Persistent organic pollutants and emerging pollutants

·   Design, optimization, and validation of analytical methodologies for pollutant target analysis, and development of workflows for suspect and non-target screening to identify emerging pollutants (including flame retardants, plasticizers, per fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs, among others).

·   Source characterization and emission inventories from industrial and energy-related activities, with strategies for decontamination and safe destruction of POPs and EPs.

·   Environmental occurrence and fate of POPs and EPs, including presence at national and international scales, transfer across ecological compartments, and bioaccumulation at different trophic levels.

·   Human exposure assessment, addressing inhalation, ingestion, and dermal absorption pathways.

·   Environmental risk assessment of POP and EP in diverse environmental samples.