Nadine Borduas-Dedekind
Assistant Professor
Research Classification
Research Interests
atmospheric chemistry
chemical mechanisms
atmospheric ice nucleation
Biogeochemistry
mass spectrometry
Photochemistry
indoor chemistry
atmospheric aerosols
singlet oxygen
Relevant Degree Programs
Research Options
I am available and interested in collaborations (e.g. clusters, grants).
I am interested in and conduct interdisciplinary research.
I am interested in working with undergraduate students on research projects.
Research Methodology
smog chamber
online chemical ionization mass spectrometry
droplet freezing technique for ice nucleation
photochemical reactor
Liquid chromatography
Recruitment
Doctoral students
Postdoctoral Fellows
Any time / year round
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Publications
- Singlet Oxygen Seasonality in Aqueous PM10is Driven by Biomass Burning and Anthropogenic Secondary Organic Aerosol (2022)
Environmental Science and Technology, 56 (22), 15389-15397 - Development of the drop Freezing Ice Nuclei Counter (FINC), intercomparison of droplet freezing techniques, and use of soluble lignin as an atmospheric ice nucleation standard (2021)
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 14 (4), 3131-3151 - Lignin's ability to nucleate ice via immersion freezing and its stability towards physicochemical treatments and atmospheric processing (2020)
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20 (23), 14509-14522 - Spatial and temporal variability in the ice-nucleating ability of alpine snowmelt and extension to frozen cloud fraction (2020)
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20 (1), 163-180 - UVB-irradiated laboratory-generated secondary organic aerosol extracts have increased cloud condensation nuclei abilities: Comparison with dissolved organic matter and implications for the photomineralization mechanism (2020)
Chimia, 74 (3), 142-148 - Charting a course for chemistry (2019)
Nature chemistry, 11 (4), 286-294 - Comparing Industrial Amination Reactions in a Combined Class and Laboratory Green Chemistry Assignment (2019)
Journal of Chemical Education, 96 (1), 93-99 - Development of the DRoplet Ice Nuclei Counter Zurich (DRINCZ): Validation and application to field-collected snow samples (2019)
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 12 (12), 6865-6888 - Isocyanic acid (HNCO) and its fate in the atmosphere: A review (2019)
Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 21 (5), 793-808 - Photomineralization mechanism changes the ability of dissolved organic matter to activate cloud droplets and to nucleate ice crystals (2019)
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19 (19), 12397-12412 - Reactive Oxygen Species Production from Secondary Organic Aerosols: The Importance of Singlet Oxygen (2019)
Environmental Science and Technology, 53 (15), 8553-8562 - Singlet Oxygen Photooxidation of Peptidic Oxazoles and Thiazoles (2019)
Journal of Organic Chemistry, 84 (5), 2439-2447 - Sources of isocyanic acid (HNCO) indoors: A focus on cigarette smoke (2019)
Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 21 (8), 1334-1341 - The Green Chemistry Initiative’s contributions to education at the University of Toronto and beyond (2019)
Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews, 12 (2), 187-195 - Exploring Conditions for Ultrafine Particle Formation from Oxidation of Cigarette Smoke in Indoor Environments (2018)
Environmental Science and Technology, 52 (8), 4623-4631 - Nucleation of ultrafine particles arising from oxidation of cigarette smoke in indoor environments (2018)
15th Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate, INDOOR AIR 2018 - Seasonal influences on surface ozone variability in continental South Africa and implications for air quality (2018)
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18 (20), 15491-15514 - The Natural Atmosphere (2018)
Green Chemistry: An Inclusive Approach, 131-150 - Tracking toxic isocyanic acid (HNCO) in indoor environments (2017)
Healthy Buildings Europe 2017 - Gas Phase Oxidation of Nicotine by OH Radicals: Kinetics, Mechanisms, and Formation of HNCO (2016)
Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 3 (9), 327-331 - Gas-Phase Mechanisms of the Reactions of Reduced Organic Nitrogen Compounds with OH Radicals (2016)
Environmental Science and Technology, 50 (21), 11723-11734 - Research highlights: Laboratory studies of the formation and transformation of atmospheric organic aerosols (2016)
Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 18 (4), 425-428 - Solubility and reactivity of HNCO in water: Insights into HNCO's fate in the atmosphere (2016)
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16 (2), 703-714 - Experimental and theoretical understanding of the gas phase oxidation of atmospheric amides with OH radicals: Kinetics, products, and mechanisms (2015)
Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 119 (19), 4298-4308 - Solubility and reactivity of HNCO in water: Insights into HNCO's fate in the atmosphere (2015)
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 15 (17), 24217-24249 - The potential of methylsiloxanes as solvents for synthetic chemistry applications (2014)
Green Chemistry, 16 (3), 1282-1296 - Gas phase oxidation of monoethanolamine (MEA) with oh radical and ozone: Kinetics, products, and particles (2013)
Environmental Science and Technology, 47 (12), 6377-6383 - Ion chromatographic separation and quantitation of alkyl methylamines and ethylamines in atmospheric gas and particulate matter using preconcentration and suppressed conductivity detection (2012)
Journal of Chromatography A, 1252, 74-83 - Cyclopalladation of N-phenylbenzamides: Synthesis and structure of bimetallic palladium(II)-complexes (2011)
Inorganica Chimica Acta, 369 (1), 247-252 - Aerobic and electrochemical oxidative cross-dehydrogenative-coupling (CDC) reaction in an imidazolium-based ionic liquid (2010)
Chemistry - A European Journal, 16 (27), 8162-8166 - Pd-catalyzed ortho-arylation of phenylacetamides, benzamides, and anilides with simple arenes using sodium persulfate (2010)
Chemical Science, 1 (3), 331-336 - Copper-catalyzed oxidative coupling of benzylic C-H bonds with 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds (2008)
Journal of Organic Chemistry, 73 (19), 7822-7825
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