Diego Villanueva Ortiz

Dr. Diego Villanueva Ortiz is a researcher at ETH Zürich whose work bridges aerosol radiative effects, cloud microphysics, and climate intervention. He investigates cloud glaciation by integrating satellite observations with global circulation models, using retrievals of cloud properties to constrain physically based ice-microphysics schemes. His research quantifies the radiative impacts of aerosols’ glaciogenic effects and assesses the potential of targeted aerosol injections for cloud geoengineering.