2019-20 SOCAAR Seminar Series

If you're interested in viewing any of the seminar videos listed on this page (or Dr. Julian Marshall's presentation), please email Natalie Leung (natalieyl.leung@utoronto.ca) to request access to the video link.

May 6, 2020

Dr. Victoria Arrandale, Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Topic: Prevention of diesel engine exhaust in the workplace: gaps and opportunities

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Seminar Canceled: March 18, 2020

Dr. Eric Lavigne, Senior Epidemiologist, Air Health Science Division, Health Canada

Topic: Spatiotemporal variations in aeroallergens in the City of Toronto

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February 5, 2020

Dr. Julian Marshall, Professor, University of Washington

Topic: “Just” cities: Traffic-related air pollution and justice in the context of urban sustainability

Presented as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series by the Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, co-sponsored by the University of Toronto Transportation Research Institute (UTTRI) and the Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research (SOCAAR)

 

January 15, 2020

Christopher Y. Lim, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto

Topic: Laboratory aging of organic particulate matter and indoor films: kinetics and products from the heterogeneous oxidation of model organic aerosol and thirdhand smoke surfaces

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December 4, 2019

Jay G. Slowik, Research Scientist, Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland

Topic: Atmospheric Aerosol Analysis by Online Extractive Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry

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November 6, 2019

Dr. Joel C. Corbin, Research Officer, Metrology Research Centre, National Research Council Canada

Topic: Understanding atmospheric light-absorbing carbon: soot, tarballs, and organics

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October 16, 2019

Dr Laura De Vito, Research Fellow: Air Quality Management Resource Centre, Faculty of Environment and Technology, University of the West of England

Topic: Putting citizens at the heart of air quality management: evidence from the ClairCity and CADTIME projects

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October 9, 2019

Dr. Chris Cappa, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UCDavis

Topic: Light Absorption by Atmospheric Particles: Connecting Sources, Chemical Processing and Impacts Through Lab Experiments

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