NEWS
MUOAA and Travels
Dr. Borduas has been travelling Europe, presenting on the NBD group's research at the MUOAA Conference and the University of Lille in France. There she met up with new NBD Group member Luna Cartayrade (pictured above with Dr. Borduas). Next, onto the EGU conference in Vienna!
Apr. 10th 2024
Paper Accepted!
Congratulations to Team Singlet Oxygen, both past a present NBD group members, for the acceptance of your paper: Singlet oxygen is produced from brown carbon containing cooking organic aerosols (BrCOA) under indoor lighting. The paper was accepted to Environmental Science Atmospheres. Preprint will be available and linked below soon!
Apr. 8th 2024
From violumas.com
Advanced Photochemistry
The NBD Group has partnered with Violumas, High Power LED Light Solutions, to study the photochemistry of indoor and outdoor air, using our custom smog chamber. The smog chamber is now equipped with high powered LEDs at different wavelengths, ready for new discoveries in photochemistry. Click below to read more about the chamber on the Violumas website.
Mar. 19th 2024
Award!
Congratulations to William Bae on receiving a coveted NSERC award for undergraduate summer research. William is continuing to work on the ice nucleation of biomolecules in the lab this summer. This is an incredible achievement! Amazing work William.
Feb. 26th 2024
Sharing Science!
Dr. Borduas shared her expertise on the chemistry in bogs with National Geographic Magazine! Click the link below to read their article; "What's that lurking in the mist? Inside the eerie science of bogs" by Kit Chapman
Feb. 16th 2024
Award!
Congratulations to Ayomide Akande on receiving the Robert Caton Scholarship for Air Quality Research from the Gov't of B.C.! She will also have the chance to present at an award lecture on Air Quality later this spring. Amazing work Ayo!
Feb. 9th 2024
Amazing Mentor!
Congratulations to Paul Heine on his recent award for "Best Mentorship Pair" in his role as a mentor in the UBC Science Undergraduate Society! Way to make a difference Paul!
Jan. 26th 2024
Let's Talk Selenium
Dr. Nadine Borduas-Dedekind & Paul Heine will be hosting an environmental selenium session at CSC 2024 in Winnipeg (June 2-6). Learn more on the CSC's Website, or view the full poster below to see the invited speakers. Hope to see you there!
Jan. 24th 2024
Sharing Science!
Keighan Gemmel was at Science World last year, sharing his expertise on greenhouse gas emissions in BC. Click the link below to read Science World's article on his interview, or view their instagram post @scienceworldca.
Jan. 20th 2024
Capstone Conference
Dr. Nadine Borduas-Dedekind & Ayomide Akande gave amazing research presentations at the Capstone Chemistry of Indoor Environments Conference in Washington D.C. See their posters of the NBD Group's work on the fate of cashmeran from perfume (Ayomide) and the production of singlet oxygen from cooking aerosols (Nadine) here!
Oct. 20th 2023
Published!
Huge congratulations to Paul Heine for the publication of his first paper "The Ozonolysis of Methylated Selenide Compounds in the Atmosphere: Isotopes, Kinetics, Products, and Mechanisms" in Environmental Science & Technology.
Aug. 21st 2023
AAAR Conference
Rickey Lee is presenting a poster at the American Association for Aerosol Research Conference in Portland, OR this week. He is currently developing an environmental chamber for simulating atmospheric chemical reactions, right here in our lab. Congratulations Rickey!
Oct. 4th 2023
