Dr Bryan Bzdek
PhD, BSc
Current positions
Proleptic Associate Professor
School of Chemistry
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Research interests
We study the physical and chemical properties of aerosols using single particle mass spectrometry and optical trapping approaches. Aerosols are relevant to a wide range of applications, from climate to health to materials science, so our work is by nature highly interdisciplinary. We develop our own instruments to tackle important questions about aerosol processes and properties. Current research interests include resolving the factors that govern photoinitiated chemistry in aerosols, quantifying the surface composition of picolitre volume droplets, and elucidating the growth mechanisms of engineered nanoparticles.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Novel Approach for Aerosol Chemical Analysis of the “Invisible” 3-10 nm Size Range
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
01/09/2023 to 31/08/2024
8084 H2020 AeroSurf 948498
Principal Investigator
Description
The EU-funded AeroSurf project will conduct detailed studies on aerosol surfaces using novel sensitive approaches. Analysis of the surface and bulk molecular composition of levitated micron-sized droplets by mass spectrometry…Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
01/02/2021 to 31/01/2026
8084 EP/S018050/1 EPSRC ECR Capital Award - Bzdek
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
01/10/2018 to 31/03/2020
Impacts of Photoinitiated Chemical Processing on Climate Relevant Aerosol Properties
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
01/09/2017 to 31/08/2022
Thesis supervisions
New Experimental Approaches to Measure Respiratory Aerosol and Droplet Transmission of Disease and Droplet Assisted Ionisation Mass Spectrometry
Supervisors
Evaporation Kinetics and Particle Formation from Aerosol Solution Microdroplets
Supervisors
Measurements of Microscopic Droplet Surface Tensions and Investigations of the Potential Impacts of Aerosol Science and Decolonial Work on Wider Society
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
01/02/2024A quantitative evaluation of aerosol generation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Anaesthesia
Comparisons of Aerosol Generation Across Different Musical Instruments and Loudness
Journal of Aerosol Science
Model-Measurement Comparisons for Surfactant-Containing Aerosol Droplets
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
Relationship between Exhaled Aerosol and Carbon Dioxide Emission Across Respiratory Activities
Environmental Science & Technology
Surfactant Partitioning Dynamics in Freshly Generated Aerosol Droplets
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Related people
Professor Jonathan Reid
Professor
School of Chemistry
Professor Nick Maskell
Professor of Respiratory Medicine
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Dr Fergus Hamilton
NIHR Clinical Lecturer
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Dr Andy Shrimpton
Honorary Research Fellow
School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience
Dr Mark Gormley
Consultant Senior Lecturer
Bristol Dental School