Lucy Brown

Biography

I am doing a PhD at the University of York, looking at how the chemistry of seawater influences its uptake of ozone from the atmosphere. I previously obtained a chemistry degree from the University of Edinburgh, which included a year abroad carrying out my Masters project research at EPFL in Switzerland. My research at York includes a mixture of lab work, data work and field work in many exciting places, including Bermuda, and a one-month research cruise from Gran Canaria to Ecuador.

Qualifications

Masters in Chemistry.

Memberships and Fellowships

AMRSC.

Research interests

Ozone deposition to the ocean.

Project title

Chemical controls on the uptake of ozone to the ocean.

Supervisors

Professor Lucy Carpenter

Funding

European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme.

Project outline

Ozone deposition to the ocean is highly variable in the remote oceanic environment, but its drivers and controls are not currently well understood. The controls are thought to be mainly chemical, and my research involves identifying and quantifying the chemical species which affect oceanic ozone deposition, namely iodide and ozone-reactive organic species.

To investigate this, I have carried out lab-based kinetic studies of the reaction between ozone and iodide, and measured ozone uptake to seawater samples from remote and coastal regions of the Atlantic Ocean.

Presentations

Oral presentation at ICACGP-iGAC joint conference, 2022 in Manchester.

Awards and prizes

Poster prize at SOLAS summer school.