Group
Principal Investigator
Thomas C. Preston
Associate Professor, McGill University
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Department of Chemistry
thomas.preston@mcgill.ca
Background:
2021–Present: Associate Professor, McGill University
2014–2021: Assistant Professor, McGill University
2012–2014: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Bristol
2011: Ph.D. University of British Columbia
2007: M.Sc. University of Western Ontario
2005: B.Sc. University of Toronto
People
Benjamin Vennes
Ph.D. Student, 2018–Present
Alexander Logozzo
Ph.D. Student, 2019–Present
Vahid Shahabadi
Ph.D. Student, 2021–Present
Alexander Odelskii
Ph.D. Student, 2023–Present
Nina Warren
Ph.D. Student, 2024–Present
Devan MacDonald
M.Sc. Student, 2024–Present
Svetlana Malashevich
Research Assistant, 2024–Present
Yanru Huo
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2024–Present
Mae Johnson
Research Student, Summer 2024
ATOC 396 Student, Fall 2024
Note: Positions are available for Ph.D. students and Postdocs. Please feel free to contact Prof. Preston. Interested graduate students can be admitted through either the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences or the Department of Chemistry.
Alumni
Floyd Scott
Research Student, Summer 2024
Cassandra Lefort
Visiting M.Sc. Student, Summer 2024
Julie Cagnard
CHEM 396 Student, Fall 2023
Kadence Chow
Undergraduate Lab Volunteer, Winter 2023
NSERC USRA Student, Summer 2023
Gabriel Gostiaux
Visiting M.Sc. Student, Summer 2023
Brandon Wallace
Ph.D. Student, 2017–2023
Thesis title: "Investigations into the Physical Properties of Mixed Organic-Inorganic Aerosol Particles"
Zhen Dai
ATOC 396 Student, Winter 2023
Win Felgenhauer
CHEM 396 Student, Fall 2022
Aidan Rafferty
Ph.D. Student, 2016–2022
Thesis title: "Single Particle Investigations of Aerosol using a Dual-beam Optical Trap"
Michel Laforest Mongeau
SURA Student, Summer 2021
Alison Bain
Ph.D. Student, 2016–2021
Thesis title: "The Refractive Index of Single Aerosol Particles: Measurements and Models"
Catherine Kan
SURA Student, Summer 2020
Laure Doué
Visiting M.Sc. Student, Summer 2020
Hannah Szeptycki
CHEM 396 Student, Winter 2020
Kevin Sohn
ATOC 396 Student, Fall 2019
Kyle Gorkowski
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2017–2019
Ali Moridnejad
Ph.D. Student, 2015–2017
Thesis title: "Characterizing Dust Storms and Modeling Diffusion in Viscous Atmospheric Aerosol Particles"
Michelle Ting
SURA Student, Summer 2017
Nugent Lew
NSERC USRA Student, Summer 2017
CHEM 470 Student, Summer 2017
Arnold Downey
ATOC 396 Student, Fall 2016
Research Student, Summer 2016
Kelly Agnew
SURA Student, Summer 2016
Sheena Louisia
CHEM 470 Student, 2015–2016
Layla Halabi
NSERC USRA Student, Summer 2015