My current research focuses on automating Raman and FTIR spectroscopy to analyze microplastics in various environmental matrices directly after extraction and filtration

My ultimate goal is to develop an accessible automated workflow that efficiently provides detailed data on microplastics' counts, polymer types, sizes, shapes, and colors, benefiting research in government, academia, and industry

Read the preprint of the postdoc's work I am continuing here

We sampled landfill leachate from a solid waste disposal site in Canada and assessed their leachate at different stages in the treatment process, including the untreated stage. 

In all leachate samples, we quantified and characterized microplastics 

Read about this research here

Since 2019, the U of T Trash Team has been conducting field research and analyzing litter captured by trash traps each season along the Toronto Waterfront

In 2022, I worked as a field research assistant in this project 

We removed >100 kg (including nearly 100,000 small plastic pieces) of anthropogenic litter using Seabins, LittaTraps and skimming by hand

Check out the policy brief on this work here