The Ecohydrology Research Group has installed a new machine that is expected to help more quickly identify microplastics.
Working on new techniques for sensing microplastics that are online, low-cost, and user-friendly.
The Microplastics Fingerprinting project team consists of over 25 faculty members, masters and PhD students, and support staff from various disciplinary backgrounds. We recognize this diversity as a strength that enables an interdisciplinary and holistic evaluation of the challenges and solutions associated with microplastics. Each issue of our newsletter will feature one of the project’s excellent researchers.
Since 2021, we have been working with the City of Kitchener, as part of our ongoing NSERC-funded Microplastics Fingerprinting project, to study microplastics accumulation in the city’s stormwater pond sediments.
It is essential that data corresponding to research are findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable. This is otherwise known as the FAIR principles by those who work in data management.
The Microplastics Fingerprinting project team consists of over 25 faculty members, masters and PhD students, and support staff from various disciplinary backgrounds. We recognize this diversity as a strength that enables an interdisciplinary and holistic evaluation of the challenges and solutions associated with microplastics. Each issue of our newsletter will feature one of the project’s excellent researchers.
To better understand the migration, accumulation and abundance of microplastics in the environment, we need accurate and fast identification methods to differentiate between different plastic types.
The Microplastics Fingerprinting project team consists of over 25 faculty members, masters and PhD students, and support staff from various disciplinary backgrounds. We recognize this diversity as a strength that enables an interdisciplinary and holistic evaluation of the challenges and solutions associated with microplastics. Each issue of our newsletter will feature one of the project’s excellent researchers.
The oxidation and eventual decomposition of plastics in the environment has been gaining attention as the public becomes increasingly aware of microplastics.
The Microplastics Fingerprinting project team consists of over 25 faculty members, masters and PhD students, and support staff from various disciplinary backgrounds. We recognize this diversity as a strength that enables an interdisciplinary and holistic evaluation of the challenges and solutions associated with microplastics. Each issue of our newsletter will feature one of the project’s excellent researchers.