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Frank Wania is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto Scarborough. His research focuses on Environmental Chemistry, particularly on understanding and quantifying the fate and behavior of chemicals in the environment. He has a special interest in phase partitioning and the transport of organic contaminants. Wania put forth the hypothesis of global fractionation of semi-volatile organic compounds in 1993, proposing that certain characteristics of these chemicals make them prone to preferential deposition in cold areas. His current work involves the development and testing of passive air sampling techniques to investigate the large-scale dispersion of persistent contaminants in Canada. In addition, Wania is employing zonally averaged global computer models to simulate the long-term fate of persistent organic chemicals. He also explores the air-surface exchange of semi-volatile organic compounds, examining how environmental conditions affect their exchange between vapor and sorbed states. Wania's research aims to improve the conceptual understanding and quantification of processes involved in the global transport of chemicals, especially persistent anthropogenic compounds found in remote areas such as the Arctic.
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