2023 Recipients
Distinguished Researchers
Francesca Scandellari
U-Series S.R.L., Bologna, Italy
"The signal of water: stable isotopes from rain to table"
Horacio Heinzen
Faculty of Chemistry, Universidad de la Republica de Uruguay
"Chemical safety of freshwater for human consumption and aquatic life which also is food"
Young Researchers
Kyriaki Anagnostopoulou
Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
“HRMS strategies for the target analysis and suspect screening of persistent and mobile substances in drinking, ground and surface water of Greece”
Monica Sanchez Parra
Department of Chemistry, Universidad de Córdoba, Spain
“Incidence of nitrate contamination and origin in two water systems of southern Spain”
Young Researchers
Ana Sofia Moreira Seabra Fernandes
LEPABE, University of Porto, Portugal
“GreenFrame: Advancing eco friendly wastewater treatment with a cellulose scaffold”
Marta Filipa da Silva Redondo
LEPABE, University of Porto, Portugal
“GreenFrame: Advancing eco-friendly wastewater treatment with a cellulose scaffold”
Ana Rosa Moreira da Silva
LEPABE, University of Porto, Portugal
“GreenFrame: Advancing eco friendly wastewater treatment with a cellulose scaffold”
Distinguished Researchers
Kwang-Ho Choo
Professor of Environmental Engineering & Director of the Advanced Institute of Water Industry, Kyungpook National University, South Korea
"Bacterial battle: Unleashing nature's mediators to combat biofouling"
Md Ataul Gani Gani
Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
"Changes in geomorphic units alter nitrogen fixation in a large lowland tropical river"
Othman Almashaqbeh
Royal Scientific Society, Knowledge, Amman-al Jubaiha, Jordan
"Testing a pilot-scale of constructed wetlands for pharmaceutical wastewater treatment using Jordanian zeolitic tuff"
Youmg Researchers
Fatema Khamis
Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates
“Development of pH-responsive adsorptive ultrafiltration membrane for the treatment of heavy metals from aqueous solution”
Ana Rita Pereira
University of Porto, Portugal
“Effects of parabens exposure on drinking water bacteria”
Distinguished Researcher
Sébastien Sauvé
Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Montréal, Québec, Canada
"PFAS – where are we now?"
Distinguished Researchers
Teresa Rocha-Santos
Department of Chemistry & Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, Portugal
"Physiochemical interactions of microplastics and pharmaceutical residues"
Nikolaos S. Thomaidis
Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Athens, Greece
"WBE of pharmaceuticals dreing COVID-19 using targeted and non-targeted approaches"
Paola Verlicchi
Associate Professor of Environmental and Sanitary Engineering at the Department of Engineering of the University of Ferrara, Italy
"Reclaimed wastewater:treatments and risk assessment"
Young Researchers
Rocío Inés Bonansea
Faculty of Chemical Science, National University of Córdoba (UNC), Argentina
"Estimation of anxiolytic and antidepressant drugs consumption in low-medium high income neighborhoods by wastewater analysis"
Rodrigo Braz Carneiro
São Carlos Institute of Chemistry (IQSC), University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil
"Biotransformation products of pharmaceuticals compounds in a two-phase (acidogenic methanogenic) anaerobic bioreactor"
Valentina Guimarães da Silva
University of Aveiro, Portugal
"TiO2/Carbon Dots nanocomposites: Solar driven photocatalysts for the removal of antibiotics from aquaculture effluents"
Distinguished Researchers
John. P. Giesy
Department of Biomedical Veterinary Sciences and Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
"Anthropogenic and naturally occuring brominated compounds"
Ioannis A. Katsoyiannis
Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Chemistry, Greece
"Arsenic contamination of groundwater and novel approaches for its removal"
Young Researchers
Ilgaz Cakin
Environmental Research Institute, UHI, Thurso, Scotland
“A comparison between constructed wetland substrates and impacts on wastewater treatment performance”
Marija Ljesevic
University of Belgrade, Serbia
“Investigation of the capacity of the isolated sulfate-reducing bacteria to degrade PFOA”
Branka Loncarevic
University of Belgrade, Serbia
“Investigation of biodegradability of levan-polystyrene graft copolymers in liquid and solid medium”
Nevena Mihailović
University of Kragujevac, Serbia
“Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles and its potential antitumor effect on HCT116 human colon cancer cell line”
Nives Matijaković Mlinarić
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
“Antibacterial activity of CUO and ZNO treated surfaces”
Szabolcs Pap
Environmental Research Institute, UHI, Thurso, Scotland
“Biochar produced from sewage sludge as an adsorbent and soil conditioner: A Scottish case study”
Marta Turull
Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA-CERCA), Spain
“Emerging pollutants in greywater: Is laundry wastewater prone for water reuse?”
Emilija Vukićević
University of Belgrade, Serbia
“Potential of biochar as fuel obtained by pyrolysis of agricultural waste”
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