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About > People > Staff > V.Lai
Vivian Lai
Research Assistant
Office: EOS-Main 331A Phone: 604-827-3043
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BSc.(Hons) - Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia
MSc. - Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia
Research topic: Arsenic Speciation in Freshwater and Marine Algae
Employment history: Environmental Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia (arsenic speciation in food and environmental samples, marine and freshwater biological samples; PCBs analysis and bioremediation studies (joint project with with UBC microbiology and ESG, Royal Military College); expertise in HPLC-ICP-MS, HG-AAS, GFAAS, GC-MS)
Interests
I am a team member of PCIGR. My duties include:
Keeping the daily operation and maintenance of ELEMENT2 (high resolution ICP-MS, Thermo Finnigan), Quadrupole ICP-MS (Agilent 7700) and AttoM (high resolution ICP-MS, Nu Instruments);
Preparing rock samples for trace element analysis and isotopic analysis;
Performing trace element analysis on rock samples;
Training students and researchers to perform analysis by using ICP-MS.
Recent publication: Arsenic speciation in freshwater snails and its life cycle variation
Vivian W.-M. Lai, Katerina Kanaki, Spiros A. Pergantis, William R. Cullen and Kenneth J. Reimer
J. Environ. Monit., 2012, 14, 743-751
