Studying particles that are in the atmosphere is kind of hard
So what we do is we make model particles in the lab
to study the properties in them in a controlled environment.
The research in my lab is undergraduate driven.
The students are the ones actually in the lab conducting the research.
Everyday when I come in the lab,
I synthesize reverse mio-cell particles
which is a water core surrounded by an organic surfactant
The physical properties are yet to be discovered.
So once we can get the baseline on how they interact chemically with themselves
we can then apply that to the atmosphere.
One of the great things about undergraduate research
is that it gives students the opportunity to kind of
evolve as students, as scientists.
So its really great, cause each student also puts their unique
perspective on the research that they're doing
so it's not just the ideas coming from me,
it's ideas coming from the students themselves
and then those ideas evolving as they continue to conduct research.
