The Environmental Chemistry group social featured a spread of breakfast treats and hot drinks as winter started to take hold. Birthdays were celebrated for CJY group members Andrea and Lisa!
VDBChemGroup, friends, and collaborators @SETAC_world in Toronto - 2019! Special congrats to @Daniel_Persaud and @McgrathDevon for their awards!
Melodie and Leyla presented posters on their work for indoor reactive nitrogen measurements. Collaborators from the CJY Group at York: Teles, Daniel, Alex, and Jessica also presented posters. Many of the environmental chemistry alumni of @SVOCora and @VDBChemGroup were all assembled @Amsterdambeer to meet and/or catch up. Check out some of the fun here.
First Field Sampler Deployment of Whale Project
Lindy prepared our passive samplers for the ionogenic species deposition into at-risk whale habitat project in November. Alessia ventured throughout Quebec for their first test deployment through the winter.
The VDBChem Group of 2019-20
The VDBChem Group has grown this fall, with the arrival of Leigh (PDF) and Danial (MSc) from abroad, and Melodie continuing with the group (MSc) for our research on indoor reactive nitrogen instrumentation . We also have Lindy (MSc) and Alessia (PhD) joining us for a new project investigating the atmospheric deposition of perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) into at-risk whale habitat (http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/publications/mammals-mammiferes/whalereview-revuebaleine/summary-resume/beluga-eng.html, http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/publications/mammals-mammiferes/whalereview-revuebaleine/summary-resume/killerwhale-epaulard-eng.html).
Welcome to Alessia and Lindy!
Welcome to Leigh and Danial!
Dr. Leigh Crilley and Danial Farahani have joined the VandenBoer group this fall as postdoctoral fellow and MSc student to work on the reactive nitrogen in the indoor environment project. Welcome to you both!!
Congrats on your thesis completion Melodie!
Megan Finishes Co-Op and Returns to UBC. Thank you Megan!
Megan Stewart completed a successful co-op term in the VDBChemGroup this summer. She contributed to the group across a number of research projects on the indoor chemistry of reactive nitrogen. Megan is now returning to her program at UBC for the upcoming academic year. Thank you for your valuable assistance this summer Megan!
Trevor at the Atmospheric Chemistry Gordon Research Conference
This summer Trevor attended to the Gordon Research on Atmospheric Chemistry in July to share recent work from the VDBChemGroup and learn from leaders in the field.
Welcome Megan!
Megan is an undergraduate co-op student working with the VandenBoer group for the summer. She is pursuing her BSc in Environmental Sciences at the University of British Columbia. Through the summer she will be learning about the analytical challenges and techniques used to quantify reactive nitrogen in the indoor environment. Welcome Megan!