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Ruth Winkless

Biography

I'm studying for a PhD in WACL, and I also completed my undergraduate degree in York, where I did a final year project on cooking emissions. My current project on photolysis appeals to me by including aspects of practical, environmental, and physical chemistry. I enjoy outreach opportunities to talk about air quality, and helping the BSc/summer project students with their work on absorbtion cross sections.

Qualifications

Integrated Masters in Natural Sciences specialising in Chemistry.

Project title

Photolysis reaction mechanisms by emerging and new technologies.

Supervisors

• Dr Andrew Rickard
• Dr Terry Dillon
• Professor Victor Chechik

Funding

NERC Panorama Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP).

Project outline

My project aims to determine absorption cross-sections and quantum yields of atmospherically relevant carbonyls to predict photolysis rates of understudied compounds with more accuracy. Currently this involves a fast-flow reactor detecting radicals from photolysis via reaction with excess NO, and modelling the experiment with atchem2.

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