Lab News
Janury, 2010: Congratulations to Sam Edmonds and
Jillian Hanmore who both won student presentation awards from
the SETAC North America conference this past November in New
Orleans.
December, 2009: New LIDAR air quality system is
installed in collaboration with Environment Canada (Dr. Kevin
Strawbridge - lead researcher). Newspaper article and radio
articles below:
http://www.novanewsnow.com/article-404495-Green-lights-no-aliens.html
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1156448.html
November, 2009: Discovery awards video is posted
on-line:
November, 2009: Emma, Sam, and Jill present their
research at SETAC North America (New Orleans, USA) in
special mercury session co-chaired by Dr. O'Driscoll.
November, 2009: Asif Qureshi's publication on mercury
reduction and oxidation in ocean water is accepted for
publication in Environmental Science and Technology.
October, 2009: John Hill's publication on mercury
binding to DOC is accepted for publication in Science of the
Total Environment.
September, 2009: Welcome to PhD student Ravinder Pannu
to the O'Driscoll lab. Ravinder will be co-supervised by Dr.
Siciliano at U Sask.
August, 2009: Dr. O'Driscoll nominated for Emerging
Professional Award by Discovery Center
August, 2009: Mercury book proposal accepted by John
Wiley and Sons to be co-edited by Drs Cai, Liu, and O'Driscoll
July, 2009: Carbon nanotube paper is accepted for
publication in Water, Air and Soil Pollution. (See Dr.
O'Driscoll publications)
July, 2009: Dr. O'Driscoll and lab group collaborate
with Environment Canada and St. Francis Xavier to measure
mercury flux and green house gases movements on Kingsport salt
marsh. Continuous readings for 10 days. See pictures in album.
June, 2009: Amy Buckland and Dr. O'Driscoll return to
Gagetown for post-spraying measurements in experimental
amphibian ponds.
June, 2009: Gordon McArthur begins mesocosm
experiments in KC Irving Center. Replicating tidal cycle on salt
marsh to examine variations in flux of green house gases.
May, 2009: Dr. O'Driscoll presents salt marsh research
at Bay of Fundy Ecosystem conference at Acadia.
May, 2009: Emma Vost and Dr. O'Driscoll perform water
sampling in Kejimkujik Park, NS. Environment Canada funded
project to examine photo-chemical processes in lakes affecting
mercury retention and loss. (aee pictures in album)
May, 2009: Amy Buckland and Dr. O'Driscoll
collaborate with researchers examining the effects of glyphosate
and UV radiation on amphibian development in large ecosystem
experiment in Gagetown, NB (see pictures in album).
April 2009: Congratulations to Stephanie Rogers on
being
awarded an NSERC Alexander Graham Bell CGS-M graduate scholarship worth $17,500
for her work on fluorescence LIDAR and dissolved organic matter. This prestigious
scholarship is for the top ranked NSERC PGS-M applicants. Way to go
Stephanie!
April 2009: Congratulations to Emma Vost on being
awarded an NSERC Alexander Graham Bell CGS-M graduate scholarship worth $17,500
for her work on mercury photo-reactions. This prestigious
scholarship is for the top ranked NSERC PGS-M applicants. Way to go Emma!
April 2009: Welcome to Stephanie Rogers (M.Sc.
student-AGRG), Gordon McArthur (M.Sc. student - StFX), and Amy
Buckland Nicks (Summer assistant) to the lab group (see current
group pictures)!
March 2009: Jennifer, Sarah, Sam, and Emma present
their research at the APICS ENVS conference at the University of
New Brunswick in Fredericton. Sarah wins "best student
presentation award" at APICS (See Pictures to Left).
March 2009: Jill Hanmore awarded NSERC USRA to work on
mercury volatilization from soils this summer.
March 2009: Dr. O'Driscoll received funding from
Natural Resources Canada (and CARA program) to develop
techniques to measure mercury volatilization potential from
soils.
March, 2009: Sarah Haverstock, Jen Herrick, Sam
Edmonds, Emma Vost and others to present research at APICS
Environmental Science conference at UNB Fredericton.
January, 2009: Welcome Jill Hanmore to the group who
will be examining mercury volatilization from soil as her
honours thesis.
January, 2009: New course on Contaminants in the
Environment (ENVS 3613/ CHEM 4823) is taught by Dr. O'Driscoll.
November, 2008: Welcome to Emma Vost, current lab
technician and MSc student starting in 2009. Dr. O'Driscoll
chairs mercury sessions at SETAC North America and provides
invited talk at Florida International University. Sam Edmonds
presents newest mercury in blackbird research at rusty blackbird
conference.
September, 2008: Welcome to Sam Edmonds new M.Sc.
student examining mercury concentrations in blackbirds and
relationships to wetland water chemistry.
July, 2008: Installation and training for Brooks Rand
Methyl Mercury and Total Mercury analysis system in O'Driscoll
Lab.
June, 2008: Dr. O'Driscoll teams with researchers from
Environment Canada and St. Francis Xavier to examine mercury and
green house gas emissions from salt marsh (see Lab Photo album).
June, 2008: Dr. O'Driscoll chairs mercury session at
ALSO meeting in St. John's Newfoundland.
June, 2008: Welcome to Asif Qureshi a visiting PhD
student from ETH Zurich examining mercury redox reactions and
global modeling of oceans.
June, 2008: New publication in ES&T on mercury in
frozen lakes.
April, 2008: Dr. O'Driscoll receives funding from
Clean Air Regulatory Act (Environment Canada) to study mercury
photo-reactions in Lakes.
March, 2008: Sarah Haverstock awarded NSERC
Undergraduate Research Award to examine dissolved organic carbon
photo-oxidation.
March, 2008: Dr. O'Driscoll's NSERC Discovery grant is funded
for $120,000 over a five year period to examine mercury
photo-chemical reactions and the role of dissolved organic
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