Efforts to understand the complex mixture of organic compounds in water from around the globe.
Author: Alfie Mayhew
I am a Postdoctoral researcher at The University of Utah. My work focuses on studying the reactions of organic compounds in the atmosphere, specifically investigating the global impact of the chemistry of compounds emitted by plants.
How Analytical Chemistry Helped to Reveal Our Coal Burning Past
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Jet Engine Oils Cause Ultra-Fine Particle Concentrations to Take Off
Title: Nucleation of jet engine oil vapours is a large source of aviation-related ultrafine particles.Authors: Florian Ungeheuer, Lucía Caudillo, Florian Ditas, Mario Simon, Dominik van Pinxteren, Doğuşhan Kılıç, Diana Rose, Stefan Jacobi, Andreas Kürten, Joachim Curtius & Alexander L. VogelJournal: Communications Earth & EnvironmentYear: 2022 Earth’s…
Atmospheric chemistry to make you go OOOH!
Recent findings that reveal a previously neglected group of compounds in our atmosphere.