Current Group Members
Post-doctoral Fellow
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Jennifer K. Adams
Ph.D. Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK. 2017 M.Sc. Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. 2009 B.Sc. (Hons.) Specialization in Environmental Science, University of Western Ontario, London, ON. 2007 My research aims to identify and assess the impact of anthropogenic and natural stressors on freshwater ecosystems. A primary component of my research involves the use of biological and chemical remains within lake sediments to determine the potential for ecological stressors, and assess ecological responses to disturbances. To date my research has focused on environmental change in freshwater systems in the circumpolar Arctic and subarctic. My research aims to address three broad questions:
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Ph.D. Candidates & Students
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Yuchao Wan
Ph.D. Candidate. Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. M.Sc. Environmental Sciences & Technology. Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK. 2014. B.Sc. Environmental Sciences. Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China. 2012. I have a compelling interest in measuring toxic persistent chemicals in our environment as well as developing predictive models to determine a process level understanding of their fate and behaviour. Currently my research focuses on assessing levels of selected semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) from indoor environments. |
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Linh Viet Nguyen
Ph.D. Candidate. Environmental Sciences. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. M.Sc. Water and Environmental Management. University of Brighton, Brighton, UK. 2013. B.Sc. Analytical Chemistry with Business. University of Brighton, Brighton, UK. 2012. My research interests are the development of environmental remediation techniques, air sampling techniques, and analytical and environmental chemistry. Currently, I am investigating the exposure of flame retardants among electronic waste recycling workers. The board interest is towards the exposure of flame retardants in the occupational health field. Publications: Nguyen, L.V, Busquets, R., Ray, S. & Cundy, A.B. 2017. Graphene oxide-based degradation of metaldehyde: Effective oxidation through a modified Fenton’s process. Chemical Engineering Journal 307: 159-167. |
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Tim Rodgers
Ph.D. Student. Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. B.A.Sc. (Hons.) Environmental Engineering, Co-op Program; Water Resources Option. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON. 2016. My research is in investigating the emissions and fate of persistent mobile organic compounds using multimedia fugacity modelling. This project is part of an NSERC strategic grant led by Dr. Elodie Passeport, with Dr. Jennifer Drake and Dr. Miriam Diamond. The project aims to demystify the inner working of storm water BCs, looking at the hydrological, chemical, and physical processes that determine the performance of BCs in order to better predict their behaviour and to optimize their design. |
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Samantha (Sam) Athey
Ph.D. Student. Department of Earth Sciences. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. M.Sc. Marine Science. University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, USA. 2018. B.Sc. (Hons.) Marine Biology. University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, USA. 2016. My principal research interests revolve around microplastic debris as a vector for toxic compounds in marine and freshwater environments. I'm currently studying microfiber and chemical loss from clothing in the context of Great Lake ecosystems. Learn more about microfiber pollution and my research through my blog: the Microfiber Pollution Project. |
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Jacob Kvasnicka
Ph.D. Student. Department of Earth Sciences. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. M.S. Environmental Health Sciences. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. B.S. Environmental Science. Wheaton College, IL, USA. I am developing mechanistic-based models to predict human exposure to chemical contaminants released from consumer products and building materials. I focus on indoor environments, where we spend over 90% of our time on average. I am particularly interested in evaluating how we, as human occupants, influence indoor chemical dynamics and human exposures. |
M.Sc. Students
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Rachelle Robitaille
M.A.Sc. Candidate. Department of Earth Sciences. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON B.Sc. (Hons.) Environmental Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON. 2017 My research aims to better understand semi-volatile organic compound (SVOC) emissions from Alberta’s oil sands tailings ponds (OSTP). To accomplish this, I will be investigating SVOCs present in several OSTPs and determining the air-water partition coefficient (Henry’s Law constants) of targeted compounds. This research can help future efforts to model atmospheric emissions and fate of SVOCs from oil-producing locations. |
Visiting Professors & Students
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Dr. Yan Wang
Associate Professor. School of Environmental Science. Dalian University of Technology, China. Lecturer. School of Environmental Science and Technology. Dalian University of Technology. China. Postdoctoral researcher. Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry. Chinese Academy of Sciences. China Ph.D. Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Guangzhou, China My research is mainly focus on the distributions, sources, and air-surface exchanges of POPs and other emerging organic pollutants (NBFRs and OPEs) under the regional scale. More details can be found on my ResearchGate. Now I am a visiting scholar in Professor Diamond’s group. The project I participated is to estimate the human exposure of organic flame retardants for the e-waste recycling workers in Bangladesh using PDMS wristband. |
