The NBD Group
We are atmospheric organic chemists interested in the fate of key volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere. We currently study the properties of organic matter and organic aerosols to act as cloud condensation nuclei and as ice nucleating particles.
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition
(CCCE)
04.06.2023 - 08.06.2023
American Meteorological Society
08.01.2023 - 12.01.2023
Atmospheric Chemical Mechanisms - UC Davis
07.12.2022 - 09.12.2022
RECENT ARTICLES
Development of the drop Freezing Ice Nuclei Counter (FINC), intercomparison of droplet freezing techniques, and use of soluble lignin as an atmospheric ice nucleation standard
Miller, A. J., Brennan, K. P., Mignani, C., Wieder, J., David, R. O., Borduas-Dedekind, N.*
Atmos. Meas. Techn., 2021
Lignin's ability to nucleate ice via immersion freezing and its stability towards physicochemical treatments and atmospheric processing
Bogler, S., Borduas-Dedekind, N.*
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2020
UVB-irradiated Laboratory-generated Secondary Organic Aerosol Extracts Have Increased Cloud Condensation Nuclei Abilities: Comparison with Dissolved Organic Matter and Implications for the Photomineralization Mechanism
Borduas-Dedekind, N.*, Nizkorodov, S., McNeill, K.
Chimia, 2020
Spatial and temporal variability in the ice nucleating ability of alpine snowmelt and extension to frozen cloud fraction
Brennan, K., David, R. O., Borduas-Dedekind, N.*
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2020