n-alkanoic acids and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the atmosphere of Algiers City Area », Atmospheric Environment 35 (10), 2001, 1843-1851.
  35. N. Yassaa, B.Y. Meklati, E. Brancaleoni, M. Frattoni and P. Ciccioli, « Polar and non-polar volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in urban Algiers and saharian sites of Algeria », Atmospheric Environment 35 (4), 2001, 787-801.
  36. N. Yassaa, B.Y. Meklati, A. Cecinato and F. Marino, « Organic aerosols in urban and waste landfill of Algiers metropolitan area : occurrence and sources », Environmental Science & Technology 35 (2), 2001, 306-311.
  37. N. Yassaa, E. Brancaleoni, M. Frattoni and P. Ciccioli, « Trace level determination of enantiomeric monoterpenes in terrestrial plant emission and in the atmosphere using -cyclodextrin capillary chromatography coupled with thermal desorption and mass spectrometry », Journal of Chromatography A 915, 2001, 185-197.
  38. N. Yassaa, B.Y. Meklati, A. Cecinato and F. Marino, « Chemical characteristics of organic aerosol in Bab-Ezzouar (Algiers). Contribution of bituminous product manufacture », Chemosphere 45 (3), 2001, 315-322. N. Yassaa, B.Y. Meklati, A. Cecinato and F. Marino, « Organic content of particulate matter in Ouargla city, Algeria », Annali di Chimica 91, 2001, 577-585.
  39. N. Yassaa, B.Y. Meklati and A. Cecinato, « Evaluation of monoterpenic biogenic volatile organic compounds in ambient air around Eucalyptus globulus, Pinus halepensis and Cedrus atlantica trees growing in Algiers city area by chiral and achiral capillary gas chromatography », Atmospheric Environment 34 (17), 2000, 2809-2816.
  40. N. Yassaa, B.Y. Meklati and A. Cecinato, « Analysis of volatile organic compounds in ambient air of Algiers by gas chromatography with a -cyclodextrin capillary column », Journal of Chromatography A 846, 1999, 287-293.
  41. N. Yassaa, B.Y. Meklati, N. Spahis and A. Addoun, « Utilisation de charbons actifs locaux dans l’échantillonnage des polluants organiques de l’air. Etude par CPG », Journal of Algerian Chemical Society 9 (2), 1999, 193-202.
  42. N. Yassaa, B.Y. Meklati and A. Cecinato, « Qualitative evaluation of monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban air of Algiers by two extraction techniques», Pollution Atmosphérique 164, 1999, 93-102.
  43. N. Yassaa and B.Y. Meklati, « Etude de micropolluants organiques dans l’atmosphère urbaine », SANTE PLUS N° 59, November-December 1997, 16-19.

Edited BOOK

  1. N. Yassaa, R. Ladji, A. Cecinato et B. Y. Meklati, “Chemical Characteristics and Source Reconciliation of Organic Aerosols in Algiers City Area”. In: Global Warming, Green Energy and Technology. I. Dincer et al. Editors, Springer Sciences, 2010, pp. 609-619.
  2. Y. Foudil-Cherif, N. Yassaa et B. Y. Meklati, “Biogenic Emission and Essential Oils of Some Eucalyptus Species: A Comparison Study”. In: Global Warming, Green Energy and Technology. Editeurs: I. Dincer et al., Springer Sciences, 2010, pp. 357-365.
  3. N. Yassaa, B.Y. Meklati and A. Cecinato, « Organic Pollutants in Airborne Particulates of Algiers City Area ». In : Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry and Pollutants in Ecosystems. E. Lichtfouse, J. Schwarzbauer and D. Robert Editors. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2005, pp. 371-382.
  4. N. Yassaa, B.Y. Meklati, A. Cecinato and F. Marino, « Identification et Détermination des Composés Organiques Particulaires Emis par la Décharge Municipale de Oued-Esmar ». In: L’Environnement en Algérie : Impacts et Stratégies de Protection. Collectif book, A. Kerdoun, M.E.H. Larouk and M. Sahli Editors. Mentouri University, Constantine-Algeria, Edition 2001, pp. 109-115.