Department of Chemistry
Amy Lees
Biography
I'm a PhD student working in the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories (WACL) at the University of York. I work with Mat Evans and Pete Edwards, exploring the impact of reactive halogen species on atmospheric composition in the remote marine boundary layer. I previously completed my Bachelors in Chemistry at the University of Sheffield and my Masters in Meteorology and Climatology at the University of Birmingham, where my research project involved optimising a kinetic model of aerosol chemistry.
Qualifications
Masters in Meteorology and Climatology, Bachelors in Chemistry.
Research interests
Atmospheric chemistry, air quality, computational modelling.
Project title
Understanding chlorine chemistry in polluted and clean atmospheres.
Supervisors
Funding
NERC Panorama Doctoral Training Partnership.
Project outline
A lack of halogen observations in the troposphere prevents full understanding of how reactive halogen chemistry impacts upon atmospheric composition. My project aims to address this by analysing observations of gaseous HCl, an abundant reservoir species of reactive chlorine, obtained using tunable infrared laser direct absorption spectroscopy (TILDAS), during the boundary layer experiment on the atmospheric chemistry of halogens (BLEACH) campaigns in Bermuda.
These observations will be utilised with the aim of improving the representation of reactive halogen chemistry within the GEOS-Chem atmospheric chemistry transport model. The impacts of reactive halogen chemistry on the global burdens of tropospheric oxidants and climate gases will be explored using GEOS-Chem. My project will also investigate the impact of anthropogenic pollution on reactive halogen chemistry.
