Rob joined the Russell group as a postdoctoral researcher in November 2010. Shortly before, he obtained his PhD from Queensland University of Technology in Australia for work on the water uptake properties of marine aerosols. Continuing with the oceanic theme, Rob's current research at SIO was focused on sea spray aerosols. He conducted small- and large-scale bubble-bursting experiments to better characterize the production flux and chemical composition of sea spray particles produced under a range of different oceanic and atmospheric conditions.