Listed below are our research interests. Click here to see the projects we are currently pursuing.
Fate and transport of inorganic and organic contaminants
- Development of Multimedia Indoor Model or MIM
- Development of indoor passive air sampling methods
- Coupling our multispecies mass balance model with chemical speciation-complexation and toxicity models
- Measurement of current use chemicals in Arctic air and water
- Developing Multimedia Urban Model (MUM) with application to Toronto. Includes spatial and temporal resolution, merging air dispersion module, linkage to GIS.
Exposure and Health Effects of Contaminants in the Environment
Chemical Management
- Fate of contaminants in indoor environments and human exposure
- Development of Multimedia Indoor Model or MIM
- Development of indoor passive air sampling methods
- Fate of contaminants in lakes
- Coupling our multispecies mass balance model with chemical speciation-complexation and toxicity models
- Measurement of current use chemicals in Arctic air and water
- Fate of contaminants in urban areas
- Developing Multimedia Urban Model (MUM) with application to Toronto. Includes spatial and temporal resolution, merging air dispersion module, linkage to GIS.
Exposure and Health Effects of Contaminants in the Environment
- Estimating human exposure to indoor contaminants
- Evaluating potential health effects
- Life Cycle Assessment
Chemical Management
- Quantifying inventories and Material Flow Analysis of regulated chemicals (PCBs, PBDEs)
- Analysis of policies, legislation and regulations related to chemical management, as well as flammability codes and standards
- Measurement and estimation of physical-chemical properties of semi-volatile organic compounds of concern
- Planetary Boundary for chemical pollution
- Chemical Footprint