Analytical chemistry for emerging contaminants in the environment
This symposium will provide an opportunity for scientists and engineers to share recent advances in the analysis of “Emerging Contaminants” and new knowledge regarding their environmental fate. Emerging Contaminants include hormones, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, engineered nanomaterials, new pesticides, flame retardants, and biotoxins, that are of increasing interest due to their relatively unknown environmental impacts and long-term ecological effects.
In addition to novel analytical techniques for environmental monitoring of Emerging Contaminants, we will also include presentations on:
- New research findings on the fate and behavior of these environmental contaminants from laboratory and field studies
- Identification of the chemical and biological transformation products in plants, soil, water, and water treatment systems
- Sorption, leaching, run-off, and biodegradation studies to elucidate the fate and transport of these chemicals in the natural environment
- Ecotoxicology and risk assessment of emerging contaminants
Session organizer
Diana S. Aga is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. Her current research involves the investigations on the fate, transport, and ecotoxicological effects of pharmaceuticals, endocrine disrupting chemicals, persistent organic pollutants,and engineered nanomaterials in the environment. A major focus of her research is to identify unknown transformation products of pharmaceuticals in various environmental matrices using a combination of novel analytical strategies in sample preparation, bioassays, and modern mass spectrometric techniques.
Confirmed speakers
- Prof. Silvana Andreescu, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY.
- Dr. Angela L. Batt, Research Scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Cincinnati, OH
- Prof. Omowunmi A. Sadik, Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Binghamton , Binghamton, NY.
- Dr. Benjamin D. Stanford, Director of Applied Research, Hazen and Sawyer, P.C.: "Perchlorate, Chlorate, and Bromate in Hypochlorite: Analytical Methods and Implications for Water Treatment"
- Prof. Sam R. Nugen, Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA: "Development of new analytical detection systems for the detection of pathogens and toxins in food."
- Prof. Sarbajit Banerjee, Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY: "Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of the Environmental Fate and Transport of Manufactured Nanomaterials."
