Students & Personnel
Current WARG Personnel
Dr. Ian Ashpole (Research Associate, Earth System Science Data Analysis, 2021-2024): High Latitude Mineral Dust.
Cameron Power (PhD Student - Applied Science, 2026): Automation, Commissioning and Science Applications of the SMU Atmospheric Observatory (SAO).
Lukas Donovan (SMU Undergraduate, May-Aug 2023, Honours PHYS 2024): SMU Atmospheric Observatory (SAO) Research Assistant.
Kagan Akiyama (SMU Undergraduate, May-Aug 2023, Honours ENVS 2024): Analysis of TROPOMI satellite Absorbing Aerosol Index (AAI) and Aerosol Layer Height (ALH).
Hailey Wigmore (Dalhousie Undergraduate, May-Aug 2023): Earth System Science Data Analysis Research Assistant - MOPITT carbon monoxide trends over Canadian Cities.
Past Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students
Martin Hellmich (MSc - Applied Science, 2022): Ocean-air N2O trace gas fluxes in Halifax Harbour derived from Open-Path FTIR measurements.
Morgan Mitchell (MSc - Applied Science, 2021): Controls on the production of ground level ozone in Halifax, NS.
Dr. Ian Ashpole (Postdoctoral Fellow, Earth System Science Data Analysis, 2017-2021): Modes of Pollution Transport to Nova Scotia.
Keane Tobin (MSc - Applied Science, 2018): An OP-FTIR Trace Gas Observatory: Design, Automation, and Applications.
Dr. Li Li (Postdoctoral Fellow, MEOPAR NCE, 2015-2017): Field and analytical work in an urban shipping environment.
Past Honours Thesis Students
Kyle Yeates (BSc Honours Thesis - PHYS, 2022): Comparison of satellite and model atmospheric formaldehyde concentrations at Halifax, NS.
Cameron Power (BSc Honours Thesis - PHYS, 2021): On Path Length, Beam Divergence, and Retroreflector Size in Open-Path FTIR Spectroscopy.
Morgan Mitchell (BSc Honours Thesis - ENVS, 2018): Controls on the production of ground level ozone in Halifax, NS.
Julia Purcell (BSc Honours Thesis - ENVS, 2016): Comparison of first Saint Mary's University Open-Path Fourier Transform Infrared (OP-FTIR) spectrometer measurement results with National Air Pollution Surveillance (NAPS) air quality measurements in Halifax.
Past Undergraduate Researchers
Kagan Akiyama (SMU Undergraduate, Jun-Aug 2022): Analysis of TROPOMI satellite Absorbing Aerosol Index (AAI) and Aerosol Layer Height (ALH)
Cameron Power (SMU Undergraduate, NSERC USRA, May-Aug 2020): Sensitivity of spectral retrievals to temperature and pressure; field research support.
Cameron Power (SMU Undergraduate, NSERC USRA, May-Aug 2019): SMU Atmospheric Observatory: Automation, Characterization and First Results.
Chenxin Shu (Dalhousie Undergradute & COOP, May-Aug 2018): Automation of spectral analysis codes in Matlab for running MALT.
Cameron Power (SMU Undergraduate, NSERC USRA, May-Aug 2018): Detection of seabreezes in atmospheric models over Halifax; summer field research support.
Taylor Gray (Dalhousie Undergraduate, May-Aug 2018): Sensitivity analysis of atmospheric spectroscopic retrievals of nitrogen dioxide.
Morgan Mitchell (SMU Undergraduate & COOP, May-Aug 2018): Controls on Ground Level Ozone (GLO) in Nova Scotia.
Taylor Gray (Dalhousie Undergraduate, May-Aug 2017): Sensitivity analysis of atmospheric spectroscopic retrievals of nitrogen dioxide.
Morgan Mitchell (SMU Undergraduate & COOP, May-Aug 2017): Controls on the production of ground level ozone in Halifax.
Julia Purcell (SMU Undergraduate, NSERC USRA, May-Aug 2015): Analysis of long-term air quality trends in Halifax; summer field research support.
Keane Tobin (Dalhousie Undergraduate & COOP, May-Aug 2015): Design of automatic enclosure for Open-Path system; summer field research support.
Ben Feltmate (Dalhousie Undergraduate & COOP, Jan-Apr 2015): OP-FTIR commissioning and supporting research.
Keane Tobin (Dalhousie Undergraduate & COOP, Sep-Dec 2014): Automation of pollutant source characterization in Halifax.
Julia Purcell (SMU Undergraduate, NSERC USRA, May-Aug 2014): Trace gas absorption simulations for OP-FTIR deployment.
Dan Lv (Dalhousie Undergraduate & COOP, May-Aug 2014): Pollutant source characterization in Halifax.
Brian Little (SMU Undergraduate, May-Aug 2013): Aerosol transport simulations for cloud interactions.