Alex Corapi
PhD Student
Contact Info:
Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories
80 St. George Street
Toronto, ON M5S 3H6
Office: LM 244
Email: alex.corapi@mail.utoronto.ca
Bio: Alex is a second-year PhD student who got her BSc in Chemical Physics at the University of Toronto. She has previous undergraduate research experience in the Murphy Group, as well as in physical chemistry and atmospheric physics. In her free time, Alex enjoys baking, reading, and long walks.
Olivia Driessen
PhD Candidate
Contact Info:
Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories
80 St. George Street
Toronto, ON M5S 3H6
Office: LM 248
Email: o.driessen@mail.utoronto.ca
Bio: Olivia is an international PhD student from the US. She received her BS in Chemistry in 2021 from Towson University in Towson, Maryland, where her undergraduate honors thesis focused on halogenation reactions during water disinfection. Olivia joined the Murphy group in 2021 and is currently interested in the gas-particle partitioning of ionizable organics. Outside the lab, she loves watching comfort TV from the 2000s and will jump at any chance to do karaoke.
Isabelle Lao
PhD Student
Contact Info:
Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories
80 St. George Street
Toronto, ON M5S 3H6
Office: LM 244
Email: isabelle.lao@mail.utoronto.ca
Bio: Isabelle is an international PhD student from the Philippines. She received her BSc in Chemistry and Oceanography in 2021 from UBC. During her undergraduate degree, Isabelle worked in the Borduas-Dedekind group investigating the sources and sinks of atmospheric particulate selenium in the United States. Isabelle joined the Murphy group in 2023 and is interested in using data science and modelling techniques to monitor greenhouse gases. Outside of school, she likes to watch basketball, play Tetris, and go for very, very long walks.
Camille Tsang
MSc Student
Contact Info:
Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories
80 St. George Street
Toronto, ON M5S 3H6
Office: LM 244
Email: camillem.tsang@mail.utoronto.ca
Bio: Camille is an MSc student and started in the Murphy Group in Fall 2024. She received her H.B.Sc. from McMaster University in Integrated Science with a Concentration in Chemistry, where she worked with Dr. Joseph Okeme on improving quantitative personal exposure assessment. In her spare time, she enjoys baking, watching movies, and biking around Toronto.
Lucas Vargas
MSc Student
Contact Info:
Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories
80 St. George Street
Toronto, ON M5S 3H6
Office: LM 248
Email: lucas.vargas@mail.utoronto.ca
Bio: Lucas is a first year MSc student who completed his BSc in Chemistry at the University of Ottawa. In his spare time Lucas loves to read, make art, and explore.
Soveren Chhin-Kreiner
Undergraduate Student
Contact Info:
Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories
80 St. George Street
Toronto, ON M5S 3H6
Office: LM 248
Email: s.chhinkreiner@mail.utoronto.ca
Bio: Soveren is a third-year undergraduate student studying environmental biology and environmental chemistry. He is researching amine oxidations and is currently focusing on trimethylamine oxidation kinetics. In his free time, he enjoys cooking, gardening, and embroidery.
Catherine Newman
Undergraduate Student
Contact Info:
Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories
80 St. George Street
Toronto, ON M5S 3H6
Office: LM 244
Email: catherine.newman@mail.utoronto.ca
Bio: Catherine is a 5th year MChem exchange student from the University of Edinburgh studying chemistry. In her spare time, she likes to swim, cook, and play card/board games.
