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February 8, 2024: Erico successfully defends his thesis. Congratulations Dr. Erico Oliveira Pereira!

February 1, 2024: The group welcomes Dr. Biwei Yang. Dr. Yang will be working on different facets of soil carbon molecular biogeochemistry.

November 3, 2023: Atzin, Isla, and Meiling visit the Harvard Forest LTER

October 2-5, 2023: Erico and Salwa present their research findings at the Canadian Ecotoxicology Workshop in Ottawa.

October 3, 2023: Meiling's study on dynamics of soil organic matter in varying agroecosystems is accepted for publication in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

September 14, 2023: Congratulations Isla for passing the oral comprehensive exam!!

August 2, 2023: Congratulations to Isla and Gloria - recipients of the QEII and OGS scholarships respectively. Amazing!

July 28, 2023: Phoebe's study on heat and salinity impacts on bentonite organic matter is published in Applied Geochemistry.

July 5, 2023: Lisa's study on Daphnia exposure to industrial effluents is published in Environmental Research.

June 2023: Double doctor! Lisa and Phoebe successfully complete the PhD program. Congratulations to Dr. Labine and Dr. Tong.

May 8-11 2023: Group members attend the annual Environmental Chemistry Colloquium at UofT.

May 1, 2023: The group welcomes three undergraduate researchers for the first time since the summer of 2019! Welcome Aarushi, Andrei and Zeinab!

February 16, 2023: Erico's study on phthalate pollutant impacts to Daphnia magna metabolism is accepted for publication in Aquatic Toxicology.

February 14, 2023: Myrna is the recipient of the C.C. Patterson Medal from the Geochemical Society.

December 22, 2022: Phoebe's work on MX-80 bentonite organic matter stability with radiation and heat exposure is accepted for publication in Applied Clay Science.

December 19, 2022: Myrna is the recipient of the Environment Division Research and Development Dima Award from the Chemical Institute of Canada.

December 11-16, 2022: Atzin, Meiling, Phoebe, Isla, and Myrna attend the Fall AGU meeting.

November 13-17, 2022: Erico and Lisa present their research findings at the North America SETAC meeting.

November 4, 2022: Lisa's study on the impacts of PFAS with different chain lengths and functionality on Daphnia magna is accepted for publication in Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry.

September 28, 2022: Laura and collaborators publish the first molecular-level synthesis about soil carbon in litter manipulated forests in Global Change Biology.

September 6, 2022: The group welcomes new graduate students Gloria Gao and James Neurauter!

August 22, 2022: Erico is awarded a CERA travel grant to attend the 2022 SETAC North America meeting. Congratulations!