Prof Trevor VandenBoer Dr. Trevor VandenBoer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at York University. His group’s research focuses on the atmospheric chemistry of reactive nitrogen species because emissions of reactive nitrogen have perturbed the global nitrogen cycle to unprecedented levels. These chemicals are introduced to the environment by human transportation, agricultural, cooking, cleaning, and industrial activities. VandenBoer develops and applies new methods to probe the impacts of reactive nitrogen on indoor and outdoor air quality and climate with an emphasis on the role of exchange at interfaces. He has been recognized for early career research excellence in the Faculty of Science at York in 2024, having attracted more than $2M in funding from diverse sources including: NSERC Discovery, RTI, Alliance; Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC); and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. VandenBoer’s group has published over 30 peer-reviewed papers since 2017, with trainees leading or contributing to 20 of these. VandenBoer completed a PhD in Environmental and Atmospheric Chemistry at the University of Toronto focusing on the atmospheric chemistry of reactive nitrogen linked to air quality issues at a variety of North American field locations, including an NSERC-supported exchange at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, CO. He then held a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship at Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland where he quantified the exchange of reactive nitrogen at the biosphere-atmosphere interface across a latitudinal transect of boreal forest sites as a proxy for climate change.
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