A successful Discovery Grant sets the stage for our research to get started in Environmental Analytical Chemistry!
Melodie and Leyla Receive Fieldwork and Travel Funds!
Congratulations to Melodie and Leyla on their receipt of funds supporting travel to collaborate with our colleagues at Health Canada and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Alessia Receives NSERC CGS-M!
Congratulations to Alessia Colussi on the receipt of an NSERC CGS-M to support her research on the deposition of ionogenic PFAS into at-risk whale habitat. Well done!
Melodie and Leigh visit NOAA and CIRES scientists!
Over the Reading Week, MSc researcher Melodie Lao and Postdoctoral Visitor Leigh Crilley traveled to Boulder, CO to collaborate with our colleagues from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES). Melodie and Leigh got to work with a wide suite of atmospheric analytical instrumentation and the scientists who designed/operate them. Thanks to our hosts for the opportunity!
Quantitation of amino sugars by HILIC-MS/MS is In Press
Our sweet methodology for the rapid quantitation of soil reactive nitrogen biomarkers - the amino sugars glucosamine, mannosamine, galactosamine, and muramic acid - by HILIC-MS/MS has been accepted at the Journal of Chromatography A (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2019.460843). Get your copy at the link or contact Trevor.
December Group Social!
In December, as we prepared for a well deserved end of semester break, the group got together to share some snacks, stories, and unwind with a few board games. We also celebrated Melodie’s birthday!
Toronto Environmental Chemistry Hockey Adventure
Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty and family from Environmental Chemistry groups at York and UofT ventured to the Scotiabank Arena for a Toronto Marlies game. Although the home team lost, the game had 7 goals, and two of our young companions took home souvenirs from their first live hockey game! A few people then went on to enjoy a skate on the rink at Union Station after.
November Group Social!
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.