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AQMA DIVISION PARTICIPATES IN XXIV MEETING OF THE SPANISH SOCIETY OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY WITH STUDY ON ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANTS ON MICROPLASTICS FROM INSULAR COASTS

Participation of the AQMA division in the XXIV MEETING OF THE SPANISH SOCIETY OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, held in Zaragoza (July 1-3, 2024), with the presentation of the work titled A PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF THE PRESENCE OF ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANTS ADSORBED ONTO MICROPLASTICS FROM INSULAR COASTS

(Ludovit Schreiber, Zoraida Sosa Ferrera, José Juan Santana Rodríguez)


PROF. DR. HEDI BEN MANSOUR PRESENTS STUDY ON THE CHEMICAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL IMPACT OF ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN URBAN WASTEWATER AT THE BRIDGE TO AFRICA CONGRESS

Presentation of the paper titled "CHEMICAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL IMPACT APPROACH OF ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS ASSOCIATED TO MICROPLASTICS IN URBAN WASTEWATERS FROM LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA (SPAIN) AND MAHDIA (TUNISIA)" by Prof. Dr. Hedi Ben Mansour, invited professor at the AQMA Division, at the Bridge to Africa Congress (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, May 20-25, 2024). Other co-authors of the paper: Ludovit Schreiber, Zoraida Sosa-Ferrera, and José Juan Santana-Rodríguez.


PROFESSOR DR. REYES SIERRA ALVAREZ GIVES LECTURE ON ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT OF "HIDDEN" PFAS IN CONTAMINATED WATER

Following the institute's activities related to lectures given by invited researchers, on May 21, Professor Dr. Reyes Sierra Alvarez, Chair of the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Arizona (USA), delivered the lecture titled "ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT OF 'HIDDEN' PFAS IN CONTAMINATED WATER.


IUNAT PARTICIPATES IN THE LIFE-PHOENIX PROJECT

Link:  https://youtu.be/y16T_ycoovs?si=oOvJGqjOBwUnQ0xY


THE DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY OF IUNAT RECEIVED TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARDS FROM ULPGC.

The Director (Dr. José Juan Santana Rodríguez) and the Secretary (Dr. Pedro Sosa Henríquez) of IUNAT received the teaching excellence award on Wednesday, May 7th, in the 2022/23 call of the Docentia-ULPGC Program, which evaluates the teaching quality of the faculty. The award ceremony was conducted by the Rector of ULPGC and the Vice-Rector of Degrees in the April 26th Classroom at the Institutional Headquarters of ULPGC.


EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR YOUNG RESEARCHERS 2023 TO SERGIO SANTANA VIERA (AQMA)

On April 25th, the awards ceremony for research excellence took place at the ULPGC's auditorium. In the category of Outstanding Young Researchers of the ULPGC, corresponding to the 2023 call, the award was granted to researcher Sergio Santana Viera from the Environmental Chemical Analysis Research Group at our institute.



The Director of IUNAT, Dr. Jose Juan Santana Rodriguez, has participated as an invited speaker at the World Chemistry Forum held in Osaka, Japan.

Analysis and Occurrence of Organic Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Atlantic Islands." At the same time, Prof. Santana served as the chairman of the session "Comprehensive Analytical Methods and Technologies.


Participation of the AQMA Group in the 2nd CONFERENCE ON ORGANIC MICROCONTAMINANTS: STRATEGIES FOR ANALYSIS AND CONTROL IN ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES.

Participation of the Environmental Chemical Analysis Research Group (AQMA division) in the 2nd CONFERENCE ON ORGANIC MICROCONTAMINANTS: STRATEGIES FOR ANALYSIS AND CONTROL IN ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES, held at the University of Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona), on January 25th and 26th, 2024.


The Director of IUNAT, Dr. Jose Juan Santana Rodriguez, Delivered a Plenary Lecture at an International Scientific Congress in Tunisia.

Held in  Monastir, Tunisia from 20 to 22 Deember 2023.


The Director of IUNAT, Dr. Jose Juan Santana Rodriguez Sheds Light on Presence of Residues of Personal Care Products (PCPs) in Marine Ecosystems at 6th International Caparica Conference

Held in Caparica (Lisboa – Portugal) from 4 to 7 December 2023.



Two i-UNAT projects in the award for the Eco-friendly and Digital Transition of the Science and Innovation Ministry

It is given 209.300 € for the finance of the projects that are going to be developed at the Institute


i-UNAT researchers participation on 33rd International Symposium on Chromatography

It took place between 18th and 22 nd September


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