January 8, 2018 - 12:45pm
Grant funding is helping Dr. Erik Krogh and Dr. Chris Gill push boundaries and develop new scientific approaches in environmental chemistry and analytical mass spectrometry.
The VIU Chemistry Profs were awarded two Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant awards totalling $250,000, which will be distributed over five years to support student projects.
“Thanks to NSERC support, we will be able to push the limits of what we know is possible with mass spectrometry,” says Gill. “The research programs we are launching are aimed at developing new approaches for the direct, real-time measurements of trace molecules in different environments, which has important applications in environmental, medical and material sciences.”
VIU’s Applied Environmental Research Laboratories is ground zero for research. It hosts a team of undergraduate and graduate students providing the opportunity to conduct field and laboratory-based research with state-of-the-art instrumentation. Researchers work to identify contaminants, determine concentration levels and study their fate and distribution in the environment.
*This article originally appeared in the Winter 2017/18 edition of VIU Magazine. Check out more stories on the VIU Magazine webpage.
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