2022 Recipients
Distinguished Researcher
Diana Aga
Research professor in Environmental Analytical Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
"Pharmaceutical monitoring paired with RNA detection in wastewater for early-warning of community viral outbreaks"
Young Researchers
Cátia Vilas Boas
Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Porto, Portugal
“Impact of a new antifouling agent in human retinal cells lipidome using Liquid chromatography-quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry (LC-Q-TOF/MS)”
Rubén Gil Solsona
Researcher at IDAEA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
“The chemical exposome in brain cancer: An exploratory study with links to waste water-based epidemiology”
Gabriela Castro Varela
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
“Occurrence and removal of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in sludge from Norwegian wastewater treatment plants through dry pyrolysis”
Distinguished Researchers
Alexandros Asimakopoulos
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
"Pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, and other organic micropollutants in wastewater treatment plants: A perspective on sewage epidemiology"
Alistair Boxall
Professor in Environmental Science, University of York, UK
"New developments in modelling approaches for understanding the risks of pharmaceuticals in the environment"
Despo Fatta-Kassinos
Associate Professor of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Director of Nireas International Water Research Center at the University of Cyprus
"On the fate of antimicrobial resistance during urban wastewater treatment and reuse"
Distinguished Researchers
Silvia Lacorte
Vice-Director, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Barcelona, Spain
"Soils, a sink for legacy and emerging pollutants: Impacts in natural areas"
Ester Heath
Head of the Laboratory for Organic Analytical Chemistry, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
"Emerging Chemicals: A journey from source to environment"
Young Researchers
Vítor Pereira
University of Porto, Portugal
“New reactor approach for low-temperature catalytic methane decomposition”
Lydia Niemi
University of Highlands and Islands, UK
“Innovative data visualisation tool to aid addressing pharmaceutical pollution in the Scottish water environment”
Urška Šunta
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
“Leaching of insecticides in soil amended with microalgal biomass: the effect of microplastics in the soil”
Alejandra Vargas
University of the Balearic Islands, Spain
“Metal-organic framework coated portable 3D-printed paddle stirrer for eExtraction of chlorophenols, p-nitrophenol and bisphenol A in biodigester and wastewater samples”
Miha Ravbar
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
“Synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using a Japanese knotweed root extract”
Luis Alves
University of Porto, Portugal
“The role of Ni film structure on catalytic methane decomposition”
Manuel-Thomas Valdivia
University of Highlands and Islands, UK
“At-source hospital wastewater treatment to eliminate harmful pharmaceuticals: A novel approach using UV-LED activated photocatalytic nanomaterials”
Daniela Pereira
University of Porto, Portugal
“Potential of nature-inspired prenylated flavonoids as a sustainable alternative to commercial biocides against marine biofouling”
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