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

Julie Cagnard
CHEM 396 Student, Fall 2023

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

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