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WE DO RESEARCH ON:
The FOOD WE EAT!
How much do we need? ....... 3 pounds a day
How long can we go without it? ....... 3 weeks
What concern do we have? ....... Food contamination
The WATER WE DRINK!
How much do we need? ....... 0.3 gallons a day
How long can we go without it? ....... 3 days
What concern do we have? ....... Water pollution
The AIR WE BREATH!
How much do we need? ....... 3,000 gallons/day
How long can we go without it? ....... 3 minutes
What concern do we have? ....... Air pollution
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The main focus of this research group is to develop analytical methods for:
- Monitoring chemical pollutants, which negatively affect public health and the environment (air, water, soil and sediment media) and investigating the efficiency of possible removal/ remediation techniques for these compounds.
- Analyzing flavors/off-flavors and toxic compounds (e.g. pesticides and preservatives) in food samples.
- Measuring/monitoring drugs in pharmaceutical products and biological media (in-vitro and in-vivo).
- Analyzing organic compounds such as fragrances emitted from living flowers and plants.
The analytical techniques and instrumentations being used are solvent-free sampling-sample preparation techniques such as solid phase microextraction and needle trap devices, coupled to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC/MS); as well as electroanalytical and spectroscopic techniques.
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