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Professor Barbara Sherwood Lollar. Photo credit: NSERC. "The University of Toronto’s Barbara Sherwood Lollar has received the prestigious Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal – the country’s top prize for science and engineering research – for her work on water and the life it supports." [Read more]
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Professor Barbara Sherwood Lollar. Photo credit: NSERC. "Three prominent University of Toronto researchers are among 50 scientists who have been named fellows of the Royal Society, the United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences.
Earth scientist Barbara Sherwood Lollar, molecular geneticist Benjamin Blencowe and biomedical engineer Molly Shoichet will join the centuries-old institution – composed of eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from the U.K. and the Commonwealth." [Read more] -
Professor Frank Wania. Photo by Ken Jones. Frank Wania elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
"Frank Wania has dedicated his scientific career to understanding how organic chemicals get into and work their way around the environment. For his contributions, he now joins an elite company of researchers as a newly elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada." [Read more] -
Barbara Sherwood Lollar Barbara Sherwood Lollar cross-appointed to the Department of Chemistry
"We are pleased to welcome Professor Barbara Sherwood Lollar, who has been cross-appointed to the Department of Chemistry. A Professor in Earth Sciences, Barbara is a graduate of Harvard (B.A.) and the University of Waterloo (Ph.D.) and carried out postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge. She is a Canada Research Chair in Isotopes of the Earth and Environment, and Past-President of the Geochemical Society." [About Barb] -
Credit: Ken Jones New U of T research looks at the impact of environmental toxins at the molecular level
"New research to develop cutting-edge technology that can shed light on the impact of contaminants at the molecular level just received a funding boost. The research, led by Andre Simpson, professor of physical and environmental sciences at U of T Scarborough, received funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s Strategic Partnership Grant program. ..." [Read more] -
Credit: David McLagan Some like it hot: U of T PhD student’s research takes him to active volcano in New Zealand
"The U of T Scarborough PhD candidate is working on developing passive air samplers that can monitor mercury concentrations in remote locations. Working under the supervision of U of T Scarborough Chemistry Professor Frank Wania and Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences Carl Mitchell, David McLagan is looking at monitoring mercury in the air since it can last in the atmosphere for around a year, can be transported great distances and is linked to a host of brain and nervous system disorders. ..." [Read more] -
UofT researchers participate in field work aimed at understanding Utah's winter air pollution problem
Murphy group members participated in the Utah Winter Fine Particle Study with NOAA and the Utah Department of Environmental Quality. See postdoctoral fellow Alex Moravek working in the video from Fox 13. [Read more from Fox] or [read more from NOAA]
Calendar of Events
A calendar of events that may be of interest to the University of Toronto environmental chemistry community.