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Professor Myrna Simpson, PhD, FRSC

Myrna obtained a BSc and PhD from the University of Alberta and is currently a Professor of Environmental Chemistry. She is also the Associate Director of the Environmental NMR Centre and the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Integrative Molecular Biogeochemistry.  

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Dr. Huan (Phoebe) Tong

Dr. Tong is the lead scientist from our group for a 5 year NSERC-Alliance project with the Nuclear Waste Management Organization, University of Waterloo, and McMaster University.  She is also leading development of new data pipelines and overseeing several aspects of laboratory operations.  

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Dr. Daniel Lysak

Dr. Lysak is a senior research associate and oversees all operations for the Environmental NMR Centre.  He has diverse expertise in environmental NMR experiments and data analysis pipelines.  Dr. Lysak also carries out independent research on environmental NMR development and new applications.  

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Dr. Kevin Erratt

Dr. Kevin Erratt is a NSERC postdoctoral fellow in our group, focusing on the impacts of permafrost thaw as a potential driver of unforeseen cyanobacteria blooms in Canada's North

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Isla Wrightson

Isla is a PhD student in the Environmental Chemistry program. Her research examines the long-term impact of changes in litter quality and quantity on the molecular biogeochemistry of soil organic matter in forests.

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Salwa Hajir

Salwa Hajir is a PhD student in the Environmental Sciences graduate program. Her research will focus on environmental metabolomics using analytical techniques like NMR and LC-MS/MS. Salwa is the recipient of the University of Toronto Connaught International Scholarship.

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Atzin San Roman

Atzin is a PhD student in the Environmental Chemistry program. Her research investigates soil warming impacts on the chemistry of soil organic matter in different ecosystems.  Atzin is a member of the NSERC CREATE Climate Smart Soils program.  Atzin is the recipient of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship.

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Gloria Gao

Gloria Gao is a PhD student in the Environmental Science program and carrying out a joint PhD with the University of Melbourne. She recently received her BSc at the University of Toronto. Her research will focus on impacts of microplastic pollution in soil and on biological models.

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Luke Bagdonas

Luke is a PhD student in the Environmental Chemistry program.  His research focuses on using soil metabolomic approaches to better understand anthropogenic perturbations to molecular biogeochemistry in soil.  Luke is the recipient of the University of Toronto Connaught International Scholarship.

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Tingting Zeng

Tingting is a PhD student in the Environmental Sciences program.  Through her MSc research, she has expertise in molecular profiling of soil organic matter.  Tingting's doctoral research will focus on litter manipulation experiments in forests.  

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Bridget Steven

Bridget is a MSc in Environmental Science student. Using environmental metabolomics techniques, her research focuses on the biochemical  of different per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on Daphnia magna.

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Sophie Kiefte

Sophie is a MSc in Environmental Chemistry student.  She will be studying the impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure using different analytical tools.

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William Pilot

William is a MSc in Environmental Chemistry student. His research will focus on untargeted metabolomics with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure to Daphnia magna. William is the recipient of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship.

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