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Jonathan Abbatt

Jonathan Abbatt is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Jonathan Abbatt rather than just read about it. In short: Jonathan Abbatt is a Canadian chemist at the University of Toronto and an Elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. He studies chemical processes in both the atmosphere and indoor environment.

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Reference excerpt

Jonathan Abbatt is a Canadian chemist at the University of Toronto and an Elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. He studies chemical processes in both the atmosphere and indoor environment.

Education Abbatt received a BSc from the University of Toronto (1984) before attending Harvard University where he earned a Ph.D. in atmospheric chemistry (1990).

Research and career Abbatt was a postdoctoral student at MIT, and became a professor at the University of Chicago. He joined the University of Toronto as an atmospheric and environmental chemist in 2000. Abbatt does both laboratory and field work relating to environmental science and atmospheric chemistry. He examines phenomena such as Arctic aerosols, atmospheric ozone, cloud formation, urban haze, wildfire emissions and climate, as well as the indoor environment. Abbatt co-chaired the Gordon Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry in 2011. He served on the scientific steering committee of the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry project. He led the NETCARE (Network on Climate and Aerosols) team, which won the 2020 Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering from NSERC. In 2022, Abbatt led a multi-institution initiative to examine the absorption of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by indoor surfaces, using simulation chambers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility. The research showed that concrete, wood, and painted surfaces, which are permeable and porous, act as surface reservoirs that can retain harmful chemicals long after they were introduced into an indoor space.

Awards and honors Abbatt's honors and awards include:

2023, Jacob Bjerknes Lecture, American Geophysical Union 2023, JJ Berry Smith Award for Doctoral Supervision, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto 2020, Chemical Institute of Canada Award 2020, Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering, NSERC 2015, Killam Research Fellowship 2012, elected member, Royal Society of Canada 1992, Fellow, American Geophysical Union

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Jonathan Abbatt

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Jonathan Abbatt claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Jonathan Abbatt before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Jonathan Abbatt ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Jonathan Abbatt

In research: Jonathan Abbatt appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Jonathan Abbatt in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Jonathan Abbatt is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 20th-century births, 21st-century Canadian chemists, Canadian scientist stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Jonathan Abbatt outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Because it connects several chemistry ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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