The Bertram Group
Using optical microscopy to study phase behavior of primary emitted biomass burning organic aerosol particles
Preparing the environmental chamber inlet for the generation of secondary organic aerosol
Investigating the freezing temperature of INPs to realize their effects on climate change and air quality
Adding Nile Red for phase separation experiments on the fluorescence microscope
Conditioning aerosol samples for FRAP experiments
Creating solution droplets prior to freezing experiments
Preparing a sample on a glass slide to study aerosol fluorescence properties
Calibrating an instrument to measure ambient aerosol size distribution
Monitoring station in Alert, Nunavut
The joy of doing a CTD cast (conductivity, temperature and depth of the water column)
Returning home to the ship after microlayer sampling
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