Rowshon Afroz

Environmental and Atmospheric Chemistry. PhD Candidate @UAlberta in @RANZHAOUAlberta group.

[Ran Zhao @RANZHAOUAlberta]

The most applied work so far from my group has just been published on @EnvironTecInnov! (https://t.co/mBzJ6qAc7D) We assessed the use of low-cost air sensors in indoor poultry farms🐔Congrats lead author @RowshonAfroz 🎉Thanks sponsors @eggsoeufs @EFA_AB_eggs and @RDARAlberta 🥚

[Ran Zhao @RANZHAOUAlberta]

Honored to have presented last month at the Air Quality Management Lecture Series hosted by @iitmadras. I shared what we learned about #IAQ using microsensors. Many thanks to Dr. Shiva Nagendra for the invitation. The video recording is now available! https://t.co/LPlrXgzN0L

[Ran Zhao @RANZHAOUAlberta]

The Biomass Burning in Canada (BBCan) fire lab campaign in Edmonton is in full swing! 🔥We will study the emissions of Canadian relevant fuels burned during wildfires over the next 4 weeks!

[Rowshon Afroz @RowshonAfroz]

@RANZHAOUAlberta Congratulations 🎊 @Ran

[Ran Zhao @RANZHAOUAlberta]

As of today, I am a tenured, associate professor. The journey to this point was hard yet enjoyable. Thanks to all my family members, friends, group members, collaborators, and colleagues for their support over the past 6 years!

[Alberta Capital Airshed @yegairshed]

A U of A research group in the Faculty of Science provides recommendations from their study of buildings on North Campus to help the university community be vigilant about air quality.
https://t.co/uGpI8m6zOO

[Ran Zhao @RANZHAOUAlberta]

@RowshonAfroz represented our group and delivered a presentation at #ASIC2024 in Riverside, CA, USA. She talked about monitoring wildfire smoke entering buildings using low cost sensors. Congrats to Rowshon for an awesome talk!

[Ran Zhao @RANZHAOUAlberta]

@RowshonAfroz and I had a lot of fun with a chemistry demo in front of grade 2 and kindergartners as the Science Blitz week of @WPSchool_EPSB

[Alberta Capital Airshed @yegairshed]

Health Canada estimates that above-background air pollution, including air pollution from human sources in North America, contributes to 15,300 premature deaths in Canada per year.
https://t.co/cr0a7QieBJ

[Ran Zhao @RANZHAOUAlberta]

Excited to share our new paper led by @sshuangwu published on @EnvSciTech. Many flavourings added to e-juices are carbonyls and can react with glycols to form acetals. They show very different indoor partitioning behavior and potential bioaccumulation. https://t.co/IjJ9dUt49U

[Ran Zhao @RANZHAOUAlberta]

Check out our paper just published on @ESPI_RSC, led by Xinyang Guo (https://t.co/Fq3MYTH1fJ)! Glycols are commonly used in everyday products, but chemistry during their storage is poorly known. We found that glycols can be autoxidized and form formaldehyde and peroxides. Yikes!

[Ran Zhao @RANZHAOUAlberta]

Our paper, led by Max Loebel Roson was just published in @RoySocChem @PCCP! We explored the chemistry of anhydrides present in fire plumes. Anhydrides can be unrecognized atmospheric electrophiles, potentially causing chemical changes in fire smoke. https://t.co/FJ8z8581fS

[Ran Zhao @RANZHAOUAlberta]

We don't know enough about indoor air quality in university dorms. Our paper led by @RowshonAfroz just published @EnvSciRSC #ESATMOS investigated #IAQ in student residences using DIY low cost air sensors. Major pollutant sources and challenges identified: https://t.co/SUMtK7X59p