Apr 21/23 Al-Abadleh received the Hofmann Little Award for Excellence in Research, Teaching and Service at Laurier
Apr 12/23 Congratulations to Jason for passing in MSc defence and being nominated for the Gold Medal
Mar 20/23 Part 2 of my Gilead Award lecture is now published: A critical look at the practice and culture of science with calls to action in Nature's Communications Chemistry
Feb 27/23 Al-Abadleh commenting on the importance of local level air quality monitoring in the Waterloo Region Record
Feb 10/23 Two of our recent publications in Communications Chemistry are listed in the 2023 Celebrating Women in Chemistry Collection
Feb 2/23 Al-Abadleh's perspectives paper entitled Interfacial geochemistry of iron applied to atmospheric and oceanic environments was accepted in Applied Geochemistry for the special issue Atmospheric Geochemistry: A special issue endorsed by IGAC China Working Group and IAGC China Working Group
Jan 26/23 Part 1 of my Gilead Award lecture is now published in Nature's Communications Chemistry
Jan 10/23 Our group is featured in the Canadian Institute of Canada Newsletter
Nov 24/22 Our paper on the surface chemistry of intermediates in the CO2 electrochemical reduction process is now published in Langmuir.
Nov 16/22 Thanks Lakehead University for your hospitality and invitation to present to your students and faculty.
Nov 1/22 Al-Abadleh is co-hosting the second Knowledge Mobilization Workshop on Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals on ocean sustainability and climate action on Nov 23. Click on the above link to register.
Oct 26/22 Al-Abadleh is part of an international team of atmospheric and oceanography scientists who established a Working Group on Reducing Uncertainty in Soluble aerosol Trace Element Deposition (RUSTED) with funding from the International Science Council
Oct 18/22 Al-Abadleh is part of a national team developing three new climate science satellite instruments as part of a NASA satellite mission designed to deliver key data for improved forecasts of weather, air quality and climate. See news coverage here.
Oct 6/22 Spotlight article on the recently released book on Atmospheric Aerosol Chemistry
Sept 7/22 Our paper on the Reactivity of aminophenols in forming nitrogen-containing brown carbon from iron-catalyzed reactions got accepted in Nature's Communications Chemistry, 2022. Read our blog here.
Aug 24/22 Our perspectives paper on the importance of connecting research communities working on iron chemistry is now published
Aug 10/22 Congratulations to Wisam for successfully defending his MSc thesis and being nominated for the Gold Medal
Aug 9/22 Congratulations to Carol Salama for receiving the Hypatia award for her research on the health impacts of air pollution and outreach activities with the schools in the City of Kitchener, Region of Waterloo
July 8/22 special for the ACS Chemical & Engineering News, Opinion: Healthy cities start with chemistry
July 6/22 Our collaborative paper on the Hygroscopicity of Nitrogen Containing Organic Carbon Compounds: o-aminophenol and p-aminophenol is Accepted in Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, Special Issue Chemistry of Atmospheric Pollutants
July 5/22 An opinion blog post for De Gruyter, Cities Drive Global Warming, But Change Is Possible
Jun 16/22 Al-Abadleh receives the inaugural Gilead Award for Excellence in EDI at the 2022 CCCE conference. Check the photo gallery for images and video
Jun 13/22 Al-Abadleh receives her University Research Professor citation and certificate at the Spring Convocation. Check the photo gallery for images and video.
May 6/22 Our outreach project entitled Air quality education in public schools is featured in Science!
Apr 27/22 Wanna know more about atmospheric aerosols? check out this interview with Sarah Christie, host of the Earth Care show
Apr 19/22 New book on Atmospheric Aerosol Chemistry is now available for purchase on the publisher's website and Amazon
Apr 9/22 Al-Abadleh quoted in the KW Record News paper, 'Report should not make people feel ‘disempowered’
Mar 9/22 Ahead of publication notice on my new book on Atmospheric Aerosol Chemistry
Mar 7/22 Our recent paper in Nature's Communications Chemistry featured in the collection for Celebrating Women in Chemistry for International Women's Day
Mar 2, 22 Al-Abadleh received the inaugural Gilead Award for Excellence in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion from the Canadian Society for Chemistry
Feb 11, 22 Feature poster for recent review article at the Celebrating Laurier Achievements hosted by the Office of Research Services and the Library.
Feb 11, 22 Happy to see outreach to elementary schools by my students Yara Khalaf , Carol Salama, and Brenda Kurorwaho on air quality science and monitoring being featured for international day of women and girls in science. Other features were posted by Lethbridge U and Ontario Universities in the category "Women-led ground-breaking research and innovation".
Feb 8, 22 Thank you AQMesh for featuring a story about our recent paper on the pilot air quality monitoring project with the City of Kitchener
Jan 17, 22 Listen to the podcast for our Balsillie Paper on the status of the climate after COVID-19: using ethics to overcome scientific uncertainty
Jan 5, 22 Our paper Air Quality Measurements in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Using Multisensor Mini Monitoring Stations is now published!
Dec 15/21 Al-Abadleh featured in a bilingual (English/Arabic) poster at the Expo Dubai 2020 Canada Pavilion's exhibit for women in science. Watch video, read articles in English (article 1 and 2) and Arabic (article 1 and article 2)
Dec 14/21 Our paper on Open Questions on Transition Metals Driving Secondary Thermal Processes in Atmospheric Aerosols is now published in Nature's Communications Chemistry, Open Questions in Chemistry series
Oct 21/21 Happening today: CIC career panel for Women's History Month
Oct 4/21 Our paper on The status of the climate after COVID-19: using ethics to overcome scientific uncertainty is now published
Sept 25/21 City of Kitchener Press release on the air quality project
July 27/21 Invited comments to media report on the wildfires in Northern Ontario: KW Record, KitchenerToday, 570 News Radio in Kitchener, ON, CBC Kitchener-Waterloo, 980 CFPL Radio in London, ON.
July 15/21 Our paper on the Mechanistic studies on the Conversion of NO gas on urea-iron and copper metal organic frameworks at low temperature conditions: in situ infrared spectroscopy and Monte Carlo investigations is now out
July 7/21 It's out! Al-Abadleh's recent review on the Aging of atmospheric aerosols and the role of iron in catalyzing brown carbon formation
July 5/21 Interview with CTV News Kitchener on summer camps in hot weather (link to the article)
July 22/21 Invited to the MAX Women in Leadership event that focuses on STEM! Register.
July 3/21 "How hot is too hot?" check out Al-Abadleh's interview with CBC Science.
July 2/21 Thank you Canadian Museum of Immigration for featuring Al-Abadleh in your short film
Jun 16/21 Congratulations to Dr. Ahmed Eid (postdoc) and Wisam Mohammed (MSc student) for receiving MS2 Discovery Institute Awards
Jun 9/21 Coverage by Campus Magazine Spring 2021 edition of CFI grant to study air pollution
Jun 8/21 Al-Abadleh quoted in article on air quality for summer 2021 by the KW Record, Inside Halton
May 19/21 Al-Abadleh to deliver a seminar co-hosted by the CIC Environment Division and University of Toronto
Apr 28/21 Chemist Hind Al-Abadleh named Laurier’s University Research Professor
Apr 27/21 View recording of the Inspiring Conversations webinar on the Science and Philosophy of Environmental Changes
Apr 20/21 CH490 student Shea Kraemer Receives MS2Discovery Early Student Researcher Award
Apr 15/21 Join us for Inspiring Conversations on the science and philosophy of environmental changes. See the press release.
Mar 19/20 Al-Abadleh co-organizing and speaking at the upcoming Waterloo Region Workshop on Global Environmental Measurement and Monitoring (GEMM)
Mar 6/21 Coverage by the KW Record and Durham Region on results from recent paper on air quality analysis
Feb 24/21 Summary of findings from our study on air quality in Southern Ontario
Feb 17/21 Our paper reporting statistical significance of reductions in pollutant levels due to COVID-19 in Southern Ontario is now published
Feb 16/21 Al-Abadleh invited to a virtual seminar hosted by the Department of Chemistry at the University of New Hampshire
Feb 15/21 Al-Abadleh invited to a virtual research seminar hosted by Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences Department at North Carolina State University
Feb 11/21 Al-Abadleh invited as a participant to a Women in Science Roundtable on the theme Recognizing women researchers at the forefront of COVID-19 hosted by the Honourable Ross Romano, Minister of Colleges and Universities and the Honourable Jill Dunlop, Associate Minister of Children and Women’s Issues
Feb 5/21 Al-Abadleh invited as a panelist for McGill University IUPAC Global Women's Breakfast Event
Dec 21/20 Interview for article on youth climate activism
Dec 16/20 A fun podcast interview with Emma from Earth Rangers
Dec 15/20 Featured in video sponsored by the Office of Research Services
Dec 8/20 Our paper with the Guzman group at Kentucky on Dark Iron-catalyzed Reactions in Acidic and Viscous Aerosol Systems Efficiently Form Secondary Brown Carbon is out in Environmental Science and Technology
Nov 17/20 Feature story on air quality project and team members by the Chemical Institute of Canada
Nov 16/20 Invited research talk, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science
Nov 10/20 Interview with Salam Aziz for the ZoneCast podcast for professionals, entrepreneurs, and academics
Nov 5/20 Al-Abadleh receives new funding from CFI-EOF for air quality research. Click here for press release.
Oct 16/20 Opinion article in the KW Record - Spare a thought for the ozone hole in the year of COVID-19
Oct 14/20 Al-Abadleh appointed Fellow in the STEM for Global Resilience Research Cluster at the Balsillie School of International Affairs
Sept 16/20 Radio interview with Global News 980 CFPL in London ON about impact of wildfires on air quality
Sept 16/20 Live presentation and interview with the Khwarizmi Science Society
Aug 14/20 Interview on the environmental benefits of COVID-19 lockdowns
July 24/20 Coverage of new award for early career researchers sponsored by the CIC Environment Division
July 16/20 Cover art for recent paper in ACS Space and Earth Chemistry is officially out!
July 13/20 Register for my upcoming virtual lecture on iron chemistry in aerosol
June 10/20 Press release on newly received NSERC Alliance grant. Coverage by 570News, Exchange magazine, CBC News, CTV Kitchener, Waterloo Region the Record (with a photo of the team) and AQ Mesh
June 9/20 Our paper on Dust-Catalyzed Oxidative Polymerization of Catechol under Acidic Conditions and its Impacts on Ice Nucleation Efficiency and Optical Properties is now published in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
May13/20 Coverage of air quality results by CityNews Edmonton
May12/20 Al-Abadleh elected as Chair of the Environment Division of the Chemical Institute of Canada for a second year in a row. Thanks to division members for the vote of confidence
May5/20 Al-Abadleh's group receives NSERC Alliance grant to conduct research on air quality in the City of Kitchener
Apr28/20 View webinar on flattening the curve of air pollution
Apr28/20 The cover art for our recent Langmuir paper is now online
Apr27/20 Al-Abadleh invited to deliver a webinar on flattening the curve of air pollution
Apr24/20 Coverage of air quality results by Environmental Science and Engineering Magazine
Apr21/20 Coverage by CTV Kitchener article, video 1, video 2
Apr20/20 Listen to the interview with Eric Dorzd in 2014 for the 570News Kitchener Mid-day Show, a timely one
Apr19/20 Article in CBC Kitchener Waterloo about improvement in Kitchener air quality
Apr17/20 Listen to the interview with Craig Norris for the CBC Kitchener Morning Show
Apr13/20 Al-Abadleh is quotes in a story in the Waterloo Region Record on air quality during COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 3/20 Our paper with the Kubicki group at UTEP has been accepted in Langmuir
Apr 2/20 Al-Abadleh wrote an opinion piece for the Waterloo Region Record on air pollution and COVID-19
Mar 9/20 Al-Abadleh invited as panelist at the Inspiring Future Women in Science Event at the Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, ON. The video and the photos of the event are now posted
Feb 11/20 Al-Abadleh joined a virtual class to celebrate the International Day of Girls and Women Science
Oct 29/19 A new publication on the Perspective on Identifying and Characterizing the Processes Controlling Iron Speciation and Residence Time at the Atmosphere-Ocean Interface is Accepted in Marine Chemistry.
Aug 6/19 PhD student Aminur Rahman successfully defended his thesis...Congratulations Aminur!
Jul 12/19 Thanks ACS publications for the large poster of the cover page of ES&T
July 2/19 MSc student Sara Soldoozy successfully defended her thesis...Congratulations Sara!
June 18/19 Our recent paper in ES&T selected for one of the Cover Arts of Issue 12
May 13/19 Al-Abadleh is featured in a Women in STEM poster by Ingenium Canada
May 9/19 Our recent paper with the Nizkorodov group at UCI on the Effect of Oxalate and Sulfate on Iron-catalyzed Secondary Brown Carbon Formation is now published in Environmental Science and Technology. Meet the team who contributed to this paper.
Mar 26/19 Feature profile of the doctoral research of student Mohammad Rahman
Mar 8/19 On International Women's Day, reflections by fellow NanoOntario Board Member, Dr. Maria DeRosa
Nov 15/18 Our paper on the Surface Water Structure and Hygroscopic Properties of Light Absorbing Secondary Organic Polymers of Atmospheric Relevance is now published in ACS Omega
Nov 5-9/18 Al-Abadleh named the inaugural 2018 Ray March Visiting Scientist in the Chemistry Department at Trent University. See photos here.
Sept 19/18 Al-Abadleh named Fullbright Canada Research Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry, Air Quality and Climate Change, Air UCI, Chemistry Department, University of California Irvine (2018-2019). Click here for the press release.
Apr 2/18 Ad for a postdoc position in Al-Abadleh's group
March 14/18 Press release on event co-organized with students for sustainability
March 3/18 Al-Abadleh recognized as Environmental Science Leader by the Laurentian Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
Oct 23/17 Feature article in Canadian Chemical News on our recent article in ES&T
Oct 14/17 Recipient of the inaugural MAX Scholarship for Women in Graduate Chemistry programs announced
Sept 27/17 The Compact PTR-MS is here! Thanks CFI and Ontario Research Fund
Sept 21/17 PhD student Rahman passed his qualifying exam..Congratulations Aminur
July 10/17 Our paper is out on Type of organic functional groups and electrolytes on the surface of hematite nanoparticles affect arsenicals initial binding kinetics: insights from ATR-FTIR and flow microcalorimetry studies
Apr 3/17 Our paper is out on Calculations on the Adsorption of Monomethylarsonic Acid onto Hydrated Iron Oxyhyhroxide Clusters
Mar 20/17 Blog post on What Every Citizen Should Know About the Earth's Atmosphere
Feb 27/17 Mohammad Rahman, from the Al-Abadleh group, who won third place in the WLU Graduate Poster Showcase
Feb 27/17 Al-Abadleh received Women Who Inspire Award (for professional excellence) by the Kitchener-Waterloo Coalition of Muslim Women
Feb 9/17 Sabur passed his PhD qualifying exam...Congratulations Sabur
Jan 18/17 Adrian successfully defended his PhD thesis and is now officially Dr. Adamescu...first PhD student graduating from Al-Abadleh's group!...Congratulations Adrian.
Jan 3/17 Al-Abadleh is sponsoring a scholarship for Canadian Women in Graduate Chemistry programs named after the Father of Chemistry known to Muslims
Oct 28/16 Arthur Situm received an Award for Outstanding Graduate Work at the MSc level at the Fall convocation from the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies..congratulations Arthur
Oct 28/16 Our paper is out on dispersion effects on DMA complexation to iron oxide clusters
Oct 27/16 Al-Abadleh named 'Canadian Arab to Watch' by the Canadian Arab Institute in Toronto
Sept 29/16 Al-Abadleh nominated for the Oktoberfest-Rogers Women of the Year Award (STEM)
Aug 31/16 Press release on receiving the Ontario Research Fund-Small Infrastructure Award
Jul 29/16 Research award supports work to understand better ways to remediate noxious gases
Jul 12/16 Al-Abadleh featured on 'Researchers of Wilfrid Laurier University'
Jul 7/16 Our paper on the spectroscopic characterization and surface complexation modeling of organics on hematite nanoparticles is out
Jun 23/16 Press release on NSERC Discovery Grant funding
Jun 13/16 Aminur receives the MS2Discovery Institute Graduate Student Research Award...Congratulations Aminur
Jun 13/16 Al-Abadleh's book chapter on Diversity and Equity in chemistry is now published online (proceedings from book to initiatives in diversity and equity)
Apr 15/16 Laurier researchers receive funding to reduce harm to the environment
Apr 15/16 Laurier professor Hind Al-Abadleh recognized with prestigious award for excellence in field of chemistry
Apr 14/16 Dr. Al-Abadleh received the MAX Platinum Award of Excellence
Mar 6/16 Photo album from Environment Presentation to Maingate Islamic Academy in Mississauga
Feb 26/16 Al-Abadleh is a finalist for a Muslim Community Award of Excellence..25% of score is by public vote
Feb 23/16 Al-Abadleh received Imperial Oil University Research Award
Feb 20/16 It was great presenting to grade 11 students at Southwood Secondary School in Cambridge, ON
Feb 4/16 Photo album from Abrahamic Faiths Forum - Eve and Creation
Jan 28/16 Waterloo Lutheran Seminary to host "Abrahamic Faiths Forum: Eve and Creation"
Jan 13/16 Teaching award celebration to honour Laurier’s outstanding educators
Jan 11/16 Welcoming new members to Al-Abadleh's group
Dec 23/15 In the spirit of the holidays from C&EN
Dec 9/15 Al-Abadleh quoted in a research article by FactsCan on carbon emissions
Dec 7/15 C&EN Editorial on COP21 from Paris
Dec 2/15 Following COP21 by C&EN News
Dec 1/15 Laurier experts on climate change leading up to UN conference
Nov 16/15 Thanks for the congratulations in the Teaching & Learning Fall 2015 Newsletter
Nov 12/15 A timely special issue in Science: Oceans and Climate Change
Oct 19/15 For the chemically-inclined: the chemistry of pumpkins
Sep 23/15 Cool article in C&EN: Hybrid Device Harnesses Light And Heat From The Sun
Sep 13/15 Our paper in Can J Chem is out!
Sep 4/15 Looking forward to my visit and talk in the Chemistry Department at Université de Montréal
Sep 4/15 Our 2015 EST paper got featured in the September issue of Canadian Chemical News!
Jul 24/15 Timely editorial from Nature Climate Change on needed action for climate and sustainable future
Jul 22/15 Also, in the spirit of summer: the chemistry of BBQ
Jul 1/15 Truly inspiring: Prof. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, 2007 For Women in Science Laureate for Africa and Arab States (Mauritius)
Jun 25/15 In the spirit of summer: sea spray effect on weather and climate
May 30/15 Great initiative by UNICEF Canada ahead of the FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada-glad to have been invited to attend
May 30/15 The video of the 25th Team launch organized by UNICEF Canada
May 30/15 The most brilliant TEDx talk on diversity from a Muslim female engineer
May 13/15 Awards of Excellence recognize members of the Laurier community
May 13/15 YAY...Laurier Sustainability Office to unveil first on-campus bike-sharing station in region
May 13/15 Looking forward to chairing sessions at the Nanofacilities for emerging technologies workshop at UW
May 6/15 Al-Abadleh's review article on the atmospheric chemistry of iron is now published online OPEN ACCESS for max exposure-thanks to a gold voucher from Laurier's Library
Apr 23/15 Chemists celebrating Earth Day by the ACS through a free webinar on climate and aerosols
Feb 20/15 Our collaborative paper with Georgia State U and U.S. Salinity Lab got accepted in Langmuir!
Feb 3/15 Our planet and us - Nature Geoscience Editorial
Jan 22/15 Really cool short video on the ocean-in-a-lab experiments
Jan 13/15 Save the date-Seminar with Professor James Kubicki from Penn State (Monday Jan 19, 1:30 pm, BA210)
Apr 12/23 Congratulations to Jason for passing in MSc defence and being nominated for the Gold Medal
Mar 20/23 Part 2 of my Gilead Award lecture is now published: A critical look at the practice and culture of science with calls to action in Nature's Communications Chemistry
Feb 27/23 Al-Abadleh commenting on the importance of local level air quality monitoring in the Waterloo Region Record
Feb 10/23 Two of our recent publications in Communications Chemistry are listed in the 2023 Celebrating Women in Chemistry Collection
Feb 2/23 Al-Abadleh's perspectives paper entitled Interfacial geochemistry of iron applied to atmospheric and oceanic environments was accepted in Applied Geochemistry for the special issue Atmospheric Geochemistry: A special issue endorsed by IGAC China Working Group and IAGC China Working Group
Jan 26/23 Part 1 of my Gilead Award lecture is now published in Nature's Communications Chemistry
Jan 10/23 Our group is featured in the Canadian Institute of Canada Newsletter
Nov 24/22 Our paper on the surface chemistry of intermediates in the CO2 electrochemical reduction process is now published in Langmuir.
Nov 16/22 Thanks Lakehead University for your hospitality and invitation to present to your students and faculty.
Nov 1/22 Al-Abadleh is co-hosting the second Knowledge Mobilization Workshop on Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals on ocean sustainability and climate action on Nov 23. Click on the above link to register.
Oct 26/22 Al-Abadleh is part of an international team of atmospheric and oceanography scientists who established a Working Group on Reducing Uncertainty in Soluble aerosol Trace Element Deposition (RUSTED) with funding from the International Science Council
Oct 18/22 Al-Abadleh is part of a national team developing three new climate science satellite instruments as part of a NASA satellite mission designed to deliver key data for improved forecasts of weather, air quality and climate. See news coverage here.
Oct 6/22 Spotlight article on the recently released book on Atmospheric Aerosol Chemistry
Sept 7/22 Our paper on the Reactivity of aminophenols in forming nitrogen-containing brown carbon from iron-catalyzed reactions got accepted in Nature's Communications Chemistry, 2022. Read our blog here.
Aug 24/22 Our perspectives paper on the importance of connecting research communities working on iron chemistry is now published
Aug 10/22 Congratulations to Wisam for successfully defending his MSc thesis and being nominated for the Gold Medal
Aug 9/22 Congratulations to Carol Salama for receiving the Hypatia award for her research on the health impacts of air pollution and outreach activities with the schools in the City of Kitchener, Region of Waterloo
July 8/22 special for the ACS Chemical & Engineering News, Opinion: Healthy cities start with chemistry
July 6/22 Our collaborative paper on the Hygroscopicity of Nitrogen Containing Organic Carbon Compounds: o-aminophenol and p-aminophenol is Accepted in Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, Special Issue Chemistry of Atmospheric Pollutants
July 5/22 An opinion blog post for De Gruyter, Cities Drive Global Warming, But Change Is Possible
Jun 16/22 Al-Abadleh receives the inaugural Gilead Award for Excellence in EDI at the 2022 CCCE conference. Check the photo gallery for images and video
Jun 13/22 Al-Abadleh receives her University Research Professor citation and certificate at the Spring Convocation. Check the photo gallery for images and video.
May 6/22 Our outreach project entitled Air quality education in public schools is featured in Science!
Apr 27/22 Wanna know more about atmospheric aerosols? check out this interview with Sarah Christie, host of the Earth Care show
Apr 19/22 New book on Atmospheric Aerosol Chemistry is now available for purchase on the publisher's website and Amazon
Apr 9/22 Al-Abadleh quoted in the KW Record News paper, 'Report should not make people feel ‘disempowered’
Mar 9/22 Ahead of publication notice on my new book on Atmospheric Aerosol Chemistry
Mar 7/22 Our recent paper in Nature's Communications Chemistry featured in the collection for Celebrating Women in Chemistry for International Women's Day
Mar 2, 22 Al-Abadleh received the inaugural Gilead Award for Excellence in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion from the Canadian Society for Chemistry
Feb 11, 22 Feature poster for recent review article at the Celebrating Laurier Achievements hosted by the Office of Research Services and the Library.
Feb 11, 22 Happy to see outreach to elementary schools by my students Yara Khalaf , Carol Salama, and Brenda Kurorwaho on air quality science and monitoring being featured for international day of women and girls in science. Other features were posted by Lethbridge U and Ontario Universities in the category "Women-led ground-breaking research and innovation".
Feb 8, 22 Thank you AQMesh for featuring a story about our recent paper on the pilot air quality monitoring project with the City of Kitchener
Jan 17, 22 Listen to the podcast for our Balsillie Paper on the status of the climate after COVID-19: using ethics to overcome scientific uncertainty
Jan 5, 22 Our paper Air Quality Measurements in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Using Multisensor Mini Monitoring Stations is now published!
Dec 15/21 Al-Abadleh featured in a bilingual (English/Arabic) poster at the Expo Dubai 2020 Canada Pavilion's exhibit for women in science. Watch video, read articles in English (article 1 and 2) and Arabic (article 1 and article 2)
Dec 14/21 Our paper on Open Questions on Transition Metals Driving Secondary Thermal Processes in Atmospheric Aerosols is now published in Nature's Communications Chemistry, Open Questions in Chemistry series
Oct 21/21 Happening today: CIC career panel for Women's History Month
Oct 4/21 Our paper on The status of the climate after COVID-19: using ethics to overcome scientific uncertainty is now published
Sept 25/21 City of Kitchener Press release on the air quality project
July 27/21 Invited comments to media report on the wildfires in Northern Ontario: KW Record, KitchenerToday, 570 News Radio in Kitchener, ON, CBC Kitchener-Waterloo, 980 CFPL Radio in London, ON.
July 15/21 Our paper on the Mechanistic studies on the Conversion of NO gas on urea-iron and copper metal organic frameworks at low temperature conditions: in situ infrared spectroscopy and Monte Carlo investigations is now out
July 7/21 It's out! Al-Abadleh's recent review on the Aging of atmospheric aerosols and the role of iron in catalyzing brown carbon formation
July 5/21 Interview with CTV News Kitchener on summer camps in hot weather (link to the article)
July 22/21 Invited to the MAX Women in Leadership event that focuses on STEM! Register.
July 3/21 "How hot is too hot?" check out Al-Abadleh's interview with CBC Science.
July 2/21 Thank you Canadian Museum of Immigration for featuring Al-Abadleh in your short film
Jun 16/21 Congratulations to Dr. Ahmed Eid (postdoc) and Wisam Mohammed (MSc student) for receiving MS2 Discovery Institute Awards
Jun 9/21 Coverage by Campus Magazine Spring 2021 edition of CFI grant to study air pollution
Jun 8/21 Al-Abadleh quoted in article on air quality for summer 2021 by the KW Record, Inside Halton
May 19/21 Al-Abadleh to deliver a seminar co-hosted by the CIC Environment Division and University of Toronto
Apr 28/21 Chemist Hind Al-Abadleh named Laurier’s University Research Professor
Apr 27/21 View recording of the Inspiring Conversations webinar on the Science and Philosophy of Environmental Changes
Apr 20/21 CH490 student Shea Kraemer Receives MS2Discovery Early Student Researcher Award
Apr 15/21 Join us for Inspiring Conversations on the science and philosophy of environmental changes. See the press release.
Mar 19/20 Al-Abadleh co-organizing and speaking at the upcoming Waterloo Region Workshop on Global Environmental Measurement and Monitoring (GEMM)
Mar 6/21 Coverage by the KW Record and Durham Region on results from recent paper on air quality analysis
Feb 24/21 Summary of findings from our study on air quality in Southern Ontario
Feb 17/21 Our paper reporting statistical significance of reductions in pollutant levels due to COVID-19 in Southern Ontario is now published
Feb 16/21 Al-Abadleh invited to a virtual seminar hosted by the Department of Chemistry at the University of New Hampshire
Feb 15/21 Al-Abadleh invited to a virtual research seminar hosted by Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences Department at North Carolina State University
Feb 11/21 Al-Abadleh invited as a participant to a Women in Science Roundtable on the theme Recognizing women researchers at the forefront of COVID-19 hosted by the Honourable Ross Romano, Minister of Colleges and Universities and the Honourable Jill Dunlop, Associate Minister of Children and Women’s Issues
Feb 5/21 Al-Abadleh invited as a panelist for McGill University IUPAC Global Women's Breakfast Event
Dec 21/20 Interview for article on youth climate activism
Dec 16/20 A fun podcast interview with Emma from Earth Rangers
Dec 15/20 Featured in video sponsored by the Office of Research Services
Dec 8/20 Our paper with the Guzman group at Kentucky on Dark Iron-catalyzed Reactions in Acidic and Viscous Aerosol Systems Efficiently Form Secondary Brown Carbon is out in Environmental Science and Technology
Nov 17/20 Feature story on air quality project and team members by the Chemical Institute of Canada
Nov 16/20 Invited research talk, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science
Nov 10/20 Interview with Salam Aziz for the ZoneCast podcast for professionals, entrepreneurs, and academics
Nov 5/20 Al-Abadleh receives new funding from CFI-EOF for air quality research. Click here for press release.
Oct 16/20 Opinion article in the KW Record - Spare a thought for the ozone hole in the year of COVID-19
Oct 14/20 Al-Abadleh appointed Fellow in the STEM for Global Resilience Research Cluster at the Balsillie School of International Affairs
Sept 16/20 Radio interview with Global News 980 CFPL in London ON about impact of wildfires on air quality
Sept 16/20 Live presentation and interview with the Khwarizmi Science Society
Aug 14/20 Interview on the environmental benefits of COVID-19 lockdowns
July 24/20 Coverage of new award for early career researchers sponsored by the CIC Environment Division
July 16/20 Cover art for recent paper in ACS Space and Earth Chemistry is officially out!
July 13/20 Register for my upcoming virtual lecture on iron chemistry in aerosol
June 10/20 Press release on newly received NSERC Alliance grant. Coverage by 570News, Exchange magazine, CBC News, CTV Kitchener, Waterloo Region the Record (with a photo of the team) and AQ Mesh
June 9/20 Our paper on Dust-Catalyzed Oxidative Polymerization of Catechol under Acidic Conditions and its Impacts on Ice Nucleation Efficiency and Optical Properties is now published in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
May13/20 Coverage of air quality results by CityNews Edmonton
May12/20 Al-Abadleh elected as Chair of the Environment Division of the Chemical Institute of Canada for a second year in a row. Thanks to division members for the vote of confidence
May5/20 Al-Abadleh's group receives NSERC Alliance grant to conduct research on air quality in the City of Kitchener
Apr28/20 View webinar on flattening the curve of air pollution
Apr28/20 The cover art for our recent Langmuir paper is now online
Apr27/20 Al-Abadleh invited to deliver a webinar on flattening the curve of air pollution
Apr24/20 Coverage of air quality results by Environmental Science and Engineering Magazine
Apr21/20 Coverage by CTV Kitchener article, video 1, video 2
Apr20/20 Listen to the interview with Eric Dorzd in 2014 for the 570News Kitchener Mid-day Show, a timely one
Apr19/20 Article in CBC Kitchener Waterloo about improvement in Kitchener air quality
Apr17/20 Listen to the interview with Craig Norris for the CBC Kitchener Morning Show
Apr13/20 Al-Abadleh is quotes in a story in the Waterloo Region Record on air quality during COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 3/20 Our paper with the Kubicki group at UTEP has been accepted in Langmuir
Apr 2/20 Al-Abadleh wrote an opinion piece for the Waterloo Region Record on air pollution and COVID-19
Mar 9/20 Al-Abadleh invited as panelist at the Inspiring Future Women in Science Event at the Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, ON. The video and the photos of the event are now posted
Feb 11/20 Al-Abadleh joined a virtual class to celebrate the International Day of Girls and Women Science
Oct 29/19 A new publication on the Perspective on Identifying and Characterizing the Processes Controlling Iron Speciation and Residence Time at the Atmosphere-Ocean Interface is Accepted in Marine Chemistry.
Aug 6/19 PhD student Aminur Rahman successfully defended his thesis...Congratulations Aminur!
Jul 12/19 Thanks ACS publications for the large poster of the cover page of ES&T
July 2/19 MSc student Sara Soldoozy successfully defended her thesis...Congratulations Sara!
June 18/19 Our recent paper in ES&T selected for one of the Cover Arts of Issue 12
May 13/19 Al-Abadleh is featured in a Women in STEM poster by Ingenium Canada
May 9/19 Our recent paper with the Nizkorodov group at UCI on the Effect of Oxalate and Sulfate on Iron-catalyzed Secondary Brown Carbon Formation is now published in Environmental Science and Technology. Meet the team who contributed to this paper.
Mar 26/19 Feature profile of the doctoral research of student Mohammad Rahman
Mar 8/19 On International Women's Day, reflections by fellow NanoOntario Board Member, Dr. Maria DeRosa
Nov 15/18 Our paper on the Surface Water Structure and Hygroscopic Properties of Light Absorbing Secondary Organic Polymers of Atmospheric Relevance is now published in ACS Omega
Nov 5-9/18 Al-Abadleh named the inaugural 2018 Ray March Visiting Scientist in the Chemistry Department at Trent University. See photos here.
Sept 19/18 Al-Abadleh named Fullbright Canada Research Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry, Air Quality and Climate Change, Air UCI, Chemistry Department, University of California Irvine (2018-2019). Click here for the press release.
Apr 2/18 Ad for a postdoc position in Al-Abadleh's group
March 14/18 Press release on event co-organized with students for sustainability
March 3/18 Al-Abadleh recognized as Environmental Science Leader by the Laurentian Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
Oct 23/17 Feature article in Canadian Chemical News on our recent article in ES&T
Oct 14/17 Recipient of the inaugural MAX Scholarship for Women in Graduate Chemistry programs announced
Sept 27/17 The Compact PTR-MS is here! Thanks CFI and Ontario Research Fund
Sept 21/17 PhD student Rahman passed his qualifying exam..Congratulations Aminur
July 10/17 Our paper is out on Type of organic functional groups and electrolytes on the surface of hematite nanoparticles affect arsenicals initial binding kinetics: insights from ATR-FTIR and flow microcalorimetry studies
Apr 3/17 Our paper is out on Calculations on the Adsorption of Monomethylarsonic Acid onto Hydrated Iron Oxyhyhroxide Clusters
Mar 20/17 Blog post on What Every Citizen Should Know About the Earth's Atmosphere
Feb 27/17 Mohammad Rahman, from the Al-Abadleh group, who won third place in the WLU Graduate Poster Showcase
Feb 27/17 Al-Abadleh received Women Who Inspire Award (for professional excellence) by the Kitchener-Waterloo Coalition of Muslim Women
Feb 9/17 Sabur passed his PhD qualifying exam...Congratulations Sabur
Jan 18/17 Adrian successfully defended his PhD thesis and is now officially Dr. Adamescu...first PhD student graduating from Al-Abadleh's group!...Congratulations Adrian.
Jan 3/17 Al-Abadleh is sponsoring a scholarship for Canadian Women in Graduate Chemistry programs named after the Father of Chemistry known to Muslims
Oct 28/16 Arthur Situm received an Award for Outstanding Graduate Work at the MSc level at the Fall convocation from the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies..congratulations Arthur
Oct 28/16 Our paper is out on dispersion effects on DMA complexation to iron oxide clusters
Oct 27/16 Al-Abadleh named 'Canadian Arab to Watch' by the Canadian Arab Institute in Toronto
Sept 29/16 Al-Abadleh nominated for the Oktoberfest-Rogers Women of the Year Award (STEM)
Aug 31/16 Press release on receiving the Ontario Research Fund-Small Infrastructure Award
Jul 29/16 Research award supports work to understand better ways to remediate noxious gases
Jul 12/16 Al-Abadleh featured on 'Researchers of Wilfrid Laurier University'
Jul 7/16 Our paper on the spectroscopic characterization and surface complexation modeling of organics on hematite nanoparticles is out
Jun 23/16 Press release on NSERC Discovery Grant funding
Jun 13/16 Aminur receives the MS2Discovery Institute Graduate Student Research Award...Congratulations Aminur
Jun 13/16 Al-Abadleh's book chapter on Diversity and Equity in chemistry is now published online (proceedings from book to initiatives in diversity and equity)
Apr 15/16 Laurier researchers receive funding to reduce harm to the environment
Apr 15/16 Laurier professor Hind Al-Abadleh recognized with prestigious award for excellence in field of chemistry
Apr 14/16 Dr. Al-Abadleh received the MAX Platinum Award of Excellence
Mar 6/16 Photo album from Environment Presentation to Maingate Islamic Academy in Mississauga
Feb 26/16 Al-Abadleh is a finalist for a Muslim Community Award of Excellence..25% of score is by public vote
Feb 23/16 Al-Abadleh received Imperial Oil University Research Award
Feb 20/16 It was great presenting to grade 11 students at Southwood Secondary School in Cambridge, ON
Feb 4/16 Photo album from Abrahamic Faiths Forum - Eve and Creation
Jan 28/16 Waterloo Lutheran Seminary to host "Abrahamic Faiths Forum: Eve and Creation"
Jan 13/16 Teaching award celebration to honour Laurier’s outstanding educators
Jan 11/16 Welcoming new members to Al-Abadleh's group
Dec 23/15 In the spirit of the holidays from C&EN
Dec 9/15 Al-Abadleh quoted in a research article by FactsCan on carbon emissions
Dec 7/15 C&EN Editorial on COP21 from Paris
Dec 2/15 Following COP21 by C&EN News
Dec 1/15 Laurier experts on climate change leading up to UN conference
Nov 16/15 Thanks for the congratulations in the Teaching & Learning Fall 2015 Newsletter
Nov 12/15 A timely special issue in Science: Oceans and Climate Change
Oct 19/15 For the chemically-inclined: the chemistry of pumpkins
Sep 23/15 Cool article in C&EN: Hybrid Device Harnesses Light And Heat From The Sun
Sep 13/15 Our paper in Can J Chem is out!
Sep 4/15 Looking forward to my visit and talk in the Chemistry Department at Université de Montréal
Sep 4/15 Our 2015 EST paper got featured in the September issue of Canadian Chemical News!
Jul 24/15 Timely editorial from Nature Climate Change on needed action for climate and sustainable future
Jul 22/15 Also, in the spirit of summer: the chemistry of BBQ
Jul 1/15 Truly inspiring: Prof. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, 2007 For Women in Science Laureate for Africa and Arab States (Mauritius)
Jun 25/15 In the spirit of summer: sea spray effect on weather and climate
May 30/15 Great initiative by UNICEF Canada ahead of the FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada-glad to have been invited to attend
May 30/15 The video of the 25th Team launch organized by UNICEF Canada
May 30/15 The most brilliant TEDx talk on diversity from a Muslim female engineer
May 13/15 Awards of Excellence recognize members of the Laurier community
May 13/15 YAY...Laurier Sustainability Office to unveil first on-campus bike-sharing station in region
May 13/15 Looking forward to chairing sessions at the Nanofacilities for emerging technologies workshop at UW
May 6/15 Al-Abadleh's review article on the atmospheric chemistry of iron is now published online OPEN ACCESS for max exposure-thanks to a gold voucher from Laurier's Library
Apr 23/15 Chemists celebrating Earth Day by the ACS through a free webinar on climate and aerosols
Feb 20/15 Our collaborative paper with Georgia State U and U.S. Salinity Lab got accepted in Langmuir!
Feb 3/15 Our planet and us - Nature Geoscience Editorial
Jan 22/15 Really cool short video on the ocean-in-a-lab experiments
Jan 13/15 Save the date-Seminar with Professor James Kubicki from Penn State (Monday Jan 19, 1:30 pm, BA210)