Amy Smart

Postdoctoral researcher in volatile analysis at the University of Copenhagen.

[Jolanta Rieksta @JRieksta]

Kick-off #fieldwork campaign of #birchforestVOCs in #Stordalen, #Abisko is ON. Team has arrived and we are ready to wake up the @ionicon #PTRTOFMS from the hibernation.
@DrAmySmart @atzukac 14/n

[Amy Smart @DrAmySmart]

Thanks for hosting us at your OTC experiment Eloisa, we're also super excited to see the results from the Colombian Paramo

[Eloisa Lasso PhD @elolasso.bsky.social @ElolassoG]

First #VOC sampling day in my warming experiment in the paramo (a type of tropical alpine ecosystem). Super curious to see if warmed paramo plants release more volátiles. Our new collaboration with @Riikka_Rinnan and @DrAmySmart.

[Amy Smart @DrAmySmart]

This week I've been back in Bristol to attend my PhD graduation ceremony at the beautiful cathedral.

I had a lot of fun getting dressed in these elaborate robes, although they kept slipping off my shoulders (I was told they are still only made with men in mind!)

#WomenInSTEM

[Amy Smart @DrAmySmart]

The three months since I moved to Denmark have flown by! I'm embracing the challenges of a new country and a new role at @UCPH. A highlight was the recent @KulturnattenKbh, sharing my passion with the locals and having fun playing 'guess the smell' and 'a cloud in a bottle' 😊

[Prof. Riikka Rinnan @Riikka_Rinnan]

Today our field work led us to the beautiful Botanical Garden of @NHM_Denmark. @AmySmar29547379 is preparing for an expedition to South America and testing methods suitable for páramo vegetation. Thank you for the help @SBruunLund!

[Amy Smart @DrAmySmart]

@DrRisch @RSCElectrochem Hi Marcel, you raise some interesting points. Where the temperature or pH can't be altered, we can normalise the response (we have calibration plots for other pH/temps). This is a non-destructive technique, so only the incision needs to be discarded.

[Amy Smart @DrAmySmart]

Here is my #Electrochem21Poster for the ElectroChem 21 conference by @RSCElectrochem, entitled "An Investigation into the Development of Electrochemical Screen-Printed Biosensors for Fatty Acid Analysis in Meat". Any comments are welcome!

[Amy Smart @DrAmySmart]

@jakki_grace @RSCElectrochem Thank you Jakki! This is an interesting point, we are using a method originally developed in collaboration with GEM, where the emulsion on the screen was optimised for this particular ink formulation.

[Amy Smart @DrAmySmart]

@Perry__SC @RSCElectrochem Thanks Sam! That was a good guess but it's actually a hydroperoxide rather than hydrogen peroxide. We use an organometallic mediator in our carbon ink, we did investigate using a plain carbon electrode as the base transducer but much higher voltages were required