Three new undergraduate students joined the Finlayson-Pitts research group this year, Katelynne Pacaud working on synthesizing self-assembled monolayers for studying uptake of gases onto various ordered and known organic surfaces, Cheyenne Begay working on characterizing the surface of particles with MAIV mass spectrometry and Maryam Parvinian studying oxidation of atmospherically relevant emerging contaminants – Welcome to the group everyone!

On February 06, the study led by Dr Yiming Qi and Dr Lisa Wingen on peroxides analysis on the surface of particles using MAIV mass spectrometry was highlighted in Particulars, the newsletters from the American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR) – Way to go!