A Murphy Group coffee outing to celebrate Ye's birthday, during a rare period of February sunshine!
From Lab to Field: Tracing the Fate of Atmospheric Pollutants
The field of environmental chemistry comprises many research questions that are both challenging to scientists and relevant to society. Research in our group applies state-of-the-science analytical techniques to address issues including urban air quality, climate change, acid precipitation, and ecosystem function. Earth systems are difficult to fully characterize because of the range of temporal and spatial scales involved, and the large number of feedbacks, non-linearities, and interactions between systems. Models developed to represent these systems are often poorly constrained due to the limited availability of long term, precise, and accurate observations with adequate geographic coverage and spatial resolution. Our focus is on field measurements, particularly of reactive nitrogen compounds, that can be used to evaluate our understanding of the rates and mechanisms of chemical transformations in the environment.
A Murphy Group coffee outing to celebrate Ye's birthday, during a rare period of February sunshine!
Undergraduate researcher Filip, pictured having set up his rooftop sampling mat to study ammonia deposition in the snowpack! It's great day for it (brrrr)!
The group enjoyed a delicious Thai meal in December to celebrate the successful PhD defence of Mark Panas, whose thesis focused on measurements of N2O from stratospheric balloons
There was a Murphster Seminar Double Feature these past two weeks! Congratulations to Gavin for delivering his final seminar and finishing up his MSc!! And congratulations to Brendan for completing a major milestone in the Envirochem PhD program by presenting his Research Proposal!!
A Murphster outing to celebrate our favorite Virgo (Xiaoying) and Libras (Mark and Alex) while the weather's still nice :)