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Mobile Mass Spectrometry Facility December 15, 2016 - 11:57am

Our brand new, state-of-the-art, mobile mass spectrometry facility, one of only a few in Canada, made its inaugural road trip this fall.  The mobile lab has been custom fitted with specialized, ruggedized mass spectrometry instrumentation that will provide high precision measurements of chemicals that are important indicators of environmental and human health.  On-board global positioning information is interlaced with instrument data to yield real-time contaminant concentrations which can be visualized on geo-spatial scales.

test December 9, 2016 - 10:59pm
VIU Innovation will become Weapon in Fight on Fentanyl June 22, 2021 - 10:23am

From CHEK News September 26, 2018.

A major innovation coming out of Vancouver Island University (VIU) in Nanaimo could soon become a weapon in the war on fentanyl.  The deadly drug is responsible for an epidemic in fatal overdoses and VIU scientists have come up with a way to tell within seconds whether the drug a user is about to take will kill them. 

A team of Nanaimo-based scientists has made a discovery that has them very excited.

“This technique could save a lot of lives,” said VIU Chemistry Student Armin Saatchi.

test November 30, 2016 - 12:19pm
Matheus Baltes, MSc August 19, 2022 - 10:53am
Pascal Schorr, MSc August 19, 2022 - 10:26am

Pascal's research involves investigating vitamin D metabolism, and the development of novel MS analytical strategies to probe this important molecule and its metabolites in silico and in situ.

Gordon Buckingham, MSc August 19, 2022 - 10:42am
Martin Angelstad, MSc August 19, 2022 - 10:53am
Lindsay Rear, MSc August 19, 2022 - 10:40am
Sandy Thompson, MSc August 19, 2022 - 10:56am
Morten Martinsen, BSc August 19, 2022 - 10:25am

Morten has been heavily involved with the development of mobile membrane introduction mass spectrometry for measurements of volatile organic compounds in water associated with heavy oil extraction. He is currently working as an environmental consultant in Norway, and will defend his thesis in Spring 2019.

Facilities November 9, 2018 - 9:04am
Dana Short, BSc August 19, 2022 - 10:45am

Dana is currently a graduate student at Concordia University, completing a Graduate Diploma in Computer Science.

Michael Lynch, PhD August 19, 2022 - 10:47am

Michael completed his PhD at the University of Washington. He is currently employed as a Senior Scientist at Redlen Technologies, Saanichton, BC.

Lab Photos June 7, 2021 - 12:44pm
Owen Stechishin, PhD, MD August 19, 2022 - 10:47am

After leaving VIU Dr. Stechishin completed his PhD at the University of Calgary and his MD at the University of Alberta. Owen is currently a Research Fellow at the University of Calgary.

Skye Creba, MD August 19, 2022 - 10:32am

Dr. Creba is currently an Emergency Room physician at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.

Derek van Pel, PhD August 19, 2022 - 10:45am

Derek completed a PhD at the University of Toronto and is currently a medical school student at the University of British Columbia

Donovan Lynch August 19, 2022 - 10:46am

Donovan is currently the Regional Accommodations Project Manager, Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada in Nanaimo

Mai Yamamoto, BSc August 19, 2022 - 10:42am

PhD Student  in Chemistry and Chemical Biology at McMaster University