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The Bertram Group
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Using optical microscopy to study phase behavior of primary emitted biomass burning organic aerosol particles
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Preparing the environmental chamber inlet for the generation of secondary organic aerosol
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Investigating the freezing temperature of INPs to realize their effects on climate change and air quality
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Adding Nile Red for phase separation experiments on the fluorescence microscope
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Conditioning aerosol samples for FRAP experiments
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Creating solution droplets prior to freezing experiments
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Preparing a sample on a glass slide to study aerosol fluorescence properties
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Calibrating an instrument to measure ambient aerosol size distribution
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Monitoring station in Alert, Nunavut
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The joy of doing a CTD cast (conductivity, temperature and depth of the water column)
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Returning home to the ship after microlayer sampling
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Environment Canada’s Whistler High Elevation Site where our group has participated in several field studies (credit: Environment Canada)
Bertram Research Group
We are analytical, environmental, and physical chemists with a focus on chemical and physical processes important in the atmosphere. Of special interest are atmospheric aerosol particles and the role they play in urban air pollution, climate change, and atmospheric chemistry. Ultimately, our goal is to better understand the role of human activity on the Earth’s atmosphereUniversity of British Columbia, Point Grey Campus (Vancouver) | Traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) People