Students & Personnel

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Current WARG Personnel
Past Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students
Past Honours Thesis Students
Past Undergraduate Researchers



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]
Martin Hellmich (MSc - Applied Science, 2022): Ocean-air N2O trace gas fluxes in Halifax Harbour derived from Open-Path FTIR measurements.

[Morgan CBC Interview]
Morgan Mitchell (MSc - Applied Science, 2021): Controls on the production of ground level ozone in Halifax, NS.

[Ian]
Dr. Ian Ashpole (Postdoctoral Fellow, Earth System Science Data Analysis, 2017-2021): Modes of Pollution Transport to Nova Scotia.

[Keane]
Keane Tobin (MSc - Applied Science, 2018): An OP-FTIR Trace Gas Observatory: Design, Automation, and Applications.

[LiLi]
Dr. Li Li (Postdoctoral Fellow, MEOPAR NCE, 2015-2017): Field and analytical work in an urban shipping environment.

Past Honours Thesis Students

[Kyle]
Kyle Yeates (BSc Honours Thesis - PHYS, 2022): Comparison of satellite and model atmospheric formaldehyde concentrations at Halifax, NS.

[Cameron]
Cameron Power (BSc Honours Thesis - PHYS, 2021): On Path Length, Beam Divergence, and Retroreflector Size in Open-Path FTIR Spectroscopy.

[Morgan]
Morgan Mitchell (BSc Honours Thesis - ENVS, 2018): Controls on the production of ground level ozone in Halifax, NS.

[Julia]
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.


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